The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-07
Things Becoming Badly Mixed
All Round.
DISCOVERIES THAT CUT BOTH WAYS
THE NEW HAVEN VOTE.
How Mistake Made a Hundred Votes and
a Reversed Figure a Row.
GOVERNOR ENGLISH ON THE SITUATION.


8SAsA
New HAVEN, May Q, 1871.
Poor Connecticut has been in terrible way ever
since the last election. The people OF the state have
a sort OF dreamy idea OF having gone to the polls
one day early in April where they did their level
best 10 vote Just as they had mind 10, and that
somebody IN consequence was unavoidably made
Governor. at a salary OF $4,000 for the ensuing
year. But the politicians seemed oil along to have
had no idea that anything settled by the people,
no matter how good their intentions may have
been. If any man OF either party. any day after
the election had got it into his head that something
had been settled by 1t, he felt pretty certain who
ever was elected didn't happen to be the man who
ought to have been elected. Hence the trouble
and turmoil. the pulling one way ana the
hauling another which has been going on among
the wirepuilers hereabouts for over month past.
The fact OF the matter Is that the multiplication
table has lost a great deal OF It's charms for manv
people In these regions and that it has found
VERY DIFFICULT JOB
by more than one patriot to prove that by adding
one hundred TO one hundred the natural result is
not Two hundred look at it how you will. Just
what the middle about the election really was
guarantee that not one Nutmegger out OF ten IN
the State was able to fathom before day two
ago. To be sure, everybody has known, ever
since the hue and cry about the Fourth wards
way or counting Itself were set up
by the republicans, that there was
snag In the stream, and that the party In
power could not exactly see their way straight
The facts of the trouble are briefly thcse:-
That charge was made that English was gwen 100
votes more in the Fourth ward than he was en-
titled to. The election being close ana the
charge once proved the result would, all knew. be
the General Assembly appointed their Investigating
committee few days ago these democrats were
made tails to the sxfaced radical Kite, but they got
To do 50 would be countenancing what they con-
slider an unjusfable act the part of the Legisla-
ture, that OF going behind the canvassers decision
to ascertain what the vote In any locality had
been. Well, the committee went to work and got
hold of the State box Of the Fourth ward. 1t VIII
be remembered that It was claimed that 100
more votes were declared by the counters ut
the close OF the polls than there were actually the
check list. So tho committee felt confident from the
start that 1t had the other folks
IN A TIGHT BOX.
The ballots were taken out and carefully counted,
anu with the following result
James Z. English. III English. .............
Marshall Jewell. ......i78 Blank ................ l
J. T. English ........
Now, last month the count was returned a. fS
James E. English. ...7ls English ....
Marshall Jewell. .....579
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,2ss
1t Will thus be seen that Instead OF dnding 100
buckram votes recorded in favor OF English the
committee were astonished to learn that Jewell had
been given loo too much or course there
was good deal of surprise manifested upon all
ter mas become the theme of general conversation
about town. 1t should be borne In mind that this
baiot box OUT OF which came this precious revea-
least under his control, for nearly month. Every.
body who was examined testified thai the box had
not been tempered with, SO II any change took place
In the ballots since the last count the only tnng peo
pie mad to fall back upon was that it came about
as some people believe the entire world did-by
mere chance doubt very much, however whether
there must not have been something more powerful |
than such q doubtful agency that In the matter, |
for the ''mstake'' could scarcely have been over
looked by the Official canvassers The votes were |
counted by the committee in the packages found
IN the box. For English there were found five |
packages with 100 votes, one with nine three aud
one with H. For Jewell there were four packages,
with lone hundred" marked on each, one with |
sxtytwo, and one sixteen. After the scratched and
other tickets were counted the vote was found TO
all taken for granted by the endorsements on them
made by the counters, Jewell would have been all |
On Voas a o n i1ug To of them
dred" 1t was discovered that each package con-
tanned but fifty. This was just where
DEMOCRATIC LAUGH
came In FOR the discovery helped them, as far as 1t
could IN two ways 1t not only put English
Of the republicans that 100 votes more had
been declared by the counters than there
on the % book clearly
should have slowly spelled as he wrote
look at this discovery is question. sunce It to
say that the commttee went away from the counting
asE nSg! @ fy rsM have snss
he slightest doubt But enough for the present or
ne Fourth ward. The committee took hold Of the
Enne'a count anu m pnEpAp1E nfS sass:1e's
If it, They had che ballots counted, and the result
,tood-Jewell, ~ with scattering Of Is; English.
allied only % votes. The "mlstake' was, that the
{ looked like very bad 7, but by reversing
he package on which 1t was written, 90 was there
good 0, you know, for anybody who knows how
o look at 1t In the right way. 1t was claimed by
ne counters that by some extraordinary coincidence
counted 1t always made certain TO turn wrong side
,p agareatiye speaking and gsnt side up
English In the Fourth ward. by this package mis-
AXE business against loss Of 20 in Enfield, ought
Q have been sop enough Tor the democrats one
SSa v d FSG S ar n must the have SFs Sssn
.ampered win by the republicans, who VINO
With It. II they did, and on suspicion that they
Ina the es x TO pa Jsss my BY II o
democrats had tempered with the Fodflh Sai1b5X,
should throw out tie 100 votes gained 10 English by
ne new revelation 1" The next and last vote
he committee Investigated was that OF Chesh.
70. The republican counter returned as follows
english GIG, jewell 233; the democratic counter
hus:-Engsh sl8 Jewell 210. The investigation
esuted in tins, that the democrat at the suggestion
81 another, had not counted twenty-three or the
level votes, on the ground tnat they were Illegal.
rne republican counter sticks TO 1t that 233 votes mad
been cast for Jewell. SO just here comes IN ques-
ton or twenty-three votes, and thus the matter
stands. III the Legislature throws out Cheshire aud
Enfeld and lets the Fourth ward vote stand, Eng.
sh Is safe. II they throw out that vote then he will
80 -.-.3s,-. 81, =, :. =, r.,,oov t,..... %
certain, At least according to the decision Of the
legislature ne will have to; out as matter OF fact
viii neY Now TINS Is exactly the question when !
may give good many people great deal OF trouble |
II the present incumbent should follow the example |
Of stanton ana ''stcK" despite the demands OF !
Jewell for his seat backed up Dy the /
decision OF the Legislature: do not |
mean 10 say that Governor English has any |
intention 70 resist any lawful procedure tnat
may result from thus election investigation But the
democrats IRON the start have declared 1t to be an
uniustfab,e outrage on the part of the Legislature