The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-18
BRECKENRIDGE GIVES UP.
The Nomination in the Ashland Dis
triCt Will Not Be Contested.

The District Committee Members An
nounce Positively That They Will
Not go Behind the Returns in
Canvassing the Vote-Much Excite
msnt, However, Prevailed for
Time, and the Republicans Began to
Talk Big.
Lexington, KY, Sept. 17.-It looks very
much as if Breckinridge's supporters
would contest the nomination. They
claim that enough illegal votes were cast
of Owens. Col Barney Treacy,
claims that his man has a clear
lead of 400 votes over Breckinridge
AMI he is in no way afraid that Owens
will lose. The Breckenridge people on
the other hand, say Owens lead is barely
l50, and that the committee will give
them the nomination sure.
LATER.
Breckenridge will contest the election
of Owens in Saturdays primary. A gen.
tleman who talked with him last night
says he has written letters to the chair
man of the county committee to that
effect.
Everything is quiet tonight, the nomi-
nation of Owens being conceded. 1t has,
however, been more exciting day than
any for a week. When the Owens men
claimed the nomination by decisive ma
jOrity Saturday night, the Breckenridge
men stood pat. Yesterday they worked
harder than ever. To-day it became known
that representatives mad been dis
patched into different parts of the dis
trict to get all the evidence with a view
of contesting the nomination before the
democratic congressional district com nit
tee which meets at Frankfort next Sat
urday, and which is the returning board
that makes the Officia. count and decla-
ration as to who is the nominee. This
committee is composed Of one member
from each county. Fayette county, the
home of Breckenridge, has two legisla-
tive districts, and hence two members of
| this committee, each of the other seven
counties having one The member of the
state democratic committee for the
Seventh district is the tenth member of
the committee, which was known to stand
six for Breckenridge and four anti-Breck-
inridge. AS this committee has done
everything in its power for Breckin-
ridge in fixing a late date tor the prj-
maries, adopting the challenge rule, and
everything else he wanted, the Owens
! lIlGu W 6IG dIdflllbN GU-udy Ou lluuluk Oul
| that the Breckinridge agents were at
work with view of presenting evidence
| for a contest before this committee next
| Saturday. They learned of letters sent
| TO the committee of the agencies at work
| in different counties, working upthe case
and believed there was well planned
| purpose to throw out the vote of certain
precincts on the ground of irregularities,
| and declare Breckenridge the nominee.
| 1t was promptly announced that four
| mem bers of the district committee would
| make a minority report Saturday and ap-
| peal to the democrats This meant that
| Owens and Breckenridge would both be
| candidates and fight to finish in Novem-
ber Meantime the republicans, who
| hold their convention here Sept. 26, be-
gan 10 regard their unnamed nominee as
the favorite, and there was much eX-
citement. The tide was turned in the
afternoon when B. j. Welsh, the
committeeman from Breckinridge's
home and one of his strongest
supporters, announced that he would
never vote TO go behind the returns when
the committee met at Frankfort. AS
this would leave the committee a tie, or
five to five in any event, and as other
! Breckenridge men on the district com
mittee, who had stood by him to the last
were not disposed to go behind the re-
turns, the old guard of the silver tongued
orator gave up the struggle They
will not, however, concede the plu-
rality of 526, which the Owens
men claim tonight, from complete re-
turns. Among Breckinridge's strongest
friends are the nominees here on the
county ticket, and they, as well as other
county candidates, were not disposed to
hazard their interests by assisting in
throwing out any of the Owens precincts
at Frankfort next Saturday. 1t is not
likely that there will be any more agta-
tion. Col. Breckenridge will serve till
newt March