St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-18
This SETTLES BRECK,
Committeeman Refuse to Go
Behind Returns of Satur-
days Primaries.
THERE WILL BE NO CONTEST.
Supporters Of the Silver
Tongued Orator Give Up
the Fight.
OWENS SURELY NOMINATED,
Though His Opponents Are
Inclined to Question His
Plurality.
OWENS SURELY NOMINATED,

LEXINGTON. KY, Sept. 17.-Every-
thing is quiet tonight, the nomination OF
Owens being conceded. 1t has. how
ever, been more exciting day than any
of the preceding week. When the
Owens men claimed the nomination by
decisive plurality Saturday night the
Breckenridge men stood pat. 1ester-
day they worked harder than ever. TC-
day ii became known that their repre-.
sentatives had been dispatched into the
different parts OF the district 10 get all
evidences of Irregularities i'll vot-
ing or counting with a view to
contesting the nomination before
the Democratic congressional committee
which meets at Frankfort next Satur-
day, and which is the returning board
that makes the official count and declar-
alton as to who is the nominee. This
committee is composed of one member
from each county. Fayette county, the
home of Breckenridge, has two legis-
iative districts. and hence two members
OF this committee. each of the other
seven counties having one. The men,
Der 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-Breckinridge.
As this committee has done every
thing in It's power for Breckenridge III
fixing a late date for the primaries,
adopting the challenge rule and every.
thing else he wanted, the Owens men
were alarmed today on finding out that
the Brecknridge agents were at work
with view to presenting evidence for
contest before this committee next
Saturday. They learned Of letters sent
to the committee of the agencies at work
Ia different counties working up the
case, and believed there was a we'll
planned purpose to throw out the vote
Of certain precincts Oh the ground of
Irregularities and declare Breckenridge
the nominee.
1t was promptly announced that four
members of the dis .rict committee
would make minority report Saturday
and appeal to the Democrats. This
meant that Owens and Breckenridge
would both be Candidates, and fight to a
finish in November. Meantime the Re-
publicans. who hold their convention
here Sept. &c. began to regard their
unnamed nominee as the favorite, and
there was much excitement.
No Going Behind Returns.
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 hever vote to go behind the
returns when the committee met at
Frankfort. AS this would leave the
committee tie, or five to five, in any
event.and as other Breckinridge men on
the district committee who had stood by
him to the last were not disposed to go
behind the returns, the old guard of the
silver-tOngued orator gave up the strug
gle. They will not, however, coucede
the plurality of 526, which the Oweus
men claim tonight from the returns.
Among Brecklnridge's strongest friends
are the nominees here on the county
ticket, and they, as we'll 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 agita-
ton. Col. Breckinridge will serve
until next March,