The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-03

kette, Murat HrlStead' paper. he has been
In New York for several weeks. 1T Is ex-
tremely difficult" he said, ito form any sat-
isfact0ry estimate of the result. / have nev-
er seen 1t more so. First, you have the enor-
nous increase in registration in New York to
deal with second, you have the unknown
quantity Of the tariff change-that is. the
effect upon voters of the discussion of the
tariff issne. Again, you have the Sackville
incident to complicate matters, though l
don't think many voters Will be influenced
by 1t either way.
81 believe that the States that voted for
Blaine Will vote for Harrison. l think New
York State will go for Harrison and Hill,
and that Grant will be elected mayor of this
city. That's the way it looks to me. / am
inclined to believe that New Jersey will go
for Cleveland Connecticut and Indiana,
think, are sure for the Republican ticket.
West Virginia is very likely to go Repub-
lican. She has come with less than dozen
votes OF electing Republican United States
Senator already-that is, upon the popular
vote. The principal thing will be the result
OF the tariff agitation. do not care to deal
IN hgures as above or below Harlem river.
The estimates made differ so widely that the
utter uncertainty of the election Is fully IL
lustrated, but have no doubt of the cleo
tion OF the Republican national ticket"
Democracy's DespaIring Cry.
New YoKK, Nov. 2.-The National Dem
ocratie Committee has issued an address to
the people in which they say: ''The cam
palgn which is about closing has beep extra
ordinary in kind. We realize that we have
not been engaged in struggle with the
National Republican party but with q faction
which dictated its candidate and acts in its
name. The method pursued by this faction
have been such as might reasonably have
been expected. The men of that faction are
believers in coercion and in the corrupting
power of money. They have endeavored to
compel manufacturers to control the es
vide and break up organizations OF working
men formed for the protection of labor by
lavish expenditure of money. They are
chargeable with effort to obtain success in
certain States and Congressional districts by
the colonization of Illegal voters. They are
followers Of men who, while refusing to adj
just national controversy by treaty, would
not accord to the President sufficient means
Of retaliation. They are in harmony with
those who stigmatize naturalized citizens
as as unworthy to share with them
in our common country and yet endeavor,
by misrepresentation and worse methods, to
create prejudice in the minds of those natur-
allied citizens against a President who al
ways has been steady, upholder of their
u.
can citizens. The President has properly
rebuked the officious interference of a
foreign minister in our internal affairs.
YOuwill see to it that those who procured and
countenanced the fraud by which such inter-
ference was solicited are punished by your
indignant and overwhelming vote at the bal
lot box. The method and character of the
attempt made, by whomsoever conceived or
executed was unworthy a great political
contest. and deserves to receive the condem-
nfa h0ra fnff
land. The methods pursued in the contest
against us are plain indications of
what the future history Of the coun-
try would be if the faction now
contending, in the name of the Re-
publican party, should achieve power. On.
the other hand, the history Of the past ad-
ministration of Grover Cleveland is proof Of
what his administration will be when he as
sumes the duties of the ensuing presidential
term"
The address then further eulogizes the
Cleveland administration, and urges upon
Democrats the necessity of.going to the polls.
seeing that every Democrat votes and that
nobody casts ballot who is not entitled so
to do.
Colonel Dudley In Earnest.
New YORK, Nov. 2.-The Democratic
National campaign committee has announced
that William W. Dudley's signature to the
now famous letter to the Republican county
committeeman of Indiana is unquestionably
genuine. They say none of the thousands
whose pension papers he signed when com
missioner of pensions. would question the
signature if they could see it.
Col. Brice says he has learned that three
more copies Of the letter have been un-
earthed.
On the other hand, Col. George Bliss,
counsel for Col. Dudley, pronounces the sig
anf l..
begin suits against the several papers which
printed the circular. He believes the DEM
0cratic committee guilty of forgery, but has
not yet decided whether he will sue them or
not. He does not expect any of the suits to
come to trial before the election.
Cleveland and the Irish.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 2.-The Democratic
mass meeting at the Music Hall tonight, pre-
sided over by James Mooney, ex-president
OF the Local Land League, addressed by
Secretary Fairchild, was also treated to a
sensation in the preliminaries. The after
noon issue of Buffalo evening paper con-
tained an affidavit, made by Edwin C. Rob-
bins, claiming to be a room mate of Grover
Cleveland in his student days, and charging
that at the time he was nominated for mayor
Mr. Cleveland had asserted that he would
not go on the ticket with an Irishman, and
on other occasions declared he would never
vote for Irishmen, and particularly not for
an Irish Roman Catholic. A former law
partner, President w. s. Bissel, Immediate
ly telegraphed to the White House the sub
stance Of the affidavit, and the following re-
ply was read to the mass meeting by Chair
man j. r. Mooney:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
November 2, 1888.
TO Mr.. Wilson Bisseu
am much surprised that at this late day any
person in Buffalo should make the accusation you
should give currency to such lie, which was
promptly denied when first started some years
ago, and the utter absurdity Of which was proved
by the support of my Irish friends in the canvass
then pending. emphatically deny the alega-
tions contained in the affidavit, because these
cannot forbear expressing my amazement that
such reckless mendacity should be added to
basest ingratitude.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
Great sensation was created by the de-
spatch. which was wildly cheered to the
echo.
Out In indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2-There is a great
deal of figuring being done just now. The
situation in the State was reviewed at length
in the News last evening The statement of
Chairman Huston last night was given by
that paper as the generally accepted view
from the inside, of the Republican manage
ment In it he predicted Republican plu-
rality Of between 10000 and $4,000. s. p.
Sheerin, secretary of the National Democrat
ic Committee, speaking of the campaign
managers on his side, asserts that the Demo-
Gratis will carry the State, but offers no spec
ial reasons in support Of his CLAIMS. He
says there will be between $4,000 and 500 900
votes cast, although the poll shows only 525,-
900. OF this number the Democrats expect
to get 275,000."
After going over the estimates in the situa-
tion from non-partisan point of view
which show democratic plurality of 1900,
the News concludes.
"In these estimates it should be borne in
mind that the political effect of State pride is
not taken into consideration; and it is In that
influence that Republicans expect General
Harrison to gain largely, certainly more than
enough to overcome the narrow margin that
is left on the Democratic side. The State is
doubtful. At this time the odds seem to be
on the side of the Republicans. If they are
successful In capturing the floating vote,
variously estimated at from $1,000 to 10000.
the Republican plurality may be very
large"
The non-partisan estimate of ''The News
in Republican gains is: From Democratic
soldiers. 5000; Irish Democrats, 1,5OO: Pro-
tective Democrats, 5000; first voters, 10000 :
total, 1880. Taking into the calculations
the fact that Democratic plurality of 6,531,
four years ago, must be overcome, the con-