New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-11
CONNECTICUT
Election CASES LIKELY.
Much Indignation Aroused-4u-
tborities Expected to Take Action.

,,r.no-t Dec 10 tSpecial-The public indigna-
= here over the revelations made in the recount
y ,rs bsIots in the 18th District is growing 10
white heat that. matter what may be
- os,,lt Of the rehearing the recount IN the
ll,--f7 Col thardt case tomorrow before Judge
.,,.lsr il viii be almost imperative for the au-
..;.~ n take action in the case under the new
,-'-nt Practices act which was passed by the
,,st legislature
"a. 49, wheeler. when he rendered his decision in
=, T1o,r7ellv-C1otthardt case, declared that chose
-. of such neglect and carelessness as was
-, BY the recount in the 18th District Should
-,se-7lted When judge Of the Superior
- md such a conservative judge Judge
1[-seIsr makes that assertion IT would seem that
" : ii++Ie short of an invitation or a hint to the
PROSECUTORS 10 act
The Corrupt Practices act was made much OF
- the fail elections in bringing TO book sew
- candidates who neglected TO make proper re-
.ns v-ftliin the limit prescribed by the act So
=. a. il has gone this was very well, but the use
-licb the Corrupt Practices act has been put
.s,s far has been really uriInportant when com
- with the use TO which it might be put in
-. ;stb District case. where packages Of fifty
....ss we're counted for the Republican candidate
- cay collector when, as matter OF fact, they
- straight Democratic ballots. and which
.sousd the election Of AIr. Donnelly, the Demo-
,st;e candidate for tax collector.
The investigation, however. according TO popular
..ion Should not be confined to the counting Of
- ballots in the 18th District but should extend
:, she careless manner in which the ballot boxes
rs stored in the cellar Of the City Hall by the
avn clerk after election. Instead of placing the
saHot boxes in a vault. as should have been done
.sev we're placed in g room used by the city sur
vgyor, and 70 winch lEuuliicl0Nie p1iso4iS 1au az
cess.
Cytv Surveyor Starr says that there are at least
.gbt KEYS to the door, and that almost any
tex would unlock It The fact that Judge
Wheeler reversed his decision in declaring MI
ronne1Iv elected and viii rehear the case to-
or-oz- &c considered by many to indicate that
,La-e nav be something in the intmatons Of coun-
ss for Mr. Gotthardt that the ballot box from the
,a.b District had been tempered with. It surely
rss an easy enough matter to gain access to the
ballot box had any one been so inclined ana the
= -sbszrgng tomorrow will be largely confined to
r5etbe- OF not there was opportunity for such
w5rk IS substituting ballots. Almost every one
about the City Hall. from the town clerk down to
tho ianitor and night Waterman, has been sub
rrnaed as a witness.
Section l3 of the Corrupt Practices act furnishes
ample means TO go to the bottom Of this eiection
sandal Tie section reads:
ANY State referee, any judge OF the SuReirlor
Court or the judge of any court OF Common Pieas
nav upon the written request or any stare 5 AZ
~ Common Pleas or of the District Court OF
49,; bsc be,s ccTsnftted concerning any matters
mentioned in such request within the jurisdc iion
If States Attorney OF Prosecuting slNNO-it
Tnatine such request. and shall have power. by
subpoena issued by him. TO compel the atJenoahct5
bef6re him Of any person as a witness; and such
person having been sworn as a witness. may De
examined relative TO any matters under
ion aforesaid. And such referee or judge shaIl
also have the power: by sunToena duces { teSuIn
Inn for examination of any books or papers OF
any Kind or Of any other thing which he may re-
qure ia the conduct of such inquiry
The remainder of the section deals with the pen
sltz prescribed for contempt Of court in case a
witness refuses to testify relative to the matter
teore the judge. 1... 80.
hsy Fessenden of Fairfield County: or MichaelI
Reralz- no prosecutor Of the Criminal Court OF
Common Pleas of Fairfield County, VIII make the
necessary written request to some judge or referee
- faR IN the manner of conducting the balctng
n The I2tr District IL this case is not taken up,
II is said Z viii show conClusiVey that Co1lnect-
cuts new Corrupt Practices act which has been
haralded far and near d panacea to cure all
election Ills viii be proved futile unless 1t has
the cooperation Of the prosecuting authorities.