The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12
TAYLOR GAINS IN
OFFICIAL COUNT
Kentucky Returns Yet
Incomplete.
DEMOCRATS LOSING HOPE
GoEBEL NEWSPAPERS CEASE
MAKING CLAIMS.
Courier-Journal Says the Result Will
Be Determined by the Settle
ment of Questions of
Irregularity.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOUISVILLE, Nov. IL. - The official
count was resumed to-day. In about
sixty-five of the 119 counties it was COM
pleted last night, and official returns were
made. These, in net results, show gain
for Taylor. According to advices to the
Commercial (Rep). he has plurality OF
26S1. Chairman Long says the plurality
will be over 1000. In Democratic circles,
however, there is no disposition to con-
cede the Republican claims. Goebel says
his plurality will be about 5000. and ad-
vices from the headquarters at Frankfort
are to the effect that reports received
there from the count progressing bear out
this claim. The Courier-Journal, however,
makes no claim of plurality for Goebel
1t says:
The official count, as will be seen from
the returns published makes many
changes in the figures heretofore reported,
and makes the result so close that the is
sue may be determined one way or the
other 10y the settlement OF the various
questions of irregularity raised in the
count: The count in some of the larger
counties of the State has not been COM
pleted. and in no cases have the boards
yet passed on contests"
The Times (Goebel Democracy to-day for
the first time since the election ou1its the
publication of a claim that Goebel has re-
ceived plurality. The Post (anti-GoebeD
asserts that Taylor will have a plurality
of from 5000 to 1000. These figures are
about the same as the estimate made by
State Chairman Long.
States Judge Evans notified Commissioner
Chapman here that a special Federal
Grand Jury will be convened in Louisville
to-day to try all cases of persons brought
before it charged with interfering with
negro voters. Wingate Thompson, Buford
Williams and Coleman Carr were held
over here in $1,000 bonds on this charage.
They were Democratic election officers.
"Goebel by 1900 to 1900 is the claim
made at Goebels headquarters to-day.
Several county boards adjourned yester-
day until Monday, and it is claimed that
they hope TO make sufficient gains to off
set losses Goebel sustained in his own
and other counties yesterday. Chairman
Young, Democrat, wires that he has dis
covered gross frauds affecting the whole
vote in several mountain counties and
precincts in other counties, and on these
It is supposed a contest will be made be-
fore the State Board If the final returns
from the counties should show Goebel not
elected.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Nov 12.-The Cour
ier-Journal a midnight figured out a plu-
rality of 155 for Goebel. This is based on
official reports from ninety-eight counties
and unofficial from the remaining twenty
one. The County Commissioners of Nell
son, according to the Courier ournal'
have thrown out ll9S votes cast for W. z.
Taylor instead Of w. S. Taylor.
Reports have been received by the Com
mercial Republican, up to midnight from
Ill of the 119 counties, giving, thu, official
count. These give Goebel pluralities of
II 1863 and Taylor pluralities of 13, 435; Goe-
bells net plurality 1874. The eight unre-
ported counties are: Rowan, Jefferson,
Knox and Harrison, in which the can
wasting boards have adjourned until Mon
day, and Johnson, Menefee, Cumberland
and Letcher, which have not yet sent in
their official counts. These eight cOun-
ties. according to the unofficial figures
heretofore received by the Commercial,
give Taylor pluralities of $685. and Goebel
pluraIitfes of 1882; Taylor's net plurality
1924 Deducting from this .Goebel's plu
rality, 3714 in III counties, leaves Taylor
a plurality in the whole State of 1890.
The Democratic unofficial returns from
the eight unreported counties show net
Taylor plurality of 1852. Using these fig
ures with the Commercials official plu-
rality of 1884 from Ill counties, it still
leaves Taylor a plurality of 1918