The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-13
THE PRESIDENCY.


The Presidential election Of 1884 passes into
history as one OF the closest national political
contests ever waged In this country. At this
writing-hve days after the closing Of the polls
the outcome Ia one Of extreme doubt. tho Re-
publicans claiming the election OF Blaine and
the Democrats claiming the election of Cleve-
land, with the chances, however. largely favoring
Cleveland. The.whole question HINGES upon the
great mpire State OF New York. with its thirty
ak electoral votes The vote IL q phenomenally
close one. Both parties claim the State. The
Chairmen Of the Republican and Democratic
state Committees issued addresses claiming the
State, and Chairman Jones, OF the Republican
National Committee, issued q manifestQGto the
country announcing that Blaine and Logan
had carried every Northern State except
New Jersey and Connecticut, and two or three
Southern States, and proctaiming their elecc-
ton to the Presidency. On Friday morning
Chairman German, OF the Democratic National
Committee, sent forth an address announcing
that Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hen
bricks have carried 2l9 electoral votes, Is more
than sufficient to elect and declaring that no
fraud or contrivapce can defeat the Will Of the
people of the United States thus publicly and
deliberately declared" The very latest news up
to the hour Of going to press with
the following kilograms from New York: The
Associated Press sends the following:
ION careful review OF the figures by die
tricts, az furnished by the agents of the Associ-
ated Press. corrected by returns received during
the day so as TO bring the record down TO this
time the total vote or the State stands for Cleve-
land 559ss6; Blaine 55s, i26: plurality for Cleve-
land 1.46O. There are yet eighteen districts
from which returns are still behindor question
ed These in 1850 gave Garfield plurality OF 1876.
The counties which contain the lacking districts
are Essex, Madison Sarat6ga,Sullivan and Ulster.
The SUn says the revised returns Of this State
give Cleveland l,2o6 plurality, and the Times
claims the plurality to be 1861. The San says
clerical errors have been discovered In ten diff
ferent counties which almost exactly balance
one another in the footing"
A dispatch from Albany says Gov. Cleveland
has official returns from every county in the
State, showing his plurality to be 600.
The Republican National Committee claim
that the returns by precincts show a plurality
of 1000 DO ], 500 for Blaine The Secretary of the
committee sent the following telegram to Gen.
Logan:
"A careful revision by Col Grosvenor, of Ohio,
of returns from all election districts but four,
which are yet to hear from, gives US plurality
OF 800 in the State feel confident in the re-
suit, and that any attempted frauds will be de-
tered and defeated"
Mr.. Blaine sent the following telegram to the
National Committee on the'7th:
ITO Chairman Ii. +. Jones, of the Republican
National Committee:
Il am advised that there have been frauds
committed in New York State. believe that
the honest vote of the State gives Republican
plurality, and ask the committee 70 see that
we have fair and honest count.
81. G. BLAINE
Jay Gould sent Gov Cleyeland a telegram
National Democratic Committee issued adj
dress saying there was no longer any question
as To the result of the contest, that the electoral
vote of New York was absolutely sure for Cleve-
land and Hendricks, and that they were elected
by majority OF Is in the electoral college.