The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-04
'BECKHAM,
CAM Camden,
CANTR|LL.
This Trio of Kentuckians To
Grace the Halls of
Congress.
ELECTION PASSED
VERY QUIETLY.
Hon. Claude M. Thomas De-
feated After Putting Up
a Game Fight.

from and reports from number OF
others incomplete, returns! received
up to last midnight indicated the
nomination of former Governor JIG.
w. Beckham over Congressman A. O..
Stanley by plurality of 1851 in Sat
urday'S Democratic lOng-term Senate
rial primary. The missing counties
were for the most part of the noun
tain districts principally the Tenth
and Eleventh returns from which
are generally the last to arrive.
Returns received from Ill out of
120 counties of the State gave the
following totals: Beckham, 60,215;
Stanley, 57,628; McCreary, 17,467.
Thus counties reporting since Sat
urday midnight served to swell Mr..
Beckham's plurality by 965.
Though Stanley clings desperately
to the bare hope that the final count
may give him a Scant margin, belat-
ed returns which continue to come in
to-day only strengthen Beckham's
claims to have carried the State by
10000 majority.
Beckham has carried SO of the 100
counties. Eight of the eleven dis
tricts have given him majority.
His concession of three districts to
Stanley, made by his campaign mana
gers several days before the primary,
has been borne out. 80 go :.
Governor McCreary's surprisingly
poor race with scarcely creditable
representation anywhere, was mat
ter of much political comment to-day.
The Governors meager vote is con-
ceded to have weighed heavily'again
Stanley'S chances.
Beckham's battle cry, fright the
wrong" referring to his former Sen
atorial ambitions and their denial at
the hands of Democratic Legisla-
ture, is believed to have been big
factor in his victory.
Johnson N. Camden's tremendous
majority throughout the State for the
short term nomination is an outstand-
ing feature of the primary. Camden
swept the entire State by vote that
is remarkable. Only the official re-
turns can tell the story.
Among the Republican races for the
big stakes that between Wilson and
Ernst is still very close, though the
former Governor is said to have a
safe margin. Later returns tend to
cut down his apparent lead of 1000,
and a few hundred votes may win the
race when the count is all in.
Bullitt made a runaway of the short
| term nomination.
The Progressive vote in the State
was So light that few reports of it
were made. Burton Vance, of Louis
vile, had a comfortable lead over his
opponent, Judge George w. Jolly, OF
| Owensboro.
| In the Democratic races the follow
ing winners and their majorities in
round figures are given:
First District-Barkley, DEM, 2,700
Second Observation-Disclosures, Dem.
6,4OO.
| Third District-Thomas, DEM, 2,
900.
| Fourth District-Johnson, Dem.
$1,000.
Fifth District-Sherley, Dem, 1920
Sixth District-No contest.
! Seventh District-Cantrill, Dem, 6,
700.
Eighth District-No contest.
Ninth District-F>e ids, Dem, 5000
Tenth District-No contest.
Eleventh District-Powers, Rep.
5000
Aside from the Powers race in tn
Eleventh, there were only three othe
Republican Congressional races in tn
State Bristow won by default in tn
Seventh; Ball won in the Fourth an
Ireland in the Ninth. Gardner, Pre-
gressive, won in the Fifth by 100
majority.
BOURBON COUNTY.
, The election in Paris and BOurbo
County passed off quietly, it being tn
most orderly primary in the history Q
the county.
: Complete returns in most OF tn
: races show the following results
, Senator for long term: Beckham ]
2SO; McCreary, 224; Stanley, 52S.
Beckham over Stanley 752, over Nj
Creary 1,036, over both sos.
For Congress: Thomas, 1878; Cal
trill, 833. Thomas majority, 445
For short term with four pr
,, cincts out of twenty missing give
Camden, 1859; Smith, so; Young, 8
: Full returns will show Camden's nj
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