Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-15
Solicitor of Internal Revenue Thomas
Gives His Views.
THINKS TAYLOR HAS A MAJORITY
The Opposition Had the Entire
Election Machinery
COU MITES ROWN OUT

Judge George NJ. Thomas. solicitor OF in
ternal revenue, has just returned from
| Kentucky, whore he has long been prom
| inent republican leader In speaking Of the
| situation in that state to representa-!
of The Star he said:
| Taylor has received a majority Of at
| least 5000 of the ballots cast, according TO
| the returns from the county boards. and
| this Is in spite Of the counting out Of a
great many votes Several republican
| counties were held back until this week
and then thrown out.
Knox County May he Thrown On,
Knox county. which gave Taylor 300
majority, is liable to be thrown out because
the name Of John II. Wilson. republican.
and former representative in Congress. ap-
| Peared on some Of the ballots as a candi-
date for circuit judge. when there was
probably no vacancy in that office: at least
II y matter Of dispute whether there is
II that vote is thrown out with that Of
Nelson and two or three other ronnties
as the democrats propose, it would reduce
Iaylor majority to about 100 in the state
They have got to steal more votes than
they have already planned on to count in
Goebel. but | am by no means sure lhaf
llty VIII not do 1t. You may put this fact
nGht Gown, however. the people of Ken
lucky will not submit to it, II il aupears
that Taylor has a clear and undoubtpd plu-
rahty OF all votes legally cast and that he
is illegally deprived Of these votes by darn
ocratic county boards the republicans ana
honest democrats OF Kentucky will not
submit to Goebels inaugurat ton. II they
should under such circumstances they could
never expect free election in the state
again.
Had the Machinery of Election,
The opposition had the entire machinery
of election officer in their hands All the
returning boards and election officers we're
appointed by the democrats, and all the
returning boards were controlled by the
democrats. In Louisville the bounty board
changed SI of the election officers after
o'clock OF the afternoon Of the day before
the election. and in other places made Sini-
lar changes. In Jefferson. Kenton, Fayette,
Breathitt and other counties the repubI-
can inspectors We're refused admittance OF
elected, at the muzzle of pistols in one in-
stance and by force in many others. The
democratic county board appointed repub-
lfcan officers, who were eighty or ninety
years of age, some OF them feeble men and
almost blind, and In one case a deaf and
dumb man was appointed as a republican
officer. Clerks Were appointed I'm large re-
publican precincts who would not take the
vote,
Thousands of Ballots Rejected.
Thousands of republican ballots were re-
jected, although the intent of the voter
was clear. In Nelson county, where Tay-
lor received 1,135 votes, the county board
refused to count one vote for Taylor be-
cause the democrat clerk Of the county had
spelled Taylor's name w. L. Taylor instead
of w. 5. Taylor; but in Fayette county,
where ]. G. w. Beckham, the democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor. received
1886 votes, the certificate OF election gave
this name "Bickam." The county board
in Fayette counted the 3.IS6 votes for Beck
ham. The republicans won I'm spite of ali
these frauds. The democrats are not salts
fled, but are now attempting to take advan-
tage of the wrongful and Negligent acts of
their own agents and throw out legal votes
actually cast for the republican ticket"