The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16
''The Burning Question:"
Who Won the City Elections? Playwright Pre-5 sents Principals of Civic Comedy or Tragedy in. Court of Opinions Manuscript Rejected Sans
 "Thank You" a

q have written a little play which I'd like to have you look over because 1t would seem that you should have some interest in in what I have my characters say in it." said G. Bernard Man-on- the-Street today, entering the office of The Democrat with his characteristic swagger. "1n this play I present some new and some old angles to that election we had-you remember-last Oc7 tober 5, the day 1t rained in the afternoon and Senator Culhane got his nice hat wet when he voted out in seven"
 The senator voted in the morn ing" interrupted the reporter. If your play sticks as close to fact as your last statement, 1t must be something fairly fantastic"
 "That's what 1t has," chortled the M.o.t.S. Fantastic is the word for playlet."
 Hope For Best
 With some concern for the req son of those readers who still hold hopes for the best when the vot- ing machines are recanvassed sometime later, the following IS offered without changing a line, but after deletion of some dialect.
 Cast of characters: Town Clerk Dora A. Egan, Attorney Richardson Bronson, Registrar Albert O. Fall CT, Senator George T. Culhane, Domenic Barbieri, Francis T. Phil lips, Walter Charest, Thomas P. Healey, Mortimer J. Calvin, Jr, City Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice, Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor, General Moderator James R. McMahon, President Lewis s. Reed, Judge Howard Pet rie, Clerk of Court George H. Freeman, Claims Attorney Vincent A. Scully, Republican Town Chair man J. Warren Upson, Candidate Dora A. Egan, Candidate George T. Culhane, police, Republicans, Sheriffs, Independent Democrats ghosts.
 Time: Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
 Place: Court of Opinions.
 As the play opens Corp. Coun- sel O'Connor is making his aIl- swer to a writ of mandamus ob- tained by Attorney Rich. Bronson in behalf of seven candidates de- feated according to Mod. Mo- Mahon's official count. Ghost ot Sherwood L. Rowland, accepted as successful candidate of Fusionists for comptroller, and shades of other concededly successful Fusion candidates stand behind O'Cor- nor, peering over his shoulder, in best ghostly fashion, at Judge Petrie, who does not seem to see them. Nor does anyone else, Of course.
 "GadgetS"
 O'Connor: If the court pleases, we fail to see why mechanical de- vices such as voting machines should be introduced in a fla- grantly disrespectful attempt to contravert the evidence obtained by the highest form of life, the brains of mankind, aided, I admit, by certain gadgets known as add ing machines.
 Bronson: An, hal So you admit that yod used adding machines. Your honor, I submit that the learned counsel has acknowledged the fallibility of theThuman brain and stands convicted of recourse to 'gadgets,' as he terms them. l ask that execution of this writ be ordered immediately and that the voting machines be recanvassed in the presence of the court.
 Judge: Do I understand that these machines number 56 and that they are, at present, in the basement of the courthouse?
 Clerk: Placed in my custody by order issued at 3:29 o'clock, Oct. IS.
 City Clerk Fitztnaurice, in aside to Sherif: knew . man who lest . bet two years ago when the Wote total on the machines checked with the total on the tally sheets although the machine total was