Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-13
Looking ,hs Fact, in the Face.

IhA.rtpfff tHR-ar w. ny.
New York State, on he face Of the re-
turns, which have been scrutinized with un-
exsmpled care by both parties, gives Cleve-
land about 1900 majority, and elects him
President, unless mistake or fraud shall
change the return. There are three posi-
bic methods By which it may be hoped to
change the result. They are
|. Errors ofrOmp"i"ti" IL Is always
possible for errors Of computation to be
found in the returns Of a million and a
Quarter OF votes; but it Is reasonable to as
sumo. in view of the fact that both parties
have ALREADY reached nearly or quite every
precinct in the State and verified It's cOuat,
that the errors OF computation cannot ma
t~t.ia!I7 alter the u~GdiSput,i majority on the
lace Of the returns. There IS not nov one
chance in a thousand that the iUal count
can change the result Nv errors OF cOmputa'
ten.
Tcraaf-,H rrc}v,jor rf g.''uH~. Iii
simrly folly for the Republicans 10 appeal
10 a Cleveland Board u CaRydsSer5 70 de
clare Cleveland defeated against the -oncSt
vote. by the technical exclusion OF returns.
Ans tecL.;,al yoiu; OF exclusion pressed 6y
The Republicans. Il accepted, would be an
invitation TO strain the technical exclusion
Of returns 20 p~aE.isau ends. Ii IS not
merely folly. II Is madness, 20 depar. from
the honest vote on teCan;caI';es whether it
shall elrc. Cleveland or 3aiue.
; Irc.1. The cry Of fraud has been
started by johnny davenport the Federal
Supervisor OF Elections, without knowing.
or pretending to know, when, Fhere or by
whom any fraud had heeu committed, and
Nc. Blaine has ~rccoaui,ed even his iutelti-
gent pariisSHs 10 his defeat by re
peatiDg the ely OF fraud without either
evidence OF we'll founded s~apicion Oc
Its existence, Il is possible, even probable.
that johnny Davenport will to-day fulfill his
pledge to Blaine anu Eikius, by ~corrupting
some election officers TO iaiSify their own re
turns, but cui hc7g' The honest return
have been carefully ascsertaiued; have been
sc~ErpuOuSiy guarded, and a fraudulent re-
turn wouli be promptly discarded bv the
Board Of CsnvssSers. and the true vote
co,nted and certified.
IheSe are TIE pCSSlJie meshOdS Tor re
yersiug the vote OF New York. and they
will fail unles5 pslpSble mistakes in the re-
turns shall be clearly aseertaiued. And
when the Board OF C~snvassers shall have
computed and certified the result, who will
gainsay il? Who IAN contest it2
In 1876, the Republican Returu-
ing Board OF Florida computed aad
certified the returns in favor OF HAYES. in
open disregard Of the Judicial command O!
the Republican Supreme Court in favor of
Tilden. That return, in disregard of the
figures and in contempt of the Supreme
Court of the anne party, WAS declared By
the Republicans as conclusive, aud the
electoral vote counted for HAYES.
In the House, James G. Blaine
voted to accept hist return az final, and
in the Senate, John A. Logan voted to &C.
cept it as absolute and irrevocable. Then
the Republicans had all the machinery Of
power; everything but the popular vote.
Now the DemOcrgts have all the machinery
OF power and the popular vote in their favor,
with Republican precedents, made By the
individual records Of both Blaine and Lo-
gan, and fraud cannot prevail.
If the honest vote Of New York shall
give Blaiue one mere vote than Cleveland.
be will be entitled to and receive the GER
tiieate Of election; add if Cleveland shall