The Mineral argus., 1884-11-20
Claims and Doubts Undecided.

Up to Tuesday there was very little change in
he situation All parties awaited the outcome
Of the county canvassess of Tuesday. Lawyers
blanks, and all the machinery of contests have
been provided, and No one can tell what the re-
suit will be, or how long it will be prolonged.
REPUBLICAN ADDRESS.
The following address was issued by the
Republican national committee this even
ing:
Republican National Headquarters New York,
Nov S.-The Republican national committee
are taking the most careful and thorough meas
sures TO ascertain errors, If any have been made,
and frauds, If auy have been committed, in the
returns of the late election in the State of New
York If Mr.. Cleveland shall be found to
prompt acquiescence will follow from the Re-
publicans of the United States. If Mr.. Blaine
shall be found to have a plurality of only one
vote, prompt aequiescence will be expected
from the Democrats of the United States. The
belief of this committee. founded upon investi-
CATION. is that Mr.. Blaine has plurality of
several hundred votes, and If that be every
honest man will demand that it be officially de-
clared Until the official declaration shall be
made we ask the public to unite with us in an
honorable effort to secure a perfectly fair count
Purity in elections is the only safety for repub-
Chairman
DEMOCRATIC PROCLAMATION
AN ALLEGED REPUBLICAN SCHEME
New YORK, Nov 9.-Headquarters Demo-
cratic State Committee. Hoffman House, New
York, Nov 8, 1SS4-We deem it our duty to
announce to the people of the state that the
Republican managers have, within the last
forty eight hours, conceived a new scheme
for throwing again into dispute the result of
the election in our state For many days
after the election the entire committee, in
bad faith, claimed for the Republican candi-
! date several states which they knew they
had not carried In the same bad faith, when
! every source OF information, iuclud-
ing the associated press, has dem
| onstrated that the vote of New
York has been given to the Cleve-
land electors, they still claim the state.
| No fact of history is now better known than
| that the result of the election. ascertained.
declared and certified by the election officers
| and of public record throughout the state
| gives New York to the Cleveland electors by
| a decisive plurality. These public certified
| returns have been sifted in the several coun-
ties by both parties with the most conscien-
tious care during the last four days, until
| every possible doubt as to the result mas
| been removed. Knowing this fact, they now
propose, as last desperate resort, tc
| make boards of county canVassers
throughout the state where controlled
by them so many returning boards, after
| the pattern of those not long since
used by them in the Southern states
| Wherever DOaruS Ial b0em JUDICIAL OTueIt
are to be applied for. Thus relying upon
the parlisanship of the boards in the first
+, place and judges of their own political faith
in the second, they intend and expect tC
throw again into dispute the result of the
election and involve it in interminrble llti
CATION. To this end printed papers have
been sent them to their agents anc repre-
sentatives in every county in the state of New
York, to be used with the courts whenever al
| occasion can be manufactured OF the entire
g.. ~
scheme, there can be no question. We cal
on representatives of the party in the variou
counties of this state to be alert and by ever
proper method to resist and defeat this las
desperate device. Mindful of the grave con
| sequences to the business interests of Ou
state which such a conspiracy necessarily in
wolves, we deem it our duty to assure ou
people, who have now generally acquiesce
in the result, that they may confidently rel
that by no such scheme or device will tn
state be deprived of the result of their delib
crate choice 1t may disturb and protrac
the determination; it will not change the re
suit ISIgnedl W. Il. SMITH,
Chairman Executive Committee.
yANDERBuT's CONGRATULATIONS.
Hon G. Cleveland-My Dear Sir: congrat
ulate you and the people of the whole countr
of the United States. You owe your election, il
my judgment, to the fact that the people be
lieved you to be an honest man, and not to an
particular efforts made by any faction, the Re
publican or Democratic party. Independ
ent men who care more for good gov
ernment than parties or individuals hav
made you their choice because they weT
convinced that your administration would no
be for the benefit Of any politician or favore
persons. but for the interest of the whole people
This is just the result which is most desired
We have reached time when party amounts
little, the country is above all, and wants a.
honest government by honest men, The belle
that they will find this in you has caused you
W. H. VANDERBILT.