The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-14

eyes to the dirty print. Only part of
the matter could be made out, but that
little was mighty interesting reading.
1t seems to have been a press dispatch
from New York, the date, November 8,
being visible. This is some of what can
be read:
Jones, chairman of the national COM
mittee, said: ~ think now what have
always thought-that we will carry the
northern States without an exception.
We will win in Indiana, and / have not
a shadow of doubt as to the result in
| New Jersey and Connecticut. Blaine is
as good as elected. The chairman of
the New York State committee told me
that his latest estimate of Blaines
| plurality in this State-formed upon
careful analysis of reports re-
ceived from every county-was that
our candidate would have at least
10000 plurality here. In Indiana the
prospect is equally good. Mr.. New tele-
graphed from Indianapolis late Satur-
day night that the State would give
clean Republican plurality of at least
1900, and don't hesitate to accept the
estimate as being pretty good one,
The party in Indiana was never in bet.
ter condition, and a more thorough
efficient canvass was never seen than
has been conducted there by the State
committee. In New JERSEY the Repub-
licau plurality will not fall below 6,OrO.
Connecticut we will carry by plurality
of between 1000 and 5000 votes. l am
satisfied every way that the canvass
could not have terminated, so far as
present indications go, more fayorably
to Blaine. To his own individual en-
beavers, as much as to the efforts of the
gentlemen who have been working for |
him he will owe his election. He has made |
a canvass unprecedented in the history
of this country for zeal and determine
ton, and the demonstrations of enthu- |
siasm which have greeted him wherever |
he has gone, attest the popularity in I
which he is held. There is absolutely no |
doubt whatever of Mr.. Blaine's cleo
ion."
Then follows what we assume to be
confident expressions by other
members of the Republican committee.
out these cannot be made out in full.
Some one declares that "Blaine will
have 2t8 electoral votes, and
there is reasonably fair chance for 10
more in Virginia"
Since this was originally printed only
three short months have flown, and vet
how strangely it all reads. Run your eve
over Jones words on the eve of the
election and then reflect what fools
-hese mortals be, and how little the wise
'nes among the politicians know. Two
lays ago the electoral votes were count
ed IN Congress and in the Blaine column
we're not found 1.-The northern States
without an exception" Indiana did
note give a clear Republican plurality of J
1t least 10000" as New said it would.
out Democratic majority of 6,512,
showing that Mr.. New was out in his 4
careful estimate over 5000 votes.
Jones had mot shadow of doubt as to
he result in New jersey and Connec-
lieut., " in the former of which BIaine's
plurality would not fall below 5000, and
he plurality in the Nutmeg State
would be between 1000 and 5000, but
New Jersey gave Cleveland over 4,O0O
plurality, and Connecticut nearly l 200.
The Eat least 10000 plurality" in New
York turned out to be 1000 plurality
or Cleveland, and SO there was abso-
utely good deal of doubt as to Mr..
Blaine's election.
There is not much in the scrap copied
lbove, but like history, it is full OF in
crest.