The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
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 after they have mistakenly pulled the voting lever part way, would "vote twice" on the machine coun- terS.
 Mechanical Discrepancies
 Thus, the discrepancies shown by the figures which Fusion counsel are said to be prepared to offer in evidence of irregularities" are nothing more than the mechanical discrepancy coincidental to every election reading of the machines"
 The ballyhoo of the Fusionists over what the machines will develop, If, and when, @ re-canvass is obtain- ed through court order of execution of the mandamus, is relegated to the position of gesture designed through ignorance of the mechanics of voting" as one lawyer described the attempt today.
 Democrat Compares Figures The Democrat today has taken the figures offered by the Fusionists as probable evidence of "tamper- ing" and divided the discrepancy" in each district into terms of the individual machines n the 20 districts. With 38,1o7 votes cast for mayor, and more than 4,000 new voters; with peculiar political set-up in which Republicans and Independent Democrats cut" one another's can- didates although the tickets were al- most identical, these discrepancies, ? alleged to total 4l9 votes, or about l per cent of the vote cast, are con- sidered "very slight" by those ia. miliar with voting machine opera tons through the years.
 For instance: In the fifth district, with 3,l00 votes showing on the pro- tective counters, (per Fusion fg- ures), and 3,068 votes the total of the moderator's count, the differ ence was 32 votes, or 6 2-5 votes on each of the five machine. In the sixth district, similarly, the "sur- plus" shown by the Fusion machine figures over the actual vote counted, was 6 votes, 3 on each of tn two machines.
 In 18th District
 In the 18th district, where one of the machines is alleged to have had the D lever unblocked and 6 and votes on various positions of the ticket were shown by allegation in court, there is Q difference of 26 votes, l3 each to each machine. It has not been determined whether the questined votes in the 18th dis trict have relations to the votes shown on D lever.
 But the corporation counsel brought out in court that 1t would have been impossible, per William ''Tipper" Conley, the Independents Democratic challenger, under ex- animation on the witness stand, for anyone to have split vote on the D lever during the time allowed for voting"
 Judge Asks Question
 When Judge Dickenson convened court this morning he asked about the situation of the counsel in the mandamus proceedings. He was inc formed that the last of the 6A machines had been checked and the 1 counter readings now will be check ed against the three sets of cards, certihcations of the custodian, ex. aminer, Q mechanics and party rep- rescntatives as the defense accumu- lates its data for proceedings in court.
 Isn't there chance that the counsel for the respondents will agree to the re-canvass?" the judge asked.
 Judge ThOms Answers
 Not until we have checked the election records to determine to our satisfaction whether the allegations of discrepancies have sufficient fact to warrant" was the substance of former Mayor Thoms' reply.
 So, checking continues today, and tomorrow the defense counsel expect to check the tally sheets and mod. erators' reports for material con. corning the allegations that dis. crepaniceS exist in these records. Battle of the machines continued through yesterday with both sides checking the disputed mechanical tabulators in the basement of the county courthouse. This was by suggestion of the corporation coun- sel and on agreement by the plain- tiff counsel and the court.
 Whispered allegations of "tamper- ing" caused widespread rumor that the plaintiff counsel would prefer charges to this effect in court to. day. But fact of the matter was that the so-called "tampering" was of so little importance 10 the com- plaints of the plaintiffs that t would have no standing as evidence before Judge Dickenson, 1t was re- marked by an observer.
 The "tampering" was said to have occurred ln relation t0 three naa>