Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-10
BLAINE'S GAME OF BLUFF.
THE REPUBLICAN FIGHT MADE
BY HIS ORDERS.

All Orders Flashed over a Special Wire
frem Augusta to New York-The Radi-
cal Committeeman Getting Tired of the
Nonsense and on the Point of an Open
Revolt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a great deal of IN
side information about Blaine's present game
of bluf has come from trustworthy sources in
New York within the past p hours. The
most important fact thus communicated is
that Blaine is using the National Republican
Committee as a puppes. Everything that
that committee has done since Tuesday last
has been dictated by Blaine over the wire
running between his library Augusta and
the headquarters of the committee IN New
York. Members of the Republican National
Committee concede Cleveland's election
They telegraphed Blaine on Thursday and
again on Friday that Cleveland had been
elected. On Thursday this conversation oc-
CURED over the wire:
National Committee-'We think Cleveland
is elected"
BIaine-ssDo yOu?''
Committee-"Yes, he has carried New
York"
Blaine-"Can nothing be done in Indlana?"
COmmittee-"NO,"
Blaine-"NOr in the South?"
COmmittee-"NO.p
Blaine-"Well, all that have to say is that
you gentlemen must have mismanaged."
Committee-We have done the best we
could"
klaine-''Well, for the present claim every
thing"
This is a sample of the messages with which
Blaine has kept his wire hot day and night.
He seems maddened by his defeat, and is
prodding the committee constantly.
HIS OWN PROCLAMATION.
He wrote the first proclamation published
by the committee himself, and telegraphed it
to the committee. Some members of the
committee did not like its eXtravagant Ian
guage and toned it down before printing it,
When Blaine saw 1t in print he was greatly
lncensed. He telegraphed the committee that
they were pack of fools. Most of the mem
bers of the National Committee weared of
Blaine's persistent effort to bluff his way
through and left New York on Friday after
finally telegraphing their belief to Blaine that
Cleveland was elected. The National Com
mittee is now in the hands of Elkins. Jones
and Fessenden. Even they are growing tired
OF Blaine's dictatiOn, but they seem to expect
that Blaine will soon back down.
Blaine, however. shows 10 such purpose.
He has been telegraphlng prominent Western
Republicans ever since Thursday in the at
tempt TO organize body of ''visiting states
men" to procure such a result as he desires
in New \ York. These Western men, under in
structiOns from Blaine. have telegraphed to
Republicans in the East inviting them to
join in this movement. One of the gentlemen
so invited was Benjamin II. BristOw.
BRIsTOw's REPLY
He replied as follows to the tele gram:
NEW YORK, Nov.7.
"H0n. -, Columbus. o.
Having no experience in super
a count Of votes it is not probable that | will
be called upon to 90 SO now. In my opinion
there is no occasion to fear that the expressed
will of the people will be defeated in this
State. The excellence of the existing ell sctlon
laws, the intelligence and patriotism OF the
people, and the courage and vigilance of both
parties may be relied on to defeat any such
scheme. lou may be sure of fair count in
this state. B. III. BRIsTOw."
This is part OF Blanes movement to delay
matters in New York with the aid of the
courts, and every other means, so as to pre-
vent the New York electors from acting in
time, thus throwing the election into the
House. There he would expect to employ
such means as the Democratic managers now
say were employed by the very men who are
now Blaine's agents to defeat the will of the
people in 1876. These Democratic managers
hint ut disclosures such as have never even
been suspected in regard to the election of
1876. They relate to the occurrences which
took place, not in Louisiana, Florida or
South Carolina. but in Washington, and inn
plicate members of Congress. The Demo-
cratic managers will watch Blaine's move
ments closely. They have a great deal of in
side information about his last weeks d0ings.
THE SINEWs WASTED.
The following comes from a most trustwor-
thy source in New York: The members of the
Republican State mmittee are hard at
work explaining how it was that they were
so badly beaten. They place the whole re-
possibility upon the National Committee.
They assert in most emphatic language that
Blaine would have carried New York had it
not been that the National Committee
''rObbed the campaign chest of the State Com
mittee so that we were left as poor as church
MICE" in order that they might send
money into New Jersey aud Con-
necticut, to no purpose whatever. All
the money that the state Committee
bad for New York was about $4,000, which
Levi p. Morton raised for them among his
friends after his return from Europe. The
State Committee protested vigorously at the
time against this insane policy. Its Chairman
went to Blaine himself about il, but the
National Committee was allowed to have its
own way. From that moment the State
Committee anticipated defeat.