The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-09
CONTEST PROBABLE NO MATTER
WHAT THE FACE OF THE RE-
TURNS MAY BE
LEGISLATURE DECIDING BODY
REPUBLICANS ADMIT THAT THAT
BRANCH OF STATE GOVERN
MENT IS DEMOCRATIC
FIGURING ON THE RESULT

Managers Are Now Paying Attention
to the Legislative Returns, which
They Did Not Do Prior to the De.
veIOpment of a Probable Contest
Results in Other States Unchang-
ed From the Original Reports.
| LOUISVILLE, Nov. 9.-Returns received
| by the Courier-Journal up to 1:30 a. m.
| sive Goebel a plurality of 2O7O votes.
| These figures are based on returns from
| 1791 out of 1863 precincts. OF the 72 miss
ing precincts, 20 are in the Republican
| Eleventh district, are in Republican
counties Of the Tenth district and 81 are in
Democratic counties Of the Tenth district.
| LOUISVILLE, Nov 8-No matter what
| result the face of the returns Of yester-
| days election in Kentucky show, a con-
| test is very likely to occur. Additional
| returns received today and tonight con-
| tinue to show Republican gains, and basing
an estimate On the normal complexion of
the precincts still unreported, indicate a
plurality Of 5000 to 5000 for W. S. Taylor
| for governor. The belated returns are
| mostly from mountain counties, which
| are strongly Republican. The Eleventh
| district, which in 1896 gave Mckinley a
plurality Of $4,000, is only about half re-
| ported. Eleven out Of nineteen counties
in this district give Taylor pluralities ag-
gregating 1902 indicating that the Re-
| publicans have carried the district by
about the same figures as In 1895.
The Goebel people cling to their claim
of plurality of 5000 in the state, these
figures being the estimate made by the
nominee himself tonight.
| At the Republican headquarters In this
city Tay1ors plurality is placed at 8,00O.
i In neither case is it possible to get the
| figures upon which the claim is based,
| each side evidently fearing that giving
publicity to the reports Of its agents
| throughout the state might work to the
| advantage Of its opponents in the event
| of contest.
Almost complete returns from Louisville
| and Jefferson county did not change last
] nights estimate of a Republican plurality
Of little over 1900.
| Gov. Bradley is still in the city, and
/ announces that he will remain here for
several days.
In view OF the probability of contest
over the vote tor governor, this statement
made by Chairman Long, of the Repub-
ncan campaign committee, at IL o'clock
tonight, is significant. Said Mr.. Long:
1.-The legislature is close, but I think We
have lost both houses, From serni-offi-
cial returns from all counties except
| twelve and careful estimates from those
We have carried the state by about 5000
plurality for Taylor
IEGIsLATURF MAY DECIDE
In the event of a contest 1t will come
before the legislature. This is the case
only with the offices of governor and
| lieutenant governor. The law covering
! this point provides that g board for de-
termining a contest for governor shall be
| chosen in the legislature by lot, the SEN
| ate selecting three and the house eight
members. The decision Of this Board is
not final or conclusive. 1t must report
| to the general assembly, where further
action may be taken.
Tonight's developments bring the lcgls-
lature into prominence because of the
probability that it ultimately will have
| to determine who is to be the next gov
ernor of Kentucky. In all expressions
upon the result of the election coming
from Democratic headquarters the legis-
! lature has been claimed as safe for that
party. No statement of its makeup has
been given, but it is probable a number
of members claimed by the Democrats
are not Goebel men.
If the strength of the two great parties
is nearly equal, the anti-GOebel Demo-
Gratis probably would hold the balance
Of power thus furnishing all the ele-
| ments for a repetition of the exciting and
bitter contest of 1897 which resulted In
| the defeat Of Joe Blackburn for the
| United States senate While the returns
on the head Of the tickets are incom-
DIete but little attention has been paid
to the figures on members Of the legis-
lature, and until the contest between the
leaders is cleared up somewhat II Will
| be hard to get an accurate estimate OF
ffnJ1 to fA
| assembly.
Returns received by the Courier-Journal
ND to midnight give Goebel plurality in
| the state outside of the Eleventh district
of 15, 800 The Eleventh district, as far as
! received shows the usual Republican ma
! tority Six counties in this district Whlch
last night reported Taylor's pluralities to-
night send revised figures increasing
these pluralities by 1900 On the other
| hand. GoebeIs plurality in the First dis
| trict in the extreme western part OF the
/ state the banner Democratic district, in
creases its plurality for Goebel several
hundred over the figures returned last
night
LEGISLATIVE ESTIMATE.
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. S-The follow
ing is the EnQuirers estimate of the
political composition Of the next legisla-
ture In Kentucky. It is made from the
! best returns available at the present time.
| The figures are: Senate, % Democrats, 10
Republicans Populists-total. SS. House.
| 81 Democrats, 40 Republicans, Populists
total 100. This gives the Democrats in
the general assembly a majority Of 50
votes on joint ballot, exclusive of the five
Popuists.
GOEBEI4 CLAIMS ELECTION.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Nov s.-Senator
Goebel arrived here at o'clock tonight,
and was met at the train by a crcw1 of
1,500 enthusiastic followers From the
balcony of the Capital hotel. where his
headquarters are located, Mr.. Goebel
made a speech, in which he said:
"I believe I have been elected-ln fact,
I know I have. I see my friend Gen.
Taylor says he will assume the Office
of governor. All desire to say is, that If
have been elected, as 1 believe have.
I will be inaugurated in spite Of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad and Brad
ley bayonets."
Ex-senator Joe Blackburn also spoke,
claiming Goebel's election by a slender
majority, and calling on the people to see
to 1t that he is seated
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.