The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-11-18
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY,
HENRY R. WEST,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
New York Herald. 10th inst.

Blaine Attempting kevOlut1ODs
On Wednesday and Thursday last, th
1.-TWO days following the election, th
BLAINE voters were cautiously told b.
the BLAINE managers that they 'heieved
they had carried New York. They di
not "claim" the State, but they "ha
hopes"
That was not unnatural. The return
came 10 slowly, and the BLAINE "esti
mates"-based on the presumed effect
iveness OF vast corruption fund raise
at the GOULD BLAINE dinner and 10 th
Union League Club In the last week o
the canvass for immediate use-wpre all
OF course, in their own favor. Dut th
actual returns as they came 10 prove'
those estimates" wrong. What hap
penedf
By Friday morning the returns were
in, and two men who more than all 9th
ers in this country have the habit of get
ting the earliest correct news Of all i'm
portant matters and the facilities for get
ting it-these two men, jar GOULD ant
WILLIAM H. VANpERBrLr. bad got th,
correct news, and FASTENED to copgratu
late Presidept-elect CLEVELAND. Mr.
GOULD was the earliest, for he telegraph
ed President CLEVELAND bis congratu.
lations. Mr.. VANDERBILT, more deIibe
rate, wrote the President elect, and wrote
him an admirable letter, too.
On the same day, Friday-we wish oul
readers to note the day-tbe Republican
Committee telegrapbed Mr.. BLAINE that
CLEVELAND bad carried New York.
At the same time-Friday morning-
the Tribune hauled down its aag and
ceased to put out bulletins.
That same Friday afternoon the Alba.
ny Evening Journal, one of the strongest
BLAINE journals outside of New York,
and placed at the point to which official
returns are brought, said:
Indiana has undoubt edly gone Democratic,
and the reports of Republican victory in
West Virginia and Florida are not substan-
tiated. II seems clear that Govsru,r CLEvE.
LAND is elected, for the States that have gone
Democratic have 2l9 electoral votes. Rvery
honest citizen and newspaper desires simply
that the vote shall be fairly counted and the
result declared IS the vote was cast. Tho
Journals claims OF Mr.. BLArsEs election were
based on the. best reports obtainable on
Wednesday and Thursday. TO-DAY. wHsN
TIE OFFICIAL RETURNS REMOVE ALL DOUBT, IT
FRANKLY ACKNOWLEDGES DRrRAr.
But no sooner had BLAINE received
the news that he was beaten, and that
his own supporters we're actually ac-
knowledging bis defeat, as good citizens
ought, than he telegraphed from Augusta
his determination to try bit of Mexican
tactics. Note the language of his pro.
nuncismeHto:
lam advised there have been frauds in New
York State. believe that the honest vote Of
the State gives Republican plurality, and i
ask the Committee to rec that we have fair
and honest count.
1t is all ], /, I. BLAINE had been no.
ti6ed by thu Committee that the State
had gone Democratic; he vas not sure
that be could stir them up to support his
Mexicanizng policy, and so, though Mr..
Gould and Mr. Vanderbilt, the two men
most sure to have correct news, were
convinced; though the Albany Eveaing
Journal, his vigorous supporter, had
written that "tc-dsy, when the official re.
turns remove all donbt," the Journal
"frankly acknowledges defeat;" though
his own committee had telegraphed him
that the State was for Cleveland, Blame
refused to accept the facts and i,npudent.
ly telegraphed. ~ believe there have
been frauds; I believe that the honest
vote gives New York to the Rspubli
cans"
Everybody knows Blaine's boundless
audacity. He care. nothing for right,
nothing for truth. o. that very day
Fridsy-he made at Augusta What is
perhaps the most shameless ut,erance OF
which an American public man was ever
guilty:
1 feel great pride that no inputation of fraud
has ever been seriously uttered against the
members of the Republican party in sny State
or district.
Blaine is tempting his followers to
revolution. He has given notice that he
is ready 10 Mexicanize this country II he
can get ANYBODY to stand by him. He
helped to steal the Presidency in 1876 !;
he was part Of the Dorsey "soap aud
new two dollar bill" campaign in 1880,
and took the State Department IS bis re
ward. And be now appeals to his fol-
lowers to help him in still more despe-
rate step.
We believe that this bold, bad man,
convicted lobbyist, convicted corruption.
ist, convicted ally Of star route and navv
thieves, convicted falsifier, convicted ie-
noramus in all true craftsmanship, con.
victed trickster and political gambler,
will fail in this last attempt at fraud and
revolution. He cannot grasp the Presi
dency, because the people are looking al
him.
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