Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-11-12
THE OFFICIAL COUNT
Gives Kentucky TO Mckinley by a
Small Plurality.
ststsm~ut by Chsirmss Robert. ExPisia-
tag Alleged Di.-r-p.aei~- in tor-
nes st.ias. by the R-pab-
Hesa Cons mmittsel

LoUtsvILIE. Ky. Nov. Mckinley
has certainly got Il of kentucky's u
electoral votes The Official count by
the eanvaSsing b1arls was completed
this afternoon. but the returns
are slow ia coming IN. and at this
hour. nine o'clock. II Is impossible In
give the total vote with any degree Of
accuracy. The totals Of the Official
count in this tJeTersonl county have
not teen announced. bat Mckinley
gained about $50 votes ON his plural
ity of 1871
The official count In almost every
county heard from shows that kast.
the frst rcpu Jlican and smith, the
Hrst democratic elector. lead their
tickets BY from 80 To Ion votes. and
this insures Bryan one elec;or-
Up t. nine o'clock Il was impossible
TO secure a statement from democratic
headquarters The rooms were DARK
aud the hotel clerk At the Willard said
National Committeeman TRY NoOdson
had gone home. Secretary Richard
son of the state committee could not
be found
At six o'clock the following bulletin
was issued from republican head
quarters:
Kentucky has gone republican for
the FIRST time In it, history in a
presidential year. Official returns
from III counties, and reliable
unofficial returns from the other
eight counties give Mckinley 40 plu-
raiity. Four years ago the state gave
Cleveland t0.Oc1 plurality over Ilarri-
sou and gave Weaver. the Populist
candidate. =. so votes The fusion of
the democrats and popu.ists this year
was complete and the victory for Me
kinley means. therefore. a reversal Of
64.oo0 votes based ON the hEurcs OF
I.gs
Our silver friends make n great ado
over 1000 republican gain in the elsv-
euth district. but see nothing remark
able In a gain OF 1000 democratic plu-
rality in a single county in the first
district They also affect surprise
that the republican state committee
has been sticking To its claim Of 80 u
90 plurality for Mckinley. in spite %
the discovery OF grave errors against
Bryan in Hardin. Fsyette, Galloway
aud other counties, aud say that when
ever Bryan made n gain in This way
sent cipher. .disPatca To the Eleventh
district for a corresponding addition
TO the Mckinley plurality
AT I've o'clock on the morning after
the election We realized that the re-
suit would be very close. and wired
every county chairman who could be
reached Ia rush = tmplete unofficial re-
turns aud 10 closely watch the official
count. On the strength OF the an
swers to the messages issued a bulle-
| tim "Wednesday evening which was
published IN all the Louisville papers.
saying among other things; The
democrats will go to the Eleventh dis
trict with l.6O in their favor Re-
turns from ouc-hslf the counties u
the Eleventh district already in assare
considerably over l4.OO0 republican
plurality
This bulletin was based upon actual
unofficial figures from every county
bat ave, and has stood the test from
last Wednesday until to-day in spite
Of errors of newspaper correspondents
and the surprising claims OF free sill
yer leaders. evidently based upon be-
fore-the-e!ection estimates rather than
upon election returns. This commit
tee has had nothing to do with the
conflicting reports of newspapers. and
the big gains and losses they have
been finding in unofficial returns for
several days have not changed our ta-
bles at any time
The official count has resulted in
occasional changes from our unofficial
figures. but they have about balanced
each other aud my figures of Wednes-
day are practically confirmed By the
I official count.
AT this writing our almost complete
returns show that the democrats 20 to
| the Eleventh district with I3.ses in
their favor and are met there with H.
rs republican plurality. giving Il net
plurality of 80 for Mckinley.
lSiguedl ;. j. RoBEKTs,
Chairman