Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-04
nur rnNNEcTIcUT ELECTION.

-,,5 news from Connecticut, which we
,hl;sbed Yesterday morning, is fully confirm
r Tho republicans have elected their state
+,Iot and carried both branches of the leg
:Ara,uro The heavy democratic majorities in
NJ Haven. Hartford, Middletown, and some
other places, which at first made the impress
s;on that the state had gone for the democrats,
have created astonishment and suspicion. 1t
ia now believed that they were not secured by
fair means The Norwich Bulletin says -
"The vote in Norwich, Monday as in the
other cities, disappointed the republicans.
The republican vote came fully up TO the eX-
pectations of those who had made thorough
and careful canvass of the towns. The demo-
cratic vote far exceeded the expectations of all
except those who were familiar with the Sc
crets of Fernando Wood. We do not feel dis
posed to accuse our opponents Of fraud upon
any ordinary suspicion. But who that knows
anything of the political history of the state
and has watched the gradual legitimate i'm
crease in the vote, can look at the enor-
nous gain in the democratic vote in
the cities without believing in his own
inmost soul that the party which i'm
ported Fernando Wood has used his own
bricks, and perpetrated garing, Ubiquitous
frauds upon the ballot box of Connecticut. IL
is a fact, that no doubt exists in the minds OF
all honest men in Connecticut that all through
the state frauds upon the ballot box have been
openly and unblushingly perpetrated; that a
bold, high-handed attempt has been made to
defeat the will of the honest freemen of Con-
necticut. Thank God they have failed. Of
these frauds that have been attempted, and in
some instances carried through, we shall have
more to say hereafter"
The republicans have about two thirds of
the legislature. Yesterday, they were certain
of thirteen senators, with one district to hear
from. The democrats can hardly get more
than seven senators, but may get the other.
And in all the counties, there is gain of
republican members of the House. There is
gain of five in one of the senatorial districts
of Tolland county, the old Twenty First. In
Windham county there are 20 republican rep
resentatives to democrats; in New London
county % republicans to democrats; in Hart
ford county, % republicans to IL democrats;
New Haven county, Is republicans to Is dem
ocrats; and Toland county, Is republicans to
democrats. We have seen no complete re-
port from the other three counties. The COM
pSlS tSluTuS III I1dTllOTu COUNTY TSuuCS lilS
democratic majority on governor to 2l0.
According to dispatch received last night
and published under our Geographic head, the
actual majority for Buckingham is only 57l'
So close vote on the state ticket, with such
heavy majorities i'll the legislature, is re-
markable; and it can be accounted for reason
ably only by accepting the belief prevalent in
Connecticut, that the heavy democratic ma
Jorities in some of the towns and cities are the
result of great frauds, stealthily prepared and
successfully perpetrated. We shall probably
hear more from Connecticut in regard to these
frauds
The great political significance of this cleo
ton created a very general interest in it. 1t
involved the presidential election, and if the
republicans had been beaten, the democrats
would have gone crazy with exultation, moi
only in Connecticut but in every part of the
country; and they would have accepted the
result as a sure promise of the election of the
such circumstances, gives them new dis
couragement and apprehension. 1t is sait
that there was great excitement in Wash
ington, Monday night, and that both par
ties there watched for reports from Connect
cut with the utmost solicitude. The final an
nouncement of republican victory was to the
republicans the gladdest of tidings Let ole
Connecticut be remembered with honor