| Show ELECTION ELECTION SUSPENSE SUSPENSE HAS HAS ONLY ONLY L t. TWO TWOS PARALLELS Only two p parallels are found In American merican history to the long suspense suspense suspense sus sus- pense experienced this year In determining determining determining deter deter- mining the result of oC the pr presidential presidential election In 1 1584 84 it took three days to learn that Grover Grovel Cleveland had won by I Ja gaining F Whew New w York sta states state's es e's electoral le or 1 A tot X mJ me on f IJ 1876 i it f took ok okan an electoral commission to decide the tho famous Hayes Tilden contest It It Its ls s interesting to note that the cont contests of 1876 1 1884 and 1916 were contests of men In which dominating domInatIng ing personality played a large part This is particularly true of the 1884 and 1916 Roscoe Roscoe Roscoe- Conkling the brilliant nt senator from New York had much much to to do with the eventual outcome outcome outcome out out- come of those two countries In the case of the the Hayes Tilden-Hayes light It t vas was said Conkling was of the oi opinion that H Hayes y s had not been elected president and therefore should should not be decla declared ed the victor If It Seria Senator or Conkling had acted on this Jew view he could have marshaled enough votes otes In the senate to throw the electoral electoral vote of Louisiana to Tilden But ho he failed to act In the matter and tradition says that inso in into r so to doing he was influenced by a brilliant brilliant bril brU- woman who took that means got of or venting upon Tilden her anger because he had caused the defeat of her fa father her Salmon P. P Chase In the tho Democratic presidential convention of ot 1868 1865 Blaine DInIno and Cleveland CIe Prior to 1916 the Cleve BlaIne land campaign of 1884 was easily the most sensational presidential campaign In fifty years Blaine Elaine was the idol of the Republican hosts and undoubtedly would have been president president dent had it not been for the unfortunate unfortunate Rum Romanism and Rebel- Rebel on l lon utterance of f Dr Burchard Inthe inthe In Inthe the Fifth Avenue hotel on the eve of or the election Blaine neglected to repudiate his sentiment and as asa asa a 0 result more than enough votes were turned In New York alone to defeat him The Burchard episode coupled with the relentless hostility I of Roscoe Conkling made the defeat of Blaine as it afterward turned out inevitable The enmity between the two men of dominating personality went back to their rivalry for the l leadership of congress Efforts were made by I friends at various arlous times to patch up the quarrel hut but Conkling was Implacable implacable im Im- im- im His bitterness toward Blaine caused more than 1000 of his Supporters In his home county Onside Onside Onside On- On side to vote directly for Cleveland thereby furnishing enough votes to turn tuna the tide of or battle batlle Hold Held Back Returns A o ORme vf a l s 1 th the ea iteI ent throughout the nation and p particularly In New York was In in- tense On the day after election It was announced that Cleveland had carried New York Indiana New Jersey and Connecticut together with the solid South thereby winning electoral electoral votes to for Blaine Blame The Republican managers disputed ed these figures They said that late returns from up UI state New York would show a plurality for Blaine And indeed for a time it looked as asiC asif asif if iC their predictions would be ful ful- filled The Democrats charged that Jay Jap Gould a a warm friend and political political cal supporter of Blaine was using the Western Union Telegraph company company company com com- pany which he controlled to hold holdback holdback holdback back the election returns The situation became so serious that A A. P. P Gorman chairman of the Democratic executive committee on Friday Frida November 4 issued the fol fol- fol ol- ol lowing statement I The national Democratic committee committee committee com com- comI I announces to the people of the United States that Grover Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land and Thomas A. A Hendricks have carried electoral votes for the offices fo president and vice dent The states which have declared their favor are Alabama Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Louisiana LouIsIana Louisi LouIsI- ana M Maryland Mississippi Missouri New Jersey New York North CarolIna Carolina Carolina Car Car- olina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and West Virginia carrying all electoral votes votes votes- eighteen votes more more than sufficient to elect No fraud or connivance can defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat the will of the people of the United States thus publicly and delIberately deliberately deliberately de de- de- de declared Late that afternoon the belated returns returns returns re re- re- re turns from up state came through and they caused the election cleve of land Jay Gould was nas one of the first to congratulate Cleveland on the event |
