Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-10

TB3E NEAT GiOV 1S1ANVA1e Il
VIVA. Eoremost Republicans Say -
.Thn v.ayfslature wall Admit tho |
ns.nuted Ballots and Elect Mervvin |
-The memorable senate May Block |
Thiues-If They DO They Keep Ont
Morris and Keep In Bulke1ey-They
cannot Block the Election ofU. o.
senator.
Tho anomalous state of affairs surround
ing the late state election furnishes an
abundant and fertile topic for discussion
and talk all over our little nutmeg state,
but it is conceded by the leading repubi-
cans of the state that Merwin will be
elected governor by the legislature. They
assert this on the following ground: The
legislature is republican on joint ballot BY
a small majority. The legislature has the
power to admit the 1875 rejected republican
ballots in Bridgeport, and it has power to
admit the 200 prohibition votes which
were rejected because they had the little
word stFor" prefxed to the word "Gover-
nor" the same as tens of thousands Of
ballots cast in this state in years past had.
The legislature being republican on joint
ballot, and having the power to do SO, will
in Justice admit the rejected ballots, as
they ought to do For why should these
ballots not be accepteda The acceptance
of the rejected prohibition ballots will
alone throw Morris into hopeless lack OF
the required majority. But, Of course, in
the state senate the democrats have q
strong majority and have the power to re-
publicans for the election of Merwin for
governor. They can, if they choose, block
the business In that case, as said one OF
the most noted republican leaders in the
state-in that case they will be no better
off. for they will help keep Morris out and
will keep BuIkeley, the present republican
governor, in power. Now will the demo-
Gratis want that state of th1ngss VIII IL
be any satisfaction to them to keep Bulke-
ley at the helma They will have republl-
can governor either way, SO the best way
thew can do is not to block things. But
thew can have the satisfaction of blocking
affairs, if they like.
But how about United States Senators
Oh, in that case the democratic senate
cannot do any blocking of the wheels
No matter if the democratic majority in
the senate vote not to go into joint ses-
sion with the house; it won't make any
difference. Whyl because the law is SO
that the vote of the republicans in the
senate will count for the election of a
United States senator, whether the demo-
Gratis of the senate take hand IN the
voting or not. So that's one gratifying
thing anyway. The election of a United
States senator cannot be blocked.
How about the counting of the prohibi-
ton votea
Oh, that vote will be counted. The law
looks at the intent. Now, who will be SO
foolish as to candidly say that these two
hundred voters (who voted the prohibition
tickets that had the words stFor Governor
upon them did not intend to vote for a
candidate for governora Who, it's simply
absurd. When Judge Carpenter was asked
before election if tho presence of that little
word ssFor" on ticket would vitiate 9
ballot that learned lawyer said it would
not be q. fata1 error The idea of throwing
out the two hundred votes Ia preposterous.
Now aa to the126 rejected republican votes
in Bridgeport. Samples of the ballots used
there show conelusively that the specki
upon them were done in the printing Of
the ballots and that the alleged pencil
marks look no more like pencil marksth than
they do like hens teeth. It's simply cheek,
all this hue and cry about marked bal
lots" and ''paid-for votes"
Why, up in the Ninth ward, New Ha
ven, the oldest inhabitant, or tho ''sage
| of Sandy Hollow" or of Beaver ponds,
wants the whole republican vote in thai
ward thrown out because they didn't have
an electric light or some other illumin-
ating agency in full glare to light up thu
| voting pens, where the voters made NJ
| the ballots.
Why, there was an examination made OF
Clark street in New Haven here Saturday
| of one Of the ballots that came from thu
| Bridgeport package. Hon. N. D. Perry
| had ono. It was examined through thu
powerful magnifying glass used at tn
Mechanics bank by Cashier Trowbridgt
| Of the bank, and by several other gantle
men. After the most careful examination
| it was decided that the specks OF marks OF
| the ballot must certainly have been b,
the printing of the ballot and in no othe
way.
| On the subject of the alleged "marke,
ballots" the following is from the Bridge
port Post:
| There has been great deal said about thos
| marked" ballots in the Fifth ward and tn
testimony Of experts. has been quoted :. Ia e
Do the "expert" printers understand the mat
ter, Don't they know that the marks on tn
have been caused By pieces Of the roller whic
might have been worn, lodging In the type fror
which the ballots were printed? The 'printe
with thirty seven years experience was not a
impartial witness. There are printers with les
than one-ifth Of his experience who dispute h
who marked the ballots. There is 50 far no ii
lots Intentionally. There is every indicatio
that the marks were the result Of pure accident
which way the election is decided But thos
| who set up such O loud howl for honesty shout
practice what they preach.
The Hartford Courant says: "To try
keep these out of the count because of