Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

men who are themselves candidates
for office, or expect to be-"
The committee is composed of
six Breckenridge and four Owens
men.
The Breckenridge party claims
fraud was committed in Henry
county, and that the polls were kept
open until 6 O'Clock in Scott.
The official figures are not known.
They will give Owens the nomina-
fion by Ais votes, according to one
estimate, and by LAG, according to
another.
1t is impossible to get revised fig
ures. ~Desha Breckenridge and
Judge Frank Bullock have gone to
Scott county to look into the re.
ported fraud there.
Several members of Breckinridge's
Executive Committee from various
counties were clos eted with the
Colonel all morning and it is given
out at his headquarters that Ovens
plurality is only rs.
The Breckenridge men are doing
everything in their power to dis
cover enough fraud to defeat Owens
but the Owens men claim they can
find more fraud right here in Fayette
county that was perpetrated by
Breckenridge men than the Owens
men committed in tine entire dis
trict.
There is almost a stampede OF
prominent Breckenridge supporters
to Owens among the more promi-
nent men. They are already wear
ing Owens buttons. The reason for
this is that Il boiler among Ken
lucky Democrats is an eXecrahle
thing.
MADGE NoNCoMMITTAL.
New YORK, September 17.-Miss
Pollard refuses to discuss the re-
turns from the Ashland District.
She announces that she has aban'
doned the idea of going on the
stage and is hard at work on her
book, q work of fiction founded on
her own life.
DEsUA Is AN oPTIMIsT.
LEXINGTON, KY, September IT,
Desha Breckenridge has given out
the following: "While | cannot
give a statement by counties, [ will
say the reports received by us have
decreased Owens plurality TO IA
votes. / believe the committee will
give the nomination to father
EXCITEMENT AT FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT, KY, September IT,
The County Central Committee is
holding a meeting behind closed
doors. All sorts Of rumors are
afloat. There is more excitement
here to-day than there was Satur-
day.
WHAT OWENS SAYS.
LEXINGTON, KY, September IL
When seen to-day and asked to
make a statement, Mr.. Owens said:
Il stand by the statement that
the people made Saturday.
MISS PoLLARD's BLOODY DESIGN.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 10
A story here is that MISS Pollard,
CARRIED in the rairnent of a man, is
hunting about Lexington with the
resolved purpose of butchering
Breckenridge. Miss Pollard was
scheduled to appear at a theater in
Cincinnati Oct. 1 in . play, but
cancelled her engagement a week
ago. She has since left Cincinnati,
and while not probable it is possible
she has planned some such outing
as the one described. tits said that
the SIS ,O0Ojudgment lodged against
Breckenridge can be settled for
$4,000.
OWENS COUNTY PLURALITY.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Sept. 1.-THE
County Democratic Committee has
finished ~canvassing the returns.
The official vote is: Owens, 1928;
Breckenridge, 1902; Settle, 2S7;
Owens plurality, 526.
GEORGETOWN, KY, Sept. IT,
The Democratic County Committee
met this afternoon and counted the
vote of the county and certified it as
follows: Owens, 1929; Breckin-
ridge, GAS; Settle, 146; Ovens
plurality, 1854.
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