New-York tribune., 1871-04-13
POLITICAL.
CONNECTICUT.
TIE NEW-HAYEN TEhVD.

TIE NEw-nAYEN FRAUD.
The Hartford COurdnt makes the following
statement respecting The erroneous II not fraudulent
count of votes for English in the Fourth Ward OF New
Haven:
At last we have clear and ful evidence Of one Of the
frauds which the Republicans hecYo have for several
T5e Dcmocr,Ec cougfecs fgfrfd and TIE Democratic
Moderator y1nued o1ie htndref roS Jor Engi'Sh
IA ne foV,h Ward of rHdcen man t1Te de'Ho.y
c%t! The facts can ue c.a".1-i'cd 10 INC ~, ', ~
faction Of any honest man. Tney are substantially rs
follows: 90,
Number Il gay voting. g............... ...-..1.-Ii
Illegal votes cast..-..-..--
Subtract 10 votes for Asscssors pnt in the box,
ard TIC total for Governor becomes 1g7. But the vote
Fer Jewell .ssI9 Total :v::.: 225
year ago the Republican canvass in this Wdri gave
the Democrats about 50 majority, and the Democrats
themselves clauod only about CO. But they mai, the
returns give English about go The Republicans then
believed that they were cheated ana they deieTlned
10 keep closer watch tie next time. The check list has
beeA repeatedly and most carefully conucd. II iusies
the statement abuyc gyen-140 voters REGISTERED lyo
not voting. cSal votes. Total FOR Governor after sub
tracing the votes fOr Assessors, l,lN But ly giving
English 5 votes instead o. ts, they made the toial 9''
which y 100 more than could possibly have h"ch sNch
Both the Democratic and lopuDHcan registrars ccIii
ieo To the correctness oi Tho t There are VERY ntay
the same number OF votes given Tor thr lrlDlln ,i
ddaies for Bpre7entdiiycS for the RepibhcIn oite
ticket But one "HHdyct more votes arc az GARD I9I tho
Democratic s,ate uckft tiH t"r the Drno'IaIic hrI,
sentauT's: Men who watched the polls al dafE sly
there could not possibly hr such mere
could NOS have been than bali dozen difference.
All persons familiar with elections know that wDen
electors 10 the polls they almost without eA-
ceptiOn put vote in every box 80
Tie Fourth Ward is tine one in which Gov. Enslsh
himself resides. His nephew, named EueHrh, ana the
WellkuOWn Democratic citizen, Sat BisLop, nave b'th
among the counters hOth years, and perhaps longer
The latter Is reported ackhCW pd.ug tnat Ne sup
posed there mistakc' When the matter began 10
he publicly discussed, young English, the ncpheW,
urged recount and was fastening 10 Unjca the boxes
VIXEN he warned not to touch the ballots. u ~ re-
pOrled, however, that tie seals have actually been
broken.
After the count had been finished on the evening Of
The election, Democratic tickets were found between the
O-cOth and the table one theory as o the man
ner In which the fraud committed Is TINS; The Dem
ocraic counters proposed Ia count the clean tor ui-
scrached) tickets by irs; but after the bundles had
been quite nearly made ul they concluded 10 count
by hundreds, but try dd not double up AZ me pack
ages! that, in two instances packs Of hte5 were
counted hundreds, making clear gain o. 100. In the
mean time, the Republican counters were kept busy
counting Republican clean tickets scattering votes.
How many ballots are now sealed ny Ia that bONi II
there but ig7 for State officers, then the return OF
1,29 plainly mistake a fraud. II l.21 ballots for
State OAccis found, while only ilgI were cart for
heuIc>cutatlyts and the Chcckl, carefully counted
over ag.iu shows that, dcductng tho - blum
Gers only llg could have been lawfully put in. then IT
j. q clear 81 ballot box stuiing, pure specimen OF
TlmuaHv tactics. Let tleIn take Which horn OF tho
dilemma they please the detected or rlUd shows
t.Iat Marshall Jewell elected Governor by clear
iniuUrtJ.