The herald., 1894-09-17
V|CTORS AND VANQU|SHEO.
The Great Moral Campaign
in Kentucky.
Breckenridge Padges Going
Out of Style.
Owens Buttons Now Very Much the
Fashion.
The Breekinridge Foross, However, Do
Net Coscsde Entfrc Defeat.
They Talk of ContsstinE
tho Election.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY. Sept. 16.-The vic
tors seek o possess the entire field; the
vaneuiahed accept defeat manfully.
This conclusion ia justified py outward
appearances here which began to mani
fest themselves early this morning. One
notable indication was the dofiing of
Breckinridge badges and donnng OF
Owens badges by the most ardent young
bloods who supported Breckinridge
throughout the campaign with their
money and their personal services.
These men say they went to the election
yesterday, believing that evory voter at
the primaries was morally bound to sup
port the nominee. Now that their fa-
vorite, for whom they fought 80 valiant
ly, seems to have suffered defeat, they
feel in honor bound to support this op-
ponent.
Brsckinridge absolutely refuses to
talk. The most thorough investigation
tonight failed to find shadow Of ground
for the rumor that he would contest
Owens election.
Every body is tired of the fierce con-
test that terminated with yesterday g
primaries. 70 contest the election would
be to prolong the struggle. The probs-
Dilities, therefore, seem to be against
the contest.
The best figures obtsinable here to.
night at this hour give totals for the
candidates as follows: Owens, 1896
Breckenridge, 1870; Settle, 3405. Owene'
plurality, $40. Corrected returns, hich
are expected tomorrow, will probably
vary but little from these figures.
A strong Breckinridge man, q cashier
ia one of the banks here. attributed the
defeat of his candidate TO the opposition
of Judge Morton and Professor NECTAR
vie of the Christian church. He said
nariiy we should have given 800 or l0O(
plurality to Breckinridge, we carriec
Fayette county by only 2O4 votes"
Colonel John Allen, county attorney
one OF Brsckinridge's incessant cup.
porters, says that he Intends to support
Owens.
There is nothing definite in the way
Of returns ut o'clock tonight. The
Ovens men claim the election of Owens
| by 4l0 plurality, while the Breckinridge
men claim Owens' plurality is only 1863,
1t is believed by many well posted
Owens men that Breckinridge will con
tcRt the election, but he declines to tai
for publication.
No official returns have been received
from the county, most of the telegraph
oficss in the small towns being closed
on Sunday. The Breckenridge managers
from all parts of the district have been
in close consultation here all day. They
figure Owens' plurality at 1863, against
the 410 plurality claimed by the Owens
men.
DR.. r. ]. O'Mshoney, a Breckinridge
detective, was sent to Henry county to
see il he could not find ground for
charges of fraud against the officers Of
one precinct in that county, which gave
Owens an overwhelming majority. M.
A. Cassidy, another detectiva, mployed
by the Breckinridge forces, is in Owen
county on similar mission. The
Breckinridge leaders claim that in Scott
county Owens received many fraudulent
votes, as 600 more Democrats voted in
this county ysstarday than at the last
election.
AT 10 p. m. Desha Breckinridge said
he was confident of bis fathers election,
naying:
II cannot give out q statement by
counties, but our latest reports reduce
Ovens plurality to 141. l am sure the
count will be given ua by the district
committee when it meets. II it does
not. am net prepared to say what will
iollew-may be contest"
At Midway, Bert Ham mond came and
confessed to the judges that he had cast
illegal vote, and asked that one less
vote be counted for Owens. The Judges
refused to do this, and Hammond was
summoped to appear in court tomorrow.
Late tonight the leading Owens men
say II this nomination is taken from
Ovens and given to Brsckinridge, they
will vote Tor the Republican NOMINEES.