Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-10


claims to which the official count or
perhaps contest before the legislature
Will be necessary, is all that is left Of
tuesdays election. Above it all vehe-
templated, are heard Each side
claims the election of it's ticket by
plurality of about 1000 and presents
figures to back up the claim. These fig
llres in some counties vary widely and
it is impossible to tell which side, if
either has accurate returns
Chairman Long, OF the Republican
campaign committee, when asked for
an estimate of the vote on the guber-
material race, said:
Il have no estimate to give, but 1
can furnish the actual figures. On the
face Of the returns Taylor's plurality
is Abs. All of the precincts have been
heard from. Twelve counties are not
official, including the returns from
Kenton aad Breathitt."
Gen. Taylor said he was sure of his
election by majority that will not be
less than 1000 Gen. Taylor said that
official and semi-official returns from
nearly every precinct in the State
showed that he had been elected.
On the other hand returns from DEM
ocratic sources show plurality ON
the face Of returns of about 1000 for
Goebel. This they claim is to be affect
ed by returns from some missing pre-
cincts where the Democrats can hardly
do worse than break even. Mr.. Goe-
bel and Senator Blackburn, in inter-
views at Frankfort, to-day openly
charged the Republicans with fraud in
the Eleventh district from which the
returns are coming in very slowly.
The indications point more strongly
than ever to contest before the legis-
lature, which there seems no reason
able doubt, will be controlled by the
Democrats.
Whether or not the members be-
longing to that party will stand to-
gether on questions affecting a contest
can not now be foretold. The county
boards of canvassers, which meet to-
morrow, simply count and tabulate the
returns. The State board of election
commissioners then reviews their work
and decides all questions affecting con-
fnA ha at
fes to the secretary of state the cleo
ton of officers receiving the highest
number of votes after the decisions of
the commissioner on contested returns
have been recorded. Under the Goebel
law the duties of the secretary of state
arc confined simply to making public
the result as found by the commits
sioners, the language of the statute be-
ing:
1T shall be the duty of the secretary
of state Immediately after the compar-
ison of the returns to cause a state
ment therefrom of the votes given in
every county for each candidate to be
published in two newspapers"
There is no appeal from the findings
of the State board of election commits
sioners, except in the case of governor
and lieutenant governor. In case of
contest for these offices the matter
goes to the legislature. The three
members of the board of election COM
missioners which will finally pass upon
the returns were chosen under the
terms of the Goebel law by the legis-
lature which enacted that measure.
They are Judge w. ]. Pryor, of Frank
.ort; c. B. Pointz, of Maysville, and w.
J. Ellis, of Owens boro. All are said to
be friendly to Goebel, and all are
Democrats. The law provides for a
meeting of these commissioners on the
.ourth Monday after the election.
A large mass meeting Of followers
Of the honest election league, the anti
Goebel organization of the city, was
held at Music Hall tonight. A number
Of vigorous speeches touching upon
what was styled, the purpose of the
Goebel people to the seating of their
candidates without law or right"
we're made. A committee of three was
appointed to witness the count of the
ballots by the county board of canvass
ers, and it was decided to take legal
measures to prevent what the leaguers
considered to be their rights.
BARBOURSVTLLE, KY, November