The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-06
A Gloomy Morning and Forenoon for Repub-
licans, Followed by Pleasing Tidings
o SuceeSs at Night.
Two States of the Solid South Break
Away and Join the Republicans.
Probability that Mr.. Blaine Has Carried
Every Northern State Except COnnecti-
cut and New Jersey-Famous Victory.


On Tuesday the people said, "By midnight
the name OF the next President will
be known" Midnight came, but it brought
little or no satisfactory information. Morning
will surely tell the story" murmured the restless
multitude which hung about the headquarters Of
the Republican national committee. The peo-
pie remained in tho streets till nearly daylight,
and still the result was clouded with doubt.
The early morning information was discour-
aging to the Republicans-it looked as though
they had lost New York, New Jersey, Connecti-
cut, Indiana, and Illinois. The outlook in New
York State was very gloomy. The Republican
State committee became respondent and gave
up New York. Their doubts wore
made public. All the morning,
weary politicians who had spent the night watch
ing, bent over long tables of figures and tried to
wrench victory from apparent defeat. The DEM
ocrats claimed the State confidently and noisily;
they also claimed the election of Cleveland, AMI
the Democratic morning papers exulted editorialy
over the defeat of Mr.. Blaine. Members of the
Republican national committee did not sleep last
night nor to-day. They watched, waited and
worked. Finally the tide seemed to turn. The
later reports from New York promised well.
Virginia was heard from, and by 6 o'clock in
the evening there was a complete revolution In
public sentiment in regard to the result. Tho
national committee said Mr.. Blaine never for .
moment lost confidence. They hoped for
gloomy and unfavorable; they were prepared
for the turning of the tide, and their intelligent
estimates enabled them to predict it. Tonight
the Democratic papers practically concede the
defeat of Cleveland in New York State, and adj
nit there is a grave possibility of his defeat in
the Nation.
At this writing the election of Mr. Blaine
seems assured. New York State will give the
Republican electoral ticket a majority exceeding
1000. New Jersey and Connecticut are Demo-
cratic. Indiana is considered doubtful, and
the Republicans need not include
its fifteen electoral votes in their column to
elect Mr.. Blaine. Virginia is Republican; the
majority cannot be estimated at present, but
the Indications are that it will be small. There
is some danger that the Democrats may
hold the returns of a few districts for
the purpose of fraudulently tampering with
them. 1t is not likely the Republicans will al
low themselves to be defrauded of the glory Of
breaking the solid South. tits likely that Me-
Blaine has wrested two States from the solid
Democratic phalanx of the solid S~outh-Yirgin-
ia and West Virginia. The news received by the
national Republican committee from West Vir-
ginia leads them to believe that they have car
ried it by a small majority, probably less
than 2,O00 1t would be a great
victory to carry it by a majority Of
two. The exact result in West Virginia cannot
be determined till the official returns are all re-
ceived and counted. A. W. Campbell one Of
the owners of the Wheeling Intelligencer, was
at the Republican headquarters all day. Said be:
81 think West Virginia will cast her electoral
vote for Mr.. Blaine. He is much stronger than
the Republican State ticket which was defeated
in October. We lost the State then because our
candidate for Governor was an unpopular man.
We expected a great change in our favor, and it
has come. Blaine and the protective principle, I
think have given the State to the Republicans.
The Republicans have gained one CONGRESSMAN,
Barbee, in the Parkersburg district"
The latest private information from California
is to the effect that the Republicans have GER
tainly carried that State by a large majority.
Oregon will give Mr.. Blaine over 1,5OO. and
Nevada will not fall much behind Oregon.
The secretary of the Michigan Republican
committee has just telegraphed that Mr.. Blaine
will have more than 5000 plurality in that
State.
Wisconsin has given him a fair plurality.
There is no doubt about the result in any Of
the Northern States which 1 have not mem
toned.
Chairman Watson. of the Tennessee State
Committee. telegraphs that returns, up to
date, lead him to believe that the Republicans
had elected Reid. their candidate for Governor,
and that possibly they have carried the State
for Blaine.
Jail Deliveries in Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 1.-Two jail deliveries oc-
CURED in this State last night, one at Appleton.