Daily Republican., 1884-11-08
THE GREAT CONTEST.
THE OFFICIAL COUNT " TIE
VOTE OF NEW YOBK TO
TBClDE VINO WILL .
BE RR0o1DEmB.

ME OFFICIAL OOUWT " TIE
VOTE OF NEW YOBK TO
yEClDE WHO WILL /.
BE RR0o1DHM1. IA =
Tho PhiisdAlphis Pres corrssponAsnt
from New YQsis AaSes s.---.
New York SEAte still remains In the
doubt which attaches to > poll where
plurality 10 10 small that the average
omissions and irTegularf-
ties Of !. .225, 900 ballots may alter II |;
but the odds Of the open returns favor
Cleveland. The tally Of the returns at
the county seats gives the Democratic
candidate . clear plurality close 70 900
and IL may bo I 800. The poll by dis.
triCts gives tho same result Both return
. clear plurality, but . plurality 20
small that halt . vote in 1000 might
change the result, but there 10 not to.
night definite assurance that this half
vote can be found even BY the closest
scrutiny, still mindful Of contests In the
past, no sane, impartial, candid man
will pronounce tho State safe for either
party.
Both sides claim 1t and by the same
plurality-sbout 400. Neither dare
submit their reports from . single
county or their footings on their plurali-
ty to the profess ional scrutiny OF .
friendly corr espoLdens. This 10 true
both Of Democrats and Republicans,
and alike Of the canvass in Mr.. Smith, .
hands 1t the Hoffman House and Mr..
Warren at the Gilssy. Each party is
wsrily Watching the other and strip
ping for the great legal fight Of next
Tuesday, and for the official count by
counties, whose issue and outcome TO
prevent the blow to business of Ia dis
puted election.
Into this fight the Republican party
enters prepared to prove fraud, irregu-
larities and miscounts, which will in
crease the Republican vote by figure
more than large enough to Offset the
narrow Democratic plurality. Small
a. II 10 upon Democratic claims, not
One.third Of 1t stands unquestioned.
In Amsterdam 81 votes-in . Rich.
mond township, . disputed figure
which stands for . difference of 60 votes
In this city All error Ofa serious char
acter, reaching more than one hundred
votes-in Essex . missing township
in Queens and Westchester suspicious
alterations; in Ulster charge OF collu-
sion In an election p0ll-these and other
challenged returns reduce the Demo.
cratic return to 300 votes. Three hun
dred and ten is, l believe, the exact
figure, and on this brittle and doubtful
bridge Grover Cleveland is preparing
10 pass to the Presidency.
WHAT MR.. ELKINs SAYS.
NEW YORK, Nov. T." The National
Republican Committee intends to be
conservative and just TO every body, and
to act coolly and without precipitation
In this crisis" said Mr.. Elkins this af
ternoon TO reporter for the Mail and
Express. 81 am not speaking for my.
self personally" he said, "but the
whole committee. On the line of action
TO be adopted" he continued, 1--WE are
q unit, and prefer, therefore, that this
statement shall 60 forth, not as ema-
mating from me, but from the commit
tee.
"Your committee claims that Mr..
Blaine has been elected.
&c We believe that he has been elected,
and, as matter Of COURSE, we there
fore claim 1t. We mean 10 be fair, and
to leave no stone unturned to get ct the
exact facts. II we discover on investi.
cation that Mr.. Blaine has not received
the vote we think he has, and II we
ind the frauds were not perpetrated
which we have strong evidence point.
ing TO, then, as patriotic American citi-
zens, we shall bow to the will OF the
majority and concede the election Of
Cleveland"
ITO what frauds especially do you
refer r?''
1--WE are in possession of information
indicating that in this city, Kings
County, Queens County and In ceun-
ties in the interior of the State the re-
turns have been tampered with since
night. When the Boards Of
Canvassers of these counties shall as
semble 10 count the vote the National
will, in every instance,
appear by counsel, enter formal pro-
test and produce evidence showing that
frauds have been perpetrated on the
ballot-box. The matter will then go
before the Courts for adjudication, and
we shall cheerfully abide by the result.
"On what particular facts is the
charge.of fraud in this county based 2"
The Democrats in New York and
Brooklyn have been increasing the
plurality for Cleveland step by step
since Tuesday night. so that now the
vote is fully 1000 higher, according of
their figures, than 1t was at the close to
the polls. This Is matter that calls
for an explanation, and we have some
facts In our possession which may
throw light ON It, These facts we mean
To keep to ourselves until the proper
time comes to produce them before the
proper tribunal
aside from the count, is there any
thing else OH which Mr.. Blaine's friends
base the charge of fraud ?"
We hold that votes were counted
for Cleveland which, under the law,
should have been thrown out, and that
ballots were thrown out which should
have been counted"
"Outside Of New York and Brooklyn,
in what counties do you charge that
fraud was perpetrated ?"
RETURNS AND ESTIMATES.
We are not prepared to make public
the entire list at the present moment.
We shall do so in good season. Queens
County, Ulster and st. Lawrence will
receive prompt attention. IN one polling
place in Ulster County Cleveland is
credited with ninety.three more votes
than the entire vote pollej. In St.
AoWIouCo SOuuty tuC bcboSA"to oihih
q gain which Ia 800 votes ahead of all
the estimates -
Your returns are not yet com.
plete %
We have estimates in all cases,
but the full official returns from ten
counties are yet wanting. We do not
want to arouse feeling by making our
es Inmates public, preferring TO await
the complete offinial returns. We do
not propose Cleveland shall take his
seat by fraud, but if we learn that he
has been fairly elected we shall freely
cnncnda the fact There La no necaSHitY