The Portland daily press., 1884-11-05
MR.. BLAINE AT HOME.
How he Received the Good
News.
WHO WERE PRESENT TO RE-
JOICE WITH HIM.
Cheering Dispatches from Various
Sources.

AUGUSTA, Nov. 4.-Mr. Blaine received the
election returns in his own house by the pri-
vate wire which be has had in use since the
beginning of the campaign. Besides the mem
bers of his family, all of whom except his
daughter, Mrs. CJppinger, were with him Oh
this occasion. there were present Gov. Robie,
Ex-Governor Connor, Adjutant General Beal
and the Secretary Of State, and many near
neighbors dropped in during the evening.
Owing TO the rain storm and other causes the
returns came in slowly and as matter Of
course the first dispatches were indefinite but
their general tenor was encouraging. Among
those received early in the evening was one
from Oneida, N. Y, announcing a gain Of 10
on the vote for Garfield and one from Batavia,
N. Y, announcing that that city which gave
Garfield majority of "a had given Blaine III.
Eugene Burlingame telegraphed that in
Albany the Republicans were more than hold
ing their OWL. Gen. ARnus of the Baltimore
American announced indications of a great
Republican gain in Maryland, and ex-Con-
gressman Dezendorf telegraphed that there
was large gain there.
The following was received early from the
chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Committee:
You have surely carried Connecticut. The Irish
were true and Democrats Respondent.
(Signed) LYNDE HARRISON.
great many dispatches were received from
different sources in New York city indicating
in general way a Democratic majority of
about thirty five thousand. At about $3.50 a
dispatch from ex-Gov. Cornell estimated the
Republican majority in New York state at &c.
900.
About II O'clock several favorable dispatches
were read in close succession. There was one
from Chairman Ogilvie of the Ohio Republi-
can committee stating Mr.. Blaine's plurality
at not less to an $4,000. and one from Buffalo
saying: "You carry Cleveland's district and
ward also the city by at least one thousand,
aud the county by 1900"
From Virginia came reports of gains and a
possible Republican victory. From Holyoke,
Mass, came dippstch stating that the city
hitherto largely Democratic had gone Repub-
liean and that the result was due to the Irish
American vote and another dispatch an
nounced that Grafton, New Hampshire had
gone Republican for the first time in SO years.
The kilograms from the interior points in New
York indicated Republican gains and a prob
able Republican majority Of from ten to fifteen
thousand in the State. While these returns
were coming to Mr.. Blaine, the Democrats
down town seemed to have received encourag-
ing news on the other hand for they rang bells
and company of young men paraded past Mr..
Blaine's house, cheering aud cele ebrating a re-
ported Democratic victory.
An announcement of large Republican
gains in Newport, kentucky, was the subject
of good deal of comment, but the most start
ling news was contained in dispatch from
John s. Wise stating that Blaine had carried
Virginia. Although full credit was not given
to this ii was generally regarded as indicating
remarkable political change in the mother
of Presidents.
Net less astonishing was a dispatch from
Felix Agnus of the Baltimore American an
nouncing that the Democratic majority OF
Baltimore had been reduced to $500.
The inevitable slowness and vagueness of
The earlier dispatches were aggravated by the
bad working of the wire which at times be-
came almost useless. The members of Mr..
Blaines family, especially the younger ones,
naturally manifested good deal of anxiety
while waiting for the returns but Mr.. Blaine
himself seemed to take matters philosophical
ly. He conversed freely with his friends
about the returns as they came in and about
the general prospect and if he was anxious
or troubled he lid not betray the fact by any
external indications Shortly after midnight
Mr.. Blaine received the following despatch:
Correll says that 6l5 election districts out
side Of New York aud Kings, polling $4,000
votes, give you %, 800 plurality. II the bal
ance of the State keeps this average good you
should have 10000 with which to meet New
York and Kings, which are now reported COM
pete at 81 600. Since this we have returns
from GAS districts, giving you a plurality of
26, ,359,