The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-18
THE LATE ELECTION FOR COMPTROLLER.
10 THE xDrroR oy THE HERALD.

VINO oo3ircQ inc oioCt'On OF ACueei
Comptroller, that statement should be made Of the
facts relative the refusal by the inspectors Of the late
election in about halls the election Districts 70 receive
his tickets nom voters rendering Thorn At the ballot box
Al least ton days before the election Judge Connolly
showed me written form Of ballot for Comptroller
which had been furnished 70 him By Richard oGorman
shs Cooperation Counsel, - the proper ono 70 b
used at the recent election examined the statutes
bearing upon the point found that the proposed ballot
was the form prescribed by law and returned Il to
Judge Connolly, expressing 10 him my opinion 10 that
effect. This Was Ill had 70 do with the ticketa He
had them printed and sent them TO the headquarters Of
the Executive Committed The tickets printed in
every respect inside and out In exact accordance with
tho form prescribed by Mr. o'Gorman and were the
tickets rejected by the inspectors Of clecti0nf
judge Connolly could have taksn no course more SON.
legal counsel q the city Having such advice 70 guido
him. blame could have attached 10 Judge Connolly,
even che L., had REQUIRED that the Salo. should
upon the tickets printed and distributed by him vas
right, and respectable LAWYER can be found who will
chap 5ia, which was by It's title can act regulate
the number Of ballots and ballot boxes TO be used In the
Of al persons which all the voters Of said city arc or may
Be- authorized ny law 70 vote FOR 1t any election except
STATE and judicial and those herein designated 70 b
voted for separate ballots shall be upon ballot,
which, upon The face thereof shall contain dcsig
nation OF the ofhcs and tho name 1r names 81 the
any voter may dssrs to vote Tor. and which,
when folded. shall be endorsed show upon
~. ouae 'nsre' shs ~orus Wy mo "h
six" The names OF persons 10 be voted for NJ Comp
rocr were not included among tho excepted csscs OF
that statute The only other provision OF Law affecting
the matter 10 clause in the amended charter of 1887
tina. he Comptroller shall voted for upon separate
the only city or comfy oncer toGbe voted tho
election, the ballot upon which he T. voted for-whch
would necessarily be separate ballot should no en-
dorsed Citv and Cosnv, number sir " Whom there are
other officers 10 be voted for the ballot
endorsed Sity and county. number SIX" the Comp
roer should be voted for upon separate ballot. from
them; but the law makes provision respsc. TO the
endorsement OF that separate ballot leaving 10 every
the right to mako his own cndorsement II foi.
lows that at the late election the Comptroller the
only city county officer 10 be voted Tor, whether the
statute OF 1858, the charter OF 1885,, both In har
mony. were to Govern the inspectors should have
ceved Judge connoys tickets and put them in any box
they had for CITY or county officer however II might
have been labelled
i o.Kry NAILS OPINION
This IL not all Before Judge Connolly printed his
tickets he went 10 the Bureau OF Elections in the Police
Department aud was there shown opinion bv Mesrrs
Brown, Hall and vanderpoe, counsel TO the Police
Board furnished 20 that body twelve days before the
election. The following IL extract from that opinion
and II should be borne In mind that A. o. Hall Esq by
whom the opinion IL understood 10 have been written
was leading supporter Of Richard Connolly for
To rnK Bolxp ofPorrcr, &c.:-
ar. 70 he voted for IL eseh senaori district in he y Of
New York and what ought 10 the legal endorsement Of
election.
We also Of opinion under sec,ion tweniytwo ~ u.
sse, sws o. az essg.r -. rass " y y n't the
ys and mt n. .ns Ne % sSS
1855 See Davies Laws, page 1871
RpowN. HALL vsNDEgroEL.
NKw yosK, vov. 81, Isrx
for his guidance bat no was sssured nv the head 81 hs
Bureau Of Elections that the tickets endorsed az stated
IN that opinion were the ones that would be received
AMI that the Inspectors of Election would he 70 In
Etructed.
