The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-11
RETURNS IN KENTUCKY.
Official Count Of the Votes Began In
the State Yesterday.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 10.-The official
count of the ballots cast on Tuesday
was begun today throughout the state.
In this city a large crowd gathered at
the court house to witness the count.
Representatives of all the parties were
admitted by the commissioners and the
examination of the ballots proceeded in
an orderly manner. Judging from the
progress already made the official re-
turns will show no great variation
from the unofficial figures, which give
Louisville and Jefferson county TO the
Republicans by a plurality of about
3,OO0
There was no change today in the
claims of the party managers. The
Democrats assert that Gobel will have
a plurality of 5000, while the nominee
himself places it at 1000. The Repub-
licans claim that Taylor is elected by
a plurality of 1000. The Times (Gobel
Democratic) has the following special
from London. KY:
State Chairman A. w. Young. of the
Democratic campaign committee, is at
Barboursville, seeking to have the en-
tire vote of Knox county thrown out
Numbers of afiidavits alleging fraud
and Irregularities are being filed with
the county board. 1t is believed Tay-
lor's majority will be considered re-
duced if the county is not thrown out
entirely.
Official returns from Clay reduce
Taylor's majority to 907. No changes
have been made by the canvassing
board of Laureal county, so far. Tay-
lor's majority will remain 9S1. though
the Democrats will file affidavits with
the state election board at Frankfort
next Tuesday. asking that three pre-
cincts be thrown out, which will reduce
it,
The Times has also the following
from Bardstown, KY. concerning the
count in progress there:
"A serious technical error in the vote
may increase Gobel's Nelson county
majority to 1856. In the official count
it was discovered that in every pre-
cinet except one, w. P, instead of W.
S. Taylor was voted for, and the one
precinct, Newhope. gives W. S. Taylor,
the Republican candidate. only %, leav-
ing the official vote as certified to by
the two Democratic commissioners as
follows: Gobel. 1859; W. S. Taylor, 73;
William p. Taylor, 1.19S. The Repub-
lican commissioners refused TO certify
to these figures"
Reports received tonight by the Cour-
ier-Journal from counties where lhe Of
fetal count was completed today. show
in most cases slight changes from the
unofficial figures. In few important
instances, however. the changes favor
the Republicans. Leslie county. in the
Eleventh district, which was not in
Guided at all in the table last night.
which gave Goebel a plurality of 81 in
the state, is reported tonight as having
given Taylor a plurality of 9s2 votes
on the official count. Kenton county,
which figured in last nights table with
., 493 plurality for Goebei. is reduced to
about 2, 100. Oldham county gives Goe-
bel a plurality. official, of ninety-six
instead of 1S5. as reported last night.
In a number of counties there are slight
changes, each candidate profiting.
Reports to the Commercial Repub-
lican. up to midnight. show gains of
ISL for Goebel and SIS for Taylor. on
changes from the unofficial returns.
This leaves Taylor'S plurality. accord
ing to the Commercials advices. at
s.641. Reports to this paper from to-
days count cover sixty-eight of the 119
counties in the state.