The herald., 1894-09-19
NO. FURTHER CONTEST.
Bill Breckenridge Accepts
Defeat.
The Returns Give Owens 270
Plurality.
Settle Congratulates the Successful
Candidate.
Bets Against Owens Being Paid-Only =
Few Bsoksrs of Breckenridge
Want to Go Behind
the Returns.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON. KY, Sept. 1S.-The re.
turns by counties show 269 plurality for
Owens, but Breckinridge's manifesto is
understood to mean that the district
committee on Saturday will be asked to
60 behind the returns made by the
Democratic county committee. The
Breckinridge men had a majority OF
county commissioners. but they we've
not disposed to 60 behind the returns
from the precincts. Here at Breckin-
ridges home, the Breckinridge and
Owens men were equally divided on the
Fayette county com mittee, and the only
Settle man had the balance of power.
The committee met today. Settle tele-
grsphed his congratulations to Owens,
and Settles friends on the committee
umpired the count without going behind
any returns.
The Owens men are openly charging
that the manifest or declaration Of oon-
test was not .iasued late last night till
pressure had been brought to bear on
district committeeman who were op-
possd to going behind the returns from
the respective counties. The Owens
Inou ClhlIu buhb buo lIhouo WOI0 uBuiuub
them instead Of in their favor. and that
money was being used to get the district
mmittee to reverse the returns OF the
county committee.
There is over $300,000 up in the dis
trict in wagers, and those who put up
money on Breckinridgs are anxious for
contest proceedings.
The Leader this afternoon publishes
table of seven counties. official, and
Bourbon, unofficial, but conceded by
both sides rs giving votes as follows:
Owens, 8072; Breckinridge, 1908; Settle,
1891. On ems plurality 269. These fig
urss are practically final.
The official count of the yaEique county
OF z1U over Breckinrlcge.~ There la no
doubt of the committee refusing to
throw the nomination to Breckinridge,
as such action would, in the opinion of
the conservative Democrats, com D letely
disrupt the Democratic party in this
district. A number of bets against
Owens were paid today.
FRANKFORT. KY, Sept. 18.-Colonel
Breckinridge's friends here think as q
rule that he has been defeated and are
not disposed to raise any further con.
test The action of the committee
yesterday is generally applsuded. and
SVou ieoiing pIoVhli1.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-Col. Balm Ander-
son OF Kentucky, who is now in the city
on his way to New York, was asked last
night what effect he thought the defeat
of Breckinridge would have in his state. |
The old gentleman pulled his beard and
said:
II am glad of it. 1t will teach an i'm.
portant lesson-that even in Kentucky
tits dangerous to get caught"
Did you oppose the colonel?"
well, l did not until few weeks
age. Up to that time was strongly in
favor OF him. You see, am q widower
without children, without moral re-
sponsibility OF any sort, and did not
see why Bill should not 60 to congress
as long as he wanted to; but, CAD, say. |
a woman that lives near here changed
my mind. For long time l have been
after her to marry me, and she has been
putting me off. But = few weeks ago l |
met her and she told me that if l would
work against the colonel she would
marry me as soon ss the election was
over, and then 1 took off my coat and |
fought Billy as hard as ever q man was
fought. l, gad, say, it was the women
OF my state that killed the colonel"