The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
1T IS INCREASED.
Goebel's Chances Made Brighter by the
Official Count.
ILLEGAL BALLOTS WERE CAST
And in Consequence Thereof Precincts
May Be Thrown Out.
"a TECHNICAL ERROR IN A COUNTY
Causes Taylor to Lose Votes Cast for One
Of the Same Name.
DEMOCRATS STILL CLAIM THE STATE
And senator GocbcI Has Rnised the
a TECHNICAL ERROR IN A COUNTY
Causes Taylor to Lose Votes Cast for One
Of the Same Name.
DEMOCRATS STILL CLAIM THE STATE
And senator GocbcI Has Rnised the
Estimate He Has Previously Con-
tended For--No settlement.

Louisville, November 10.-The official
gun today throughout the State In this
city large crowd gathered at the court
house TO witness the count. Representa-,
lives of all the parties we're admitted by
the commissioners and the examination OF
the ballots proceeded in an orderly man
ner Judging from the progress already
made the official returns will show no
great variations from the figures giving
Louisville and Jefferson county TO the re-
publcans by plurality OF about 5000.
There was no change today in the claims
of the party managers. The democrats
assert Gocbol will have 4 plurality OF 5000
while the nominee himself places 1t at
1000 The republicans claim Taylor is
elected by q plurality of 1000
The Times tGoebel democrat) has the
following special from London. KY:
State Chairman A. w. Young, of the
democratic campaign committee is at Bar
bourville seeking to have tho entire
vote OF Knox county thrown out. Numbers
of the electors allege fraud and charges
of Irregularities are being filed with the
county board. II is believed Taylors ma
jority will be considerably reduced Il the
county is thrown out entirely. Official
returns from Clay reduce Taylor's majority
! to GOT. No charges have been made by
the canvassing board Of Laurel county so
4 far. Taylor's majority will remain a3i
| though complaints will be field next satur
day asking that three precincts be thrown
out, which viii reduce it,p
The Times also has tho following from
| Bardstown. Ky, concerning the count In
progress there: "a serious technical error
in the vote may increase Goebel's Nelson
county plurality to 1866. In the official
count 1t was discovered that In every pre-
cinct except one. w. A. Instead of W. S.
Taylor was voted for aud the one precinct,
New Hope, gives w. s. Taylor, the repuh-
lican candidate only 70. leaving tho Of
fetal vote as certified by the two
democratic commissioners as follows: Goe-
bel 1869, w. S. Taylor 70, VIM. a. Tay-
Tor 1888 The sspublican commissioners
refused to certify these figures"
Reports received tonight by the Courier
journal from counties where the official
count was completed show In most cases
slight changes from the unofficial fig
ures. In few important instances, how
ever, the change favor the republicans.
Leslie county, In the Eleventh district.
which was not included In the table last
night. which gave Goebe a plurality of 971
in the State, Is reported tonight as having
given Taylor a plurality OF 962 votes on
the official. sseipaw kenton= county hicii
figured in last nights table with 2i93
plurality for GoebeI is reduced to about
21oo. Oldham county, Goebel's plurality
official comes 90, instead OF 1855, as re-
ported last night. In number OF coun-
ties there are slight changes. each can
didate proGting.
Reports to the Commercial (republlcan)
up to midnight shows gains OF 56l for
Goebel and 3GS for Taylor on changes from
the unofficial returns to that paper. This
leaves Taylor's plurality. according to tn,
Commercials adyices, at s64l. Reports
TO this paper from today's count cover
sixty-eight of the ITO counties In the State.
Frankfort, KY. November 10,--The
democratic State campaign committee.
with a score OF clerks Is busy tonight
tabulating returns as telegraphed from
the various county canyassing boards tn
day. Several counties are still out AMI
in number Of those heard from today the
county boards will meet again tomorrow
to pass on contested ballots. which may
materially affect the result. The dem
ocratic committee claims that Goebel's
vote will be slightly Increased by the off,
cial count in the counties today. and still
claim his election by at least 1000, Ths
committee declines to give out the voc
by counties as received by It. and On
which the claim Of Goebel's election Is
based. 1t is conceded on all sides here
that the result will not be deAnitely ascer-
tanned for at least two days and that no
matter which candidate may be declaredl
elected, the legislature will dnaily have
to settle contest which - certain 70 BE-
etf<,,ta5 80, n(1lnal -