The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-03
SERENE CONFIDENCE.
AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS,
In Regard to tho ise.u,t To.mnrrow-straw,
Showing the Direction Of the WInd-Ssw
York Claimed for 1llaInr by frnm ~.
900 to 60,00O-lIow Brttlng Goes.


| speciW DiTdleh 10 inc lhtksNyencw. N--.N
New loHE, Nov. 22.-,lust before til,
battle send you Il last word us 10 III,
outlook for Tuesdays great contest. OI
Saturday afternoon the Clcveandcrs hat
their great day. 1t was indeed u grea
parade and yet notwithstanding will, tlt
advantage Of better weather 1t was not nc
great demonstration rs that of tho Rc.
publicans on Friday night; and yet II in
New York City the Democrats cannot out.
do tho Republicans in II great ,lemonstra.
ton where else in the North can they
hope TO cope with them. This Is the
question that people arc now asking at
the close OF the canvass. The answer il
nowhere" and the inference is that us II
has been in the canvass throughout the
North so will it be at the polls on Tues.
day. The excitement and interest here
over the probable result Of all this par.
adingis something I have never seen since
the days OF the war. .rs
BUSINESS AT SrASDSrtLI,,
Business is ut Il virtual standst,Il and
politics all the talk you hear. Money has
been poured out like water on both sides
tointlucnce public opinion, and now pub.
lie opinion is all eagernesa and anxiety to
express itself on Tuesday. The lureest
vote ever cast yet will be polled, judging
from the rcgistrtion-probably not less
than Il quarter OF a million as against 2o5,-
900 in 1850. Brookiyn's vote is expected
to reach 10000 us against $4,000 in 1850.
The two will make u grand total OF 3S0, 900,
and you may well imagine the uncertainty
that is involved in the tIoatin. character
Of u portion Of this vote.
Nobody knows just how many votes
Butler will get. Estimates vary between
$4,000 to $4,000 for the two cities. A
month ago he would have got larger
vote than lie will get now. Just how
Tnmmany will divide itself Mt the last
moment is also uncertain, and yet from u
source high up among insiders have the
expressed opinion Of John Kelly that
"Blaine will carry the State Of New York" ."
NATIONAL. COMMITTEE CONFIDENT.
At Republican headquarters the conf
dence in the result in this State and
throughout the country is such that
might call it serene assurance.
All OF your leading iron people know
well and favorably Frank Jones, OF Pitts.
bursl,, the Chairman OF the National Re-
publican Committee, and they know that
he is not only gentleman Of great intel
ligcnce, but noted also for his candor and
reliability. -
AT the last moment l have talked over
the situation with him and he assures me
that every sail is set and every rope is
taut Mt every. point, and that il Blaine
does not carry every northern State he
himself is simply Il misled man. He cx-
poets anywhere from 10000 to $4,000 pitt
rality in this State.
Treasurer Weeks, OF the same Commit
tee, assures me in the most positive terms
as to the abiding confidence oi the Com
miltcc'in their advices, which arc full and
complete from every point. a ss
Now it only remains for me 10 add that
l have full confidence in the good faith OF
wcll-inlormcd men as to what they state
10 me. 81,
BASIS OF BELIEF.
They believe implicitly on the basis OF
elaborate and detailed information in the
election Of james G. Blaine. L.
The opinion OF the betting fraternity is
in the same direction. The odds ut the
pool rooms remain in favor OF Blaine.
This you can read even in Democratic
papers. OF course these men are betting
to win and they are betting on public
opinion us they gather it very close to the
ground. AS showing how this opinion is
mauifcsting itself, Mr.. Weeks told mo to-
day that eighty out OF eighty
four votes employed in the VIC
toria Hotel where he boards, nearly
MI OF them 1risllmcn, are reported to him
by ono OF them for Blaine. l have my
sell, as get on and oil the street cars,
mudcit n point to interrogate the con-
ductors as to how they were going to vote
and 4 decided majority OF them have an
swered mo Blaine" 7 give you all this
for rwhat it is worth, and it seems to me to
be worth great deal, but at the same time
couple with it the remark of the late Mr..
Woodward, "political arithmetic is not one
OF the exact sciences" &;.s A. VIC.