Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1884 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

It is stated that the total amount of money received by the Democratic National Committee during the late campaign was $333,000, of which $52,000 was realized through the popular campaign fund in sums of less than SSOO. The Postoffice Department reports a quite general tendency among postmasters to keep back their receipts, as has heretofore been the case on changes of administration. The hint is sent out that they should not arouse prejudice on the part of a Democratic Postmaster Genera). Forty-four counties in Dakota give Gifford for Congress 40,000 majority, with thirty-five counties to hear from. His majority will reach 60,000. The official count for thirty-six electors in New York apparently shows a variation of only 106 votes as between the names borne on the Democratic ticket, and of but 34 votes as,between those on the Republican ticket. This is in a total of 1.125,000 votes for the two tickets. The Democratic plurality as between- the lowest on the Cleveland ticket for electors and the highest on the Blaine ticket Is 1,043. In the close vote of California, four years ago, it was found that one Republican elector had been chosen; and in New Jersey, in 1860, Lincoln obtained a fractional part of the electoral vote. That upon so large a ticket as one containing thirty-six names no serious break should occur is somewhat remarkable. Albany (N. Y.) special: Statq, Board of Canvassers has complet& its labors and adjourned. The proceedings throughout the cessions were harmonious and jrithont pt tixcitqpient. v so questjpns arose tbas Were not erly, and satisfactorily fettled. The technical errors In sever!) of ’tbo.'.counttea were geudval consent, and. the bpst of feeling prevailed among the members of the board.- fcThe.peg.ult~ as declared verifies the official figures*' heretofore published, and shows thorn |o have been remarkably ’ accurate!’ The footings of the tables are aslth. •lows: i, , ■ iM' LsSfiljt&emiodrfttic ttrttf offer.. M&O4S, Lowest Republican elgctoß( Harris. ........jjSfcWr A- plurality.l hptl lljgjiest.d’iQhibition elector, Miljer 25,006' Lowesft Prohibition elector, Ellsworth.... 24,948 Highest Butler elector, O’Donnell 17,004 Lowest Butler elector, Campbell 16,751 Official vote of North Carolina: Cleveland, 142,905; Blaine, 125,088; £t. John, 448. Beturns to the Secretary of State

show the vote in Georgia to be: Cleveland, 94,507; Blaine, 47,964; Butler, 125; Bt. John, 184. r The Albany correspondent of the Philadelphia Times reports Gov. Cleveland as using the lollowtng language touching the policy that will guide the administration after March 4: No harm shall come to any business interest as the result of administrative policy so long as I am President. 1 Intend to surround myself with the best and broadest minds In the party, and then bend all my energies toward making an administration that shall at least assure every element that a transfer of the Executive control frem one party to another does uot mean any serious disturbance of existing conditions. It is almost incredible that there should be any feeing of uncertainty whatever as to the future so iar as the result of the recent election is concerned. Those who are to succeed to power by the will of the people as recently expressed are as much interested in the future of the United States as those who yield it. The also have an equal stake in the prosperity and advancement of the country. They are as thoroughly committed to a maintenance of values and as earnestly anxious for a sterling business prosperity a 3 their opponents. Naturally they will be careful about pronouncing f -r a policy inimical to the interests of the very class which, more than any other, has thus honored them with its confidence. Coming Into power after so long an absence, the party ought, and will so far as the Executive is concerned, bring liberal views and good impulses into the control of the Government. It would be unnatural for the pjrty not to be actuated by a desire to continue in power by demonstrating that it deserved the highest confidence of the peonle. This it can not do if it would unsettle business and make lactlous war upon wcll-conceived plans of the Government. This is the view J take of the proper position for a party just assuming the control or the country in a crisis like this, and the s andard by which I shall be guided while in the Presidential office. If I follow it, 1 hope for and expect a fair and honest have relations as well as the hearty support of my response from the Republicans with whom I may ow i party. 1 feel that I have great responsibilities. and approach them with a fe.’ling of more or less anxiety. While I know that there is no reason whatever for this feeling of restlessness North or South, 1 cannot but realize that all min is do not see things in the same light. What may seem of no moment to one may be of great consequence to another. The Democratic party and its servants are as much committed to a careful policy upon economic questions as their opponents, and they will be as careful to act for the best interests of the country as the Republicans would had they been successful. I assume, therefore, that whatever of nervousness there is now apparent comes simply irom the disturbance of a long lease of power, and that, whenever the irritation growing out of defeat has passed off, there will be a better feeling all around and a willingness to give the new men a fair and honest chance. That is all that is desired, and less would not be fair to the incoming administration.

The total vote of California was 193,738. Blaine received 100,816; Cleveland, 88,£07: St. John, 2,640; Butler, 1,975. Blaine’s plurality is 12,500. Official vote of Virginia: Cleveland, 146,189; B'.aine, 138,474. Cleveland’s majority, 7,715. A Columbia dispatch says the State Board of Canvassers have completed the tabulation of the vote in South Carolina for Presidential electors. The h'ghest Democratic elector received 69,890 votes, and the lowest 09,764. The highest Republican elector received 21,733 votes, and the lowest 21,551. ♦Blaine’s plurality in lowa is 19,803. St. John received only 2,000 votes. H. D. Money, a Congressman from Mississippi, is named by Southern and California leaders for the Postmaster Generalship. He was offered $25,0C0 by the M-xican Government to muke a compilation of our postal laws. It Is said that Judge Gresham pronounced him the best informed as to the postal service of any man in the country.