New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
MKINLEY CERTAINLY HAS IL OF THE IL
ELECTORS IN KENTUCKY.

RETURNS STILL. COMING SLOWLY IN-rHE RE-
BY 1856 PIrRALITY-DEMoCRATs SILENT.
Louisville Ky. Nov mckinley has certainly
got twelve OF Kentucky's thirteen electoral votes.
The Official count by the county canvassing poards
completed this afternoon. but the. returns are
slow in coming in and at this hour % p. m) 1t Is
impossible get the total vote with any degree OF
accuracy The totals OF the official count In this.
Jefferson County, have not been announced. out
Mckinley gained about $50 votes on his plurality OF
l23ll. The last edition of THE Evening Time4i
estimates McKiney's plurality in the State at 6as
The Posts estimate Is over 100 more The Official
count In almost every county heard from SHOWS
that Kast the first Republican, and Smyth the 1rst
Democratic elector. lead their respective tickets py
from 80 100 votes and this insures Bryan one
eector. Up to o'clock II was impossible TO secure
a statement from Democratic headquarters The
rooms were dark and the clerk at the Willard said
National Committeeman Woodson had gone home
Secretary Richardson, Of the State Committee,
could not be found
At o'clock the following bulletin was issued from
Republican headquarters:
Kentucky has gone Republican for the first time IN
its history in Presidential year. Returns from Ill
counties and reliable unofficial from the other
years ago the State gave Cleveland 10000 plurality
9yer Harrison az and gave Weaver the popust cam
popullss this year was complete and the victory for
Mckinley means therefore a reversal or 64,UU Voes
based on the figures Of 1892 ~
:, Our silver friends make great ado over 1000
RsPIbcan gain in the Xith DIsTic1 Doc sec
plurality In "A single county In the LIST District
They also affect surprise that the Republican state
Committee has been sticking to It's claim OF 4U 70
600 plurality for Mckinley in spite of discovery OF
great errors against Bryan In Hardin; faye ear
ever Bryan made gain In that way sent
cipher dispatch to the Nth District FOR CORE CORE
spending addition to the Mckinley plurality These
errors. which the newspapers made great AUG
over in each succeeding issue were their own and
not ours and explain how some OF me newspape a
gave Mckinley anywhere from 200 to 5ooo plural az
y when the a i res 0psn d to the
At 5 O'Clock the norning after election we
realized that the result would be very close ana
wired every county chairman VINO could De reacneh
TO rush complete unofficial returns ana 10 wa.cn
closely the official count Or the strength OF the
Wednesday evening which was published IN an
The Democra ps viii 90 to the XIh District with
3s" in their Reprns from re odSha n s
sure sur FSosiSs IN" over S Republican pur
This bulletin was based upon actual unoficial
the test from last Wednesday until to-day In spite
of errors OF newspaper correspondents ana the sur
prising clai ms OF free-silver leaders. evidently
based upon before he-olecfon estimates rather
than election returns This committee has had
papers. and the big gains" and losses they have
been finding In unofficial returns for several days
Official count has resulted in occasional changes
from our unofficial figures. but they have about
balanced eacn 0ther ana my nSurcS OF Neunesud!
practically conf. med by the official count.
At this writing almost complete returns show
that the Democrats to the NIth District with
1882 I'm their favor. and met there with li2s
Republican plurality giving a net plurality OF 400
for Mckinley s. J. ROBERTS,
Chairman.
Lexington. Ky. Nov. (Speciab.-Senator Black
burn and his schemers are playing their old tricks
already They are trying TO hatch up a scheme
whereby the Republicans will lose control OF the
Legislature Joint ballot. They have found. so
they assert. that Representative Stoll. ReruDlican
elected here Tuesday IL Ineligible because he Is a
State Asylum Commissioner. and that Representa-
tive Teiberth OF Covington, IS ineligible because he
holds the Office OF chief of Police The Blackburn
followers hope In this way TO prevent the election
OF successor to Blackburn. as they believe they
elect a Legislature favorable TO him the next
time. Tho Sound Money Democrats In this section
say that the loss OF the Legislature by the Repub-
leans will make Colonel Breckenridge strong
candidate for the Senate. They base his claims on
the vigorous campaign he made for sounIl money IN
| Kentucky and from the fact that he became a
candidate for Congress from this district. and
! thereby reduced the normal Democratic majority
Of the district from 100 TO l+0 They believe the
Republican members OF the Legislature will sup
port him II they cannot elect member OF their
own party.