New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-17

..ssality fos Owere. Sis,
The fluctuations OF feeling here last night
during the receipt ~ the returns were sudden
and startling Early I'm the evening. when It
WAS found that Colonel Hreckinrdge would
have less than 2oo plurality In this county.
Fayeti. and that Mr owens had carried Wood
for,I and Franklin by handsome odds. and won
an unexpected victory In Oldham. an impromptu
iubilation was begun by the ant-Brcckinridge
forces and nothing less than a plurality OF
900 In the district was talked Of. About =
o,cLuck when further returns showed that
nr.cklurllge had carried Bourbon County, had
held owens down To less than l20 plurality In
Scott County and was polling an extraordinary
vote I'm owen County. the deserted Breckin-
ridge Headquarters filled up once more. ana
the air was filled with confident assurance
Of the "silvcr-tongucd" orators tardy victory
By II o'clock. when II was seen that MT
Owens's margin had not been quite wiped out
the tide OF feeling In the street SET as suu-
denly and violently In the opposite direction
public opinion finally settled down In the con-
viction that Mr. Owenss advantage was too
substantial To be overcome 10y any belated de-
vices on the part OF the opposition
The amount OF money wagered here on the
result lent unusual interest to the excitement
and many bets were hedged while the success
seemed to waver between the two rival candi-
dates 1t IL estimated that inside the district
$3.50 900 changed hands on the result OF yes
tcrdav.s urinary. while probably from s5o.ooo
TO 5000 was spent by the two factions on the
canvass.
I'm the main. the vote ran exceedingly close to
Tb. Tribune.s estimate of Saturday morning.
In that estimate Mr.. Owenss plurality In Scott
countv WAS put at l,Ij0; his actual plurality
was 1874.
In Woodford and Franklin counties the
nlurality for owens over BreckinrdB6 was
estimated at 650 II turned out to be GA.
In the four Blue Grass counties. besides
Fayctte. 1t was calculated that owens "o"i"
lead Brecknridgc by l.Soo. His actual ad'""-
tage .69,. ,,.,,,
In the three moss back" counties OF Oldham
owon and Henry Colonel Brcckinridges prob
able plurality over Mr. Owens was given az
l. i5O IL proved to be 1l39 Fayette County; as
was predicted. the real battIe-Hr1unu VI
IN. contest and the extraordinary eHoris Oh
the Owens forces here alone prevented ,oioiici
Breckinridgc from carrying this county p9 tm
200 or COO plurality which H." exprct'u wv, n,
turning the scale in the district slightly, pu'
sufficiently. in his favor. . ~,
The credit Of yesterdays magnificent POM.
cal victory is Justly given by public sentiment
hare to the women OF the Ashland district
Too much cannot be said OF tn. un'liins ' "r'
effective work In this canvass oi the W oan rtnh
owens Association In Fayette county oi VIM
the venerable Mrs. Julia Hunt the WiuoW VI
one of Colonel Breckinridgcs former ihti'''',
political and personal friends IL prcsioen'' % .'r'
Mrs James Mulligan. wife of the preseh, vi,
sul-C;encral OF the United States In samoa y
secretary The women OF the district ihuecu'
were from the beginning he real fho,al .vl ,.
behind the opposition to Colonel freckihriust,'
and against their powerful influence 'no 1i,,n,.
Gus and sophistical eloquence or tne c'''.'1 a1
and the arts Of his political following ~" iso
eoually OF no avail Great credit sh1uln az a,Jo
he given to the courageous ana ou'SPohr,n. ii,
org OF the Owens campaign, VINO per , -,
pushed the struggle on the single Vitai o'is is'u
Colonel Breckinridge's moral disquaiihVa@.'u @
and could not be led by any wies Oh '"e ''
to other grounds ,,.. T., tho fight
Finally a most important factor III w Ce,n
IN nreaerve the district from the success oi ooo
naI prarkinridse's candidacy has been the pre-
NJ the safe and the country, under the 'hsn os
whose condemnation the present fepreseils.n sn
has been forced to conduct his canvass Ph,ai,"S
and In bitterness OF spirit. from day 10 udy;
60 FAR there has been little taIK apo"' .,.,n,
publican nomination In TINS Cohs'r'' - No
The district convention. for there IL ~ % 70
urinary Q, e,ecton Is to meet on Septe"'ueet ,,o.
chonae a candidate: and 1t IL not mpoSslo'e ."at
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell, a descehuHns 1i.ors W
Henry Cay. and the present owner OF me la'o.s , 10
Clav homestead. Ashland, will be seiec'eu ~
nais tho race The bitterness OF the hght III ,i'e
Dsr,ocrauc ranks will doubtless be carried nv '
the Congress canvass. and a Repuphcan Lnna 49,
data viii ma We much more than distan' c"an.e
of success. although the norman ~ DeHoef""0 'N
1ortty In the district 70 nearly ''VVo'