The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-08
AS a Result of the Defeat of the
Democrats There Will Be
Investigations.
THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY.
Disgruntled Factions May Turn to
Breckenridge as Moses to
Lead Them.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 7.-According
to official and unofficial returns from every
county in the State, Hon. Lloyd Lowndes
(R.) for Governor has plurality of 1909.
In the five counties carried by Hurst he
led Lownoes by only 1905 votes.
AS a result of tbs defeat of the
Democrats on Tuesday Maryland is
likely to have sweeping investigation.
Under the constitution of the State, the
House of Delegates is the grand inquisitor
and has full power by committee or other
wise to examine into and investigate all
persons who may be or have been IN office,
under the law. This duty and authority
belongs to the House alone, and it has
power to go into everything done by State
or other officials holding public trusts.
1t is proposed as soon as the House is or
ganized by the Republicans to have a COM
mittee appointed to investigate, after the
of New York. all public officials or ex-pub-
lie officials in the city and State.
In addition Senator Bruce, an anti
German hold-over Democrat who has
made private investigation into the ex-
penditures of the last session of the State
Senate, proposes TO have public exam
ination into the expenditures of the Gen.
eral Assembly, which his experience has
convinced him are much larger than they
ought to be.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. Sen
ator German is quoted in Washington
paper as expressing himself as follows in
regard to the Maryland election: 'These
things will happen. l have no complaint
to make. l suppose that had the Demo-
Gratis carried Baltimore and the State our
opponents would have charged us with all
sorts off election crimes. 1 shall not act
that way toward them. 1 believe we were
outvoted and outvoted honestly. Under
the laws of Maryland it is next to impos-
sible TO have dishonest ballot.
1.-The Republicans got out every man in
their party and were aided by the votes of
the Democrats who had grievance. The
figures show that their vote was polled
almost up to the registration. while in
Baltimore alone we were some 14,00O or
IL, 600 short.
II regret, of course" continued the Sem
ator, that Maryland, after twenty-nine
years of honest, economical and safe
administration under the Democrats,
should have passed into Republican
hohNo- l. wv hOt, hO"OfCli ISRISL any
thing that 1 have done nor the part which
took in the fight. 1 did all that I could
do. AS a matter of fact, the tide was
against u.s."
LEXINGTON. KY. Nov. THE pros
poets of the Republicans electing the next
United States Senator from Kentucky are
unusually bright. DR.. Hunter, chairman
of the Republican campaign committee,
says he thinks the Republican majority
on joint ballot in the next Legislature
will be four or five. The Democrats con-
cede the election of sixteen Republican
State Senators and ffty-three Representa-
tives, making sixty-nine IN all.
They also claim the election of % Demo-
cratic Senators and AZ Representatives.
which makes them have SO on joint ballot.
Of the Democrats IA in the Senate ani 27
in the House are for sound money. Eight
of the Senators are for Blackburn and 20
Representatives, which shows that joint
caucus of the Democrats would stand Al
against Blackburn to % for him.
Chairman Hunter thinks that the sound
money Democrats, or at least enough Of
them, will vote for Republican for
United States Senator to insure his cleo
ton should the Legislature not be Repub-
lican on Joint ballot. There is strong talk
in favor of DR.. Hunter for United States
Senator. The other candidates mentioned
are A. E. Wilson and Colonel Walter Evans
of Louisville and John w. Yerkes of Dan.
vile.
McCreary will have no better chance
than Blackburn, from the fact that the Re-
publicans carried his own precinct, town
and county and elected both members Of
the Legislature from his district and his
Congressional district also went Republi-
can. From the fact that Breckinridge's s
district. the Seventh, gives a rousing ma
jority for the Democratic ticket, he is being
talked of by leading Democrats as the
strongest man they could put up for
United States Senator. McCreary having
shown his inability to save his party from
defeat at home and Blackburn having been
so completely showed under by the big
Republican majority, practical politicians
are turning to Breckinridge as the Moses
to lead them out of the wilderness of de-
| feat.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 7.-Official re-
turns from four-fifths of the counties in