Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-28
IRREGULAR BALLOTS.

The Democratic Counsel Attempt to l Show That the Irregularities in the Republican and Prohibition Ballots Win Equal or Exceed Those In the Democratic Ballots.
 The hearing of the long and tedious quo warranto suit was re- stunned in the superior court yesterday morning before Judge Hall at 1920 o'clock, after the judge had disposed of some short calendar business in the most approved rapid transit style.
 The first witness called was Town Clerk F. D. Brethauer of this city. He testified that some eight and half months after the election he had opened the ballot boxes of the various wards of the city and trans. ferred the state ballots to some meal bags furnished by Democratic General Registrar Carney and that MT. Carney assisted him in making the transfer. The transfer was made at MT. Carney's request.
 Frederick Brown of Waterbury, who participated in the recount of the state ballots, testified that in that place 91 pro- hibition votes were returned, and that of this number all but 8 or 10, according to his best recollection, bore pastors. He be- lieved inst great many of the 8 or 10 had the name of the candidate for judge of probate written in. He testified further that AS prohibition votes were rejected in that place because they bore the name of no candidate for the judge of probate;
 John l.. Saxe, one of the Waterbury representatives who assisted MT. Brown in the count, said he should think that about half of the nety-one prohibition ballots bore the name of judge of probate on 8 paeter or written in and that the other half were blank "'@.'
 Charles W. Clark, Waterbury pro- hibitionist, stated that his party had made no nomination for judge of probate and F. L. Clark of this city corroborated the witness testimony.
 Grove J. Futile of East Haven testified that in his town seven prohibition ballots were cast, two of which bore pastors and the other five were blank under the Htleet etJudge of Probate"
 Timothy F. Callahan said the title "Judge of Probate" was printed on the prohibition ballots in the Eleventh ward in New Ha- ven, but no name of candidate was printed below it, because that party made no nomination for that office. There were thirty-four such ballots cast, and they had neither printed nor written name under judge of probate.
 F. O. Bradley of North Haven, George Fowler of Guilford and Harry Spencer of Guilford all testified that the prohibition party had no candidate up for judge of probate. In the latter town AT ballots for the party were cast.
 Assistant City Clerk Martin testified that in the Sixth ward four republican bal lots were counted in the envelope of which was party circular. He also testified that thirteen prohibition "blank" ballots had been counted.
 Ex-Alderman McGann testified that in the Third ward two "blank" prohibition tickets were counted: Councilman J. J. Hogan of the Seventh said that thirtee n prohibition and two industrial reform bal lots were counted which bore the name of no candidate for judge of probate. Owen A. Groark of the Twelfth and City Clerk Downes of the Tenth wards testified that thirteen prohibition "blank" ballots were cast and counted in the Twelfth and nine teen in the Tenth wards. Several other counters from the wards of the city testi, fed, but practically no new developments | were brought out
 boxes in that city by Attorneys W. H. Ely and l Seymour c. Loomis as committee appointed by both sides for the tP%rpose were then intro | that they had found sixty three prohibition and industrial reform ballots which had no name fol the sixteen found in the Fifth ward ballot box 1 which had previously been examined, bring, l the number up to sixty nine.
 l Edward c. Brown, a Seymour counter testified that twenty eight blank prohibition ballots were counted in that place, but he could not tel
 John D. Schmidt, a Naugatuck counter, sait thirty four blank prohibition ballots were count date e was vas written on on every w one of them. ~ ' l Frank Miles, First ward counter in ths city, testified that fifteen blank prohibition bal 1 lots were counted.
 At this point the court took a recess until o'clock.
 Henry G. Smith of Hartford, whose father, M | D. Smith, had printed the prohibition state bal lots, was the first witness called to testify at thu afternoon session concerning the official ballot book containing a sample of all the ballot printed. Attorney Cole objected to the intro claimed that he expected to prove by this wit l ness that these were the official ballots of th
 be in to | tion. He would follow up this line of evidence
 tne and df e 1 accumulative testimony. Judge Harrison tries to get testimony from the witness regarding tn | ruled out as inadmissible.
 At this point Judge Harrison called for tn 1 Glastonbury ballot box and Messenger Steven | immediately brought it into the court room.
 was the intention of the counsel for the relate
 to have the box opened for the purpose of exam l 1010S the prOn1DlC1OQ DaliOLS. Attorney ease OC jected to the opening of the ballot box, claimin
 that it had never been opened previously, am | the testimony provsd this. The judge decides l the objection well taken and the box remaine l unopened.
 The bag containing the ballots of the town o
 Southington was then called for by Judge Harr
 son, who, when it had been opened, attempted t lay in as evidence forty-two prohibition and in
 dustrial reform tickets, which bore the name o
 no candidate for judge of probate. Attorne
 Cole for the defense, objected on the groun l present to identify the ballots. and this hayjn been ascertained to be true, Judge Hall decide
 not to admit the ballots until such 8 time as vii
 ness was present.
 Ex-Judge Harrison here stated that he had D
 other witnesses that ho could call to-day Thi
 seemed to be somewhat displeasing to the judge
 who, before ordering the court adjourned, tol
 the couneel for both sides that they must here
 after have witnesses ready and that he woul
 tolerate no further lapses as he did not want t
 be all summer disposing of the case The cour
 then adjourned until Tuesday morning at
 o'clock in this city.