Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-05
CLOSE IN KENTUCKY.

Louisville Ky, Nov. 1.-The following bulletin was issued by Chairman Roberts at Il o'clock tonight:
 .The republican state committee claims Kentucky by 1000 majority. It wired it's county ehairmen for complete corrected footings by counties and received returns from all but five counties in the mountain section. These unofficial returns were classified by districts with this result: The democrats will go to the Eleventh district, which is republican, with 13,10O majority in their favor. This mountain district gave Gov. Bradley little over 12.000 majority last year and has been counted on all along for 15,000 this year. Returns from over half the counties of the district already assure considerably over 14,OOO republican majority, upon which basis the committee is justified in claimingthe state by approximately l. 900 majority. The official count will be made Thursday and Friday. The sud- den transfer of Kentucky to the doubtful column early this morning was caused by a simultaneous report from counties in the west end of the state where the popu- lists and free silver democrats have full sway, which gave surprisingly large democratic majorities. One of these counties, Graves, from which no Satisfac- tory report could be secured last night, came forward late this afternoon with 30S6 majority for Bryan, a. majority 4S6 greater than the total combined vote of the democrats and the populists last year.
 All the important democratic gains were made in the four congressional dis tricts south and west of Louisville, wher nine-tenths of the populsts of Kentucky are centered. The fusion of populists with silver democrats was perfect, and the latter captured the entire four con- gressional seats in exchange for two places on the electoral ticket. Among the republicans who went down in the popu- Hstic wreck were Congressman Hunter, who managed last years campaign for Cow Bradley, and Congressman Lewis, two of the ablest campaigners in Ken lucky politics. In Louisville and Lexing- ton, and in the Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh districts, the republicans made brilliant gains, but they were al- most wiped by the democratic-populist fusion of western Kentucky.
 SAMUEL J. ROBERTS, Chairman"
 At II o'clock the Courer-Journal re- turns indicated that Mckinley had car ried Kentucky by at least 2,000 The de- layed vote from the Tenth and the Eleventh, the mountain districts. is now coming in and shows republican gains. Congressman Colston, republican, who is a candidate for reelection in the Eleventh district says he will carry 1t by 14.000 He has now 13,429 plurality. with five counties to hear from. This is Mc- KinIey's sole hope of carrying Kentucky.
 
 plurality and Magoffin gives gives him 362 plurality. Both these counties are in the Tenth district and these are the first figures from them. This makes Mc- Kinley's plurality 2,072 according to the Courier-JournaPs figures.
 Returns from IT of 1199 counties give Mckinley a plurality of 2,419. There IS missing democratic county of 700 and republican county of 300. 1
 Complete returns from congressional districts give Bryan majorities as follows: First II ,920, Second COST, Fourth 3,033. Bryan's majority in the Third will be small. The Fifth complete gives McKin- ley 12,275 plurality. The Sixth and Sev- enth will give Bryan pluraloities Repub- licans claim Mckinley will carry the Eighth by 2,400, Ninth by 800 and the eleventh by 15,000. The republicans con cede the Tenth to Bryan by 892. Tonight the democrats are marching through the streets yelling that Bryan has carried the state The actual result will show a narrow margin.
 Louisville, Ky, Nov. 1.-The democrats tonight sent out from Lexington twenty men to investigate the vote in the moun- tain counties which are all republican. Silver Democratic Chairman Sommers will make no statement, but privately claims the stae for Bryan by small ma jority.
 Louisville, Ky, Nov. 4.-McKlnley' plurality in Kentucky at midnight is 1884 one republican county unreported, esti- mated on two.