Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-09
Over the Result of Kentucky
Election.
LEGISLATURE TO DECIDE
Iowa Republican Majority is a Large
One--Freight Wreck in Washington
-Col0red Captain Kills Himself
News From South Africa.

Cincinnati. O.. Nov. S.-1'he following
is the Enquirer's estimate of the political
composition of the next legislature in
Kentucky. 1t is made from the best re-
turns obtinable at the present time: Sen
ate-26 democrats, 10 republicans, = pop
ulists: total, 3S. House-51 democrats. 40
republicans, 3 populists, total 100. This
gives the democrats in the generally as
sembly a majority of So votes on joint
ballot. exclusive of the five populists.
In view of the probability Of a contest
over the vote for governor, this state
ment, made by Chairman Long Of the re-
publican state committee, at II O'Clock to-
night. is significant. Said Mi. Long:
The Legislature is close, but l think
We have lost both houses. From scmi-
official returns from all counties except IL
and careful estimates from these, we
have carried the state by 5000 plurality
for Taylor"
LII the event Of a contest it will come
before the legislature. This lies with the
offices only of governor and lieutenant
governor. The law covering this point
provides a board for determining u con-
test for governor shall be chosen in the
legislature by lot, the senate selecting
three and the house eight members. The
decision of this board is not final nor con-
elusive. 1t must report 10 the general
assembly, while further action may be
taken.
Tonisht's developments bring the legis-
lature into prominence because Of the
~bility that it ultimately viii have 10
determine who is to be the next governor
of Kentucky. In all expressions upon the
result of the election coming from demo-
cratic headquarters the legislature has
been claimed as safe for that party. No
statement of it's makeup has been given.
but it is probable a number of members
claimed by the democrats are not Goebel
men. If the strength of the two great
parties is nearly equal these anti-C,oebel
democrats probably would hold the bal
ance of power, thus furnishing all the
elements for a repetition of the bitter con-
test of 1897, which resulted in the defeat
of Blackburn for the United States SEN
ate. While the returns on the head of the
ticket are incomplete but little attention
has been paid to the figures on members
of the legislature and, until the contest
between the leaders is cleared up some
what it will be hard to get an accurate
estimate of the relative strength of the
parties in the assembly.
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. S.-Returns from
80 Of the 80 counties of the state, with
III on the others, show that the
republican claim of SO, 900 plurality for.
Governor Shaw is easily maintained. His
majority over all candidates is estimated
at $4,000. which is the largest in the his
tory of the state OF the gubernatorial
vote. Based on the vote of 1898, the vote
this year shows an increase of about three
per cent for the republicans and ten per
cent for the democrats. which make the
entite republican vote in the %neighbor-
hood of 23O, 900 and the total democratic
vote 100000. But this is a falling off of
the vote of 1898 of about six and ten per
cent respectively. The legislature VIII
stand: Senate-35 republicans. Is DEM
Ocrats. House-S4 republicans. II demo-
Gratis. This is a gain of II votes on joint
ballot for the republicans. Both the Gear
and Culnmins forces claim a majority Of
the republican votes for the United States
seina tOIShip.