The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
The Democrats Have Closed
Headquarters and Retired.
REPUBLICANS STILL CLAIM
The Blue Grass State For the
usy Canton Candidate.
CHAIRMAN RosERrs TALKS
And Tells All About How He Has Been
Able to Maintain His Claim of III
Halt Dozen Hundred nu
s.iaf <.ts For Mckinley ns

Louisville, KY, Nov. 7-To7night brings
no material changes in the political situa-
ton in Kentucky, ~ -l4 ~ su
, The Democratic headquarters give out
no detailed figures to spbstantiate. their
claims of carrying the State for, Bryan;
while the Republicans make their asser-
tons, OF success. A call at Democratic
headquarters tonight found a sign read
ing: These headquarters closed" =.
None. of the committeemep could be
found for a, statement. ~ The following
from Republican Chairman Roberts:
KENTUCKY has gone Republican for the
first time in its history in Presidential
year. Complete official returns from Ill
counties and, reliable unofficial returns
from the other eight counties give Nc
Kinley 400 plurality. Four years ago
the State gave Cleveland 10000 plurality
over Harrison and gave Weaver. the Pop
ulist candidates, %, 800 votes. The fusion
OF Democrats and Populists this year
was complete and the victory for McKin-
ley means, therefore, a reversal of $4,000
votes, based ON the figures OF 1892.
Our silver friends make a great ado
over 1000 Republican gain in the Ele-
venth district, but see nothing remark
able in gain of. 10000 Democratic
plurality in a single county in the First
district. They also affect surprise that
the Republican State committee has been
sticking to. claim of 400 to GOO plurality
for Mckinley in spite of the discovery Of
great rerros against Bryan in i Hardin.
Fayette,, Galloway and other counties,
and say that whenever Bryan made a
gain in this .way, / sent cipher dispatch
to the Eleventh district for a correspond
ing addition to the Mckinley plurality.
These errors which the newspapers made
a great ado oyer in each succeeding issue
were their own and not ours, and explains
how some of the newspapers gave Me-
, KinleE anywhere from 1000 to 5000
plurality, when the 8 eomaittee figures,
open to the world, stood between 400 and
600 for fhree days as3 - ~ rs
at 3 o'clock in the morning after the
election we realized that. the result
would ,be very close andsswired every
county chairman who could he reached
10 rush complete u@onicial returns and
to closely watch the official count On
the strength of the answers to these mes
sages / issnetl a bulletin Wednesday,
evening which was published In all the
Louisvilel papers saying among other
things: f ~ n "h
"Fhe Democrats Will go The Eleventh
district with 1900 in their favor. Re-
trusn from one half of the
counties of the Eleventh district assure
considerably over $4,000 Republican
plurality" - th' =
This bulletin was based upon actual
unofficial figures from every county but
five and has stood the test from last
Wednesday, until to-day in spite OF the
erreFs-ef ef-Rewspaper correspondent and
the surprising claims Of free silver leads
ers evidently based upon befere~the- eleeAs
tion estimates rather than ,afterzthe- eIee-.
tion returns. This committee has had,
nothing to doswith the conflicting reports
of newspapers and the big gains ana
losses" they have been finding ins unof
fetal returns for several~days haYea no4
changed oprztat1es at any Bnn.
The ofiiciM eoapt has resulted. IN, oeca<'
sional changes from our unofficial figs
.ures, bat they have ab9ut balanced each
sother and my figures Of Wednesday are
practically confirmed BY the official count.
At this writing our almost complete res
turns show that the Democrats go TO the
Eleventh s.distTiet with 10 S22 vpiarality IN
their favor andAare met there by 14,27S.
Republican plurality giving a net plural
ity Of 456 for Mckinley" o.
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