The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-19
MandanauS Battle Is
 Going At Full Force
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show that beyond the discrepancy between the machine vote total and the tally sheet total in the mayor alty figures (quoted as 4lD surplus on the machine counters), there "exists discrepancy between the votes shown by the machines and the moderators' reports in the total vote for every office"
 He charged that such 0 discrep- ancy amounted to c54 votes in the matter of the town clerk ballots. For this offlce, Town Clerk Egan, as candidate for reelection on the Fusion ticket, lost in the "ofiiciOl" recount by about 4S0 votes.
 Changes Likely
 The counsel for the FsulonistS said that his allegations, with evi- dence to be presented at the trial, would cause changes in the elec- ton" On the basis of this, originally suggested by . remark of Judge Dickenson, Attorney Bronson was prepared to amend one of his alle- gations to indicate that his "eVi- dence would tend to change the election results"
 Objection to this suggested amendment was made by the cor- poration counsel and MT. Bronson agreed to withhold the amendment in order to allow the original mos ton to quash to be taken under adviSement by the court,
 Reference by various counsel to the supreme court upholding of Judge Frank P. McEVoy of the su- perior court, who ruled against rec canvass of machines In Q Bridge- port election, caused Judge Dicken- son to take this case as a principal citation. Whether the lack of simil- itude between the two proceedings will make the Bridgeport case less than on important factor In the Judges decision Is a matter of opln- lon.
 Much of the days session Was devoted to argument concerning the allegations of the complaint which charges that various machines were out of order, that counters showed discrepancies between the machine vote and the t0llies, that the public was not allowed to inspect tho ma chimes after the polls closed, and many more.
 Take Issue
 Attorney Soully took Issue over the definition of the counters" on the machines, asking to have more specific allegation. Finally, Attorney Bronson admitted that the allegR- ton was intended to name the final machine count, registered on the backs of the machines and not avNil- able to reading until the machines are unlocked.
 The corporation counsel sought to have expunged various of the ale legations as inSuffioiently explicit and Attorney Bronson counterod with the argument that he would submit evidence ct the trial of the case elaborating the allegations.
 Voters Stlll In Air
 Waterbury voters, who turned out In record numbers ct the Oct. 9th election, polling more than 3e,000 votes out of 0 registration of 44,084 on the l037 list, have been up in the air about the results for two weeks. They have heard dispute over tho margins of winning and losing and have heard charges of Irregularities made by the "de. feated" Fusion candidates.
 Democratic Town Chairman John II. Crary remarked after the official recount had been tabulated under direction of the moderator that he would accept the figures, pending developments" This, he left the burden of proof of the allegations of the defeated candidates to those FusionistS.
 Seven Losers
 These seven losers by, the recount, as well as the original election to- tals, besides Senator Culhane, are: Francis T. Phillips, Fusion candi- date for city treasurer; Mortimer J. Calvin, Fusion candidate for city clerk; Domenic Darbieri, Fusion