The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-09-17
BRECKENRIDGE DEFEATED.
The Prodigal Returns to See the Fat
ted Calf Killed For An
other Man.

ted Calf kllled-F0r An
other Man.
The assurance of Breckinride's
defeat for the Democratic nomina-
ton, for Congress, from the bitter
ly contested ashland District, of
Kentucky, came in a late Saturday
evenings dispatch from Lexington,
Ky, which, among other things,
says:
w. c. p. Breckinride, the silver
tongued orator and once great
statesman, but who, like Sir
Charles die, of England, and the
late Leon Gambetta, of France,
and other statesmen of the present
generation, has permitted his name
and fame to be eclipsed as a result
of his fondness for the gentler sex,
has met his Waterloo today. No
election or other occasion ever
caused such a general suspension of
business and daily duties as the
contest today between W. c.
Owens, W, G, p. Breckenridge and
e. E. Settle for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the
Seventh, better known as Ashland,
District.
For months the district has been
agitated in the most bitter personal
agitation. 1t was not a political,
not even factional fight It was
4 moral contest for weeks and
months and for the last few days
it became intensely personal, so
much so that the nomination was
not the only issue, Col Breckenridge
was fighting for life and he never
before made such speeches or dis
played such executive ability in or
ganization. He marshalled every
man he could command, but he
could not command the women.
They had no votes, but they we're
the controlling element in the
fight.
With the saloons closed, the
women praying, and the best inhu-
ences all aroused, there was a quiet
election with excitement and bitter
feelings at their highest pitch. The
greatest surprise of the day was the
good order everywhere. There
were some personal encounters, not
as many as usual at closely contest
ed elections. There was, however,
great precaution to prevent trouble.
Old friends and neighbors had been
having their innings and they want
ed only the voting today. If the
Breckenridge men had enforced
their challenge rule as strictly as
they expected, there would have
been trouble.
At Z o'clock in the evening
Owens plurality, which a few hours
before had been estimated at 400,
had swelled to 2OO0. This was the
last estimate given out and reach
ed TeXarkana on the same evening,
some hours after the assurance of
Breckinridge's defeat had been
flashed over the wires. The news
was greeted here with Che same
manifestations of satisfaction which
it met at every town, city and viii
lage, reached by wire, through the
entire country. Accompanying ev-
cry dispatch sent out from the
scene of political conflict came this
brief sentence; 'The women did
it, That such was the case need
ed no assurance, even at dis
tance, for wherever newspapers are
read, the people knew that the good
women of Kentucky had risen up to
put down this man and to defeat his
political ambition, which they con-
sidered stain upon the fair name
of their beloved State, as well as a
reproach to its people, especially
the sons and daughters of the far
famed ashland District" noted
for the beauty and chastity of its
women as well as for the honor and
integrity of its men.