New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-08
POLITICAL.
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.

| POLITICAL.
| THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
THE FOURTH WARD OF NEw-HAvEN REGAIN
| vASSED " SATISFACTORY RESULT OF THE
| w0RK-M0RE PROOFS OF THE BALLOT-B0x
| FRAUD.
| HARTFORD, May THE Republicans of New
Haven arranged on Saturday to make complete can
of the Fourth Ward to ascertain far possible
by their signatures the OF those who voted
for Jewell. and the clean Republican State ticket. At
the close Of the day $40 signatures obtained and
moro will be secured on Monday The Republican vote
there 69 and the vote found in the box Friday
47s so that Al secured than the re-
count shows which is of itself proof enough of the
| fraud.
But there another part OF this investigation which
may possibly make the legal evidence conclusive 1t Is
known, positively, that the Town Clerks Office was en-
tered by two week last Thursday night, and
100 Republican ballots distracted The men who did Is
known, but there will be difficulty in getting either
to turn States evidence although there are strong hopes
of obtaining testimony which will fasten the operation
upon them 1t is believed that within Is or 20 names OF
all who voted for Jewell will be obtained and this alone
will undoubtedly be satisfactory evidence OF fraud to
the Legislative Committee in the absence Of more direct
proof and they will probably report to that effect and
the Assembly cannot do otherwise and be honest than
declare the election OF Gov Jewell.
On Saturday THE TRIBUNE published substantially the
condition OF the vote In the Fourth Ward New Haven
but there some other analogous points which are
worthy of consideration Note in the first place, that
the vote returned for Mr.. English is not materially in
Of that returned for the whole OF the Democratic
| State ticket:
GSysr9G5 s dontsoIer 7S Si
Secretary Of State. 100
Now take the for the Democratic Representatives
| (which was in separate box:
n u md
Further take the highest vote for the Democratic can
didates for Assessors (which also in separate boI
T. K. Dunn. .......... 5s5 A. Lnes........... 597
d. Brown. ....-....... 500 A. Daggett- o4
And also the for Board Of Relef-n a separate
box from the State Undertaking the candidates who re-
ceved the highest number Of votes
c. Ruckholdt....... 500 X. Hopper. 600
L. ii. Frisbe. COZ l.. W. COOper......... 597
Then take the average Democratic vote on these sew
| sral candidates:
State ticket. FOG Assessors 594
Representatives.. 6l2 Board of Relief. 600
so appears that the entire Democratic State ticket
ahead of the Democratic vote for Representatives
average vote OF the vote for Assessors (ayerage)
l2 of the vote for Board of Relief (ayerage 1O6 Aver
of the State ticket Representatives Assessors
and Board of Relief 1O4 This is incredible. 1t would
he different it shown that Gov English by his local
popularity led his ticket 100; but here all the other
candidates leading also. Mr.. mgersol the Democratic
candidate for Representative of the most popular
less than Gov English and eightnine less than p NJ
Waller candidate Secretary of State, who, matter
Of course, has local acquaintance in the Fourth
Ward no more than have the other candidates on the
ticket with him. The fraud is apparent enough in this
| showing
Now taking the count OF Republican ballots both for
the State ticket and Representatives it appears on re-
opening the boxes and we find the Republican candi
dates just votes less than were returned by the
counters tallymen, and moderators That is to say
Governor 4s G ontToer 4 sS5
Secretary of State... 49li
While the the vote for representatives lin separate
| box Isl
| II. b. Harrison $50 J. L. Treat............ $40
The vote for Assessors which quite to that
given State ticket apprOximates that returned and
proved by the recount for Representative The average
| of the Republican vote is thus shown to be:
| State ticket 4s8 Representatives. 5si
Now the face of these figures, how can any honest
man deny that the ballotbox has beenstampered with
| OPINIONS OF THE LOCAL PRESS
From HeO-RaVes Journal and Courier
Now we are asked to believe that Messrs.
ngerSO and Soddard the first SO and the latter l0
me eeat m snd 100 ahead Of the Republican state
ticket! Does anybody believe any such vote was cast
Messrs Harrison and Treat good men, but 1t is alb
surd to pretend that 100 Democrats deserted the ticket
| the Republican candidates There was no disafecton
on that point, and no issue leading to this exceptional
preposterous stamps fraud" on the ballots found
| in the State box.
| From, TIE Hartford Post
| But stronger yet, is the fact that the &C
ceptance the exposure the actual ana hon
est result poll involves the admission that 100
Republicans in that Ward not only voted for Gov English
and the Democratic candidates for State officers at the
same time they voted for Republican Representatives,
but voted also for John KeDdck for Congress on the
same ticket The utter absurdty Of such proposition
Ia SO manifest that it needs only to be pointed out we
need repeat what familiar to our readers regarding
Mr HENDRICKS relations this controversy, dwell
upon the improbability that hundred or dozen Re
pubcans Ward voted for Democratic candidate
for Congress who elsewhere over thousand behind
his ticket and defeated 1t need only be stated 10
be understood.
To these may be added these other circumstances
that boxes have been iii the custody OF DeocTat
since the election: that only easily picked lock stood
between the ballots and anybody who wished TO tanper
with them that the packages when taken out had every
appearance of having been tempered with; that tne
Town Clerk appeared as an unwilling and almost refrac
tory witness that the who stood aTOund-the
very men who suspected Of the original fraud
manifested surprise at the dscOyeries-and we nave
almost moral certainty That this case where fraud
has been added fraud in the most high handed manner