The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-20
THE END AT LAST.
GROVER CLEVELAND WINS.-THE
OFFICIAL COUNT IN NEW YORK
GIVES HIM A PLURALITY
OF 1918.
HIS VOTE IN THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE $40, AND HIS ELEC-
TION SURE BEYOND
4 DOUBT.
-FOUR YEARS OF DEMOCRACY Is
WHAT THE VERDICT OF THE
PEOPLE MEANS.
THE CLOSING SCENES IN THE
COUNT.

The agony is over. Grover Cleveland
will be the next President of the United
States. The official count in New YorE
gives him IN undisputed plurality, and the
good sense Of the Nation bows to the ex.
| pressed will Of the people. The frauds
and Irregularities upon which the Republi-
cansrelled to turn the scale in favor OF
Blaine, failed to materialize. The clipped
ballots which were thought to be numerous
enough to reverse the apparent plurality
for Cleveland, did not pan out AS expected
and The Republicans when all hope was
abandoned, gracefully surrendered.
| The closing scenes of the official count
in New York, upon which the result
hinged, are thus described by the New
! York correspondent of the Baltimore
AMERICAN under date OF the 18th -
| The prediction was ventured In last
nights despatch to The american that
| Cleveland's plurality in the state of New
! ork would be little over eleven hun
bred. The board of canvassers for this
county concluded their count of the vote
| for electors to-day, and their figures show
that the state plurality is just ,07s. The
work OF to day began with decision on
| the part of the board to get the presi-
dental count out of the way as soon as
| possible. and let the city and county follow
after. Accordingly the canvass of the
votes in the Fifteenth Assembly district
was proceeded with, and its completion
showed gain of 10 for Blaine. and % for
Cleveland. The Sixteenth Assembly dis
trict figures agreed with those of the press
returns The Seventeenth district gave
Blaine 1926, and Cleveland 6,40l votes
The Cleveland total agreed with that fur
| nished by the City Press Association. but
Blaine S was ten less than the latter al
lowed him. The canvass of the Eighteenth
district showed that the press returns were
correct so far us the Cleveland vote was
concerned. The return from the First
election district gave Blaine lifty-four
votes, while the tally-sheet and the totals
demonstrated that he was entitled to
eighty-one. The gain of twenty-seven for
Blaine thus made was augmented when
the Thirteenth election district was
reached by the discovery that Cleveland
had been credited with one hundred votes
too many by the press returns. The most
glaring and serious mistake thus far I'M
earthed III the press returns was found
in. the Sixteenth election district,
where Blaine received only seventy-three
votes against Cleveland two hundred and
seventy-two, according to the official count.
The press figures were correct in regard
to Blaine's vote, but gave Cleveland only
seventy -two-a difference of two hundred
less than he should have been credited
with. This was very curious sort of a
mistake to be made by an honest return
ing board, but since Lawyer Bliss admitted
that it was due to a clerical error, there
was nothing more to be said.
Blaine s vote in the Eighteenth Assem-
bly, district showed total gain of 1856. He
lost ten on the official count in the Twen-
tieth district. but gained q in the Twenty
first and 10 in the Twenty-second. Cleve-
land lost 81 in the Twentieth district and
5 in the Twenty-third This was more
than balanced, however. by Blaine of one
IN the Twenty-tirst district and 101 in the
Twenty
CLEVELAND s PLURALITY CUT DOWN.
The corrections of the returns were all
made during the afternoon, and the result
showed that Cleveland;s plurality in New
! Ork county was 43, 036. The Democrats
claimed 1920; their loss by the official
count was asa votes, which cuts the al
legged plurality or l.267 in the state to an
actual plurality of 1,07s.
The Republican managers have been
unable to establish their claim of fraud on
the part of the Democracy. and thus the
last hope Of Mr.. Blaine's election has van
ished. 1t is true that the official vote of
Green county has not yet been announced,
but its delay is due entirely to technicali-
ties, and it is authoritatively announced
that there will be no change in the returns
already made. Then comes the action of
the state board OF canvasSerS. Their work
&c oil ~, -
adding up the reports of the boards of
county canyassers This has already been
done by so many people throughout the
state to-day that there is no probability of
any error being discovered. Those who
have decided to rely solely on the announce
ment OF the state canvassers will, of
course, cling to their claim that the state
is still in doubt until that announcement
is made, but those who are willing to ac-
cept the facts must now admit that Cleve-
land has received a plurality of the votes
OF this state, and that he is the president
elect. | venture the assertion that Mr.
Blaine himself holds no further question
as to this fact. and that he is as heartily
glad as any one else that the question is
settled at last. There was general inter-
change of congratulations among the
Democratic aldermen when the result was
announced. but there was no sort of jolli-
tication there OF anywhere else over it.
THE AGONY OVER.
1t was discounted long ago. In the news
paper offices tonight there is great feel
ing of relief. The Times and the Sa7a, who
have been boasting Of the correctness of
their figures. had to haul in their horns to
the extent of one hundred and fifty votes
each. The Tribune used the Associated
Press figures all the time. The latter
paper has apparently been on the verge of
concedlng the election of Cleveland for
several days. but Will probably not make
an official concession until the returns
have gone through every intricacy of the
machine. No one, however, any longer
cherishes a hope of any sort OF miracle
that can alter the result. All that the
Republicans have to do now is to sit on
the fence and see the procession pass by.
But meanwhile they must keep their eyes
and ears open and get ready to try it again
in 1888.