The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-16

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! peace Of their families forever. Several
/ times to-day these two men nearly came
/ 10 blows and it was only the presence of
! cooler heads that prevented an unfor-
tuhate anray. Capt. Treacy had
determined to challenge every Breck-
lnrldge vote. He had blanks
| already prepared, and upon these he had
written the names of the entire list of
! Ine congressman S supporters in the pre-
/ clnct. AS each man offered to vote the
captain handed in to the election officers
the printed challenge, and then a furious
wrangle followed. His son-in-law, Rog-
ers, undertook TO retaliate by challenging
all Owens followers, and the voting was
delayed in many instances for half an
hour, while the enraged men fought it
out.
DEsHA ON THE WAR PATH.
At 30 o'clock this afternoon the first
! personal encounter of the day occurred.
1t was at Precinct ID, Second ward and
! the participants were Desha Breckin-
ridge, the coloue's son, and j. Walter
! Peak, secretary of Che Owens club. The
trouble occurred over the challenge of a
vote, Peak had entered the polling place
by permission of the officers, and was pro-
ceeding to make an affidavit when young
| Breckenridge appeared and declared in a
! bolstrous manner that no man had
a right to enter the precinct
room. Peak paid no attention until
| Breckinridge demanded that he come out
Then war of words followed, and finally
| Brecklurldge rushed through the door
and attacked Peak. Each received few
blows, and Breckinridge during the
melee, attempted to draw his pistol
Officers aud bysUanders interfered
and shooting was prevented.
Both men were taken in charge
by their friends, but tonight they are
looking for each other.
In Precinct b, First ward, Mike Mona
han and John Hafey attempted to bull
doe the Owens men, when j. d. Nc
Namara and his brother. Ed, began fight
ing them. Monahau's head was badly
beaten and William Calvert, another
Brecklnridge man, was badly injured
with a rock.
Two brothers had desperate fight at
one Of the polling places this afternoon.
Ernest Cassiday is an active Owens man,
while Leslie Cassiday is a strong sup
bOrter of Settle. They became involved
in quarrel and Leslie Cassiday was very
badly hurt He was cut with a knife in
the hands of his brother and taken to the
family home
On the main street in front of the Phoe-
nix hotel this morning, an express mes
senger who has always been a strong
Breckinridge man, was on his way to the
polls when he was met by his aged
mother, who, with tears in her eyes,
begged him not to vote for the "Brazen
libertine," ," as she called the congressman.
The boy promised and one more vote was
made tor Owens.
THE COLONEL PUTS ONE IN.
Col Breckenridge was himself one of
the first to vote. He lives in the Third
ward, and as he approached the polls the
crowd fell back and some of his friends
cheered him. The colonel bowed his most
graceful Acknowledgements and then put
in ballot for himself.
No general effort was made in Lexing-
ton to enforce the rule requiring voters to
take an oath to support the nom
inee. In some parts of the dis
trict this was insisted upon and
numerous quarrels resulted. At Paris.
where Gen. Ezekiel Clay had declared
that if any man challenged his vote there
| would be blOOdshed, some of the officers
Of election enforced and others ignored
the injunction issued by Judge Cantrill
The streets to-day were strewn with
! prOclamauOnS, announcements and Vari-
Gus public statements from each of the
candidates or their managers. Samuel
Shouse, of Versailles, sent up thousands
of flaming dodgers in which he de-
| nounCed the Owens men as infamous
liars" for spreading a report that he had
advised Settles supporters to vote for
the candidate from Scott.
BEGAN WITH PRAYER.
The prayer meeting advestised to take
! place at Morrison Chapel this morning at
| II o'clock was attended by sixty of the
best ladies in Lexington. About fifteen
men were present Elder j. w. McGar-
vey presided over the meeting and made
the first prayer. 1t was very temperate
in tone and did not come up to the
expectation of the audience. He
prayed God to guide the people
in what they were about to do to-day,
and beseeched him not TO lay his hand
too heavily upon them. He prayed for
peace and for the coming of tine day
when no man should receive the votes of
| these people unless he is worthy of their
support. The congregation then sang 20,
Lord, Our Help in Ages Past" DR.. W.
f. d. Bartlett, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, where Col Breckin-
ridge usually attends when in Lex
ington, and who has generally been
counted as his friend, then offered a
prayer asking God to guide the people and
| bless the affairs of this district He be-
sought the divine ruler that when the
final result of the days contest was over
| that there should be sent to represent
this district in the halls Of the national
legislature, man whom God
could approve, and man after
Gods own heart He PRAYED that all
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contentment once more should be settled
down on the people and their homes.
Then followed the song MY Country 'Tis
of Thee, " after which Elder J. b. Jones
offered prayer in which he asked God to
bestow upon this people that which they
needed The audience then sang "How
Sweet is the Communion of Saints" to the
tune of Sweet Home" when the bene-
diction was pronounced.
rup prer-r r TIP To II o'ctOCR
Lexington, Ky, Sept. Is, II p. m.-The
campaign between morality and licen-
tionsuess is fought out and the indica-
tions are that Owens has won. The re-
turns at II o'clock show the following
phralities of the chief candidates over
each other in the counties 50 far as heard
| from
Wood ford Five precincts, four mis-
sing: Breckenridge 6sS; Owens OIL; Set
| tie l46.
Henry-Eight precincts complete
Breckinridge S47; Owens 1913; Settle 705
Owens-tourteen precincts. one mis-
sing: Breckenridge LOSS; Owens 222;
Settle 1890
Fayett, ete--Breckinridge, 1875;
Owens, l,sl5 Settle, 4s2.
Franklin, ete-Breckinridge 99S
Owens, l,5l7 Settle 296.
Oldham, complete-Breckinridge, 243;