Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1915 — KENTUCKY WON BY REPUBLICANS [ARTICLE]

KENTUCKY WON BY REPUBLICANS

State Headquarters Claims a Victory In Gubernatorial Fight by 1,476 Majority. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 4.—Republican state headquarters issued its first official statement on Tuesday's election today. The statement claimed that Edwin P. Morrow, republican, had been elected governor over A. O. Stanley, democrat, by 1,476 votes. The republican statement was accompanied by a table giving results from every county in the state as compiled at that party’s headquarters. It was declared the returns have been certified by every republican election official in the state and have been so thoroughly verified as to permit of no mistake. S. W. Hager, chairman of the democratic state committee, issued a statement asserting Mr. Stanley’s majority would be not less than 3,000.