Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08
CONNECTICUT.

Harrison Labor Reform) 395, thus
leaving Gov. Jewell 289 majority over
all. The Senate will be ii Republicans
to z Democrats, and the House will have
81 Republican majority. Connecticut
has spoken and her voice will be poten-
tial in the coming political combinations.
The New Haven Courier-judglng from
the following which was spread out to a
half column and put in large type-feels
very we'll satisfied with the result: =
Victory "A complete sweep "A Re-
publican Governor and both houses of
the legislature Connecticut responds
to New Hampshire "A nut for Cincin-
natl The Fourth Ward usually Dem
ocratic) speaks for Jewell Scott cleo
ted sheriff of New Haven !-Babcock
saved by the skin of his teeth The
Gibraltar of Democracy shaken to the
center !--Passivity Played l-Possum pros
tratcd =
Tom Walters old Postum has drawn his last breath;
He's keeled on his back in the struggle of DEATH
For his poor old carcass there's resurrection
He's breathed his last breath at JEWELS election.
Poor possums dead, his soul has fled,
And JEWELS men have done it,
Now let him rest, for that is best,
And never more go on it."
The Argus and Patriot, in speaking
of the election, says:
BLESSED are they who expect nothing,
for they shall not be disappointed All
is vanity and vexation on this mundane
sphere. we are all poor creeters. =
ANY who want rooster to ero% oyer the
fowl than ours, as all of ours are being
kept in training for future occasion,
when we expect they will almost split
their threats, which occasion is surely
coming.
The New York Sun says:
Nobody is surprised at this result
except few sanguine supporters of the
Administration, and they are astonished
that JEWELS majority is so small. He
had an army of Office holders to sustain
him, the best stump speakers in the Re-
publican party from Congress and the
neighboring states assisted him, and for
whole month money flowed like water
in his behalf from Byram river to Ston-
ington Point. On the other side, the
Democrats did nothing but lay down a
good platform and set up good ticket.
They held only here and there meeting,
and Mr. Hubbard, their candidate Cor
Governor, set his face firmly against the
use of money or other corrupt appliances
to influence voters.
The lessons of the campaign and its
results lie on the surface. Like those Of
the New Hampshire election, they teach
the Democracy of the nation two things
first, that they cannot succeed alone in
the Presidential contest second, that il
they unite their forces with those of the
Liberal Republicans, the allied forces
can triumph in November.
Let all statesmen and politicians VIII.
are opposed to the reelection of Grant
and whose heads are level, now turn
their eyes to Cincinnati.
Inc boston journal says:
There will be no more state election:
till August. Those which have already
taken place must suffice as the only au
thoritative indications of the public viii
for the guidance of the National Conven
tions, which will next be the order O
the day. Happily, they comprise al
the elements requisite for forming a dis
interested judgment. During the frs
three months of this, the Presidential
year, between Congress and the press
there has been the fullest discussion O
all the questions and all the movement
likely to enter into the coming canvass
All this was brought to bear-as if the,
were referees-upon two close states, a
open and sensitive to current influence
as any others in the Union; we meal
New Hampshire and Connecticut. Tn
differences in the two contests-as in tn
adoption of straight-out Democrat
platform in one and Of the Missouri sug
gestlon In the other-only served all tn
better to bring out more decisive ties
of the general public sentiment.
HV tOoUiO 10 DCloIS UH6 country, ant
there is no chance of misinterpreting it
The people have decreed the CONTINUING
OF the Republican party in power. 1t
true, the Republican majority in both O
the states under consideration is no
large, but then it is sufficient. 1t is ca
sy enough to point out how change Q
one vote in each school district or tow
would have reversed the result but tina
has nothing to do with it. When in
heavy vote, as in New Hampshire, or
light vote, as in Connecticut, also in OF
binary votes, as in the majority of mu
nicipal elections held this spring. yo
find an absolute uniformity of result,
you have as clear an intimation of tn
public will as our institutions admit Of
The presumption is that if there wer
felt to be any danger of the defeate
party's succeeding, its rival would com
out in still stronger force, or even enoug
Of its own men would prove wanting t
prevent triumph which at heart the
do not wish, but which they would ord
narily prefer to see accomplished throug