Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-10
TIRE ELECTION CONTEST.
Summary Of the Situation mp TO This
Morning.

Morning.
NEW YORK Sun FIGURES As TO CLsvrtANps rLp-
RALrTY.
The democratic plurality In the state OF New
York, according to Official figures received by Chair
man Daniel Manning from the county clerks Is
LISA About NIFTY prominent democratic lawyers
met in New York city last night ana discussed the
law relating to the boards OF county canvassers In
the various counties throughout the state. The
suit OF the discussion Is that Ia all probability demo-
cratic lawyers will be present at every board OF
vaSSers tomorrow.
Several charges OF fraud and error were made by
the republican managers saturday. IL Is said that
In New Lots. town OF Kings county, in Brooklyn,
ana In New York city several hundred more votes
were cast for Blaine than were credited TO
nim Ia the published returns The New York
Saa says II has so far discovered no reason TO
change the figures representing the result in New
Lots and Brooklyn. and adds: In regard to the
alleged error In the returns OF this city, tt APP
pears that the democrats admit a portion OF the
CLAIM made by the republicans but assert that the
gain 10 Blaine when the error Is corrected will
amount TO less than 100 votes The exact figures
are not given, and probably will not be known
until after the official canvass The republicans
also aver that In four counties In the upper part OF
the state votes cast for Butler were counted for
cleveland, and the republican national committee
processes TO have evidence OF fraud In fifteen
ties In regard to these allegations nothing has
been learned which settle the question or their
correctness Up 10 this time, therefore, with the
slight alteration noted above, the returns received
at TINS ONCE continue to show that Cleveland has
The New York democratic state committee has
issued the following: "We deem Il our duty 10
ican managers have, within the last AZ hours con-
celved new scheme for throwing again into dis
pute the result OF the election In our state. For
many days after the election they, In entire bad
1alth, Claimed for the republican candidate several
states, which they knew they had not carried. In
the same faith, when every source OF Information,
lnciudlhg the Associated Press, has demonstrated
that the vote OF New York has been given TO the
Cleveland electors. they still claim the state No
part OF history Is now better known than that the
result OF the election as ascertained declared and
certified by the election officers, and OF public
record throughout the state. give New York to the
Cleveland electors by decisive plurality. These
puoltc certified returns have been sffted I'm the
several counties by both parties with the most con-
scientious care during the last four davs unit,
every possible doubt as to the result has been re-
moved. Knowing this fact they now propose as a
last desperate resort, to make OF the boards OF
county canvaSSerS throughout the state where
controlled by them, SO many returning boards
after the pattern OF those not long since used
10y them in the southern states. Wherever the
boards fall them judicial orders are TO be applied
Tor. Thus relying upon the partiSanship OF the
boards, in the first place, and judges OF their own
political faith In the second, they intend and ex-
pected to throw again into dispute the result or the
election, and involve 1t In interminable litigation
To this end printed papers have been sent by them
10 THEIR agents and representatives In every county
in the state OF New York, be used with the courts
whenever an occasion can be manufactured. OF
the entire reliability of our information TO this
scheme there can be no question We call upon the
representatives OF the party I'm the various counties
or this state TO be alert and 10y every proper method
to resist and defeat this last desperate device And
mindful or the grave consequences to the business
interests or our state which such conspiracy
necessarily involves. we deem 1t our duty assure
our people who have now generally acQuieSced In
the result. that they may confidently rely that by
no such scheme device will the state be deprived
OF the result OF its deliberate choice. 1t may dis
turb and protract the determination; 1t Will not
change the result w. E. SMITH,
Chairman Executive Committee"
TWO ADDRESSES OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE.
The republican national committee issued the
following address to the republicans OF the coun-
Try" Saturday afternoon, which was printed In the
fourth edition OF The STAR of that day:
"To the Republicans OF the Country: We have
carried New York. The official count will confirm
and are elected.
B. F. JONES' Chairman.
SAMUEL FEssENDEN, Secretary
This was followed Saturday night by another ad-
dress, IN which they say:
The republican national committee are taking
the most careful and thorough measures To ascer.
tain errors, II any have been made and frauds n
any have been committed, In the returns OF the
late election In the state OF New York. III Mr..
Cleveland shall be found to have plurality OF even
one VOTE prompt acquiescence will follow from the
republicans or the United States. Ii Mr.. Blaine
Shall De found tor have plurality OF only vote,
prompt acquieScence will be expected from the
democrats of the United States The belief OF this
committee, founded upon Investigation, is that Mr.
Blaine has plurality OF several hundred votes
and that IL that be SO every honest man win de,
mand that it be officially declared. Until the Of
i1cal declaration shall be made, we ask the public
perfectly fair count Purity In elections is the only
safety for republican Institutions
B. F. JONES, Chairman.
SAMUEL FEssENDEN, Secretary"
MORE ABOUT THE CRIES OF FRAUD
1t was stated at republican headquarters in New
York Saturday afternoon, that mistakes had been
found in the twenty fourth assembly district and
Westchester county, which, when corrected, would
give 400 votes in favor or Mr. Blaine.
The Mail and Express, which has been claiming
New York for Blaine from the start, saws that a
dispatch to the national COMMITTEE from the upper
part OF the state saturday afternoon stated: s.he
Butler votes here were all counted for Cleveland
The tickets were the same size and thickness IL is
alleged by the Butler managers here that the same
thing has been done elsewhere" The newspaper
adds that "the committee has received dispatches
from four counties giving in substance tie fore
going Information. The committee has positive
evidence OF fraud in fifteen countless
Inc Albany Ecent'lg Journal trep.) claims TO
have discovered what IL calls 'glaring fraud" In
tricts disappeared and the figures were SO altered
as 10 elect the democratic county treasurer by 10
votes The figures of the 1sth ward given to all the
papers or the city on the night OF the election,
elected the republican county treasurer. The Jour-
nal says 100 votes were changed In order to count
out, Cleveland viii lose 3ss votes The
1t is alleged that in one district a new
for the original one, and that In other districts era
SureS by chemicals OF the true vote were made and
false set OF figures written In. The republicans
claim the election or their candidate for county
treasurer by majority, and the election OF their
candidate for coroner by l2S majority.
The Argus fdem) says: ssI'his makes out a prina
racia case OF apparent fraud, to say the least.
II the inquiry confirms the allegation let the guilty
be indicted. convicted, and given the severest SEN
tence OF the law"
HOW THE CANDIDATES SPENT SUNDAY.
Gov. Cleveland spent yesterday very quietly,
obtaining much needed rest and regeneration He
attended morning service at the Fourth Presby-
terrain church, where the pastor, the Rev. Charles
Wood, delivered the sermon Yesterday afternoon
with the exception OF an hour or SO at the execu-
tive chamber attending to private correspondence
MI. Blaine continues TO receive large number
or letters and kilograms from all parts OF the
country, indicating q profound interest in the
situation in New York. He has made no express
sion OF opinion beyond the assertion OF his belief
that the republican electoral ticket received a
ton. He declines to discuss with any one the
details OF the situation. He has entirely recovered
from the fatigue incident to the campaign, and is
In good health.
IMPRISONED FOR FALSE REGISTRATION
The New York Herald says: Mr.. John l. Daven.
port chief supervisor OF elections, appeared In the
federal building Saturday. It was learned that
the fifteen election prisoners who were committed
to LudiOwstreet Jail for false registration by Mr.
Davenport Will be all held to await the action OF
the United States grand jury. which presents its
indictments on December 10 next Several OF these
prisoners to have been tried on Thursia last
but the hearing for all has been postponed to the
aforementioned date.