Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-06
THE ELECTION
Neck and Neck.
A Nation Held in Suspense
as to Who is President.
The People Anxiously Await
inc the Result in New York.
The "Solid South" as of Yore.

81 bAio " - Ahhhie1 NhT'''~
New York have not been heard from,
and the cold fact is that until the
very last return comes in some shad-
ow of doubt will linger in every
sensible mind, for the result in that
great state is 30 very close that
very slight variation may turn the
scale Then, too, after all the re-
turns have been received there will
still be a possibility of mistake in
the count, even admitting perfect
honesty of intention, the aggregate
vote Of the state being over a mil
lion. Until all the ground has been
carefully gone over tits natural that
both sides should have both fear
and hope.
1t is evident, however, from the
manifesto of Cleveland's manager,
Manning, that the Democrats pro-
pose to claim the state, whether the
returns justly the claim or not, aud
trust to "A Democratic House of Rep
resentatives to sustain the claim to
the full extent of its power. But Of
this the country may rest assured:
If Grover Cleveland is really entitl-
cd to the vote Of New York he will
have it, but not otherwise.
SO the phenomenal uncertainties
of the campaign still remain unsolv
Cd, although the circle of doubt is
narrowed to small dimensions.
Cleveland carries the "solid South, !"
with the possible exception of West
Virginia, together with Connecticut
and New Jersey. Indiana has prob
ably gone for Blaine and Logan,
with every other northern state, ex-
cept New York, Connecticut and
New Jersey. The official count in
New York will probably be required
TO determine the result. The total
vote Of that state, it should be rec
objected, must have reached nearly or
quite 100000, and with but 500 or
1000 difference between the candi-
dates, the estimated and reported
majorilies can not be received us alb
solutely settling the result.
The hope that Blaine and Logan
may have carried any southern cleo
torai votes has almost entirely dis
appeared, except as to West Virgin
ia, where the Blaine and Butler
Fusion electoral ticket @ Blaine
men and Butler men) has some APP
pearance of having been successful.
In that case, even though Cleveland
may have carried New York, he is
defeated, ms he W II have but 1913
electoral votes to POO for Blaine and
for Butler. In that extraordinary
emergency, the question as to wheth-
or the election should be thrown in
to the House, insuring Cleveland's
success, would depend on the 8
West Virginia Butler Electors.
IN Wisconsin, while the majority
is not as large as was anticipated by
many, it sufiices for all practical pur-
poses. The Republicans carry the
state 10y a majority of about 10000,
elect seven out Of nine members of
congress- gain of four-the entire
ticket of state officers and a majority
of the Legislature.
In Milwaukee county we elect
Van Schaick to congress over Deus
ter, the whole Republican county
llChSl, sldIc ntHdJOL anu seven OF
the twelve members Of the Assem-
bly,. In accomplishing this whole
some result the country towns CON
tributed most of the majority.
OUR neighbor is rather premature
in announcing the election of the
Democratic nominees, Cleveland and
Hendricks. The very latest reports
are favorable to Jas. G. Blaine, and
it is quite likely that he viii be the
next President.