The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-11
AWAITING THE COUNT.
THE TWO GREAT PARTIES WAITING
FOR OFFICIAL FIGURES
And While They Wait They Put Their
Work Where 1t viii Do
Most Good.
At Least That's What the Great News
papers State for Fact--Charges
of Fraud, and Changes of
NOtes-Rumors and
DeniaIs.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-The World says:
All day yesterday secret conferences were
held in the rooms of the national Republican
committee At 5 o'clock the following dis
patch was sent by telegraph: "The commit
tee is confident that the official count viii
give us New York and elect Blaine and Lo-
gan" Also dispatch was sent to a trusty
Republican at Glen Cove, l.. l., as follows:
Have all the Republican inspectors present
at the meeting of the county canvassers."
1t was reported that before the dispatch
was sent out there was a meeting of the Re
publican managers, at which Gould and
Cornell were present
The world also says: Ex-senator Conkling
has Teen requested by the Democrats to
represent them before the state canvasseTs
Mr.. Evarts has been engaged on the other
side
The Democratic papers assert that the
policy of the Republican managers is to
manipulate the returns by tha aid OF legal
proceedings, and inducing Republican boards
Of supervisors to throw out votes, on the
ground of alleged Irregularities. They posit-
lively state that invitations have been sent to
Messrs. Dudley, New, Evarts and many
other prominent Republicans west and
east to come to New York to assist
in carrying out this plan. The Times says
about 200 such Invitations are out, and adds
the repetition of the visiting statesmen"
feature of the campaign of 1876 is about to
be attempted in New York instead of Flor
ida IN taking this step" says The Times,
"Mr. Blaine and his agents have revealed
their desperation and their ignorance of the
nto Gfo -
voters of New York state have in
telligence and patriotism enough to insure
n fair count. Visiting statesmen are not
wanted. Our people are not so dishonest
that they should not he allowed to canvass
ELECTION returns until some western politicians
looks over their shoulders and checks every
figure
In regard to this matter Mr.. B. F. Jones,
chairman Of the Republican national com
mittee said that the report was UNI
true. Il know nothing of the
whereabouts, or movements of either
Mr.. New, or Mr.. Dudley, Mr. Evarts
was engaged Il few days ago to take charge
of whatever legal affairs the committee
might have. He returned to the city Sun
day night. The COMMITTEES did not summon
him"
Mr. Eyarts was seen and also stated that
he had not been sent for. He hal come be
eau this is his home
How do you regard the result Of the cleo
tion:' he was asked Il have just got home
and don't know what the result is. ~
They say Clevelands election is assured,
remarked the reporter. THE returns will
show, said Mr. Evarts. Il understand they
are not all in. 1t looks as if Blaine's chance
were as good as Cleveland's"
do you anticipate any TO methods
ventured the reporter. Il don't know bow
the matter really stands" responded TIL
astute lawyer.
Have you been engaged to contest tn!s
loctionp Il am not aware there is any
contest"
Mr. Charles P Miller declared that the r.
port of the sending of Democratic lawyers 10
every county in the interest of the national
Democratic committee was untrue. about
200 lawyers offered their services" he said :;
but as there was no real need of their ser
vices, they were declined About q dozen
have gone out to certain counties to see that
justice is done at the county canvass"
The Mail and Express says: "T'he mem
bers Of the Republican national committee
arc still mwavering in their belief that
Blaine and Logan have received plurality
of the votes in this state They await with
perfect composure the results of the official
canvass, which will begin in the sixty
counties at ! p. m Tuesday. They
advise all Republicans to be cool
and temperate in action and language,
and to avoid any exhibition of an intlamma
tory character The Democratic scare-crov
about altering the returns is the silliest non.
sense. The returns were filed in the Offices
of clerks of the several counties four days
ago and the only alteration now possible Is
the judicial revision, to which both parties
must bow. The developments of the past
twpnty-four hours indicate even better pos
poets for Blaine than did those of Saturday -
Gen. Barlow, one Of the lawyers represent
ing the friends of Cleveland in the matter
Of securing an honest count in this state, said
Monday that the situation was simply this:
"A plurality Of the immense vote of this
state was confidently claimed for Cleve-
land, and it was pro5ablel that in most
cases this claim was based upon
the certified copies of the election returns,
which were filed with the county clerks II
would be only natural to suppose that after
bhSSo btbll
up over and over again for four or five days
there would be no difference in the results
! obtained by honest men familiar witt
| figures. The fact was, however, that
the totals announced by the newspa-
| pers friendly to Cleveland showed a
variance of several hundred votes from each
| other, leaving the claims of the Blaine man
| ayers out Of the question. This being the
case, it was not impossible that the results
| of the official canvass would differ some what
| from some of the returns most generally &C
cepted but any changes were as likely to be III
favor of Cleveland as of Blaine, and the
former had a margin Of from LOCO, to ,2Ot
or more votes to drawn upon
As to the result of the examination of the
returns of Tire city presidential vote made by
himself and other lawyers Gen. Barlow
| said that his associates did moi
think it advisable to announce then
exact figures. He would say, however, thai
they made some change in the vote on botl
| Sides but the difference did not cause any
material alteration in the vote as com
monty announced, and that it was nothing
like the 425 claimed in favor Of Blaine
Mr.. c. T. Miller was spoken TO by a re
|
the committee of lawyers representing the
| national Democratic committee, Of which HI
is q member, in the election returns. "Wt
mast positively Decline" he said, ito make
KIN Nsn our figures, or the results arrived at
as il would BE- playing into the hands of Tho
| Republicans This, however, may be said
| that we have found no moro errors, and tina
these already discovered will not reduce Mr.
| Clevcland's plurality over So
is 5!era any foundation for j E, Brodsky'
statement that his figures and yours are I'll
slmc and tEat his TO ,tings show 1926 Les
plurality for Cleveland than alreaJ y pub
lished!'
Not particl; Of truth in it. There is ut
such discrepancy, except, perhaps, in MFR.
Brodsky's mind. He has no idea wha
figures we have and we do not propose lei
ting him know. We neither know nor car
how and what he is figuring on, but if b
makes ont any such reductions in Clevelan!s
plurality as 436, lie is all at sea, and doesn'
know what h. il talking about"
MIR Daniel Manning chairman of til
Democratic state committee has arrived i
this city rom Albany, and had lon
iIte view with Senators German and Jones
Of tn. Democratic national committee MI
} hIann.ng sad that he had learned enough T.