The New York herald., 1871-05-11
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
The Great Struggle Reached
at Last.
MAneuAI. ..' JEWELL DECl AIRED GOVERNOR
All the Republican Candidates
Successful.
HARTFORD, May IL, 1871.


THE MIDDLE ABOUT THE GovERS oRsHIP
was finally settled to-day, II not to the satisfaction
OF everybody who had bet his pile upon the sue
cess OF English at least to that OF the people at
large who had become heartily sick Of the thing and.
quite willing TO accept anybody 10 rule them
for year to come provided he did so gently and
IN the true spirit OF Christian self-denial when he
got within arms reach Of the public funds. The
democrats gave up the fight as early as yesterday,
when 1t was discovered that the New Haven fraud
could not be got around by any spe.
cious special pleading or artful dodgng; I mean
the great mass of the democrats who are not poti
Clans by profession or bread ana butter necessity.
THE LEGISLATURE
met promptly at two O'Clock. The galleries and
every part OF the kitchen-like Assembly chamber
not reserved for members were crowded to
an extent that was alarming to fat people,
who don't generally take crushing as a desirable
luxury The proceedings were, or course, opened
with prayer and then, after deal OF waiting for
The report OF the select committee on the canvass
OF the votes, which had taken itself on quite
mysteriously to be printed where nobody seemed to
know, one of the members went up to the Clerks
desk with the original manuscript, and at once be-
gan operations In drawing tone that was meant
to be prayeriully solemn, but not by long odds.
The closing OF the reading OF the report was the Sig
nal for the "oratGrs" Of both parties to get into
trim for big talk about fraud, honesty and
all that sort OF thing, and nearly every member on
each side got into trim, but wasn't allowed the nour
to get of his supernuous steam. The right to make
all the noise was reserv ed Tor
THE BIG GUNS
and they did II to their hearts content. Treat led
or in defence or the report His speech
consisted OF nothing more than repetition
OF the contents Of the report and was quite less
tcgible than the report ITSELF He was followed by
lngersoll, OF New Haven, VINO did the best he could
win
and laid the foundation OF his whole democratic argu
ment on the fact that the committee had not gone
ney tne had Wne TO- "a he said the the Woua
have helped Them. Wait, OF Norwich took up the
cudges Tor the committee, and delivered magnid-
cent argument In favor OF the staud The
invesTsaiion during which he got in
and the frauds committed in New Haven to rob the
people OF Their choice Tor Governor Eaton, of
Hartford, replied for the democrats. BY eleven
O'Clock the discussion came 20 close and O vote
taken and adopted by strict party vote on the
resolution IN the report declaring Jewell elected
tue REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
dealt with the Cheshire and Enfield matter very
briefly. The action Of the democratic registrar or
the former place, In throwing out, on his own re-
sponsiby, twenlynree votes out OF the 233 cast
for Jewell was denounced, particularly as the regis
trar had no evidence that the twenty-three men
he desired TO ds,Ianchse had voted the republican
ticket In regard TO the Enfield matter, where an
endorsements on a package of seventy-six votes
was SO much Ike ninetysix that 1t was read such
set down as an ''uninteniional mlstake,n ana
made the mistake peasant correction for their
own side by declaring that English got just twenty
votes less In Enfield than his friends believed he had
SO much for mistake. Now Tor what the commit
DOWNRIGHT FRAUD
In the New Haven Fourth ward matter. The follow.
Ing Is their verdict THAT 800 votes returned
the total number of cast in ward-Jeweil
b,9; English, IlS. They however, could not agree
with the returns, because they believed that 100
votes were iraudulentiy put into the ballot box in
republicans taken out To prove this statement
same 'ss Iacs and figures @ WHICH WHICH, weTe e pub. ue
Ilshed In the HERALD last sunday, showing
how The the fraud i was probably committed and cited
swore that they voted In the ward for Jewell, and
their own knowledge that twenty others, VINO were
not sworn, had voted the same way. The commit
tee then declared the correct figures OF the election
IN the ward to be.lor Governor Jewell so: James
as the correct vote OF the Stae:-
Total number OF votes cast g4, $50.
For Jewell, 47d73.
For English. 1888 qncluding scatterngl.
scattering. II.
The votes for Lieutenant Governor and the other
officers were also given, but they vary but little
from the leaders Of the two 'icketsi Is needless to
give them
WHY IT WAS A FAILURE
In conclusion let me remark that the New Haven
democrats should hereafter, when they desire to do
few lessons from New YorKers for week or SO be.
fore every election The trick practiced this time
60 far enough and that's just where the laugh came
In. They relied too much upon the blindness
OF other folks, being too bind themselves
to see their way clearly once they had
determined TO make bold stroke Tor the possession
Qi ths nesh pots Of the STATE for another year TO
come. Know ,nat olner people would know
that English had often before carried the ward far
ahead OF his ticket, and to hope that for that reason
the atufllng Of few extra ballots in the box would
not be snined at afterwards was indeed quite plau-
sbe; but i'll doing what they desired 10 be considered
consistency for English's popularity in the ward
they forgot TO forget the other democrats on the
ticket, and so dragged them up TO the same height
as the great man himself. 1t was this mistake
which lost the hard workers the game. Tam
many counter would have had sense enough to take
q hundred Jewell ballots and have scratched his
name Tor that Of English, regardless OF the Of
the ticket. However, there Is no crying over
split milk, and no persons know II better now than
the Fourth ward counters.
THE INAuGURATToN.
IL Is understood now that In view OF the fraud
which was made so clear by the ailldavits OF the
republicans Mr. English will let things take their
natural course and give jewell his seat with as good
grace as possible.
Governor Jewell ana the other officers will take
their oaths OF ofice, I'm the Governors Room, as
soon as officialy notified, and Governor Jewell will
communicate his message to the Legislature on
Tuesday next and arrangements for public inauQu-
ration ceremonies and parade on that day will be
made.