The record-union., 1891-08-04
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
STATE OFFICERS AND NEW con-
STITUTION VOTED UPON,
The Democrats Elect Their Governor
and Other Officers by Increased
Maiorities,
Special to the REcoRD-USroS.

| Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 3.-With a quiet
election Kentucky to-day elected a State
ticket, adopted Constitution and chose
Legislature. The State officers elected
are: Governor, John Young Brown of
Henderson; Lieutenant Governor, M. G..
Afford of Lexington, and Attorney
General, w. j. Hendricks of Flemings-
burg, and an Auditor, Treasurer, Super
lntendent of Public instruction, Register
of the Land Office and Clerks of the
Court of Appeals. All are Democrats.
and go in by maJorities ranging from
10000 to 10000.
The Republican party has not had in
A. L. Wood in amount of sterling worth
so aggressive and popular candidate as
Bradley was four years ago, and the
Democratic majority will probably show
an increase. The returns are now in
however, from only fifty out of II9 conn
ties, and the returns are not full from
these.
The new Constitution has carried. and
the majority for it is placed at anythinU
from $4,000 to 100000 The heavy maior7
lty for it is great surprise to its oppo-
nents. These have included some Of the
best-known and ablest public men in tho
State, including Senator Carlisle and
Governor Buckner.
The Peoples party has polled about
10000 votes. These have come mostly
from the Republican party of the four
cities. While the Alliance was supposed
to be back of the Peoples party. it
has done very little for it, on account of
dissensions which arose last January. and
which caused the retirement from the AL
lance Presidency offs. B. Irwin, the Peo-
pies party candidate. The Alliance has
devoted itsolf to the Legislature. and
probably has practical control of that
body, and so will control revision of the
laws under the new Constitution. In only
a few instances has the Alliance party mt
out candidates in opposition to the Dem
ocratic nominations, so while the Legis-
lature will be nominally Democratic, it
will have strong Alliance saffiliations
and tendencies. The Prohibition party
had full ticket in the field, but have
polled very light vote.
The latest returns tonight indicate
that the Legislature will stand about as
follows: Farmers and Farmer Demo-
Gratis, 73; Straight Democrats, so; Repub-
licans, Is.
The Constitution which the Granper
Legislature will revise the State laws for.
prohibits lotteries, trusts to control
prices, and provides for stringent over
seeing of railroads by a commission.
COMPLEXION OF THE LEGISLATURES.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 3.-Several gentle
men prominent in the Peoples party
have returned from the State campaign
in Kentucky, and are stopping here TO-
night en- route to the State Convention of
the Peoples party IN Springfield on
wednesday. Among them are f. Tau
beneck, Chairman of the National Ex
ecutive Committee of the Peoples party.
and NJ. w. Wilkins, associate editor of
the american Non-coRfoTpliSt. They
say they feel sure the Peoples party and
Farmers Alliance will elect 81 out of the
100 members to the Kentucky House of
Representatives. One-half of the Senate
elected, and they think the Peoples
party will secure six and possibly seven
of these. They say they concentrated
their efforts to secure the Legislature.