The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-09
THOSE RETURNS.
.enc 5-T JI dl
One Of the Nest Remarkable
features. ~ 5t
FIGURES BIZ THE NEWSPAPERS
The Times, II eraId, World, Trib une
and COMMERCIAL Advertiser on
the Political Situation
rhe Ne wsraper Retarns.

The Newspaper Rstnrns.
NEW YoRK. November, s.-The Sun
says: "Une OF the most remarkable
features 6f this exceedingly close and
exciting election has been TIC wide dis
crepancy between the various computa-
tons of the result in New York State
offered TO the public from different
sources. Not only have both sides
claimed plurality for their candidates,
but their estimates have been as much
as 10000 apart, although it was apparent
on Wednesday morning that the result
must be very close. The returns col
lected by the San from every county in
the State have from the first indicated
small plurality for Cleveland, but this
has been slowly cut down, as the cor
rected figures have reached US. 1t seems
now to have reached point where COM
paratively little change is likely,tO be
made by further revision While
Associated Press returns from the
election districts appear to vary
considerably from the figures we OBJ
tanned and to give some cOGntenance to
the claim of the Republican national
committee that Blaine has carried the
State by very small plurality. yet we
have SO far been unable to discover
any reason. for expressing material
change in the result as shown by our
own carefully collected returns which
give Cleveland a plurality OF 1,208 III
in this state. .a elf
The Times computes the plurality Of
Cleveland at 1851.
The Herald places Cleveland plU-
raity att, 1908. 'yE
The World says Cleveland's plurality
In the stated is 1 ~.
The Tribune extra says: a" Estimates as
to the result in this state continue tue-
tuating in such way as returns from
time TO time come in as to show thatthe
margin is so narrow that the official
count viii be indispensable to determine
the result. 1sdI sg.
The Commercial z4drertiser this after
noon says: 1t seems generally agreed
TO-DAY. by law-abiding. citizens, that the
official vote must be awaited before tbs
question of who carries New York can
| be settled. There was no disposition On
thepart of the Republicans to deny the
| claims advanced by the Democrats
The Republican position was. thus sim
| ply stated: The largest vote ever cast
| in New York has been pOlled; 1t exceeds
! $4,000. Out of this immense number
OF ballots, deposited in thousands q
! boxes in sixty counties of the State, 1t Is
! commended that plurality OF less than
I 1 800 votes has been given. Mr.. Blaine's
friends do not claim an excess OF thai
| figure, nor do Mr.. Cleyeland's. The
question IS, who received this
plurality d? Thus far, unoficia
! figures have failed to satisfactorily
demonstrate Il. Both sides have IL
sisted that the other was beaten anC
the great body Of people viii have none
/ of such decisions. The question will g.
to the body that has been legally con
stituted for just such purpose, am
happily thtt body is one in. which every
fair and reasonable man has the pro
foundest confidence. This Is the slUua
ton to-day, and it is one that will b
maintained until the question is settleC
M an official manner and to that IA
! objection can, be made by any man wis
has the welfare of his country at heart
Up to L o'clock there has been no chang
in the vote as reported in morning
paper. 1t stood with Cleveland's piUI
atty at $50.