The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-17
A Doubter's Views.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 see by this mornings paper that it is claimed that the consolidation bunco scheme has prevailed in that the az gregate majority of the three wards Is in favor of the same by a paltry six teen votes.
 Is there not some mistake about this? By one of the papers Tuesday evening 1t was stated that the negative vote of one ward would kill the whole thing Is that correct? It certainly would seem so by any fair construction of the latter portion of section 20 of the act for, by that it is shown that the favorable vote of any one ward can not compel any section but the particu- lar ward so voting. Again, how under any construction can the right of one affirmative ward to counteract the negative of two other wards be sus- tained? For the principle of the an- neXation scheme as provided in this very act makes each of these three in- terested wards equal in the city coun- cil so their relative strength would be as follows: Back of two aldermen and three councilmen is the affirmative, while the negative is back of four al- dermen and six councilmen, a clear negative majority of five. Certainly any ruling or construction that would declare the proposition carried would show such a degree Of moral turpitude as would easily vaeate and nullify any promises in the act relative to four mill tax or any other of the sugar coat ed privileges.
 Again, there is aograve doubt in the minds of many of the opponents in the Thirteenth ward of the legality of the vote cast in that ward Tuesday The fact is so energetic, were the advocates of the measure that they caused to be brought down from the Springside farm some seventy-five of the towns wards to vote in the affirmative, and every one of these men was brought down | with a Yes" ballot in his hand | Certain 1t is that many of these are only chance residents of the Thirteenth ward. How do the staid taxpaying cit | izens of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards relish the idea of hav- ing their votes and wishes nullified by a lot of voters who really belong to other wards and have been practically
 only temporarily adopted by the Thir-
 teenth ward just long enough to use l their votes and carry their points? We note that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
 wards pay fully as much for the SUD- | port of these town farm residents as do the residents of the Thirteenth ward
 Therefore, if this is to be an index of the double dealing that is to be practic- ed In the future when the final act l of consolidation is completed then the sooner the residents of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards realize 1t and cut | loose from the whole thing, town and city of New Haven, the better. No l gentlemen consolda tionists, you have shown the "teeth of the tiger altogeth. CT too soon. We believe there is a goo6 chance here to contest the election, anc
 we seriously doubt if any court could
 be found that would sustain an election
 carried in any such way.
 | It was said that this proposed ac
 was in the interest of the taxpayers
 and yet, if it has prevailed, it has beer
 done by the men whom these same | taxpayers are assessed to support. | it is declared as carried it will be SC | declared in the face of the fact tha
 two out of three of the interesed ward.
 have voted against 1t by a large major | ity. T.