Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-10
VIEWS OF THE EDITORS.
THE TRIBUNE" GETTING IN
SHAPE TO CAPITULATE.

All the Papers Anxious for an Honest
COunt-NO sincere Doubt of Cleve-
lands Election Felt by Anybody
Slight Clerical Errors Only Disclosed
by an Investigation up to the Present.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The New York Times
this morning, commenting upon the election.
says: ''Reports received from various States
yesterday do not change the general result of
the Presidential election. but ONLY confirm
the choice of Gov. Cleveland. In New York
State few changes, caused by recounts in
three counties, reduce the Democratic plu-
rality to 1890. The electoral college, there
fore, remains as given yesterday morning
2l9 for CleYeland and lS2 for Blaine. From
other States more full details are given of the
result. especially in the election of Congress
men," Referring to the charges of
fraud made by the Republicans, the
they may take to ascertain the true result of
the vote cast on Tuesday will be heartily
seconded by all interested parties, but should
they yield to the strong temptation they are
under to resort to darker methods, even
should they succeed in finding a partisan
Judge to abet their dishonest designs, the
consequences to themselves may be extremely
UNPLEASANT The laws of New York are
singularly clear in defining crimes of that
sort; and the penalties they prescribe are not
at all mild"
THE stTRIBUNE'S'' DYING KICKS.
The Tribune, referring to the last Associated
Press dispatch, which, 1T says, shows an ap-
parent plurality of about ia for Cleveland in
New York, adds: "If this announcement had
been a final one we should have been inclined,
with whatever reluctance, to accept it as
probable that the State had really been car
rled by Cleveland and must, OF course, be so
counted; but it cannot be final. for almost
every hour brings news of some change that
must keep up the fluctuation. A recount of
lafn
police Headquarters, made difference of 425
in favor of Mr.. Blaine, exclusive of the fact
that the returns from one election district are
missing altogether. A dispatch yesterday
from Albany to the E0enin0 Post announced
the discovery of glaring fraud in the Twelfth
ward of that city. To count out the Repub-
licans Change of l20 votes had been made.
If the vote of that ward is thrown out CleVe-
land must lose 3SS votes. In the Fifth ward
of Kingston 81 more ballots were found in the
box than the poll list called for. In that ward
Cleveland had plurality of 26o. In
Brooklyn, by the discovery of alleged
errors, the Democrats on Friday increased
their plurality by 1868. Those figures were
slightly reduced yesterday by another count.
From Sullivan county. word was sent yester-
day that corrected returns reduced the Cleve-
land plurality there by 10 votes. In Queens,
Westchester and other counties there have
been wide fluctuations in the reported Demo-
cratic pluralitles.
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
'OnueF JllS SLdI6 OF Things IL Is OBVIOUS IOHy
to dispute about the accuracy of one newspa-
per's special dispatches over another's, or to
set up anyone's judgment about figures az
infalllble. A special count is at hand. 1t
will be most closely scrutlniZed in every
county in the State, and in most of them
Republican voters will be represented by
counsel. In this city Mr.. Evarts, Mr.. Bliss.
Mr.. Sewell and other eminent and skillful
lawyers have been asked TO undertake the
work. We have faith that what
can be done win be, and we think
that if the errors and frauds already dis
covered can be legally corrected, this State
has given what Mr.. Manning would call a
safe and sure plurality for Blaine and LO-
gan, which even Mr.. Manning's Democratic
Board of Canyassers will have to recog-
nize.'"
In another editorial the Tribune says:
"While we believe that Mr.. Blaine has been
elected by the honest vote of this State, and
that an honest count and honest canvass viii
prove this to the satisfaction of all fair minded
men, we shall be ready to acknowledge
mistake in judgment, if the decision of this
final court of appeal be in favor of Mr.. Cleve-
land.
''It is almost unnecessary to add that if Mr..
Cleveland .be officially declared to be Presi-
dent-elect, we shall judge of him by the
future, and not by the past. All past scores
will be wiped out. We shall begin afresh and
judge of him by his official acts. 1t will be our
closely, but it will be equally our duty and
our privilege to give loyal support to his ad-
ministration whenever his public acts will
warrant approval This we pledge ourselves
to do in advance of the final decision"
THE "HERALD's" REVIEW.
The Herald says: "Our returns this morn
ing do not alter the result as heretofore gwen.
Grover Cleveland is elected President of the
United States by majority of 81 electoral
votes, as we announced on the morning after
the election. Nothing can change these fig
ures. His plurality in this State is nearly
1000. Complete returns are in. The figures
have all been carefully compared, added and
readded. The 36 electoral votes of New York
will be cast for President Cleveland. Pre-
cautions have been taken at Albany by the
Governors friends to have copie staken of all
lists received from the County Clerks through
out the State. II any returns hereafter sent
in by mail should differ from the figures
already received. a rigorous accounting will
be demanded of the person who may have
tampertd with Them"
THE SUNS" SAY.
The Sun saws: ''A few slight changes we've
made IN the election returns from three
counties in this State yesterday, which re-
duce Cleveland's plurality, as shown by the
alitY in Livingston county was increased
one and In Essex county two,
and Clevelands plurality in Queens
county was decreased five. The smallness
of these changes, which are the result of
clerical errors, tends to strengthen the proba-
figures which the San has been enabled to
present to its readers. In the returns from all
the other 81 counties no changes have been
made, although in several instances the cor
rectness of the figures given yesterday has
been retested and confirmed" "
THE WAY THE STATES WENT,