Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1888 — VOTE FOR PRESIDENT [ARTICLE]

VOTE FOR PRESIDENT

OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW CLEVELAND’S PLURALITY IS 95,854. f , —. Complete Retu-ns from All the States Save Colora-to, Minnesota, and West Virginia —Grand Army Matters as Viewed by Veterans—Newsy Items. [Chicago special] The popular vote of all the States for President Nov. 6, 1888, as compiled by the Daily Tribune of this city, the figures in nearly every case being official, is given bej low. The results in Colorado, Minnesota, and West Virginia have not been officially declared, 'but tne nearest approximations possible have been made: 1 POPULAR VOTE OF JB3B FOR THE HIGHEST ELECTQBS ON EACH TICKET. I Har- 7cieve-1 , |StreeSTATE. ' riaon. land. ter. ; 1 Alabama 57119 117310. 583 Arkansas 60245 86714 615| 10671 California 124809 117729 51611 Colorado 51796 37610 2210 112 Connecticut 74584 74921 4’234, 240 Delaware 12973 16414 4001 Florida. 26657 39561 403 Georgia 40443 100472 1802 136 Illinois, 3; 0170 348258 21336 7410 Indiana 263331 261013 9881 2694 lowa 211598 179877 3550 91u5 Kansas 182904 102745 6779 37787 Kentucky 155134 18380)1 5225 622 Louisiana 30701 85032 127 39 Maine 73734 50482; 2960 1345 Maryland 99761 106172 5358' Massachusetts 183892 151590 8701' Michigan 236‘X10 213404; 209421 4542 Minnesota 13580/ 992081 14926] 13.2 Mis-issippi 30006 85471 218' Missouri 2332531 2619541 4540| 18589 Nebraska.... 1084251 80552] 9425 4226 Nevada...., 70881 5149 41 New Hampshire 457281 43144 1570 New Jersey 144344 151493 7905 New York 650338, 635965 30231 2068 North Carolina 134709 148336 2787 87 Ohio 416054 396455 24356 3496 Oregon 33293 29.524 1677 363 Pennsylvania 526U91 446633 20)47 3873 Rhode Island 219.>8 17530 1250 18 South Carolina 13740 65925 2 Tennessee 139815 157079 5669 48 Texas 88280 234883 ' 4416 23188 Vermont 45192 16788 1460 Virginia 150409 151979 1678 West Virginia 7810 u! 7925 500 150 Wisconsin 176553| 155232 14277 8552 II Total 54389J5|5531853 248521'140663 Plurality| 9,5854 | Scattering votes, 6,013,

ITS IMPORTANCE MINIMIZED. Opinions of Indiana Veterans on the Revolt in the Grand Army of the Republic. [lndianapolis (Ind.) telegram.] The so-called split in the Grand Army of the Republic, which originated here, continues an uppermost theme in veteran circles and with the local press. That the movement has been greatly exaggerated by the Eastern press, is admitted on all sides. The jEt’eninjz Aews (Independent) says that the organization of Democratic soldiers is so far of less importance than it has been made to appear, and charges that the reports regarding it are based upon information emanating from Adjutant General Koontz. Inquiries among Democrats who belong to the G. A. It., demonstrate that very few of them are in sympathy with the movement, and do not indorse the assertions of Gen. Koontz in saying that politics has been introduced in the order. Major Irvin Kobins, one of the ex-commandeis of George H. Thomas Post, who was probably more prominent in organizing Democratic soldiers during the campaign than any other man in the party, is not a member of the association formed by Adjt. Gen. Koontz, having declined to join it. There are many other Democratic ex-soldiers of prominence w’ho do not belong to the organization, among them Governor Gray, Col. Zollinger, Maj. Mitchell and others. Maj. Mitchell, who is a prominent Democrat and Prosecuting Attorn&y for Marion County, speaking of the matter, said: "Asa member of the G. A. R., I can say that during all the time I have belonged to George H. Thomas Post politics never at any time, in any shape, manner, or form, entered into the work of the post, any more than politics may be introduced into church organizations. It cannot be made any more of a political organization than the order of Masons, Odd Fellows, or Knights of Pythias.” Colonel I. N. Walker, Assistant Adjutant General of the G. A. R., Depqrtmcht of Indiana. sent the following pointed statement to the Associated Press: “I want to enter a protest against the statements and interviews published, especially in the Eastern press, about a defection among the comrades of the G. A. R. in this department. Nothing of the kind has occurred, and the membership was never more united and enthusiastic in their support of the order than now. The handful of disappointed office-seekers here that have succeeded in getting themselves advertised throughout the country have no standing, and never had, in the G. A. R., or out of it, for that matter. The whole business has been engineered by half a dozen chronics, and at no meeting have they been able to secure the attendance of fifty persons, and not to exceed half these have ever been members of the G. A. R. No Democrat of standing or influence in this community, who is a member of the G. A. R., can be found opposing the order. On the contrary, scores of comrades of that political faith have personally and by letter denounced the attempt of these small-fry politicians. The Department of Indiana is all right."

GRAND ARMY ORDERS. Various Appointments Made and Instructions Issued. [Kansas City (Mo.) telegram.] General Order No. 4 of the Grand Army of the Republic has been issued. W. F. R. Schnifller, of Prescott, A. T., is appointed a member of the National Council of Administration from Arizona. The order gives instructions to the Inspector Generals changing tnetime of closingtheir annual inspection from Dec. 31 to Juno 30. The report of the Pension Committee is given and commended, and the following named as the Pension Committee: George A. Merrill, Lawrence, Mass.; Jas. Tanner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; John 8. Countz, Toledo, Ohio; John W. Burst, Sycamore, Ill.; and Richard W. Blue, Pleasanton, Kan. The certificate of membership, which was ordered by the National Encampment, is now ready for issue, and has been copyrighted for the Grand Army of the Republic. TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. X At New York three Germans and a Frenchman committed suicide in one day. James Gardner’s roller mills, at Stroudsburg, Pa , were burned, at a loss of $32,000; insurance, SIO,OOO. The remains of Mrs. T. T. Pitman ("Margery Dean’), who died in were brought home to Newport for inter merit. It is believed that the Rev. W. L. Parker, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, of Oswego, N. Y., who disappeared recently, comihitted suicide by drowning.