Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05
nEpusL1oANs JUBILANr

Au over the State over the ssForss
 Ballot Decision-Judge Morris and :. the other Democratic Authorities
 StilI Hopeful-POints on the Situa-
 ton.
 AIIoYer the state the decision in the ssforn ballot case has caused jpbilation among republicans. The democrats are not happy over the supreme court decision validating the "for" ballots. There was secret hope cherished that those ballots would be declared illegal and that, there fore, the republicans would at once con cede the election of Judge Morris without any further court proceedings.
 The republican leaders are jubilant, and there is a sort of unanimous demand for
 the immediate recall of the house of repre-
 sentatives. They would heartily endorse
 such a move on the part of Governor
 Bulkeley.
 The notion prevails among the repubi-
 cans the quo warranto proceedings on be-
 half of Judge Morris against Governor
 Bulkeley would be dropped right away.
 From the tone of Judge Morris and his
 counsel yesterday the quo warranto cases
 will be pressed with as much vigor as here tofore. Judge Morris said yesterday that
 the supreme court decision did not affect his case now before the court. He stated on the contrary, that in his opinion the decision was rather favorable to the demo- cratic theory of the situation. He believes that the declaration of the supreme court relates to the "for" ballots on which was pasted or written in the blank space the name of the judge of probate candidates throughout the state and that the courts holding that such were illegal ballots, will
 give him majority of between l, 1000 and 1900. . Judge Morris and his lawyers say that the great question all along has been the
 right of the legislature to go behind the
 returns. This is one of the main issues to
 which he and Judge Stoddard and ex-Gov-
 ernor Ingerso1 pin their faith.
 Already a republican attorney in the confidence of counsel for General Merwin dropped significant remark yesterday. Suppose" ," he said, "that there are a num- Der of for ballots with the name of judge of probate printed to or pasted on, where is the proof of the same or where can it be
 obtained9 The ballots have passed from the control of the state and the court and
 are private property and would not now hold good in 8 court of law"
 Chairman Benton of the republican state COuH1Cto0 T01b6rdGou dt louRtA yoSooAooy his views printed in yesterdays COURIER,
 and added The democratic majority in the senate may continue it's refusal to per form it's constitutional duty, but the moral right of Samuel E. Merwin to the office of
 governor will remain. The decision places
 the republican party of Connecticut upon
 vantage ground, where it can well afford
 to wait the popular vindication which is
 sure to come.
 Gov. Bulkeley said yesterday that he
 had not received an application to call a
 session of the house, and he did not be- lieve that Chairman Benton would make such an application. However, if he did
 make an application, it would depend | largely upon circumstances as to whether
 it would be granted or not.
 A prominent republican leader in Hart
 ford said: "Senators Cleveland, Pierce, Fox, Thayer ct al. have been all along ! maintaining that the "for" ballots are ille- I gal and they will probably not budge from | their position. It wouldn't be consistent, you knowl Now that the supreme court
 has let little daylight in, the republicans | should push the quo warranto all they can. | The republican members of the legislature and the republican counsel owe it to Gen.
 eral Merwin to push things. If the su- preme court says that MT. Bulkeley is the | constitutional governor there are two | things the democrats can do. They can | come in and elect his successor or else
 balk, assert that the 1.-two legislative days" have passed, recognise MT. Bulkeley as
 governor, and then go to work"