The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-03
CONNECTICUT.
THE LAST DAYS WORK.
Closing the Canvass and Rolling Up the
Sleeves for the Fight.
B0astings and Concessions on Both Sides
The Radicals Awfaiy Afraid Of Bad
Weather ard Bill Tweed.

HARTFORD, April !, 1871.
This is the last skirmishing day before the grand
battle at the polls on Monday. The politicians in
every town and village, from the borders VI Massa-
chusetts to the SOUND winding up the labors or
the canvass; furnishing their small arms for the
fight you can almost fancy the rumble OF the neavy
guns as they are being brought up for action.
THE TRUMPET ORATORS,
native and carretbaggers are making what Ten
nyson calls their last shattcrngn tonight all over
the State. II they are to be belle, ell there is not
single honest man left In Connecticut not q
public man, at least, with shred or
character tnat he could pledge In q pawn
oflce. Tomorrow, being the holy Sabbath, IL
is to be hoped that they will 60 to church, say
their prayers and devoutly ask pardon for all the
naughty things they have been saying Of their
neghbors for the past week. fear that the prayers
OF the wicked WIN avail not. Iney will find few
stump orators around the throne OF grace to plead
for them that their supplications may be heard In
Decd after looking into prayer book and carefully
scrutinlsing the
LITANY OF SAINTS
have failed to discover the name Of solitary poll
tcian III the calendar IL takes SO many years 10
purge, purify and sanctify politician that the
speaking from 1.-THE stump OF tree In Paradise,
entwined our first, most beloved mother all around
with his shiny e0quence, Is not yet canonlZeu, ex
cept LII Wall street. But dropping from
FIGURES OF RHETORIC
TO the figures on the canVaSSerS DOCKS, snere Is
going to be very tight contest at the polls on Mon
day, and see no reason 10 change any OF the facts
! have already communicated. The vote OF the
whole State cast last year was Stab, out OF which
Governor English had majority OF S43 The vote this
year viii PROBABLY reach 10000, or more with an H.
creased majority for Engsh-tne democrats say
| 1900; the more modest republicans admit majo-
rity, but decline to accept any advance. Three
democratic Congressman may be counted in as
among the probabilities, but the Second and Fourth
districts may be considered safe for Kendrick and
w. H. Barnum. Tne republican candidate (Mr.
Strong) In the First district (Hartford and Toll
land counties), II elected, WILL lose good deal on
his majority OF two years ago. He Will lose $50 in
Tolland where he IS very unpopular. but may gain
| In the towns OF Hartford and New Britain. This Is
all that his friends claim Tor him.
Starkweather's majority IN the Third district will
be pulled down considerably owing to the dlssen-
slons IN the party there.
There three things OF which the radical leaders
stand in great terror-the weather, the hostility or
the party TO Grants administration, and the tempt
ing greenbacks OF
BOSS TWEED.
About the latter, which they say are flooding the
''splcy" State the rank and lle may not be mucn
distressed. have met many VINO complain that they
from Governor English To Tweed, at Albany, has
not done much good 10 the publishers, although II
was slyy inserted in the weekly clifton OF the
COurdM and circulated through the country day
In advance OF It's publication In the daily issue yes
terday. Ii takes whole vote TO make any fair show
FOR the radicals, and II 1t should storm on Monday
IL Is storming while / write there VIII be great
railing on. The democrats being clothed in brass
anu adamant, don't care straw Tor the weather.