St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-13
Last Wrek ia He,r YorE.

Hon. Joseph ODpenheim, In private let
ter to his brother, Ansel 0ppenheim, ESQ.,,
gives the following account of New York
scenes last week:
The excitement here the past three DAYS
beggars description. Plain, sensible men
have gone crazy for the time. Business, ex-
cepting that which was imperative, has been
practically suspended. At every corner and
public place, at every telegraph and messenger
station large and excited crowds have gath
cred, yelling like mad, once this way then
the other, frequent squabbles have taken
place, hats smashed, pus ing, crowding,
yelling, betting, drinking all mixed to-
gether. Newspapers, with new extras every
hour, were eagerly bought, the one
than five cents and the supply
never equal to the demand. The Repabli-
can extras, which seemed even more frequent
in their appearance, would have in boidest
headlines 'Blaine Elected" although not
word in the column below that proved the
claiml The Democr ltic papers were headed
cleveland Rosters 'Fraud Cheat ''No
1876" some even going so far as to say
fight IL necessary. This morning all
is serene. The .Sust and Journal
concede the election Of Cleveland. An
the Democratic papers and tle independents
keep up their former claim and the Tribune
is the only one that holds out in its head
lines, but practically comedies the result in
the columns below. Jay Gould would have
been hung had he shown himself Yesterday
afternoon or evening, as everyone seemed
to think that he was the cause of the DELAY in
receiving returns and that they were held
back to be ''doctored.'' Cleveland or
.lrnffr
Elkins, Dorsey, Gould, Cornell, Blaine soap
crowd dare not perpetrate the steal they have
been shaping the returns for. In all earnest
ness believe If now the returns were made
to show the election of Blaine that this city
would be in the hands of mob within one
hour thereafter. No one wants any more of
the 1876 fraud results.
The result OF the vote in this city aud
Brooklyn is great surprise. There is no
doubt that 100000 Republicans voted for
Cleveland, and with a natural Democratic
majority in the two cities of c, 00O, Cleveland
should have had, deducting the Butler vote.
140, 900 majority. He had 60, 900. and the
missing $4,000 can only be accounted for by
about 10000 Democrats voting direct for
Blaine, and the 10000 represents the num-
Der of votes traded by both the Tammany
and county Democrats for mayor.
lnat luis Is correct view is evi
denced by the falling of of the majorities
in the Democratic stronghold aud the
gain in Republican districts The mayoral-
ity was all they cared for, and while this
swapping was not done under orders from
the chiefs, II was carried on to their knowl-
edge and without their protest. Mr.. Grace's'
election as mayor was vastly more import
ant to Thompson and keenan, and their 400
lieutenants and captains than the election of
any one for president. The offices that the
winning side control in salaries and per-
quisites probably amount to $4,000, 900 per
annum for these captains etc, and the chief
draws snug percentage from each. know
Of one instance where three Democratic
votes were given Blaine for one vote for
Grant. This has been told me by a thor
oughly reliable eye witness There will be
an effort made TO have city elections changed
to the spring time, but the next legislature,
which will be Republican, will most likely re-
fuse to pass the bill, because their power in
this city will end when they pass IT,
The business men of this city elected
Cleveland; they probably have more at
stake than the interests Of any six western
states com bined, and as they were willing to
chance Cleveland 1 think that those vino
have little or nothing at stake had better
urop inVo me anu unlbe III Tic new enOIi
for clean, honest government, headed by an
honest man and backed by such an amount
of honesty Of the people that the Goulds aud
the balance of the thieves viii drop out of
sight and certainly out of power.
Hurrah for Cleveland and new balance
sheet. The people have decided that they
want no magnetism, no aggressive policy, no
more sinecures for monopolists. They have
decided in favor of plain honesty, reform,
and tariff adjusted TO protect The business