Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-17

ington last night to consult with party
leaders there. Owens men claim the nomi-
nation by PAL votes.
The official count will be held today, and
as a majority of the elections commit
tee favors Breckenridge, Ii was expected
that advantage would be taken OF every
contested vote to seat the colonel Bishop
Duncan, in a prayer before the Methodist
conference at Frankfort yesterday, thank
ed God that the right had been upheld In
putting down bad men who aspired TO pub
lie Office.
The Breckenridge managers from all parts
of the district were in close consultation
at Frankfort all day. They figured Owens
plurality at 100. against the 40 plurality
claimed by Owens men. DIR. r. L. Moho-
ney. a Breckenridge detective, was sent to
Henry county to see If he could not find
grounds for charges of fraud against the
officers of one precinct in the county which
gave Owens an overwhelming majority,
and thereby throw the Owens vote out
NJ A. Cassidy, another detective employed
by the Breckenridge forces is in Owen
county on a similar mission. Breckenridge
leaders claim that in Scott county Owens
received many fraudulent votes, as GO more
democrats voted in the county than at the
last election.
Desha BreckinridGe's Claim.
At 10 o'clock last night Desha Breckin-
ridge said. at Lexington, he was confident
of his fathers election. Said he: Il cannot
give out a statement by counties, but our
latest reports reduce Owens plurality to
al. 1 am sure that the count will be given
us by the district committee when it meets.
If 1t does not 1 am not prepared to say
what will follow. maybe a contest
At Midway Bert Hammond came and con-
fessed to the judges that he had cast an IL
legal vote and asked that one less vote be
counted for Owens. The judges refused to
do this. and Hammond was summoned to
appear in Court today.
The vanquished generally are accepting
defeat. One notable indication was the
doffing of Breckenridge badges and donning
Owens badges by the most ardent young
bloods who supported Breckenridge through
out the campaign with their money and
their personal services. These men say that
they went to election Saturday believing
that every voter at the primaries was
morally bound to support the nominee. Now
that their favorlte, for whom they fought
SO valiantly seems to have suffered defeat,
they feel in honor bound to support his op-
ponent They seem to acquiesce in the in
evitable.
There was a report yesterday afternoon
that Owens, Settle and Breckenridge would
each issue q card to the public stating his
case. This was on the theory that Breckin
ridge was about to contest the election.
Breckenridge absolutely refused to talk.
The most thorough Investigation last night
failed to find a shadow of ground for the
rumor. Everybody was thoroughly tired of
the task that terminated in the prima ries.
TO contest the election would be to prolong
the struggle.
What Beat BreckinridKe.
A strong Breckenridge man, cashier in
one of the banks at Frankfort, attributed
the defeat Of his candidate to the opposition
of Judge Morton and Professor McGarvey
of the Christian Church. He said:
THE Christian Church has a very strong
following here. and while ordinarily we
Ghnnl1 alrtra ifxy To
Breckinridge. We carried Fayette county by
only 25l votes.'
Col. John Allen, county attorney, one of
Breckinridge's incessant supporters, says
that he intends to support Owens, and, in
TACT, Is wearing an Owens badge. Poyntz
Nelson of the state committee, a very close
friend to Breckenridge, said that he did not
believe any of the rumors that Breckenridge
would contest. The committee will meet in
Frankfort. he said to canvass the vote and
II anything strange is discovesed ii will be
righted there.
What Phil Thompson Says.
Col. Breckinridge's defeat was a severe
disappointment to Col. Phil. Thompson, who
was one of the counsel for the Kentuckian
In the suit brought by Miss Pollard. do
you think this means the end of the col
onel's political career?" he was asked. 1T
looks as If 1t might be, at least in Ken
lucky. But he gave his opponent a game
fight. He had the praying women and the
machine against him, and yet he was
beaten by only a few hundred votes"
Where breckenridge Miscalculated.
II am disappointed in Fayette county"
said Col. Breckenridge yesterday. Il thought
she would give me at least 500 majority.
and many of my friends expected as much
as 1000. Instead of that, my majority in
my own county is only 2O5. In woodford
We expected a majority Of several hundred
but that county has gone against me, as
has Franklin, another county l thought
would give me small majority. They are