The Indianapolis journal., 1884-11-10
From the journal Of Sunddyl
THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.

not been materially changed. The Republicans,
relying on the Associated Press reports, were as
sured of success till the reports changed, early
this morning, and the old doubts have returned
again. The returns in this city were carefully
canvassed by the election inspectors to-day. The
revision gave the Republicans 473 votes which
had been incorrectly reported for Cleveland.
The Democratic managers claim the State by
$50 votes only. The Republican national com
mittee have entire confidence in the result.
Chairman Jones, Secretary Fessenden,
and the remainder of the commit
tee have been busy at work all
day, perfecting arrangements for securing fair
canvass of the official returns Said Secretary
Fessenden:
eve are still confident that we have this State,
and, according to our figures, which have been
gone over very carefully, Mr., Blaine's plurality
will be between ], 100 and 400. We feel quite
cheerful over the situation. In close election
like this it is the duty of every patriotic citizen
to avoid saying or doing anything of an infam-
matory character. This course our ma
tional committee has studiously pursued.
No good purpose can be served
by working excitable people into a
white heat. In due time the official figures will
speak for themselves, and we feel sure they will
speak for Blaine. Should it happen however,
that Cleveland has plurality of the votes, we
shall bow to the will of the people, and will do it
with a good grace. When the official canvass is
made, next Tuesday, we will bring out some
startling facts, which will open the eyes of the
country. I cannot, at present, give even the
evidence in our possession for publication; it
would not be wise to advise our
opponents of the precise course we
intend to pursue and the frauds which we
shall base our action. can only say that in
many counties of the State votes have been
illegally counted and illegally thrown out,
and that we shall take proper legal
measures 70 redress these wrongs. If Mr.. Blaine
has been beaten" he continued, with some feel
ing, "the result is due to apathy on the part of
his friends and treachery on the part of his pre-
tended friends In Oneida county the stalwarts
proved false to Mr.. Blaine and went over to the
enemy, 1000 strong This information we
received this morning. The temperance issue
lost Blaine 10, 900 votes in the State. do not
believe the Republicans lost seriously by the un-
fortunate speech of Rev. Burchard in which he
talked about rum. Romanism and rebellion
know, of my own knowledge, that many Irish
Catholic districts declared for Blaine"
Chairman Jones said: I'VE have not yet sur
rendered. and have no idea of doing so. Our
banner is out and shall swing until it is
shown that we have been vanquished.
We still maintain that New York State
is ours, and the only danger is
false count There is nothing new that we
hear Of the situation being substantially as it
was yesterday. l consider the incendiary course
of some of the Cleveland papers as simply out
rageous"
New frauds are hourly coming to light A
dozen St. John men have made affidavits to the
effect that they voted for st. john and that
there were no votes for st. John returned from
their precincts Two thousand Republican bal
lots, which the last letter of elector Butter
fields name was struck off in cutting
the ballots, which had been printed in
large sheets, were thrown out by
Democratic judges. On Long Island number
of negroes and Kentucky horse jockeys who had
not been in the State three weeks voted for
Cleveland. The number of votes cast exceeded
the names of the registrator's list by 400.
A dispatch to the national committee from the
upper part of this State, this afternoon, says:
"The Butler votes here were all counted for
Cleveland. The tickets were the same size and
thickness. It is alleged by the Butler managers
here that the same thing has been done else
where"
The committee have received dispatches from
four counties giving in substance the foregoing
information. The committee has positive evil
dence of fraud in fifteen counties. If justice is
done Mr., Blaine, he will have plurality of more
than two thousand in New York.
According to the Sun, it was not the independ-
ents who have been the main and efficient causes
of the present political situation in this State
'It was" says the Sun, "a handful of unforgiv-
ing stalwarts that did it." The Sun adds:
'They made no noise beforehand; they had no
organization; they held no public meetings; they
sent out no orators; they printed no
documents; they said nothing until the
very eve of the election But they voted. They
remembered the defeat of Folger. They
also remembered Mr.. Blaine's assault upon Sena-
tor Conkling, and they voted so as to make the
old account square. Their votes along with
those of the regular Democrats and independent
Republicans were eficacious. Study the re-
turns of Oneida county, where Garfelds plural
ity of l,946 was changed into a plurality of 2s
for Cleveland, and you will see how it was done. ="
ERRORS AND FRAUDS
The Tribune will say in its leading editorial on
Sunday:
"a recount of the votes in this city, completed
yesterday, at police headquarters made differ
ence of 475 in favor of Blaine, exclusive of the
fact that the returns from one election district
are missing altogether. A Adispatch yesterday,
from Albany to the Evening Post, announced
the discovery of glaring fraud in the
Twelfth ward of that city. To count out
the Republicans change of 120 votes
had been made. If the vote of that ward is
thrown out Cleveland must lose 3SS votes. In
the Fifth ward of Kingston more ballots were
that ward Cleveland had plurality of 26O In
Rrnoklvn. by the discovery of alleoed arrnrs the