The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-16
OWENS UNDOUBTEDLY A WINNER
indications Are That Breckin-
ridge Has Been Defeated.
Tho Returns so Far as Heard From Give
Owens Plurality of Over 4oO-It
Is Believed That This VIII Be In
creased When All the Returns Are In
Many Fights During the Day.

ness Is fought out and the result is still
in doubt, both Breckenridge and Owens
claiming the victory, while the followers
OF Settle, who divided the ballots, look
on in grim silence. The indications
are. however, that Owens has won. The
returns at IL o'clock show the following
pluralities of the chief candidates over
each other in the counties so far as
heard from:
Woodford, Ave precincts, four missing:
Breckinridge, 6Ss; Owens, Oil; Settle,
LAG.
Henry. eight precincts completes:
breckenridge, SAT; Owen, 500; Settle,
7O5.
Owens, fourteen precincts, one miss.
Ing: Bfeckinridge, LOSS; Owens, 222.
Settle, 1890.
Fayette, completes: Breckenridge,
1878; Ovens, 1,sl5; Settle, 4s2.
Franklin, complete: Breckenridge,
9os; Owens, 1.5l7; Settle, 296.
Oldham, complete: Breckinridge,
243; Owens, eos; Settle, 265.
Scott, complete: Breckenridge. cas-;
Ovens, 1,s29; Settle, 146.
Bourbon, complete: Breckenridge,
1881; Owens, 1,O9S; Settle, 90.
Total: Breckenridge, 7,722; Owens,
S,192; Settle, $3.50. At these figures
Owens Is nominated with a plurality of
47O.
There are the widest rumors af1oat
concerning the vote OF the missing pre-.
cincts, and all manner of charges of
OF fraud are made. Communication
was cut off tenn porarily from Owens and
Henry counties and immediately tho
cry went forth that the Owens men wero
cooking the returns. However, this
may be there is now little doubt that
Owens Is nominated by safe majority
breckenridge Is Crushed.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. 15.-To night
Colonel breckenridge was in his head
quarters surrounded by the friends who
have stood by him in all his troubles.
He was crushed and disappointed
man. Just as the last news was coming
he turned from the table where his SON,
Desha, was figuring up the returns and
said:
ut is my own county OF Fayette that
gives me greatest grief l thought she
would give ne at least 500 majority.
| and many OF my friends expected as
much as 1900. Instead of that nv ma
iority in my own county Is only 2O5. In
Woodford we also expected a majority
of several hundred, but that county has
gone against me, as has Franklin, an
other county that thought would give
me a small majority. They are holding
back the returns from Scott county for
the purpose, believe, of doctoring
them II the news from the other coun-
ties does not suit the Owens people. In
this way they will probably defeat me.
l had expected Scott to 20 for Owens by
about 1900 majority, but of course they
can fix the returns to suit themselves. -
The colonel's headquarters seemed
almost like tomb, but the colonel
| himself held up we'll under his defeat,
which he did not fully acknowledge,
and talking about his future plans
said:
81 expect to live out my days here in
Kentucky and will con tinue to 90 in and
| out among these people until am laid
away in the beautiful Lexington Come
terry where sleep all that is mortal Of
| my ancestors. As l said to these peo-
pie on the stump. II they do not choose
to send me back to Congress l will find
some other way to labor for them"
Colonel Breckenridge is in splendid
health, but he presents sad sight.
To night around his headquarters
everything was as silent as the grave.
while one square further down the
! street, at Owens headquarters, thous-
ands Of young men and old ones, too,
were making night hideous with their
yells, blowing tin horns and shouting
for Owens. Gentry proposed three
cheers for the women in the district,
| and they were given with such will as
to almost deafen people standing on the
other side of the street. They then gave
three cheers for the newspaper CORE.
spondents VINO kept before the world the
sins Of Breckenridge.
Son Desha Puncher.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. 15.-Desha
breckenridge was passing precinct D.
voting place about half past one o'clock
this afternoon when he saw j. Walter
Peak, strong Owens worker, inside
the booth preparing an affidavit Desha
spoke TO him through the window and
told him to come out.
Peak replied that he would not como
out and Breckenridge went in the booth
after him. The two men clinched, but
were separated. Peak soon afterWard
the second time, and lively fight fol-
lowed. Both men had their faces
scratched, several blows being passed.
Each one had a pistol on his person, but
they were separated before they had q
chance to draw their weapons.
Owens Men Forced the Voting.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. 15.-Owens
won his victory to-day by superb or
ganization At every precinct his voters
were on hand early and forced the vot-
ing, This news spread over the district,
and had wonderfully discouraging
effect on the Breckenridge people.
Some OF to'day's happenings have
been amusing, others dramatic and in
one or two instances there has been q