The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-11
CALLAHAN'S MAJORITY is 20.
so REPORTED LAST NIGHT BY THE
SENATE COMMITTEE.

| NfEht-1Iistakes Found In the Count
of Every Ward Except the Fifth
Total Mistake of lis In Third Word-
May Report to Senate Tuesday.
The senate committee on contested
elections finished last night the recount
of ballots cast in this city for state SEN
ator at last falls election. The recount
was completed at $3.50 and the Chairman.
Senator Hall, announced that the COM
mittee had found that Mr.. Callahan had
received majority of 20 over Mr.. Aver
Ill. The total vote returned for the two
candidates after the election was: Cali
lahan 9,O56, Averill S,s32; Callahan's
majority 124. The recount showed the
vote to be as follows: Callahan 9,048.
Averill 9,017; Callahan's majority 20.
| In the recount mistakes were found
in every ward in, the city except the
Fifth, and the recount of the ballots
cast in that ward tailed exactly with
| the return made by the moderator OF
the ward. In the Sixth ward mistake
| of only one vote was found, and that
was loss of one for Callahan. In the
| other wards the mistakes found varied
from two or three up to a total mistake
of lis in the Third ward, where by the
| recount Mr.. Callahan lost 29 and Mr..
Averill gained 81.
1t has been rumored that the Third
ward vote would be thrown out, but
Senator Hall stated last night that this
rumor was entirely unfounded. Hes
said that the committee would report
to the senate the result of the recount,
but would make no recommendation.
He said that the members of the COM
mittee had agreed upon the report Oh
the recount to be made to the senate,
and that there were no differences Of
opinion as to the counting Of any OF the
ballots.
The committee on the recount threw
out five ballots OF these two were torn
slightly, one was rejected because q
paster was pasted over the word "sena-
tor" and two were rejected because
portions Of the pastors for senator were
torn off.
The recount began at o'clock yes
terday morning and with the exception
of a. short recess for dinner the commits
tee counted from that time until $3.50
last night. In that time the ballots OF
the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth.
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
wards were counted. No recess was
taken for supper Senator Hall gave
out the following report Of the mistakes
found in the recount Of the various
ward ballots:
First ward, Callahan gained 3, Averi1l
lost 1; Second Callahan lost 1, Averill
lost Z; Third, Callahan lost %, Averill
gained ST. Fourth, Callahan lost /,
Averill gained s; Fifth, no change:
Sixth, Callahan lost l, no change for Y
Averill; Seventh, Callahan lost Z, Aver
ill gained Al Eigth Callahan gained 8,
no change for Averill; Ninth, Callahan
gained 8, no change for Averll; Tenth,
Callahan gained 1, Averill lost 1 Elev-
enth, Callahan gained 5, Averill gained
L; Twelfth Callahan gained 5, Averill
gained IL; Thirteenth, Callahan lost !,
Averill lost 1; Fourteenth, Callahan
gained 8, Averill lost 8; Fifteenth. Cali
lahan lost /, Averill gained 1.
The Third ward box has been reseal-
ed, but Senator Hall said last night that
it would not be locked up in the old
morgue nor be guarded He did NOT
think that it would figure further in the
contest, but said that it had been re-
sealed as matter of precaution in case
it mightebe wanted again.
The committee will probably report
to the senate next Tuesday the result
of the recount, and Tuesday afternoon
will begin the recount in the Fifth dis
trict to settle the Hall-Kennedy cons
test