The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-31
Statement Regarding Probable Defective Ballots From Lil. ley'S Opponents Need Not
 Cause Voters Alarm,
PUTNAM ERROR CORRECTED
Slight Mistake in Few Ballots Sent There-New Ones Are Printed at Once and
 Mailed Last Night.

Chairman Michael J. Kenealy of the republican state committee attempted last night to catch the managers of the campaign in opposition to MT. Llley mapping by sending throughout the state a statement that ballots which have been printed for the opposition containing the full republican ticket but bearing pastors over the governors name for IA, Heaton Robertson had been sent to the town of Putnam with the name of the wrong candidate for congressman in that place on the tick- ct. The statement says that the name of Ebenezer ]. Hill, who Is candidate for congress from the Fourth district is printed on these ballots instead of that of Edwin W. Higgins, who Is run- ming from the Third district in which the town of Putnam Is situated. AL though no attempt Is made specifically to state that there are other instances of such mistaken ballots the statement Is an attempt to scare the voters into the belief that mistakes may have been made In other places throughout tho state and that the ballots circulated by the opposition committee are not safe to vote.
 As a matter of fact this Is false scare. The only ballots which contain any mistake whatever that have been sent throughout the state are those which were sent to the town of Putnam only and this mistake has been dis covered by the committee in ample time to rectify It. This the commit tee did last night and new ballots will be In Putnam today. The committee absolutely knows that every ballot sent elsewhere throughout the state Is per. fectly correct and in all respects legal and that there Is no cause for fear on the part of any man voting them that his vote will not be counted exactly as cast. The attempt Is one to magnify a small error easily remedied. The op- position committee has been mailing these ballots to every republican voter in the state of Connecticut and 1t Is but right that they should know that these ballots, outside the few specific ally mentioned are as legal and ofh- cial as any others printed.
 The following statement dated from this city was issued last night by the chairman of the opposition committee, William T. Rodenbach of Naugatuck. correcting the wrong impression con- tained in the statement of Mir. Ke- nealy:
 The managers of the anti-Lilley cam. paign discovered this afternoon that the republican ballots sent to Putnam with Mir. Robertsons name pasted over Mir. Lilley's were defective in that Congressman Hills name was printed on them in place of Congressman Hig- gins The moment the error was dis covered new ballot was printed and sent out tonight (F'riday). This occur red only in the town of Putnam in Windham county. Every other ball. lot sent to every republican voter in the state Is absolutely correct Voters need have no fear as to this. The statement issued by Chairman Kenealy is designed solely to frighten voters. The error in Putnam is small affair and 1t was discovered in ample time for correction.
 Last evening the following telegram was sent to Congressman F. J. Hill
 New Haven, Oct. 30, 1908. Hon. F. J. Hlll South Norwalk Conn.
 New Ballots mailed to Putnam to- night Nothing wrong in your district Everything elsewhere in state absolute ly correct,
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