The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-10
4 CLOSE RACE IN KENTUCKY.
81 Is NOT YET KNOWN WHICH SIDE
IS THE WINNER.

ravIor People Claim the Election by
q Majority of 4,136-GOebeI De-
cIares That He Was Elected and
There Will He "a COntest-BOard of
Election Commissioners and Leg
tJature Are Both DemOcratlc-An-
u-GOebeI Meeting Held.
louisville. KY, Nov. "a confusion OF
claims and counter-claims, to quiet which
the official count or perhaps a contest be-
fore The Legislature will be necessary, is
all that is left of Tuesdays election.
Above il all vehement cries of fraud
committed or contemplated, are heard.
Each side claims the election of its ticket
bv plurality of about 1900 and presents
ep7lres to back up the claim These fig
ures in some counties vary widely, and il
Is impossible to tell which side, if either,
has accurate returns. Chairman Long of
the Republican Campaign Committee,
when asked for an estimate of the vote on
the gubernatorial race, said:
Il have no estimate to give, but can
furnish the actual figures. On the face of
the returns Taylors plurality is 4,1S6. All
of the precincts have been heard from.
Twelve counties are not official, includ-
ing the returns from Kenton and Breath
ill.,"
Gen. Taylor said he was sure of his
election by a majority that will not be
less than 1000. Gen. Taylor said that Of
hcial and seml-official returns from near
ly every precinct in the state showed that
he had been elected.
special from Frankfort quotes Gov.
Bradley as saying:
Taylor has been elected by at least TO-
900 majority, and he will be the next Gov
ernor of Kentucky"
The county returning boards will meet
in all The counties tomorrow to canvass
the returns, and until then the result of
Tuesdays election will be in doubt Both
sides are charging fraud.
Gov Bradley is being telegraphed by
hundreds of Republicans offering to come
to the state capital to prevent Taylor be-
ing counted out,
Charges of Fraud Made.
Chairman Young of the Democratic State
Central Committee, charges the Repubh-
cans with attempting 10 perpetrate fraud
in the mountain districts, where the heavy
Republican vo.e lies. Young says the Of
fetal. count by county returning boards
viii give Goebel over 1900. He also says
all minor candidates on the state ticket
will win, though by less pluralities than
Goebc!.
Senator Goebel received the following
telegram Tonight from William Jennings
Bryan:
Have just learned that returns are near
enough complete to insure your election,
congratulaions. 1 am sure your admins
uaton will strengthen the party"
Returns from Democratic sources show
Rll ~ f1,n foo faI,,,
200O for Goebel. Mr.. Goebel and Senator
Blackburn, in interviews at Frankfort to-
day, openly charged the Republicans with
fraud in the Eleventh district from which
the returns are coming in very slowly.
The indications point more strongly than
ever to a contest before the Legislature
Which, there is no reasonable doubt will
be controlled by the Democrats.
Whether or not the members belonging
TO that party will stand together on ques-
tons affecting a contest cannot now be
foretold. The county boards of canvassers,
which meet tomorrow, simply count and
tabulate the returns. The State Board of
Election Commissioners then reviews their
work and decides all questions affecting
contested ballots. This commission GER
titles to the Secretary of State the election
OF officers receiving the highest number
OF votes after the decisions of the COM
missiOners on contested returns have been
recorded.
Under the GOebeI Law.
Under the Goebel law, the duties of the
secretary of state are confined simply to
making public the result as found by the
commissioners, the language of the stat
ute being:
1T shall be the duty of the secretary
Of state Immediately after the comparison
OF the returns to cause a statement there
from Of the votes given in every county
Tor each candidate to be published in two
newspapers"
There is no appeal from the findings of
the State Board of Election Commissioners
except in the case of Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor. In case of a contest
LOT these offices the matter goes to the
LEGISLATURE. The three members of the
Board of Election Commissioners which
VIII hnally pass upon the returns were
SHoSen under the terms of the Goebel law
py the Legislature which enacted that
measure. They are Judge w. j. Prior of
fIankfort, c. b. Pointz of Maysville, and
w. j. Ellis of Owensboro. All are said 10
oe friendly TO Goebel and ali are Demo-
CIa'e. The law provides for a meeting of
tu5se commissioners on the fourth Monday
alter the election
large mass meeting of the followers Of
ne Honest Election League" The anti
Noeoel organization of the city was held
a. Music Hall tonight. A number of
vigorous speeches touching upon what was
sSird the purpose of the Goebel people
secure the seating of their candidates
m'hout regard TO law or right" were
made
committee of three was appointed to
"''ness the count OF the ballots by the
Soopiy board OF canvassers, and it was
U5e'ded to take legal measures 10 prevent
MHat the !eaguers considered 10 be their
DEMOCRATS MAKE THREATS.