Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-10
BALLOTS
Those In Fourth Ward Bear
 Judge Cowell's Faster.
ONE OF THE COUNTERS SAYS so

Catch Democratic Notes.-The Legal
 ity of All the Ballots Is Now Cues
 tioned-The Principals and All Oth-
 CTS Interested Anxiously Awaiting
 the Day of the Trial.
 Just one day more and the famous Cowell-Kilduff bout will be oil, unless something should happen i'll the meali-
 time which will spoil the sport. he republicans are not quite so sanguine of success now as they were before
 they opened Up hostilities, and many
 think that there is likelihood of the
 question being adjusted out of court
 Dy the withdrawal of the suit on the
 part of the appellants, some of whom
 would much prefer that their names
 had not been connected with the dis
 graceful affair, fearing. perhaps, that
 it may weaken their influence in the
 field where they have been wont to
 preach oil Render thou to Caesar the
 things that are Caesars, and otilel. texts of q similar nature. It is feared
 that their position in this case will
 seriously interfere with their jobs as
 eyangelists.
 But what matter about that The
 principal topic on the streets to-day
 was to the effect that some of the re-
 publicans lean to the opinion that all
 the ballots cast at the last election
 were illegal, according to strict i'll.
 terpretatlon of the law, and that in all
 probability if we have recount all
 of them will be ordered thrown ill tEe
 waste basket. which would mean. Of
 course that all the old officials would
 continue in office, the aldermen in-
 GiIlGp6. In addition fn f ie.
 on excellent authority that recount
 of the vote of the fourth ward will send chill down Judge CowelIs spinal
 column and will put him farther from
 the coveted prize than he was before
 he received the nomination. for it
 seems all the ballots with the names
 of the candidates of the aldermen
 transposed have Cowell pastors over
 the name of F. G. Kilduff One of the
 fourth ward counters explains it as
 follows: The tickets ill question were
 printed by Tammany or some other
 society and were peddled on the street
 as regular democratic tickets. although
 CoWelTs name was pasted over that
 of Kilduff. Some said if was ono of Harry Durant's smart tricks. and
 others attributed it to q de sire on the part of Cornelius Tracy $ Friends to get him elected al- derman from that ward. Ii looked mat way, too, for on several of fhem the name of ATr Tracy appaared oyar one Of the democratic candidates for
 aldermen. Any way, none of them
 was found among the straight demo-
 cratic tickets, which shows that they were printed somewhere by private individuals and then dpctored to suit
 the occasion, but in setting them up they failed to get the names of the al- dermen i'll the same order that they appeared on the tickets printed by the democratic town committed All the counters as well as those who watch ed the canvass of the votes know this, so that in case these ballots should be thrown out Cowe1l will be wondering where he is at
 If this be true, the sooner the bal lots are recounted the better for all parties concerned, and then those who have been chosen to take care of the city's interests for the next two years
 can turn their attention to the duties of their respective offices instead of hustling around to defend their posi- tions from designing fellows who want to get hold of them, whether they be- long to them or not. While most peo- pie hope to see justice done ill the premises, still many feel somewhat doubtful of the outcome, and declare that the history of such contests prove that the republicans invariably come out ahead when recounts are ordered. Here is the way one man put 1t: | wouldn't give you cents for Kilduff's $ | chances if the boxes are ordered open cd and the ballots counted again. Peo- ple who say the republicans Wouldnt steal the offices of the city government of Waterbury must nave t very de- | fecfiye memory. The same party done us out of q president of the United ] States in just as high handed q way as they are going about this thing. l see you fellows are making q DlS boast of the fact that the republican town committee and republicans generaliy arc opposed to the scheme, but a,a won aware of anything thev have done looking towards nuttino a stop to it. If they believe that the offices belong to the demo- crats and want justice done, why don't tbay come out and openly condemn the 1 action taken by the head of their tick at? So far as l know not one of them has said under his own name that he docs not believe in the contest The reporter reminded the gentle man that John P Kellogg. chairman of the republican town committee, one of the most prominent republicans in the city, was on record with the state ment that the democrats received the number of votes necessary to entitle 1 them to election and that he did not 1 wish to see them disturbed in their positions.
 s.Yes," added the speaker, 'but that was before Judge Cowell decided to contest the election of Mayor IIilduff.
 Have you heard anything from him sheer
 To this the reporter replied that he l did not think it necessary. MT INel- logg had not denied anything that he had said on the question and there did not seem to be any reason why he should be expected to repeat it.
 The question of expense is now be 1 ing talked of and the wise heads con- 1 tend that in the event of the demo-
 crats holding the offices, which they are very likely to do, the city will have to foot their bills. The same
 argument holds in case the other fel- lows should by some hook or crook get hold of the berths. thousand and one reasons are being assigned for l Cowell's attitude. It is said in some quarters that he was talked into it by