The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-14
The Republican Nominees Ger
tilicate Signed by Two Of the
Elections Commissioners.
POYNTz Did NOT sign The DOCUMENT
The Majority Report Claims the Face
of the Returns Show Taylor's
Plurality to Be 2,383.
) For the Time. Being Is Ended One
of the Most Bitterly Contested
GubernntOrial Campaigns
in the state.

Frankfort, Ky. Dec. 1O.-At 9:45
Saturday morning the election certi-
cate of William S. -aylor was signed
by the election commissioners and he
was declared to be the governor-elect
of Kentucky.
The official figures of the vote filed
with Secretary or State Finley are:
Taylor, 1874; Goebel, 191 ,331; lay
lor's plurality, 2,3S3. The operation
which ended, for the time being at
least, the bitterly fought gubernato-
rial contest, was conducted in the
simplest manner. The majority opin-
ion of Commissioners Pryor and Ellis
and the minority opinion of Commits
sioner Poyntz, which were published
Saturday morning were not read, as
was the original intention. The three
commissioners walked first to the
Office of the clerk of the state su-
preme court, where they filed two
opinions. They then passed into the
Office of the secretary of state Clerk
Chenault of the board of commission
ers read the figures showing that the
republican candidates for offices on
the state ticket had received the larg-
est number of votes and then certi-
ficates OF election were signed at once,
that of Mr.. Taylor being first on the
list. There were only ii people in
the room at the time, and of this
number only two were there as idle
spectators.
There was no crowd around the
building and no interest manifested
in the work save by those engaged in
it and those who stood looking on.
The three commissioners were all APP
parently in good humor, although
Commissioners Ellis and Pryor. who
had done the most work in prepar-
ing their long and elaborate opinion,
looked worn and tired.
The certificates as soon as signed
were filed with the secretary of state
and certificates will be issued to the
elected men at once by Gov Bradley.
Late Friday night, when the deci-
sion had gone forth to the public
Commissioner Ellis, upon whose
shoulders the greatest part of the
work of preparing the opinion had
fallen, discussed the matter freely
This has been hard thing for me-"
he said, his eyes inflamed by loss of
sleep and the heavy lines in his face
bearing eloquent witness to the truth
of his statement. 1T has been Il
hard thing for all of us. | wish, how
ever, that all the people of the coun-
try knew how nobly Judge Pryor
has acted in this matter, and how
conscientiously he has done what he
considered his duty. He is great
man. one of the greatest, in my opin.
ion, that Kentucky has ever produced
and l am sure his conduct in this cast
has been another piece of his long and
honorable career as a public officer
Speaking for myself" continued Mr..
Ellis, Il say frankly ! did not like tc
do this thing, but under the law and
the evidence there is nothing else
can do, and be an honest man. WHY
l was an original Goebel man. l was
Goebel man long before he received
the nomination, and I am a Goebel
man now. l can go beyond that and
say l am GOebel partisan. 1 have
always been partisan in politics, q
rank partisan, and it would give me
greater pleasure than l can express
to be able to declare for the demo.
Gratis in this thing. but I can't do it
The proceedings before the board
were so Overwhelmingly in favor Of
the republicans and they had so mucl
me best of the arguments that it is
almost idle to discuss the affair.
There was, to the minds of Judge
Pryor and myself, only one thing tc
do, and that we have done. I know
there are plenty of men who thinl
that, strong democratic partisan as
have always been, l should have
remained democratic partisan and
voted otherwise.