The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-11
Goebel's Managers Raising Their Fig
ures and Claiming Their Mans
Election as Beyond Doubt.
LATEST FROM THE COUNTIES
FEW IMPORTANT CHANGES MADE BY
THE CANVASsING BOARDS.
TayIor's Plurality, According to One
Louisville Newspaper, Is 3,641-
A Nonpartisan Estimate.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 10.-The official
count of the ballots cast on Tuesday was
begun to-day throughout the State. In this
city a large crowd gathered at the court
house to witness the count. Representa-
tives of all the parties were admitted by
the commissioners, and the examination or
the ballots proceeded In an orderly manner
Judging from the progress already made,
the official returns will show no great varia-
ton from the unofficial figures, which give
Louisville and Jefferson county to the Re
publicans by a plurality of about 1000.
Reports received tonight by the Courier
Journal from counties where the official
count was completed to-day show in most
cases slight changes from the unofficial fig
ures. In a few important instances, how
ever. the changes favor the Republicans.
Leslie county, in the Eleventh district,
which was not included at all In the table
last night, which gave Goebel a plurality
of 81 in the estimate, is reported tonight as
having given Taylor a plurality of 962 votes
on the official count. Kenton county, which
figured in last nights table with 2.493 plu-
rality for Goebel, is reduced to about 2,1oO.
Oldham county's Goebel plurality. official,
comes So instead of 1s5 as reported last
night In a number of counties there are
slight changes. each candidate profiting.
Reports to the Commercial Republican
newspaper, up to midnight show gains of
SCI for Goebel and 36S for Taylor on changes
from the unofficial returns. This leaves
Taylor's plurality, according to the Com
merciaPs advices, at 3,6H. Reports to this
paper from to-day's count cover 6S Of the
119 counties in the State.
There was no change to-day in the claims
Of the party managers. The Democrats as
sert Goebel will have a plurality of 5000.
while the nominee himself places 1t at 1000.
The Republicans say Taylor is elected by a
plurality of 1000 The Times (Gcebel Deml
has the following special from London, KY:
state Chairman A. w. Young, of the Dem
ocratic campaign committee, is at Barbours-
vile, seeking to have the entire vote of
Knox county thrown out. Numbers of affi-
davits alleging fraud and irregularities are
being filed with the County Board. 1t is
believed Taylor's majority will be consid-
erably reduced, If the county Is not thrown
out entirely.
Official returns from Clay reduce Tay-
lor's majority to 907. No changes have been
made by the canvassing board of Laurel
county so far. Taylor's majority will re
main 931, though the Democrats will file
affdavits with the state election board at
Frankfort next Tuesday asking that three
precincts be thrown out, which will reduce
it."
The Times also has the following from
Bardstown, KY, concerning the count in
rIcgress there: "A serious technical err
ror in the vote may increase Goebels Mel
son county plurality to l,SSs. In the official
count 1t was discovered that in every pre-
cinct except one W. Z. Instead of w. S.
Taylor was voted for. and the one precinct,
Newhope, gives w. s. Taylor, the Repub-
lican candidate, only 70, leaving the official
vote, as certified to by the two Democratic
commissioners, follows: Goebel, 1859;
w. S. Taylor, 73; William p Taylor, 1,l9S
The Republican commissioners refused to
certify to these figures"
| A dispatch from Grayson says: "The Of
| ficial returns show that Taylor carried Car
ter county by 6l2. This is larger than here
tofore announced. The One-hundredth legis-
| lative district, composed of Carter and Ell
| lott counties. gave Mcdowell, Rep, 17s
majority. Goebel carried Elliott county by
| EAR