Show KENTUCKY CLOSE majority will not be ba over either way war louisville ky nov 5 the weather was wag ideal and nil indications pointed to a large vote never before has har there been such euch general interest in an election the republicans of 0 the fifth legislative district were thrown into consternation tilt morning when hen they discovered that their candidate lor for the house had withdrawn and no name substituted in the ballot this Is speaker Si eaker Car carrells carrolls rolls district and many republicans were hopeful of winning tile hie seat As it stands the speaker has a walkover walk over there Is a dearth of 0 nes at the headquarters of 0 the democrats and republicans public ans reports are no do meagre that chairman norman would say nothing more than that lie believed hardin was ties elected at the republican hoad quarters qu artera many telegrams had been received front from the chairmen 0 of f the county committees congressman hunter chairman of the state committee was not favorably impressed with the returns from the interior ile he BA said aid that a continuation of it these re orax would indicate the election ot of hardin by a small majority the democratic majority four our years ago for gov governor arnor was in ili another talk chairman norman refused to reit reiterate erate his claim that thal Har hardyns hardins dins majority would reach 1500 the city republicans are claiming that they have won von nil the municipal except two or three school trustees and that tho the city and county wll wil give elvo bradley brad ley P a me ma portly partly of to swo the republican and democratic newspapers are displaying the returns tor for the benefit of the great crowns crowds which pack the streets about the ot of flees favorable figures are so meagre that neither side eldo has ban the advantage tn in tho the display or on both sides the leaders are claiming the victory in tills this city the elie democrats by a small majority and tile tha by a majority ranging up to it seems that the citizens ticket did aid not cut much of a figure as the old parties will gel in nearly their average votes the ante election claim that hardin would be scratched be because caulie of his attitude on the money question has failed to materialize show how a that harder will get the party v vote 0 te WILL BE VERY IVERY CL CLOSE OSE the post democratic in its extra issued at 11 says bays at this writing tile the returns ore are coming in scattering from all portions of 0 tho the state it appears that hardin leads the democratic ticket but it also appears that bradley leads hardin or it if not har dina majority Is so BO small as to amount to a virtual defeat outside of louisville bradboy carrle carrier the county of jefferson by and speed the republican candidate for tho the e I 1 Is e elected thus depriving blackburn I 1 c of f one vote it Is not probable that Br adleys majority will exceed in this the fifth district graves county hart logaa hopkins hardin nelson and franklin show allow urge large republican gains tho thi result will depend largely upon the first district and the returns from the eleventh from these two districts the returns are arc too heagie to indicate decided results summarizing the tb results may be said at tills this writing that tho the majority will not be GOOD either cither way there was an ugly feeling all day between the A P A and catholics at the first precinct of the fourth ward late this evening joseph dior forba forback cb one of the former and will donovan a catholic had a quarrel which resulted in EL a pitched battle between the elements twenty shots were exchanged before the police palle e succeeded u e in stopping slopping the riot only 0 one n e man jacob enright an A P A was seriously wounded the rioters scattered 1030 1 p m ill precincts of the in the city and county give bradley a majority of two republican Republic all aebers of the legislature are known to be elected which Is ID a gain gen D durelle u republican tor for the office of 0 appellate judge defeats judge easton Domo democrat crat present incumbent by over returns up to midnight from ninety live counties and towns mostly in incomplete complete give hardin bradt bradley ey as Har bardins hardins dins majority other mthr returns received give ghe bradley a majority aggregating 2316 2396 leaving a net majority my of 1223 tor for hardin republican GAINS scattering returns received lec elved up to I 1 Inc including the city and county give hardin A majority ot at 1700 these returns come from officials in every county in the state four years ago in the race for governor the dent democratic majority was and some idea of the result may be tic caned irl from the fact that the republicans made the following gains in counties remotely situated adair allen alien SI ercer madalion Mad Ma lion breckenridge boyd CM cum cumberland er au franklin I ESS tn in this county the republican gain will be over the courier journal in its midnight extra says bays the returns possible at this hour are arc too far from complete to do more than serve its as indications L they show generally that tho the D demo elc cants have suffered losses lossen in most counties in some counties they seem to have pained gained slightly silently the vote was not lot as heavy as had bad been expected the republicans lead in all the legislative isla tive races elc except pt in the forty eighth district alire where carroll had a walkover the attention 0 of the committeemen and newspapers is so much centered on th the race for governor that the legislative legislative contests out outside tile of jefferson C county oil u ty ore are overlooked in the returns the reports are too meager r for general use the indications at this v riling writing are that the vote of this county will 1111 decide the race tor for governor whatever the result the majority will be very small in fact it will not be it majority but a plurality garrard Brad Br adleys loya county gives a republican pain gain of every county from which complete returns have been received show largo large republican gains |