The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-09
THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.
What Is Said by the Secretary and Chair
man of the National Committee.

What Is Said by the Secretary and Chair
man of the National Committee.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
New York, Nov. 9.-The situation here has
not been materially changed. The Republicans,
relying on the Associated Press reports, were as
sured of success till the reports changed, early
this morning, and the old doubts have returned
again. The returns in this city were carefully
canvassed by the election inspectors to-day. The
revision gave the Republicans 473 votes which
had been incorrectly reported for Cleveland.
The Democratic managers claim the State by
$50 votes only. The Republican national com
mittee have entire confidence in the result
Chairman Jones. Secretary Fessenden,
and the remainder of the commit
tee have been busy at work all
day, perfecting arrangements for securing fair
canvass Of the official returns Said Secretary
Fessenden
1--WE are still confident that we have this State,
and, according to our figures, which have been
gone over very carefully, Mr.. Blaines plurality
will be between 100 and 400. We feel quite
cheerful over the situation. In close election
like this it is the duty of every patriotic citizen
to avoid saying or doing anything of an infam-
matory character. This course our ma
tional committee has studiously pursued.
No good purpose can be served
by working oxcitabe people into a
white heat In due time the official figures will
speak for themselves and we feel sure they will
speak for Blaine. Should it happen, however,
that Cleveland has plurality of the votes, we
shall bow to the will of the people, and will do it
with good grace. When the official canvass is
made, next Tuesday, we will bring out some
startling facts, which will open the eyes of the
country. l cannot at present, give even the
evidence in our possession for publication; it
would not be wise to advise our
opponents of the precise course we
intend to pursue and the frauds on which we
shall base our action. can only say that, in
many counties Of the State. votes have been
and that we shall take proper legal
measures to redress these wrongs. If Mr. Blaine
has been beaten" he continued, with some feel
ing ''the result is due to apathy on the part of
his friends and treachery on the part of his pre-
tended friends. In Oneida county the stalwarts
proved false to Mr.. Blaine and went over to the
enemy, 1900 strong This information we
received this morning. The temperance issue
lost Blaine 600 votes in the State. l do not
believe the Republicans lost seriously by the un
fortunate speech of Rev. Burchard. in which he
talked about rum. Romanism and rebellion
1 know, of my own knowledge, that many Irish
Catholic districts declared for Blaine"
Chairman Jones said: I'VE have not yet sur
rendered, and have no idea of doing so. Our
banner is out, and shall swing until it is
shown that We have been vanquished
We still maintain that New York State
is ours, and tho only danger is
a false count There is nothing new that we
hear of, the situation being substantially as it
was yesterday 1 consider the incendiary course
of some of the Cleveland papers as simply out
New frauds are hourly coming 10 light.
effect that they voted for st. John, and that
there were no votes for St John returned from
their precincts. Two thousand Republican bal
lots, on which the last letter of elector Butter
fields name was struck off in cutting
the ballots which had been printed in
large sheets, were thrown out by
Democratic judges. On Long Island number
of negroes and Kentucky horse jockeys who had
not been in the State three weeks voted for
Cleveland. The number of votes cast exceeded
the names of the regstrators list by 400
A dispatch to the national committee from the
upper part of this State, this afternoon, says;