The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-08

as also voted for those several candi-
dates for first selectman. The Thtr-
teenth ward counters introduced still
another variation and returned all the
votes as cast for first selectman, While
beautiful blank was left in the place
for the return of the vote for selectmen
The moderator refused to accept this
and the return was corrected to CORE
Spond with the Fifth ward method.
namely, all the votes were improperly
returned as votes for first selectman
and properly returned as votes for Sc
lectmen. The Fourteenth ward was the
ward that broke the camePs back and
the moderator's patience.
The counters from this ward at first
returned the votes as all for selectmen
and no votes for first selectman. When
attention was called to the error it was
corrected according to the original plan
Of the Thirteenth ward, all the votes
being returned for first selectman and
| none for selectmen. This latter was the
way the vote was counted at first and
the five candidates receiving the largest
number of Votes were declared elected
| by the moderator.
BY this count Mr. Root was the sec
| ond selectman elected by the republi-
cans, while Mr.. Rose, who had the least
| number of votes of the three republican
| candidates, was defeated, Mr. Root hav-
| ing eleven votes more than Mr. Rose.
| II the vote in the Fourteenth ward had
been returned for selectmen and count
| ed, instead of being left out entirely
and counted only for first selectman
| Mr.. Rose would be elected, as he had
twenty more votes than Mr.. Root
Realizing the mistake, and before he
had adjourned the meeting, Colonel Lee,
the moderator determined to have the
error corrected. He at once went in hot
chase after the counters of the Four
teenth ward and had them make a re-
turn more in accordance with the ap-
| parent purpose of the voters of the
ward. 1t took some time to find the
counters and for them to correct the
error, so it was after - o'clock before
the corrected returns were received. The
vote of the ward was returned for Sc
lectmen and so counted, making Mr.
Rose the republican elected and Mr.
Root the one defeated. The vote of the
ward was not counted for first select
man according to this last return. For.
tunately the improper return of the vote
of five of the wards for first selectmar
could not affect the result, as Mr.. Ham.
ilton, the democratic candidate, had q
large majority.
The selectmen elected yesterday only
hold office until the first week day OF
June next, when new selectmen elected
in April will take office. AS the duties
of the selectmen since the consolida-
tion of the outlying districts with the
city are hardly more than nominal, anC
the term OF office so short, the office
seems hardly worth such bother as was
occasioned by yesterdays election.
The counters in the Fifteenth ward ir
their haste or glee failed to return any
4 votes for Michael Doohan, one of the
democratic candidates for councilman
Attention was called to the error anC
the return sent back for correction. Mr.
Doohan received 172 votes, electing hin
councilman. The vote was counted
quickly, in some wards being counted
an hour after the polls closed.