Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-12

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Mo1e Ooumtt3fts N anv queStou tHdt fnsy
oTlpe tn shc pending csnyass Of the e:ce-
oeul vote a. this State. This ecnclu>bon
waa rsehesi at lste honr last night Nc.
Oonkliug attended conferences Of LAWYERS
81 The Hofman House who had already
brsn retained Nv the committees. Among
tk1se gentlemen .arc Aaron j. Van
dryporI, Jsmes e. Carter, Francis &. Bar
lsW. ffanklIp Bartlett, Frances l.. stci-
een. Toward n. Baeon. y. Ellery Ander.
asn. Charles J.. Miller, and Francis NJ.
seeti. A small army OF lawyers Of lesser
note, but who have been giving thorough
study 10 the election laws OF this state
apriug the past four days. have also been
enlisted. and are enthusiastically waiting
ssr the command 10 march. Some Of them
have already been sent TO remote points In
sAe State, others 10 points near by, while a
rrvpcctable contingent Is held w reserve
prepared and perfectly willing 70 assist
either IN clerical work or the more legiti-
nate labor of their calling. II the Blaine
people can outwit this array Of legal talent
they will do something unprecedented.
The general result Of tho canvass in the
country will not be actually known before
Wednesday night. and possibly not until
THURSDAY.
Af<tIh. DdItUNs Nftt-bls RH'ehT ~
will be The immediate representatives OF the
eenmiiiee Ia to-dsy's canvass IN the city.
william M. EyarIs. Robert Seweli, and
e~lcnei George Bliss win appear Tor the
Blsjhe managers. II was reported around
shs hotei corridors last night that very
Scayy rciajDery were demanded by all three
gentlemen before they would consent to
serve. Tammaby has kincly consented TO
lend some OF her talent 10 the Democrats.
though whether II Il Of the muscular or
legal order cannot be determined until the
COMMITTEE of Tweniy-four appointed by
chat organization last night appears in the
zldcrmapic chamber to-day. The lrfsb-
American contingent up b midnight had
not pronefed any assistance 10 Mr.. Eikins
and bis associates.
chairman Jones, Of The Republican Ma.
tisbai Committee. did not issue bis daily
sddrees 10 The country Yesterday, ana y -
achieved that something must be amiss.
vbe visiting statesmen who were expected
frovn the West must have been switched
81 on . sidc-track. for they had not appear
ID In any OF the places al public resort last
evening. II was reported. however. that
nessrs. Dudley and New had sneak
cd into The city and taken quar-
trs IN locality remote from the
haunts Of the politicians. Emory A.
Sorrs and TAT gentleman. who re-
senbled well-fed Government Official,
eagerly discussed the situation IN the cor
riders Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel during
tbe evening. Their faces indicated any
th;ng but pleasure al the prospects. II is
sadly realized by all the Blaine people that
This is not the State ~ Louisiana or even OF
FLORIDA, and there viii doubtless be much
less Of an exhibition 81 themselves made
by the visiting statesmen In consequence.
n IL only necessary nowadays 10 mention
the magic word "Burchard " in the pre-
senee Of the Blaine people 10 pro-
yske storm OF wrathlul curses. In
enc breath they declare that Blaine
has as much chance rs Cleveland Of getting
a plurality on the official count. aud IN She
next thew declare that a" Burchard has
beaten Bhine." The only real practical
new that has been taken OF the situation
anywhere in the vicinity Of the two Rcpub-
lican headquarters was that 81 the gentle
nun who came out Of the Giiscy-ilOuSc
headquarters last night. To an ANXIOUS
insuirar he erutlly remarked: 1--WE may
~ we'll aequiesce decently in this thing.
They've got US"
Mir. Daniel Manning spent the day yes
ttrday with the Democratic Committee.
In the evening be met in the public
efiice Of the Hoffman House deleg1-
ten OF Brooklynites, who had come over
Ia sssure the committee that Kings county
yould be found 10 be all right. At their
head was Hugh Mclaughlin. Among his
associates were POllce-Justice Andrew
Walsh, Justice Fred ;. Massey, James
shsyIln. Augustus Van Wyck, aud John
NJ. 10 that a
nitiee awaited with confidence the result OF
The count. and that there could be no mis-
axe in the figures which had been received
u On trusted correspondents In np.cOuntry
districts. The Democratic Committee smiled
rosd. naturediy when told that some of the
Blaine calculaIors have figured Cleycland's
plurality down 10 400 and ere waiting for
he olden-iime miracle to wipe ii out alto
Eether.
The National Democratic Committee re-
.eived the following dispatch from promi-
cent citizen Of indianapolis yesterday:
"Un Wednesday afternoon ! made The
startling discovery OF conspiracy on the
part Of John &. New and Steve Elkins To
AVE the returns doctored and raised in
one OF the counties Of this state. | took
immediate steps 10 cbeekmate il. On
Thursday. at the meeting OF the boards OF
in the various counties, yigi-
ant men on our side appeared. armed with
certified copies Of the vote in each precinct
~ il had been counted on eleetion-night.
md 10 attempt TO carry out their design
n a. made save in one county, To which the
~ ures were raised some hundreds"
A Boston gentleman, IN WHOM the com
n,ttes has confidence, wrote Senator Cor
Man:
81 learn from a reliable source tina, the
Republicans are getting aflldavitS from
parties In New York declaring that they
voted the Butler ticket. to show that more
Butler votes were east thn counted.
Twenty such aflidayits have been obtained
IN one precinct III Troy, n. V, where but
enc Butler ballot was returned. The facts
are. the Butler workers distributed Blaine
ballots instead 81 those containing Butler
electors. and thereby deceived the voters,
and they IRE now trying 10 turn their own
frauds TO further use by pretending that
the votes were not counted rs east. One
Of Buffers chief managers here was over
heard 70 say that they turned over thou
sands Of Butler votes to Blaine IN New
York, and would have turned over more
had they supposed II necessary
Ii i,as fcen reported at National Demo-
cratic headquarters that prominent Re.
publican politician. an en- army officer. and
feImerly connected with the Pacific rail-
road, left this city yesterday afternoon.
having In his possession a urge amount OF
money to be used in an attempt 10 inter-
s,re with the electoral vote Of Virginia.
HIS immediate destination was Petersburg.
The Democratic State Committee re-
se,ved adyiees OF great activity among
agents Of John j. Davenport In the coun'
lies of Richmond. Suffolk. Queens, Kings
wsstehesier, Putnam, Rockland, anC
Ulster. Their efforts seemed 20 be ;,
trump UP allegations Of technical irregu
laritks and induce Republican members O
the Boards OF County Canvassers TO pa!
attention to them.
Owing 10 the extraordinary unexpected
expenses incurred In resisting the Balm,
aftemp, 70 alter the result OF the election
|. the National Democratic Committee Il
obliged 70 again sppesi for contribution,
70 the friends Of It's cause. Anything seui
70 Charles j. Canda. treasurer Of the com.
Rittee, At the headquarters, No. II west
Tweniy.fourth street. New York. viii be
thankfully acknowledged.
An Investigation, carefully made, Of the
Republican allegations OF substantial irreg'
ularities In various parts OF the State Of
the most trivial and technical character
o. absolute misststements, like the mare:
nest In New Lots, upon which Chairman