Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-07
KENTUCKY, ~ no 1.

LOUISVILLE ky. November 6.-As
r. official returns come in tonight the
s.tement is conhrmed that the electoral
y... Of the State is going TO stand - 20 ].
la some counties the head of the electo-
-I ticket leads the other twelve by more
ta 200 votes 1t will take the official
count To- satisfy both sides The last
newspaper figures place McKinley's plu-
ruty in the State at e55. The official
count by counties is about complete out
Side of this Oefforsom county. which will
r1. t- finished for four or five days. ow-
ns TO- u4o large vote. The STATE
returning board viii meet three weeks
from Tuesday TO pass on the count by
cunies
Kash and Smith. the first electors on
us Republican and Democratic tickets,
respectively, are running ahead OF the
other electors on the official count, and
r9 matter which way the State goes, the
aerorl. vote is going 10 be diVlded-that
s ID the Republicans carry the state
uey viii get twelve electors and the
y.n.crauc one. and vice-versa IL the
Democrats win. This results from the
fe. that "a LARGE number of voters placed
ht cross opposite the name of the
fst e.,otof instead o. under the party
l.Uca The Canyassiug Board has ruled
lr these cases that the vote should count
Only l1r one elector. Notwithstanding the
evident intention Of the voter. This raises
an Interesting question i'm regard TO the
votes. Chairman Roberts. Of the Repub-
lau State Committee. O-night said:
eve have received official returns from
al except twcnty-seven counties. We
have trustworthy returns from the miss
irg ones. however and the 119 counties
~ the State show i35 plurality for Nc
klr.ey We are perfectly satisfied that
Ve have carried the State. ! am wait
ing on further official returns. and ox-
Ie.. t1 send Major Mckinley a telegram
li0te midnight / concede the Demo
crafts one eieCt0r. owing TO the failure of
voters 90 stamp their ballots correctly"
DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS.
Major ID. u. Johnson, chairman Of the
Democratic State Central Committee. said
tonight that from information in his
ion he believed the State had given
Irl len plurality.
Dl W0odson. member OF the Democratic
National Committee for Kentucky, made
ite following statt.trnt. am more
-onl-ent tonight than 1 have been at
any tme since fhe election that the
Democratic electoral ticket was elected
h Kentucky but / have an abundance Of
evidence that the Republicans Of the
mountain counties. where Democrats are
dinghy scarce. have perpetrated the
sosssst frauds both before and since the
polls closed on Tuesday This informa-
N9l tas come 20 me from the most re-
a'ao.e men at Middlesboro'. Pineville
haiboarsYlle, London, Somerset, and
o,h.r towns 90 Eastern Kentucky.
ilr Republican Committee and the
ii.a oi Louisville have kept up a steady
'-.m ihe past three days Of a plurality
~ from 09 20 100. During this time
Ih.y have been forced 10 acknowledge
errors which reduced their claims nearly
..' votes. Every time they have been
'i-cl 90 acknowledge the truth about
,.' OF these Central and Western coun-
which. with good telegraphic and
't'iionr facilities. were speedily re-
i''i ly the news agencies. they have
A able 90 draw on one of these remote
mountain counties FOR a majority far
t-..ns anything ever known I'm their
la'oly. and suil they claim the State by
VI am entirely confident Of the election
i1e Bryan electors by a small. but
i. plurality. which viii be shown on
'il count. our people are COLLECTING,
'-. evidence Of thcse frauds"
c''l "oo4son declined 20 give out any