The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
BREcKIxRIDGE's STATEMENT.
He Believes Illegal Votes Have Been
Cnst-ScOres the Press.


CINCINNATI. Sept 1.-THE CONNER
cial-Gazette's Lexington special says:
Since midnight there seems to be no
doubt about Col. Breckenridge making
fight for the nomination before the dis
trict committee, on which all possible
pressure has been brought tonight.
breckenridge tonight made public
statement in which he says he secured
a majority Of the legal democratic votes
of the district and that fraud was prac-
ticed against him in several counties.
The following is Breckinridge's state
ment:
None Of the interviews printed in vari-
Gus papers purporting to be held with
me were authorized by me. The demo-
cratic committee Of the district alone has
the power TO declare who is the nominee
and until that declaration IS made no
one is the nominee Of the party, and
when 1t Is made l will Loyalty submit to
this decision and support the person de-
clared to be the nominee. Under the law,
and under the rule of the party, it alone
has the power TO ascertain what votes
have been cast and what votes shall be
counted and what declared to
be fraudulent. No court has
any power over it's action and 1 would
regret to see New York judicial methods
introduced into Kentucky politics and
plant judges cOrrup-ly giving the ap-
parent sanction of the judicial proceed
ings to base methods. What is the legal
vote of the eight counties Of this con-
gressiOnal district is a question which
is not in my power. and when
decided by the proper authOri
ties it will be accepted as
binding by me and my friends and until
that is done any charges that he or his
friends will attempt in the way Of "sha-
nanigan" or improper practices are alike
insolent and false; and when coming
from the COurier-JOurnal and Louisville
Times. owned and edited by a gang of
blackmaiers. Ii is an insOlent intermed-
ding with the affairs of the district and
a corrupt attempt to prevent proper in
vestigatiOn and deliberate action.
1.-The nomination has not yet been made.
and IL might not be improper to suggest
that insolent abuse does not tend to-
wards harmony, nor will 1t lead u the
path of party victory. And it might be
well for those who are plotting 10 dis
charge their employees and evict their
tenants because they voted for me, TO
suspend their proceedings.
THE extraordinary order Of the judge
Of the Fourteenth judicial district, OBJ
tained as RI was by the friends of MIR.
Owens, seems to decide that the party
had no right TO require a voter at the
primary to be pledged to support the
nominee, and this is tenable only on the
ground that under the Carroll law a
voter at the primary election is not
bound by the result. 1t may be difficult
to persuade all who participated in the
primary election not to Tetaliate upon
him who obtained this injunction and
invoked this law. / do not believe that
such is the law, and, TO use the mildest
term possible concerning that order, is
sued under the circumstances, 1 think it
was imprOvidently given, and l, for one,
repudlate it. l have no doubt of my
nomination by the legal democratic votes
cast on last Saturday and that by many
votes. had no doubt that fraud would
be practiced upon me in Scott county,
and am certain IL has been deliberately
done.
'T believe that at least 300 illegal votes
have been cast against me in the county
Of Fayette, and perhaps nearly as many
| in the county Of Franklin.
l shall make no frivolous contest, shall
raise no technical questions, nor enter
into contest about doubtful points, but
shall reserve until next Saturday the
right to have such proceedings taken be-
| fore the district committee as will accord
with my judgment.
''Ie regret certain incidents of the day
Of election; the voting with consent, if
not approval, Of the faculty Of George
town college. Of students who had no
| legal residence in Georgetown, and some
of whom are under age
| IT have no regrets as look back upon
| the canvass for the utterances L felt
/ called upon TO make, and all statements
made by me, whether IN speeches or In
| terviews, are absolutely true in fact as
well moderate in utterance and tenn
perate in spirit.
/
/ ''I was offered a large amount of testi-
mony concerning many Of those who at
| tackled me and of scandalous cOnnec-
ton with others related TO these persons
! All this 1 declined to use. and while II
/ might have made certain enemies less
/ virulent, l am CAD that / did not per-
NIT any provocation 90 tempt sme TO USE
it. My gratitude to my friends cannot
be put into words"
The Commercal-Gazette correspondent
! telegraphed from Lexington that he had
/ asked the Hon. w. G. Owens for a state
ment and that Owens would only say
| that he intended to stand by and abide
by. the decision Of the people of the Ash.
land district last Saturday.
/