" CONNOLLY o, THE wArrn.
Il well known, for several days prior 10 the cleo
ton, thai Judge Connoys tickets printed with the
endorsement City and County, number sir for he had
dssrhusd them freely ON the Friday evening ncxt pre-
vious the election mot tho gentleman who printed
Richard B. Connoly's tickets He spoke OF the differ
ence 10 the endorsement, and asked ma not 70 make
tickets again. told him that did sock 20
have any PERSONS vote excluded because hs ballot
course would be for tho inspectors receive all tho bal
lots however endorsed He assented to that and. be.
lievc ynggesed that the Police Commissioners should be
and instructions given tn thai effect
ADHERENCE To The MONT.
Re spoke 10 mo tho subject, A. supposed because
NJ the November election, alec, the Getty and County,
printed and distributed by the democratic Union
organization we're different from both the Tammany and
the republican tickets On our tickets the candidate for
Coroner voted for for fun term and the other
tickets for vacancy. ! refused IN have our tickets
printed otherwise and the result the election OF DR.
ton provides The tickets printed for vnrancy wcre
only blank votes for Coroner because the legal election
for fun term. and not for q vacancy.
II had had charse Of printing Of audge connoIys
tickets would have refused 60 print them otherwise
than with the endorsement they did have. wc have
trorble about the matter; but have the law
orr ride II tickets had been changed and moor
rectlv endorsed and the tickets for Richard Connolly
ana Richard Kelly had been changed to the right
dorement, and In consequence our tickets had been
rejected would not have tho strong that We now
have.
rrrry
The reprtlicsns became anxious tho day before tho
election about the endorsement OF Judge Keys tkets
COMMITTEE after examining the law upon the subject,
went Monday afternoon 10 the police headquarters
such precautions would prevent tho rejection Of their
tickets by the inspectors because they endorsed
Comptroller and not Getty and county. number sir.
ASSURANCES At roti.E HrsporAHrERs
A. tho oprosipr tickets endorsed Comptroller of
tho city OF New York, went, prccaniion. 10 the
police headquarters tho evening novt before tho ee.-
tion--the earliest opportunity hsd-for tho par.
rose Of inqurng what Instructions, " snv, bal been
gwen in respect to the endorsen-nt Of tickets
Superintendent Kennedy not there, and made
my inquiries o. Mr. Dilks, the Inspector In charge.
! told him that Judse connoily's tickets wefe en-
wanted 20 be certain o. their reception BY The In.
spectors adding that bad desire for the rejection Of
Mr. Oakley Hall Tho counsel Of tho Board had gwen an
opinion that 'Citv and County number six tho
correct endorsement for tho ballots that INSTRUCTIONS had
already been gwen for tho reception Of ouch ballots by
the inspectors, and that need have apprehension
upon that point III. assurances complete that
not doubt was left upon my mind have vince bcen
Informed by Superintendent Kennedy that no nstruc-
tons given upon the subject until the morning of
the election and not until Inquiries made
sequence Of the rejection Of the tickets by the Inspectors
EXTRAORDINARY sssrLr.
From this statement u viii be sen that Jadge Con-
bolly's ticketsthe only presented ~ the polls
printed In the provided by awwere refused nj
half 81 tho polling places In the city. Notwithstanding
IN. far, thai leading supporters Of the rival tickets knew
that these were right and Their wrong; notwiih-
standing tho fact thai tho hoard vested by s~ With the
manager OF elections had been advised BY their
counsel 10 the effect and standing tbe fat
thai the Of that board had gwen positive
assurances that the tickets 70 Refused could be
ceived.
ArAuo~ssy rKRk rios fsv.
This grest wrong 10 Judge connolly IA his friends and
10 the elective system, wN accomplished by combina-
tion of circumstance The pamphlet ~ Instructions fur
nshcd TO political printers and 10 inspectors and csnvas
prepared ~ clerk in thu sorv Of the stationed
nv whom the pamphlet printed However proficient
the clerk may b. In his proper business the fact that his
FOR and county tickets wrongeat both