The herald., 1894-09-18
BRECKENRIDGE is BEATEN.
Owens Nomination Is Now
Conceded.
The Breckenridge Forces Give
Up the Fight.
1t Is Not Probable the Returns Will
sBe Contested.
The CauvassinE Committee Disposed to
Accept Them Their Face.
Charges of Fraud
Both Sides.
By the Associated Press,


quiet tonight, the nomination OF Owens
being conceded. When the Ovens men
claimed the nomination by q decisive
plurality Saturday night. the Breckin'
ridge men stood pat. Yesterday they
worked harder than ever. Today it be-
came known that representatives had
been dispatched into different parts OF
the district to get evidence of any irregu-
laritiee in voting and counting, with
view of contesting the election before
the congressional committee, which
meets at Frankfort next Saturday and
which is the returning board that makes
the official count and declares the nomi-
nee.
OWENS MEN ALARMED.
The committee was known to stand
six for Breckenridge and four anti
Breckenridge and as this committee had
done everything in its power for the
colonel, the Owens men we're alarmed
today on finding that the Breckinridge
agents were at work with view OF pre-
senting evidence for a contest, They
believed there was we'll planned pur-
pose to throw out the vote OF certain pre-
cincts and declare Breckinridge the
nominee. 1t was promptly announced
that four members OF the district COM
mittee would make a minority report
Saturday and appeal to the Democrats.
This meant that Ovens and Breckin-
ridge would both be candidates and fight
10 finish in November.
REPUBLICAN, HOPES.
Meantime the Republicans, who will
hold their convention September 26th,
began to record their unnamed nominee
as the favorite, and there was much ex-
citement. ,,,,,z,-ur
the last election, considerably more than
either Owens or Brecklnridge polled
yesterday.
THE TURN IN THE TIDE.
The tide was turned in the afternoon,
when B. j Welch, the committeeman
from Breckinridgs's home, and ons of
his strongest supporters, announced
that he would never vote to go behind
the returns. AS this would leave the
committee to 5 in any event, and as
other Breckinrdge men on the commit
tee declared themselves the same as
Welch, the old guard of the silver
tOHkUOu OIhlOI gave up Illb LII
is not likely there will be any more agi-
tation.
ALLEGED FRAUDS.
Stress is laid by the Breckinridge men
on the fact in Scott county. which gave
Owens 1900 plurality, the vote shows an
increase OF Gil over the Democratic vote
in 1892, and franklin county, which
Owens carried by 52l. ahows an increase
of 69l almost 3315 per cent in each
county. The other SIX counties show 5
to 20 per cent increase. The Breckn-
ridge mon ssy their Rdvices give Owens
only 169 on the face OF the returns.
Desha Breckinridge, j. @. Rogers and
Judge Bullock have gone to Scott
county to investigate the report that in
two precincts the polls were kept open |
an hour longer than the Law allows.
The Ovens men claim gross frauds in
Lexington would give abundant ground |
for retalistory contest. They say
scores of fraudulent Breckinridge votes
were cast in this city by men not regis
tered last fall, who produced ready
made afidsvits that they were out of
the city on registration day.
NO NOTICE OF A CONTEST.
Moses Kaufman, Breckinridge's clos
est lieutenant, told an Associated Press
correspondent at noon that Colonel
Breckinridge had issued no manifeeto
or official notice of q contest, and was
waiting for exact returns and informa-
tion from all the counties before deci1.
ing on his course OF action. Kaufman
added that some of Breckinridgs's
friends now figured Ovens plurality on
the face of the returns of 78, put the sc-
cepted figures were still 1863.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
FRANKFORT, Ky. Sept. 1.-THE county
Democratic committee has finished can
wasting the returns. The official vote
is: Owens, 1928; Breckinridge, 1902;
Settle, 2S7. Ovens plurality. 626.
GEoRaETowN, Ky, Sept. 1.-THE
Democratic committee announces he
official vote as follows: Owens, 1929;
Brecknridge. Gas; Settle, l46. Owens
plurality, 1lSi
Desha Breckinridge and several of his
friends went before the county commit
tee and protested against the vote OF
every precinct in the county. The com.
mittee refused to consider the protest.
Young Breckenridge gave no reason on
which to base his action.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 1.-THE Times
Stars Lexington, Ky., special says:
There is Intense excitement today over
the general belief that Breckinridge's
managers are not preparing so much for
a contest as for the district committee, !
which meets in Frankfort next Saturday /,
and will declare Col. BrecKinrldge the :
nominee by throwing cut certain pre- ,
;fncts on the charge of frauds. The s
men claim to have discov
covered numerous clerical errors in their /
avor. reducing Ovens plurality to less
han 50 in one precinct At Ovens
lome, they claim, over so fraudulent
,oies We're cast, or a discount made to 5
hat extent. Desha Breckinrid2e tele. @