Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1884 — THOUSANDS OF BOLTERS. [ARTICLE]

THOUSANDS OF BOLTERS.

The Republican Revolt in the Empire State Assuming Surprising Dimensions. [New.York dispatch.] The Independent New York State Committee has just completed a thorough canvass of the State, in order to ascertain by actual figures the real strength of the Independent movement. The result surpasses the expectations of the most sanguine Cleveland men. Ihe numerical strength of the Republi an revolt in this State, oui side the cities ot New York aud Brooklyn, is shown to be 130,000. Col. Fellows has been in many of the larger towns in the State, nd has had sufficient experience as a cammdgner to give his views some weight. He thinks the Republicans seriously injured themselves by making claims about Ohio immediately after the election t icre which were not fulfilled when the returns began to come in. In every town in which he has made a speech he has found a spirit prevailing which has not been manifested in any Presidential year since 1850, with one exception—during the Tilden campaign. He finds that the Irish vote has lost but little of its loyaltv to the partv, and thinks that the claims made by the Butler men are rather amusing. Ho believes that Mr. Butler will be doing very well if he gets 15,0(0 votes in Brooklyn and New York, and is quite satisfied thas St. John will more than make good whatever inroads upon the Democratic vote may be made by the Massachusetts statesman. This, he submits, will make the disaffected Republican vote for Cleveland a clear gain, and will insure him a majority of 100,000 in the State.