Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
TT LOOKS . DARK.
The Resu 1t of the Presidential
Election iii Doubt. Both I
Sides Claim q Victory. u.
Ig will take the Official Count OF
New York to Decide it.

win without New York 5 electoral vote
and both sides claim that state BY
from 500 to 100 majority. The paper:
# New York city which supported
Cleveland announce that he has re
| ceived q majority OF the votes Of the
state, and the Blaine papers make
positive calius for their candidate
it Is useless for either side to be posi-
tive yet, as the vote is so close that ii
will undoubtedly take the official can.
vass to decide the matter. We must
admit however that the Democrats are
apparently more confident of sncces:
than the Republicans. It is claim ed
10y some that the close hess ST the vote
in New York state will give an oppor
tunity for the practice Of fraud, but il
is our opininion that the side that cast
the most honest votes will secure it
just rights In rs Intelligent state as
New York the frauds Of the southern
states cannot be accomplished. and
both e:ues may rest assured that &c
frauds will he perpctratsd. The tota,
vote Of the state is over 100000
The Republicans have gained large
number of congressmen in the country,
but not enough to control the next
house. Minnesota elects FIVE Republic
cans to congress. Indiana is still
claimed by both parties. The South
is solid for Cleveland and spoils. New
Jersey and Connecticut went Demo
cratic. Butler had a very small vote
in New York, receiving less than st.
John.
The following telegram was sent from
New York early Friday morning:
Though nothing decisive has as yet
been ascertaineu in regard to the con-
test i'll this state, and few returns are
still uureported, the outlook fer Re-
publican success is undoubtedly bright
er than at any time since Tuesday
night. How bitter the fight in New
York has been is shown in the result
of the voting III total Of 100000
votes cast here, neither side now
claims victory by oye:2, 900, and both
admit that the full returns may reduce
the plurality Of the winning side to less
than LOCO. At this hour the situation
may be fairly summed up as follows;
The associated press, with complete,
and, IN many cases official returns from
all but twelve precincts gives Blaine
1868 votes, Cleveland ST. ,9o7; Re
publican plurality 81. The Republic
all national committee has complete
and official figures from all but tllir
teen counties, which show plurality
of 1853 for Blaine, which is increased
by the complete unofficial returns to
between 1900 and ! 800. They claim
that an unofficial count in these coun-
ties will not vary over 200 from their
figures. On the other hand: the Times
and Sun argue that Cleveland has car
ried the state in their reports by about
400, and the World aud the Democ-
ratio national committee figure out
over 1000 plurality for their candidate.
The Morning Journals footing shows
a plurality of 1853 for Cleveland. In
the midst of all this uncertainty, the
weight Of evidence is on the Republic
an side. It is to be noticed that the
associated press returns give higher
plurality for Mr.. Blaine than the ma
tional committee claims, and in the
face Of all donials it insists that it's fig
ures are correct. The greatest care has
been taken at Republican headquar-
tiers to get at the correct figures and
gains and losses have been made pub
lie by them with equal rapidity.
The following telegram was sent from
New York by a leading journalist On
Friday evening:
New York State still remains In the
doubt which attaches to a poll whose
cidents, omissions and irregularities of a
million and quarter of ballots may alter
it; but the odds ofthe open returns favor
Cleveland. The tally of the returns at
the county seats gives the Democratic
candidate clear plurality close TO 1000,
and it may be of 200. Tha poll Ivy dis
tricts gives the same results. Both re-
turn clear plurality, but plurality so
small that half a vote in a THOUSAND
might change the result: but there is not
toni ght any definite assurance that this
halt vote can be found, even by the closest
scrutiny. Still mindful Of contests in the
past, nc sane, impartial, candid msn will
pronounce the state for either party
Both sides claim it and by the same plu-
raj ty-about ,40O-neither dare submit
thelr reports from single county, their
footings or their plurality to the profess
sional scrutiny Of friendly corEespon-
dent. This is true both of Democrats
and Republicans alike. Each party is
wAk1LY WATCHING TIE OTHER,
and stripping for the legal fight Of
Tuesday, the official count by counties
whose Issue and outcome will decide
the presidency, and ought to prevent
the blow to business Of a disputed cleo
ton. Into this fight the Republican
party enters prepared to prove fraud,
Irregularities, and lniscounts, which
will increase the Republican vote by a
figure more than large enough to Offset
the narrow Democratic plurality.
Small as it is upon Democratic claims,
not ons-third of it stands unques~
toned. ~ - g.
THE Esr-Saturdav's St. Paul pa
pers admit that the unofficial returns
indicate the election Of Cleveland, but
when the official canvass takes place,
the result is liable to show that Blaine
has q small plurality. Democrats all
over the country are celebrating and
propose to insist that Cleveland has
won, no matter what the official count
may show. While no trouble may re-
suit, everything is now apparently in
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