St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-23
Harrison Managers Are Be-
ginning to Realize That
They Are Doomed.
A Husky Chieagoan Lays Odds
That Cleveland will
Carry Illinois.
Gov. Hill Says He Will Stand
or Fall With the
President.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-The case of
JordOn, one of the Pennsylvania con-
tingent from Republican headquarters,
who is held under $500 bail to answer
will probably be about the end of the
much advertised attempt of the Repub-
lican manipulators to dispose of the
New York election according totheir
pleasure. The fact is that their men
knew nothing about the operations of
Empire state laws and failed to realize
that they could not repeat operations
that were comparatively easy when
Republicans were in power and had
control of the federal machine for the
supervision of national elections. Now
between the local authorities and the
United States officials, person guilty
of false registration or one who at
tempted to offer or agreed to take
bribe would be pretty sure to meet with
what is commonly called Jersey justice,
whether his offenSes were committed in
New York, New Jersey or Connecticut.
The tactics of Republican headquarters
are. like those practices by their party
in the senate. mere buncOmbe. 1t seems
to be their opinion that by trading on
their reputation for villainy they can
overcome the electors of Democratic
proclivities in this state. In this they
are so monstrOusly mista ken that they
are beginning to perceive it themselves
and are apologizing for the presence of
Leeds, Voorhees,, Magee, Howard, Diss-
ton, and Wyle, of Pennsylvania
notoriety, in this city, and
even the PinkertOn men who
were brought over here to make a show
are growing scarcer as figures in the
play of "Bombast." The Democratic
national committee is in receipt of in
formation from Illinois and from other
Northwestern states, including Wis
consin. Iowa and Minnesota, which
false impressions about Democratic
New York. Connecticut and New Jersey
the Republicans woulddo we'll to bethink
themselves of their own share in the
national legislature and look after
electoral votes that were cast for their
candidate in 1884. There has been no
disposition among the Democrats to
make claims to states heretofore Re-
publican. But the evidence from all
quarters is
ASTONISHING IN ITS CONCURRENCE
in the statement that the farther West
an observer goes the stronger is the
popular sentiment for Democratic tax
reform and economical government.
Even at Republican headquarters there
is great discomfort with the manage
ment of Senator Quay. He has pre-
served the appearance of reticence and
tremendous reserve power so long that
everyone was aStOnished with the
feebleness of the interview that he
caused to be sent last night to every New
York paper. 1t asserts that Republican
headquarters have made three distinct
canvasses of the town under three
distinct false pretenseS: one of them
being that of agents of company en-
ployed to gather statistics for grand
residences and lodgings to all persons
not owners of real estate at a reason
able rate. According to Quay's pretty
story these men were remarkably
successful, and brought to him
a very complete canvass of the
town as to the ownership and occupancy
of its dwellings. TrOW's directory is
the standard institution for the compila-
ton of residence statistics. In prepa-
ration of their annual volume this COM
pany uses IT'S men long skilled in the
business during three weeks in the pre-
liminary work of collecting the names
for the directory. That the city
directory does not contain the
names of all qualified voters is
well known, as an incident of the shift
ing population of great cities. and of
the desire of many to escape detention
in town or omission of service in their
employments by avoiding jury duty or
national guard duty, etc. After the
names are gathered large force of ex-
perts are employed for an equally long
time in collecting and arranging them
before anything like list of city resi-
dents, who are leSseeS of premises or
heads of families can be made out. The
absurdity of Mr..
QUAY'S THREE CANVASERS
of voters is made evident by this. Com
parison and inquiry made to-day at a
hundred different points show that
none of his canvasserS ever appeared to
make a single inquiry, and that the
whole statement made by him is simply
a falsehOOd uttered as part of the game
of bluff, the legitimacy of which as
political weapon he defends. All the
rest OF. the Republican statistics during
the past month are of piece
with this and the idea Of seriously
controlling an election of president of
the United States by such trashy bun
connie is utterly absurd to every reflect
ing mind. A novel and somewhat sur
prising turn was given to the betting
here tonight by the wager of s100 to
$50. at the Hoffman house, that Cleve-
land will carry Illinois. The bet was
made by Mr.. I'll. NJ. BrinkIebaum, of
Chicago. with Chicago wheat broker.
He took the bet after some delay.
The backer of the Democratic
side offered to repeat the wager, but
found no one to take it, although he
waited at the Hoffman house for some
time for the return of the people who
went over to the Republican state head
quarters at the Fifth Avenue hotel, as
they said, for the purpose of getting
money, The Chicago Democrat finally
called on the crowd to wit
ness the occurrence as proof
confidence in holding the state of Hi
llois for their candidates. This is one
of many straws that show the way po-
litical winds are blowing from the west
ward. At meeting of the conference
committee of the business mems Demo
cratic organizations, held at the Stevens
house yesterday afternoon, at which
representatives from the stock, produce,
maritime, consolidated coffee, cot
ton and metal exchanges, law
yers, jewellers. bOatmen and harborneu
hide and leather, custom house brokers
and Others were present. 1t was unan-