Evening star., 1896-11-07
BALLOT BOXES TAKEN
Returns Have Been Stolen in Camp
bell County, Kentucky.
ELECTORAL Vote LIKELY TOBE DIVIDED
Mckinley Loses an EIector Through
Mistake in Delaware.
WYOMING STILL IN DISPUTE

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LOUISVILLE, KY, November Three
ballot boxes, containing the returns from
as many precincts in Campbell county, have
been stolen from the office of the county
clerk. The precincts in question will give
an aggregate majority of 500 for Mckinley.
Every effort is being made to discover the
perpetrators of the theft, and the republi-
cans are greatly aroused. If these boxes
are not recovered, with the returns proper
ly certified, the state will go for Bryan,
provided, of course, the state canvasSing
board, which Is republican, fails to take
cogniZance of it.
Vote Likely to be Split.
LOUISVILLE, KY. November Leslie
county and the missing precincts of Perry
county were heard from at a late hour last
night The changes rendered by these re-
turns have brought the republicans claims
down to 345, while the democrats have in
creased their claims to 1000 Official fig
ureS Will undoubtedly be required to decide
whether Kentucky was carried by Mckin-
ley Bryan.
1t is very likely that W. B. Smith. who
headed the Bryan electoral ticket, has been
elected.
Chairman Roberts Claim.
CANTON, Ohio, November THE fol-
lowing telegram was received this morning
from Louisville:
Official returns from one hundred coun-
ties and unofficial from the remaining
nineteen give Kentucky to Mckinley by 415
majority 1t is practically conceded that
We have won after desperate fighting to a
finish.
(signed) IS. ]. ROBEHTs, Chairman
Mckinley Gains Eighty.Eive.
county canvassing board at 1 o'clock COM
Pieted the count of the ninth ward Q4ouis-
ville), with the result that Mckinley gains
eighty-fve votes, raising the total In the
state to 537.
Mckinley Leads by 452.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. November 7.-spe-
cials to the Times-Star concerning the
Kentucky election say that at noon official
reports had been received from 1O5 coun-
ties. These, with the vote for the other
counties carefully calculated. give McKin-
ley a plurality of 49,. The official returns
of the fourteen counties will not materially
affect the result.
Democrats still Claim 1t.
LOUISVILLE, KY. November with
the official returns from log of the 11y
counties. and unofficial returns from the
balance. Mckinley now leads Bryan In
Kentucky by iJ2 votes, and the official re-
turns from the thirteen counties are not
expected to materially alter the total given.
These figures must stand until the state
canvassiHg board decides the various con-
tests and investigates the numerous charges
of fraud.
The silver democrats are still claiming
the state, bds!ng their claim ON only 13,6i.,
plurality for Mckinley In the eleventh con-
eressional district They give no table of
the vote by counties, but simply assert
that the above figures are correct
on the other nand the republicans give
figures by counties from the eleventh dis
trict. My two counties unofficial and es-
innate the total at 1880.
complication has arisen that will likely
divide the electoral vote on the basis of
twelve for Mckinley and one for Bryan
Ihls is due to the fact that large numDer
put the stencil mark opposite the name of
device. thus causing the head OF each
ticket TO run ahead of their colleagues
In this way the foremost democrat elector
w b. Smith, gets more votes than the
hindmcst republican elector. Bettors on
the Bryan end say this prevents the Nc
kinley men from winning and raises an
interesting point.
However. all bets held up until the
state canvassing boards count.
The most intense interest is manifested
in the constantly changing figures and the
situation assumes a very ludicrous phase
CINCINNATI. Ohio. November IA sne-
says the official returns show such dis
crepancy in the votes for the electors to he
almost certain that the electoral votes of
Kentucky will be divided