Salt Lake Herald | 1894-09-19 | Page 1 | Star of Kentucky Has Forever Set

TAR OF KKNTUCn HAS FOREV R Rt 1 Two Hundred and SislyNine Is the Plurality t rOwe r-Owe s < WILLIES FRIENDS > NOW CONCEDE DEFEAT A FIXAL STRUGGLE MAY BE MADE HOWEVER Why Colonel Bain Anderson Went son Back on His Friend uGad Sah i Was the Women of jMy State That or Killed the Colonel Afction of the Committee ApplanrtedPAH Will Xow Pull For Owens Lexington Ky Sept lSThe official returns by counties show 269 plurality for Owens but JBreckinridges manifesto mani-festo is understood to mean that the I district committee on Saturday will be empowered to go behind the returns made by the Democratic county committee com-mittee The Breckinridge men had a majority of county commissioners but they were not disposed to go behind the leturns from the precincts Here at Brcckin ridges home today the Breckinridge and Owens men were equally divided on the Fayette county committee and the only Settle man had the balance of power The committee met today Settle telegraphed tel-egraphed his congratulations to W C Owens and Settles friends t the committee com-mittee umpired the count without going behindany returns The Owens men are openly charging that the manifesto or declaration of contest con-test was not issued until late last night and not until pressure had been brought to bear on district commit em n svho were opposed to going behind the returns re-turns from the respective counties The Owens men claim that the frauds were against them instead of in their favor and that money was being used to get the district committee to reverse the returns of the county committee ThEre Is over 300000 up In the district in wagers and those who put up money on Breckinridge are anxious for contest con-test proceedings