The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-10
WILL BE A CONTEST
RLPUBLICANS WILL MAKE FIGHT
FOR KENTUCKY
DEMOCRATS CARRIED STATE.
OFFICIAL COUNT CANNOT MATE
RALLY CHANGE RESULT.

Combs Claims There Have Been
ne Taken Into the Court~-One
County seriously Affected nv Care
less work of Election Oncials.
Republicans Won the Vote OF Ne
brRsks.
Louisville. Ky. Nov. with unofh cial
returns from every precinct IN Kentucky
the Couricr-Journal puts Bpau's major
lty a, 1856 and Bcckhams al Ailo.
The county boards canvassed the re-
turns in every county n INC state to-day
which Official returns have been received
tonight did no, materially change the mn
jori,ies stated
There is 10 doubt that the FUN oficisl
returns will vary somewhat from the uu-
ofic.al hgures. II is hardly possible that
the majorties Of 765 and 4lio viii be
wiped out however unless the nneSpect-
"a shall happen on the counties where the
oflcial returns are not tn.
Courts Asked TO Take Action.
Lexington Ky. Nov s-Careless work
by election officers may an,ct the whole
vote OF this county aud already The courts
have beer asked 70 take action. A. re-
suit OF the fault Of the county clerk 20
furnish 60 election officers duplicate forms
for certifying the returns. in several ore-
cincts the only ofiicial certificate o. the
vote is locked up in ballot hoxcs. which
under the law cannot be- opened for six
months a mandamus has been granted
directing the opening Of one ot the boxes
to-day. The board OF eiectlon commits
sioners may try to canvass the vote.
Combs Claims frauds
Louisville. Nov . Leslie combs chair
man of the Republican Campaign Commit
tee. tonight mad, a statement concern
ing the Kentucky election IN which no
SAYS the committee has discovered greet
frauds perpetrated hy the Democrats ln
various sccs si@ns 81 the state. He cuum-
crates specific cases OF alleged fraud and
concludes
There f. no question that II the face
ot the returns foil 20 show Ycrkcs elce-
ton We can make specific exposures that
viii shoW he has been defeated not by
majority Of tho voters Ia kentuckv but
by the fraudulens use Of the advantage
given the Democratic party hy the Goebel
election law"
sRtd He Would Contest.
Republican Chairman Leslie Combs an
nounccd HIS purpose to-day 70 contest the
electoral vote OF the state aud TO see that
congressional contests are instituted by
the defeated Republican candidates IN tine
Third. Ninth ana Tenth districts Mr.
Combs said.
There Is no question thar Ycrkes ear
ried the state by plurality Of votes cast
n viii take the official count 10 show
how many ballots We're not count
cd by the prearraugod plans
Of the Democrats 20 reduce
Ncfkcs vote. When it Is realized that ten
votes 90 the precinct gains over lseo
votes In the state. con readily be seen
that this number of votes could have been
seized by the Democratic party in each
precinct eltAoet affecting n;;h!ic v1.fsssz7
nv Tho open ruliauism and disregard Of
appearances which controlled their ac-
ton lu 1899 The thcfs ~ this year are.
Ia my opinion. greater than last year
desire 20 make no fictitious contests. hut
II the facts are now as we believe We
will contest the electoral Vo,c OF She state
OF kentucky."
As 10 the congressman. Mr. Combs
said.
we believe Moss was elected over Rhca
ia the Third District. that y l. Hopkiu,
defeated j. y. White in the Tenth and
that Samuel J Push defeated J. y kc-
hoc iu the Ninth We believe that their
election Will be shown on the face % the
official returns. bus n the commissioner
fail 20 count the ballots that were not
counted by the Officers Of the election, We
shall rcFf1 1inlv contest