The herald., 1894-09-18
graphs from Georgetown that frauds 81
that place will more than overcome
even the estimated claims OF the Owens
man
NO NOMINEES YET.
Breckinridge Dos Not Yet Conceds
His Defeat.

Breckinridge Dos Not Yet Conced .
His Defeat.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 1.-THE CONNER
cial Gazstte's Lexington special says:
Sincemidnight there seems to be no
doubt that Breckenridge ia making O
fight before the district com mttee, on
which all possible pressure has been
brought tonight. The colonel gives out
this statement:
"The Democratic GENITAL committee
alone has the power to declare who is
the nominee. and until such a declara
tien is made no one is the nominee OF
the party. and when it is made | will
Loyalty submit to the decision and sup
port whoever is declared the nominee.
Under the law and under the rules Of
the psrty, | also have the power to ascer-
tain what votes have been cast and what
votes shall be counted and what is to be
declared fraudulent. No court has
power in it's action, and | would regret
TO see any judicial methods introduced
into Kentucky politics and plant judges
corrnptly giving the apparent sanction
of judicial proceedings to base methods.
What is the legal vote of the eight
counties Of this congressional district is
q question which has been decided by
the proper authorities, and will be ac-
cepted as binding by me and my friends,
and until that ia done any charges in
the way OF improper practices on my
part are insolent and false. and when
coming from the Courier-Journal and
Louisville Times, owned and edited by
a gang of blackmailers, they come as
insolent intermeddlIng with the affairs
OF the district. and corrupt attempt to
prevent proper investigation and de-
liberate action.
''It might not be improper to suggest
that insolent abuse does not tend toward
harmony, nor will it lead to the path of
party victory. 1t might be- we'll for
those who are plotting to discharge their
employees and evict thsir tenants be-
cause they voted for me, to suspend pro-
ceedings. l have no doubt OF my NOM
ination by the legal Democratic votes
cast ON last Saturday, and that by many
votes. | had no doubt that fraud would
be practiced in Scott county and | am
certain it has been deliberately done,
bslieve that at least 800 illegal votes
have been cast against me in the county
of Fayette, and perhaps nearly ae many
in Franklin county.
81 shall make no frivolous contest,
shall raise no technical questions nor
enter into contests about doubtful
points, but shall reserve until next Sat-
urday the right to have such proceed
ings taken before the district committee
as will accord with my judgment.
- 15uyo IIo rs-t,revH H6 1uUK DHCx up
on my canvass for the uttersEces L have
felt called upon to make, and all of the
statements made by me, whether in
speeches or interviews, were absolutely
true in fact as moderate in utterance
and temperate in spirit. My gratitude
to my friends cannot bs put into
words"
The Commercial Gazstte correspond
ent telegraphed from Lexington that he
asked Hon. w. G. Owens for a state
ment and that Owens would only say
that he would stand and abide by the
statement made By the people of the
Ashland district last Saturday.