The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-07
THE PETITION DISMISSED
MIR. BALDWIN'S CERTIFICATE OF
ELECTION rs NOT GRANTED.

The Six Counters Finished the Recount
Yesterday Afternoon-Mr. Hugo Has 100
Majority-Answer to Quo Warranto
Writ Yet to be Made-Incidents of the
Recount.
The six counters appointed Tuesday
by Judge Shumway to make an official
recount of the ballots cast for first
selectman in the Sixth, Seventh and
Twelfth wards at the last city and
town election, completed their labors
late yesterday afternoon. The recount
of ballots shows the vote for Baldwin
and Hugo for first selectman to have
been, as follows, in the three wards
named: Baldwin in the Sixth 462, in
the seventh 800, in the Twelfth 575;
Hugo in the Sixth $50, in the Seventh
1885, in the Twelfth ST. This gives Mr.
Hugo a total majority of 100 over Mr..
Baldwin.
According to the original count the
vote for first selectman in the three
wards mentioned above stood as fol-
lows: Baldwin in the Sixth AGA, in the
Seventh 324. in the Twelfth SIC; Hugo
in the Sixth 63S, in the Seventh 1,21S, in
the Twelfth $40. The total vote re-
ceived by the two men according to the
original count, without counting
Hugo's vote in the Seventh ward, where
it was claimed no distinction was made
in the count of the votes cast for him
for first selectman and those for a
member of the board of selectmen, was
as follows: Baldwin, 1894; Hugo, s.
704. Adding in Hugo's vote in the Sew
enth ward according to the count as
made yesterday and making changes
according to the result of the recount
in the other two wards the total re-
suit now stands as follows: Hugo,
1877; Baldwin, 1887; making major
ity of 100 for Hugo. According to the
original count, including that of the
Seventh ward, it appeared that Hugo
had majority of 22S.
After the report of the recount had
been made yesterday afternoon to
Judge Shumway, the judge dismissed
the petition of Mr.. Baldwin, asking
to him.
The six counters selected by Judge
ShumWay to make the recount were as
follows: James j. Carr, Isaac Wolfe,
David T. Mcnamara, James A. How
arth Rufus S. Pickett and Charles A.
Baldwin, the first three having been
suggested by Mr.. Hugo's counsel and
the last three by Mr. Baldwin's coun-
sell
The counters began their work at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning in the pri-
vate room of the county commissioners
on the third floor of the county court
huse.
Judge Shumway swore in the count
ers and told them that as they were
acting as agents of the court, any ques,
tions or other matter upon which an
agreement could not be reached must
be referred to him for settlement.
Judge Shumway announced that no
spectators would be admitted to the
counting room, but said that if the
counsel did not object reporters would
be allowed to remain in the room dur
ing the count. Attorneys Pigott and
Goodhart did not object to reporters be-
ing present, but Mr.. Alling did, and
consequently all We're excluded from
the room except the counters and the
judge. The counters were told before
beginning work that the only thing to
be determined in the count was whose
name appeared first on a plurality of
the ballots cast for selectmen and on
this basis the report was made, which
showed the above stated result.
The next step in the case will be the
answer to the quo warranto writ serv-
ed by Mr.. Hugos counsel.