The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-11-07
FaIIston Gives a Majority for
Cleveland.
DEMOCRATIC REJOICING EVERYWHERE.

1t is painfully evident that the Republicans
are cndeavoring to count themselves in and
to this end the returns are being falsified and
doctored in every conceivable way. We
have no doubt of the election of Cleveland
and do not believe he can be counted out.
He has carried all of the Southern States,
New York by small plurality, Indiana
New Jersey and Connecticut, giving him Is
electoral votes to spare.
Michigan shows large Democratic gains
with prospect of Democratic success.
Virginia, which was claimed for the Re.
publicans, has gone Democratic by 10000
majority.
Throughout nearly all the Western States
the Democrats have made large gains and
some of them, heretofore strongly Republi
can, have barely been saved to that party.
New York is undoubtedly the key of the
situation, If the Republicans succeed in cap
turing it they will have small majority in
the Electoral College. Ifthe Democrats hold
it they can win without Indiana.
In New York, on Wednesday, both sides
claimed the State. The Times posted the fol-
lowing bulletin: cleveland has carried New
York State and is elected. We shall display
no more bulletins. Disregard the press dis.
patches"
The Democratic State central committee
have corrected returns from every county in
the State but three. Estimating that these
three counties will give Blaine as large vote
as they gave Garfield in 1880, the committee
figure plurality in the State for Cleveland
of 4,710
On the other hand, the national Republi.
can committee claim that their returns show
Blaine "about" 1000 ahead.
A special dispatch from New York to the
Baltimore Sun, Wednesday night, says
The national Democratic and State commit.
tees charge openly tonight that Jay Gould is
having the press dispatches falsified Chairman
German and Senator Murphy assert positively
that the figures above indicated are absolutely
correct. There is still much feeling here among
Democrats. The masses honestly believe that q
scheme has been organized to count them out
OF the State. Millions Of dollars have been
wagered on the result in the State and country.
and the anxiety of the betters is intense.
The feeling against Jay Gould is bitter, and it
Is said that should he be seen ON the street he
would be mobbed. He is blamed for ali the
middle. There is not Democratic leader or
paper here that is not firm in the belief that
cleveland mad the State up to midnight last
night, when the Democratic gains abruptly
ceased In the press bulletins. 1t is also charged
that the claim was got up for the purpose of
giving big betters chance TO hedge their money,
as many Of them are doing tonight.
Later The excitement here intensifies. At
IL O'Clock the Blaine men are marching through
uptown streets, shouting for their candidate,
and so are the Cleveland men, The two sides
colided on Twenty-fourth street, and dozen
knock-dOwns occurred. =
Party feeling is bitter, and serious trouble is
feared. Both sides still claim the State. The
Times says on Its bulletin tonight "There
must be no counting out" The official canvass
of the vote, 1t is said, will be needed to decide
the result