The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-15
NOW FOR THE COUNT
The Great Breckinridge-
Owens Contest in It's
Last Stage.
WOMEN STILL WARRING
Very Quiet Primaries and Few
Challenges Throughout
Kentucky.

CINCINNATI. o.. Sept. Is, 18s4-A
special to the Post" from Lexington
says
The great battle has been fought out
in the Ashland district, and the count of
this afternoon will tell the story of which
has won the day. The women who have
made strong fight during the campaign
against Breckenridge gave last appeal
in the local press here this morning,
and today at ten o'clock they met with
the ministers in Harrison chapel to offer
lowing is a sample of the many small
cards issued by them this morning.
Mr.. Owens staunch stand regarding
the campaign lies, started to inJure him,
has won for him the admiration of every
body, even the most partisan Breckin-
ridge men, and they will be asked to vote
for him in the November election. should
he be the nominee. and the probabilities
that he will be look bright. The action
of the Bourbon County gentlemen. who
caused inJunctions to be issued to pre-
vent their being sworn in the primary
today, is generally commented upon.
The Owens men, although nearly all of
them here are willing to take the oath
and dc take it, comment the Bourbon
County men for their action.
MUCH PERTURBED.
The action of these men created great
excitement in the Breckinridge headquar-
ters, and the Breckenridge Organization
issued an open letter, in which it is claim
ed the action of Judge Cantrell is il
legal The speech of Mr. Owens here
last night is satisfactory to his friends.
The audience which heard him speak was
composed of earnest voters and women
! who are pleading for the purity of their
homes, while Breckinridges crowd was
composed of people brought out by curi-
| osity and admiral ton for a hero of some-
| thing. Owens is at home in Georgetown,
| Breckenridge is here, and Settle is at
| Owenton. Arrangements were made for
| the returns from over the district to be
| received at both Breckinridge and Owens
! headquarters.
The primary is under the control of
| the District and County Committees.
| The officers of election were equally dis
| tributed among the friends of all the
| candidates. Each candidate was also per-
\ mitted to have a person inside the polling
| place to protect his interests. If Owens
| is defeated as his friends think, by the
/ power of money or some unfair act of
| the committee, he will become a candi-
| date independent Of the Democratic
| party, but expecting a great deal of the
| party support The bitterness shown be-
| tween Owens and Breckinridge is alarm
| ing to the friends of both men. a per-
| sonal encounter between the two may
| result from the charges made during the
| contest The polls were opened at six
| A NJ, and close at 4 PM, the election
| being held under the secret ballot or
| Australian system.
WATCHING THE POLLS.
| Each candidate was represented by 8
| trusted friend at the polling places and
| upon all occasions where there was a
| chance for misrepresentation or triekery.
The public announcement of the result
| at the polling places is done in order that
| the friends of the candidates and those
| standing about may hear. what the result
| has been to refute any different result
| made in the future as to the vote of that
| particular precinct, the election officers
| being required TO leave Immediately with
the ballots sealed in the box and the
blanks for that purpose correctly filed
out, showing the result of the count, cer-
| titled to by the election officers and
| three friends of the candidates permitted
| to see that the count is perfectly fair.
The primary was held under the law,
| and the punishment for infringing upon
the rights of others was clearly defined.
! 1t may be found necessary to bring some
indictments for fraudulent election prac-
tees before the primary is forgotten.
Quiet at Frsp!kfor,.
1 FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. Is, 1S9i.-The
primaries for the Democratic noTnina-
ton for Congress is passing off quietly.
No difficulties of consequence have oc-
| Cured But four men are known to
| have been challenged up to this time.
A poll of the town at ten o'clock shows
S97 votes to have been cast 1923 of these
| were for Owens. A full vote is being
polled. The Owens men here are eonfi-
dent. and hard at work. Breckenridge
men seem demoralized,
| WEATHER INDICATIONS.