Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-14
John c. Duffy's One Majority
Stands the Official Test
And He Is Safe.
SHERIFg SMITH is ALSO.
Republican Ring Died Hard
But Fate Was Against
Them This Time.

The Board of Election Commits
sions, Messrs. L. r, Davis, j. M
Startling and John B. Chiffon, met
Friday and began the canvass of the
returns of the elections.
The certificates showed that some
thing like 40 rejected and pncounted
ballots were in the returns, and the
two Republicans, it was feared,
would attempt to count enough dis
puted ballots to defeat John c..
Duffy, Democrat, who had only
majority. The Court of Appeals has
decided that no disputed ballots can
be considered without having state
ments attached to them signed by
the officers who failed to count them,
explaining why they were not coun-
ed. Asrone Of the rejected ballots
had "stlckers" on them, the Dem
ocrats secured an injunction and re-
lstraining order preventing the Board
from attempting to court the illegal
returns. After this the count pro-
ceeded without incident and was
completed Saturday at noon, with
no changes from the unofficial
figures. In North Pembroke pre-
cinct one of the. judges, T, w. Port
er, had overlooked the signing of the
official certificate in the book and the
certificate also failed to give H. c..
Helsley any votes. for assessor. AS
the precinct gave a Democratic ma
jority of 80, the defeated Republi-
cans clamored to have the precinct
thrown out. Mr.. Porter came to
town and offered to sign the book,
but the Board would not allow him
to. One of the judges certificates,
properly signed, was then rendered
and at first refused. Attorneys on
both sides were sent for and there
was more or less legal argument in
dulged in, the two Republican mem
bers of the Board seeming to be
very DESTROYS of throwing out the
precinct on technicality conceded
to be of most trivial character, in
no wise invalidating the election,
provided a proper certificate was
substituted for the defective one.
There was some talk of a mandamus
and threats of wholesale contest if
Duffy Should be counted out" but
late in the day the Board announced
that it had decided to count the pre-
cinct and would on Monday issue
certificates to the ten officers elected
as follows:
Democrats Frank Rives, senator;
David Smith, sheriff; Jno. c. Duffy,
attorney; w. H. Southall, represent
tative, and H P. Rives, surveyor.
Republicans-Jas. Breathitt, coun-
ty Judge; Gabe L. Campbell, clerk;
w. E. Gray, superintendent OF
schools; H. C. Helsley, assessor, w.
w. Johnson, jailer, and Jas. L. AL
lensworth, coli, coroner.
The injunction case involving the
counting of the doubtful ballots will
be heard by the circuit judge al
Murray Nov. Is, but the courts have
so often sustained the view taken by
the Democrats that there isno doubt
of the decision to be made. Even the
Republican lawyers admit that the
law is on the side of the Democrats
One of the compromise propositions
that came to the Democrats was an
offer to let the Pembroke vote be
counted, provided the Board be al
lowed to count enough disputed bal
lots to change the result in the coun-
ty attorneys race and elect C. O.
Prowse. This offer was promptly de.
clined.
The correction Of the Pembroke
certificate, while it elected Duffy
also elected Helsley. Rep, by five
votes over Murphy. DEM, for as
SCISSOR.
There are rumors of one or two
contests. The certificates bear date