Litchfield enquirer., 1868-04-16
How They Did It.

The following extracts from New Haven papers show the frauds committed in the wards of that city from which come all and more than all Englishs majority:
 There was, of course, much disregard to law at the polls by Democrats, especially in the third and fifth wards. In the third the Republicans were refused the right of challenge except under cir. cumstances which no man would or could endure The same is said of tho fifth The Republican Registrars in the wards were crowded down and bullied if they stood up for fair voting, and men who had no right to vote were crowded through boy of seventeen voted in the third ward-the Democratic ticket, of course. He was hurried of out of the way. The selectmen did about as they were mind to in regard to appeals, and Republi- cans at the polls in the third and fifth wards were obliged to let the Democrats have their own way. which was to let every man vote who came with a Democratic ballot.-N. II. Pduddiun.
 In the Third and Fifth wards on election day. no Republican challenger was allowed in the room where the voting took place, so that no challenge could be made, and the 'repeaters" in both wards voted without restraint. Over in the Third ward the Governors private secretary and speech wri- ter, Mir. Wright, was moderator and refused to al. low challenger to get within speaking distance o1 voter, but police officer Reilly was allowed to stand in the passage way to help Democratic vo. ters correct their mistakes when putting their tickets in the wrong box.--N. II. Courier.
 In the Third Ward on election day list of the names of the voters as they voted was made out by Mir. Mansfield who has done the same thing for ten years in that ward. It turns out that the number of votes in the State box exceeds the num- Der of names on this by at least one hundred. Last year the number of tickets in the box was forty greater than the number of voters.-N fl. Coa'- ter.
 One of them [the detectivesl informed us. after he had spent the day in the Fifth Ward, that the method of conducting the voting would disgrace the Sixth Ward of New York He was astonished at the bold disregard of law, the defiance of the rights of freemen, and the utter impossibllity to secure falrness.-N. 4. Courier.
 GOVERNOR ENGLIsH's STRoNaHo1D.-The Third and Fifth Wards of New Haven have reelected Governor English, in spite of the wishes of the people of Connecticut. Those two localities are small in area, and are occupied by population in the government of the state. They favor us with majority of 2, 199 for Gov English which is some 600 or 700 more than his whole majority in the state In other words, leaving out these. two refined localities Mir Jewell has majority of be- tween 600 and 700. This fact tells the story. If these maiorities were honest ones, perhaps We ought not to complain. But they are so tainted with fraud and so associated with outrage that no honest man can contemplate them without indig- nation. A respectable Republican hardly dare show his face at the polls in these wards and at- tempt to exercise the rights rights rghtfully be- longing to him es an elector and citizen, and the men who control these wards and perpetrate or sanction the outrages, are so sure of protection from our local authorities that there is now no practical restraint upon them.-N. 4. Courier The Courant of Tuesday has further &C., counts of the unfair and corrupt practices at the polls in New Haven. One Demo- cfatlc moderator was caught stuffing votes into the ballot box. Two Republicans saw It ana accused him on the spot. In only one ward were there any Republicanicoun. ters, the Democracy having it their own way elsewhere. A set of ''repeaters' went around from poll to Ipoll voting on their own and other peoples names thames of