The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-17


LEXINGTON, KY. Sept 18.-The vic.
tors Geek to possess the entire 1eld; the
yanqulshed accept defeat maniully.
This conclusion Is justified by outside
appearances hore which began to man
fest themselves early this morning. One
notable indication was tho dof1ng Of
Brcckinridge badges and donuiug
Ovens badgcsby the most arden. young
bloods who supported Colonel Breckin.
ridge throughout tho campaign with
their money ald their personal cor
vices. These men say that they won't
to the election yesterday believing that
every voter at tho primaries was NOR
ally bound TO support the nominee.
Now that their favorito for whom they
ioughtso valiantly sesms 10 have suf-
iered dofoat, they fool In honor bound
to support bis opponent. They seem
to acquiesce in the inevitable.
There was q report that Owens. Settle
and Dreckinridge would each Issue a
card 70 tho public stating his case This
was on the theory that Breckinhdge
Was about 10 contest tho election.
brecklnridge absolutely refuses 10 talk.
The most thorough investigation to.
night failed to find shadow OF ground
for the rumor. Everybody is thor
oughly tired Of the force contest that
Terminated in yesterdays primaries.
70 contest tho election would bo to
prolong the struggle. The probabili-
ties, therefore, seem TO be against the
contest.
The best figures obtainablo here to.
night ut this hour give totals for candi.
dates as follows:
Owens. 1890; Breckinridgc. 1870;
Settle, 9,405; Owens plurality, 800.
Corrected returns which arc ex-
peeted tomorrow will probably vary
but little from these figures.
D CAUSE ATTRIBUTED.
A strong Breckenridge man, cashier
in ono Of the banks, hero, attributed
the defeat of his candidate to the op-
position Of Judge Morton and Prof. Nc.
Garyey. Of the Christian church. Ho
said: "The Christian church has a
very strong following hero and while
ordinarily We should have thrown 800
or 1000 plurality TO BreckinrtdPe, we
carried Fayette county by only 205
votes"
Colone! John R. Allen, county attor-
ney, one Of Breckinridge's incossant
supporters, says that he intends to sup
port Owens, aud, in fact, ia wearing an
Owens button. Poyntz Nelson, Of the
state college, man very close to Colo
mel Breckinridgc, said that ho did not
believe any OF tho rumors that Breckin-
ridge would contest Tho committee
will meet In Frankfort, he said, to can
vass tho vote, and II anything wrong is
discovered IL will be there.
ALL DEMOCRATS
Owens men are very we'll satisfied.
A few, however, complain that Breck-
inridge had a stack Of afidavits atevery
polling place, and voted overv man they
could on these atlidavits. A story was
started that W. R. McChesney. IT,. and
another Breckinridge man took q car
ringe and went TO Scott county with
5000, intending to buy up tho officers
collection, but arrived too late. Traced
to It's source, this story appears to have
been founded on tho fact that McChes-
ney hired carriage at livery stable
to take Col. BreckInridge to Trevelis, to
the home OF Mrs. Douglass, whore
yrecknridge aud his wife are staying.
Colonel 1. Logan Hocker. the original
Owens man OF Lexington, said: "As
victors, we can afford to be generous. |
fought the colonel 10 the bcst oi my
ability, but now that he is beaten l
have no unkind word for him or ior
any Of bis good friends who worked Tor
him. We arc all Democrats."
STONY of THE rRtMARIEa
The only serious affair was at Vor-
sailles, where thero was q collision be-
tween tho. Dreckinridge and Owens
forces, In which twenty or more men
took part &. W. Gillespie. Brecktn-
inridge nun, was atabbed and probably
fatally wounded.
About sixty Of tho most prominent
ladies' OF Lexington mot In Morrison
chapel with n nRmber OF ministers, who
devoted several hours TO prayer. a'ilng
that tho district bo preserved from tie
disgrace which BrockinrIdgo's election
meant.
Tho ladios could not get ward workers
10 thoir prayer meetings or other moet-
ings, but their organization OF commit
toes OF ono generally got promises at
home out OF voters who needed no
watching on entoring tho booths. With
the saloons closed, tho women praying
aud tho best influences oil around, thoro
was QUOT election, oven with Gxcite'
mGnt aud bitter feeling At their highoat
pitch. There were some personal Gu
counters, but not moro than usual ut
closely contested elections. There was.
however, great precaution TO prevent
trouble. Old friends and ncighbora had
b0On having their inning and thoy
wantod only tho voting to-day. II tho
EreckinrIdge mon bud enforced their
challenge rulo atrictly, aa they had ex-
poctod, there would haV0 boon trouble.
II was generally undorstood that ko'
publican managers favored Hrockin..
rldgO, ng thoy thought in tho evoht Q!
his nomination their candidate would
not bO hopcIosa Very few Ropubh'
cans, however. voted.
out in tho Haywood noighborhood'
iyO mllGs northeast Of Vorsnlllcs, thorc
was Il pitched battlO hetweon eighteen
or twenty BreckinridgO aud Owens mon,
tho result Of discussion OF tho outlook,
during which q. W. Gillespie, Brock