Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-15
AMERICAN AFFAIRS,
FURTHER ABOUT THE PRESIDEN-
TIAL ELECTION.
The New York Graphic in Trouble
anniversary Commemoration-
A Will Set Aside.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN
The Presidential ELECTION,

The Presidential Election.
BosToN, November 14th-The Adreyttse
to-day publishes the following special from
Augusta, Me. A distinguished member O
the New York Democratic party writes tt
Blaine-with whom he has been on term:
OF friendship for many years-cOmplainin2
of the course of the Republican Committed
| and expressing the hope that Blaine him
self is making no attempt to influence tht
count of the votes in New York. Blaine
replied by asking in what possible way he
could influence it. and adds: In the
whole controversy have had no desire ex
cept for fair count and an honest declara,
ton of the result. | have seen no other
request made by the Republican National
Committee nor by any of its members
They have acted on their Judgment al
every step, and need no advice from me.
do not wish any political supporters OF
mine in New York to take the slightest adj
vantage of any mere technical defects in
any returns where the honest intention OF
the voters is expressed. l should far rather
lose than gain by the exclusion of returns
on mere technical grounds. The Presi-
dency is not desirable if there be the re,
motest taint on the title. A promotion of
that kind no more leads to honor than the
possession OF forged paper leads to wealth. u
A NARROW ESCAPE.
New YORK, November 14th.-General
HoratiO c. King SAID at meeting yester-
day of the military institute on Governors
Island, which was attended by the fore
most officers of the regular army here
During the past week we have been in q
condition where the slightest spark applied
to the gunpowder might have created a
revolution | think the National Guard
has been reserve force which has kept
this spark from creating trouble. We have
passed through serious emergency" Gen
eral MolineauX read the paper of the meet
ing on The Danger of Riots" He said
should we have another riot in the country.
similar TO 1872, the probabilities are that it
will be of a more desperate character. The
problem before us is, therefore, how best to
meet it. AS long as capital is arrayed on
one and labor on the other side, the mate
rial for an outbreak is always in our midst
Railroad corporations, if they would look
the matter Squarely in the face, have it in
their power to organize force for their
own protection among their employees.
whose sympathes and interests they should
therefore endeavor to conciliate.
MAKING A CABINET FOR CLEVELAND.
New YORK, November 14th-The Times
says: Political gossip is now industriously
making Cabinets for Cleveland. The names
of Randall, Bayard, Thurman and McDon-
aid are among the most prominently dis
cussed. Pennsylvania is about as likely to
get Cabinet officer as Blaine IS TO get the
English Mission
The Philadelphia Press says: Daniel
Manning will have more to say about a
Cabinet officer from New York than any
one else. If there is Cabinet officer from
New England, which is unlikely, Barnum
will decide that, though Senator German
has eclipsed Barnum III the closing days of
the campaign. 1t is said Carl Schurz and
his friends want the Secretary of State. 1t
is more likely Schurz will go abroad,
perhaps to Berlin, where Bismarck has ex-
pressed his favorable opinion of Schurz in
strong language. Ifreport is true, the man
of the South who Will have the most to say
over the Cabinet is Major E. A. Burke, OF
New Orleans. He handled the Southern
end of Cleveland's canvass, and made no
blunder about Mcdonald or Hendricks.
He had at Chicago many delegates and ex-
hibited an organizing mind. Burke repre-
sents corrupt State ring and the most cor
rupt agency-the Louisiana lottery-in the
country, but this will not prevent him
from being q man of importance In a
Democratic Postotfice Department the lot
terry will have its own way.
sCHURZ AND HIS CABINET PROSPECTS.
New YORK, November 14th.-The .Sto,
says Carl SchurZ can never be a Cabinet
officer under a Democratic President after
participating in the fraud of 1876, which
even the Republican papers are now adj
mitting. The Stm then quotes from the
Post of last evening (Schurz' former paper
and strongest supporter in the recent cam
paign), as follows: Certain active Blaine
men in Ohio and Illinois, who have been
arranging plans to manipulate the Elect
oral vote of New York, had better call d
halt before it becomes necessary to inquire
into their former efforts in the same line in
1876"
PREPosTEROUs STORY.
ALBANY, November 14th - The belief
prevails here in some quarters that the
scheme of the Republicans is to throw out
the vote of New York county altogether
The law provides that the State Canvassing
Board shall meet on the Wednesday next
after the third Monday in November follow
ing each such election, or sooner if all the
certified copies of the returns have been
received, and the Board can adjourn from
day to day until the same shall have been
received, not later than five days and if at
the expiration of four days certified copies
of TIE statements Of the county canvassers
shall not have been received from any
county, the Board shall proceed to canvass
upon such of said statements as shall have
been received" According to this law the
State Board must meet on Wednesday, the
18th, and they cannot adjourn longer than
the 24th. 1t is clear the canvass of New
York county, which gave Cleveland over
A., 600 plurality, will not be finished before
the latter date and with those votes thrown
out Blaine would have the State. The Re
publicans coEstrue the law to mean that
any county not in BY November oath can
not be counted. Secretary of State Carr
(R.) said to-day " If the counties are not
all in by tina, cate we will have TO go ahead
ana canvass without them, and declare
whatever result we may find
BETS BEING PAID.
New YORK, November 14th.-Bets on
the election are being paid by the principal
booksellers in the city, and some of the
most noted rooms in West Twenty-eighth
street have been crowded during the past
two nights by men who met to settle bets.
Last night and the night previous some
$l50,000 changed hands, but the majority
propose to want until the official count Is i'll.
. AS rule, " said one proprietor, "men
have avoided paying bets until after the
official canvass has been made. "
THE ERRORS IN NEW YORK CITY.
New YORK, November 14th-A compar-
ison of the returns from the eight districts
thus far canvassed, with bulletins sent out
on election night by the City Press Associ-
alton, has resulted in showing net Re-
publican gain of 35l votes In regard to
this the Post says this afternoon: AT first
sight such a statement seems important
but in reality the changes thus far made
will have no effect upon Cleveland's plu-
rality as already announced. Returns
made up for newspapers on election night
many errors, but, strange to say.
subsequent careful examinations Of official
returns make scarcely any change in the
plurality for Cleveland as given officially.
The explanation of this is found in the
fact that errors made on one side were bal
anced with extraordinary evenness bv the