The record-union., 1899-12-10
Official Figures Give Hin a Plural
iy Of 1882 Over GseheI.
Certificates Of Election Of Republican Can
dldates for State Offices Signed.
Commissioners Poyntz Declines to
Attach His Signature to the
Certificate, Excepting in the
Case of the Railroad Commits
sioners-The Court of Appeals
Announces Two Decisions
Having an Importa1t Bearing
Upon the Late Election.

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Upon the Late Election.
FRANKFORT (Ky.), Dec Sat 9:45
| this morning the election certificate OF
William S. Taylor was signed by the
Election Commissioners and he was de-
clared to be Governor-elect of Ken
lucky. The official vote filed with the
Secretary of State is as follows: ray
lor, 1874; Goebel, 1881. Taylor's
plurality, 1883.
The operation, which ended, for the
time being at least, the bitterly fought
| gubernatorial contest, was conducted
in the simplest manner. The majority
| opinion of Commissioners Pryor and
Ellis and the minority opinion of Com
missioner Poyntz were not read, as was
the original intention. The three Com
missioners walked first to the office OF
the Clerk of the State Supreme Court,
| where they filed the two opinions. They
then passed into the office of the Secre-
tary of State, Clerk Chenault, of the
Board of Commissioners. read the fig
| ures, showing that the Republican can
didates for office on the State ticket
had received the largest number OF
votes, and then the certificates of else
ton were signed at once, that of Mr..
Taylor being first on the list
| There were only fourteen people in
the room at the time, and of this num-
Der only two were there as spectators.
There was no crowd around the build
ing, and no interest was manifested in
the work saved by those engaged III il
and these who stood looking on. The
three Commissioners were all apparen7-
iy IN good humor, although Commits
sloners Ellis and Pryor, who had done
the most work in preparing the long
and elaborate work, looked worn ana
tired.
The certificates, as soon as signed.
were filed with the Secretary of State.
ana commissions will be issued to the
erected men by Governor Bradley
Late last night, when the decision had
gone forth to the public, Commissioner
Ellis, upon whose shoulders the
greatest part of the work of preparing
! The opinion has fallen, discussed the
| natter freely
This has been hard thing for me-"
ne said, his eyes inflamed by the l2ss
on sleep and the heavy lines in his face
bearing witness to the truth. of his
statement.
1t has teen hard thing for us all.
wish, however, that all of the nome
OF the County should know how. nobly
Judge Pryor has acted in this matter
and how conscientiously he has dcne
what he considers his duty. He is a
great man, one of the greatest. in nv
opinion, that Kentucky has ever pro-
duced, and / am sure his conduct in
this case has been but another piece of
his long and honorable career as a pub
lie officer.
Speaking for myself" continued Mr..
Ellis, Il say frankly did not. like to do
this thing, but, under the law and the
evidence. there is nothing else I can do
and be an honest man.
why, was an original Goe1oel man.
l was a Goebel man long before he re-
ceived the nomination. and / am a Goe-
bel man now and a Goebel partisan. 1t
would give me greater pleasure than I
can express to be able to declare for the
Democrats in this thing, but I cannot
DO 1t. The proceedings before the
board were so overwhelmingly in favor
of the Republicans, and they had SO
much the best of the arguments. that
1T is almost idle to discuss the affairs.
There was. to the minds of Judge Pryor
and myself, only one thing to do. and
that we have done.'
The statements made by Mr. Ellis
have been upheld by his conduct from
first to last throughout the canvass. He
did all of the questioning of the attor-
neys, and seemed at every stage to be
most anxious to obtain the truth and
to be impartial to both sides
Mr.. Goebel was apparently in the best
hrrr, -f+
Taylor's certificate had been signed. He
laughed and shook his head when asked
If he had anything to say
Not thing I am not talking
when will you make a contest?"
II have not decided yet and l. of
course, cannot discuss it when / do not
know It myself"
The defeated candidate was game TO
the last, and if there was any ill-humor
in him nobody knew it but himself
Mr.. Taylor was modest and reticent
as usual.
II expected it, of course he said, II
knew that if the Commissioners went
by the law and evidence they could do
nothing else than decide the way they
have done"
Commissioner Poyntz declined to syn
the Republican certificate of election,
saying that he stood by the opinion he
had rendered, and could not consistent
ly do so. He consented to sign the GER
tificate of the Railroad Commissioners.
however.
THE COURT SETS A PRECEDENT.
FRANKFORT CKy). Dec. 9.-At to-
days session of the Court of Appeals
the tissue ballot case from Ohio County
was decided and the decision was con-
CURED in by four of the seven Judges.
The Court held that all ballots should
be printed on white paper, sufficiently
thick that the printing cannot be dis
tinguished from the back, and il ball
lots are used at an election which do
not substantially comply with the law
the election is not conducted as requir-
ed by law and is invalid.
The opinion of the court comes too
late to affect the decision of the State
s fContfnued on Fifth Paee1