The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-26
n,Cannarla alatamant

0'ConneE's Statement
 May e please the court, Win normlsslan es Che court, I deslre io read Q statement in eonnec- tian with thls case because both tha general moderator and myself have been repeatedly misquoted and mlslnterpFeted by people who arc actuated solely by partisan motives.
 Duty oR Moderator
 After . city election such as was held In Waterbury on October ,, fo35, lt ls the duty of the general moderator tO tabulate the election returns a presented by Che Re- publican, Independent Democratic and Democratic election Ofilcials. This was done with Che assistance 0a Republican and Democratic reglslrars OR voters or their depu- tles and the election results were filed as required by law. Upon che request of relatOrs for Q recanvass oe Che vote, the general moderator rechecked his figures and com. pared them with the tally sheets and district m0derators' returns. These were his only sources of in- formation, because the checkers books, other election figures and voting machines were not avail- able to him. This rechecklng cOn- vinced the general moderator that there were no differences In flg- ures which would change the re suit of the election as announced.
 Agreement of Both Sides
 Since thls mandamus action commenced, such information as was in the checkers books and on Che protective and public counters was made available by agreement of both sides. The acquisition of this ineorma ton occupied the time of representatives of both sides until Sunday afternoon, October 2A, 1897, and then the accumulated data had to be properly cata. loKued. The general moderator then found that the election fig. uPes as contained In hls report were substantially correct and the results were substantially as Origi- nally announced, There was noth. ing Co indicate that the Republi. can, Independent Democratic and Democratic election officials had not correctly read the figures on the 54 voting machines. This has been my position from the start and now Is.
 With all the above mentioned information now Vallable, Che general moderator feels that the results as announced will ulti- mately be verified by the actual figures on the backs of the voting machines.
 Mayor Was Careful
 Before the election, the mayor took particular pains to see to it that the voting machines would be mechanically perfect and to insure their perfect operation, called In m inspector from the voting ma. chine factory to be sure that the were properly set up and ln working order. This inspector with our local Democratic, Re- publican and Independent Demo- cratic voting machine officials rave every assurance that the machines were In efficient working order and there ls no reason for believing anything otherwise.
 While the general moderator still feels that the votes were cor. reCtly counted, Mayor Hayes and Che other candidates and officials feel that tho public is entitled Co know just what the voting mn. chimes show and that there should bo no question in RnybOdy's mind but that the figures were read cor- rectly.
 Lengthy Proceeding
 A re.reading or recanvass of the S4 machines is . lengthy proceed. ing because each machine will have to be cranked up, opened and recanvassed In accordance with the provisions of the statutes.
 Therefore, in order that the pe0- pie generally may have the OppOr- tunlty of learning the actual count on the voting machines and Co avoid . lengthy and prolonged court hearing, the general mod orator agrees to recanvasS the vote of october 5, lN37, In accordance with the provisions of section 796 Of the general statutes.
 Atty. Bronson Speaks
 Atty. Richardson Bronson, chiCi ounsel for the Fusion plaintiffs lade statement to the court relat. lg to his stand on tho ro-cNnvnss Er. Bronson, after the corporation ounsel had read his statement 'hich included the charges that nc ad been "misquoted and misintcr. reted" for ., "partiSar iotives" -. thereafter agreeing l, the re-eanVaSs, submitted q whereby the re-cnnvas' Iould be started october 2Bth ant onclude Nov. 2, with q peremptorS lrIt of mandamus directing thC rocedure.
 The stipulation was not agreed pon, however, when the corpora