The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-17
HE DOESNOT ABANDON HOPE
COLONEL BRECKENRIDGE APPEARs
 BRIGHT AND FULL OF LIFE.

He seoms to Have Belief In Ills Nom'na-
 ton In tho Present Contest-There Is
 Good Chance Of Republican Being Sent
 to Congress.
 Lexington. Ky, Sept. 1s.-Colonei Breckinridge. the defeated candidate for congress. came to town early this morning from Trevillia, the home of his kinswoman, Mrs. Rutherford Douglass. He spent the early hours of the day at his headquarters, but this afternoon he went out riding with friends. Being asked as to his future plans he said he at present did not wish to be inter- viewed on any subject. When tendered sympathy for his defeat, one of his supporters from Scott county, who was present, remarked:
 we are much obliged for your sym pathy, but we do not consider that we are defeated"
 The colonel made no reply to this re- mark. Instead of looking downcast, as ne did last night, to-day he was bright and full of life.
 A disinterested party remarked to the colonel that he believed he had bright future in store, that he had been pun ished enough both In court and in Washington and by verdict of the Kentucky people, and that if he should continue to fight the battles of the party in the future as he has in the past he could easily be returned to congress two years hence.
 The colonel, with one of his blandest smiles, replied: 1.-TWO years Is a long way off, my boy, and we do not know what may happen in that time"
 The expression of his face seemed to warrant the belief that he felt some what confident of his nomination in the present contest Several of the colonels closest friends have been busy all day figuring on the returns. They have con- cluded that Owens has only 192 major ity. Statements to this effect are being sent to the Breckinridge committeeman in each county in the district with in structions to thoroughly investigate the vote in their counties, and before next Saturday, the day set for canvassing the vote and declaring the nominee, they will be asked to furnish sufficient facts to warrant contest being made.
 According to the rules, wherever a contest is sustained in a precinct the entire vote of that precinct is. thrown out. Six of the ten district committee men are friends of Breckinridge. Should the committee declare him the nominee a protest would go<up from !, the entire district, and a republican would have better chance of being elected to congress. The streets have been filled with people ever since early morning, and nothing but the election has been discussed. None of the returns have been brought in which will mate rially affect the result. Several fights occurred between partIsans, the most serious of which was the one in Lex ington, where George Haskell shot William Wallace through the knee. Haskell was Settle man and Wallace 8 Breokinridge man.
 At Paris Jeptha Butler, a Breckin- ridge man, and James Horace Miller an Owens man, fought just before services in Christian church. The participants were in front of the church, in which both are deacons, and disagreeing over some trivial matter regarding yester- days election they became involved in & fight. Butler pulled a handful of Miller's whiskers out and Miller beat Butler over the head with his umbrella. Joseph R. Hancock, president of the Henry Clay Republican club, said to- day a straight republican ticket would be put in the field. The convention to select delegates will be held in this city Wednesday.
 The Lexington ministers finished up Breckinridge to-day. At the Broadway church Dr. B. A. Jenkins caused five of his congregation, friends of Breckin- ridge, to leave the house on account of his sermon, which was devoted almost entirely to the defeated congressman. Dr. Jenkins said that 1t did him good to know how the hearts of Christians all over the district were bubbling over with joy because of Breckinridge's de- feat.
 He believed in party principle, but was surprised that some people had in- tended to vote for Breckinridge had be been the nominee of the party.
 The ballots of the good people of the district have woven for him winding sheet which shall serve for his political shroud now, henceforth and forever, he exclaimed. Now that the downfall of the congressman was complete, the preacher thought he should be forgiven, but said he: Let him take himself to the wilderness of oblivion and there let him work out his redemption in fear and trembling"
 The Owens club tonight placed a Suard at the county clerks office at Frankfort, where the election returns are receivd, to see that the Breckin- ridge men make no attempt to defraud Owens out of the nomination.
 Desha Breckinridge gave out the fol- lowing at 10 o'clock tonight:
 "while cannot give ou statement by counties, will say that the reports received by us have decreased Owens plurality to IA votess believe the committee will give the count to my father. In the event that he does not receive the count am not prepared to say what will follow; may be a contest"
 Frankfort Ky, Sept. 16.-During the night and far into the early hours of the Sabbath the friends of Owens exhibited their enthusiasm by shoot ing fireworks and parading. To-day