The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-28
The Connection. Election.

citing an unusual degree of interest among
the politicians of all parties. because Of the
extraordinary divisions of the political ele-
ments of the State in this fight, because of the
very close division of the State between the
republicans and the democrats but mainly be-
cause of the doubts and speculations concern
ing that unknown quantity in the contest
the anti-Grant republican boilers. Last year
the republicans were caught mapping, and
somewhat soured withal on Sumner and st.
Domingo in New Hampshire, and they lost
that State; but the effect was to waken them
up thoroughly in Connecticut whereby they
recovered the State from English and the
democrats. This year, reused into action by
the anti-Grant republican speeches Of Sumner,
Trumbull and Schurz, to say nothing of Tip
ton, in the Senate the New Hampshire repub-
licans, under the flag of the national admins
tration, bravely buckling up to their work, re-
captured all they had lost last March in the
Governor, State ticket and Legislature, and
the general results have greatly encouraged
the Connecticut republicans.
| They appear to be confident Of carrying the
State this time by some five hundred majority,
on total popular vote Of some ninety-6ve
thousand. Last year JEWELS majority was
one hundred, and, under the circumstances, it
was a great victory for Connecticut. The
probabilities so far appear to be strongly in
favor Of an increased majority for the republic
cans in this election. They have been work.
ing enthusiastically; they have had much
larger force Of able stump speakers In the
field than the opposition; they have con-
dncted the campaign on the offensive; they
have carefully canvassed the voters through
out the State, and their canvassers report in
favor of some five hundred majority for Gov
ernor Jewell. The labor reformers' ticket and
the temperance faction do not disturb the cal
culations of Republicans or democrats, although
the labor reformers have weekly organ in
New Haven which, over their State ticket,
flies the Presidential flag of David Davis and
Joel Parker. In short, from the activity and
enthusiasm of the republicans and the COM
parative apathy and uncertainty of the demo-
Gratis, there would hardly be room for doubt
| Of JEWELS reelection if there were not some
other disturbing force besides that of the labor
reformers and that of the temperance faction.
But this unknown quantity of the anti
Grant republican boilers makes the issue of
this Connecticut election uncertain. Appear
ances indicate design among the anti-Grant
malcontents to give Jewell the cold shoulder.
PROFESSIONALLY some Of them will vote
against him but how many? The democrats
have plainly informed these anti-Grant repub-
licans that, if they are worth anything at all
as political balance of power, they can
surely master the two or three hundred anti
Grant republicans required to give Connecti-
cut to Hubbard. If they cannot do this small
service to the democracy, if they cannot
command the two or three hundred republican
votes which will suffice to give the democrats
glorious State victory over Grant, then Mr..
Brown and Mr.. Schurz can hardly expect
but .fasc0. We infer that MIR. Greeley has
been convinced by this logic of the necessity
Of upsettng Grant in Connecticut in order
to make the Cincinnati Convention prom
Using Presidential affair, with the aid of the
democrats, to Brown, Trumbull, Davis, Logan
or Greeley, because Mr.. Greeley is as much u
neutral concerning this Connecticut election
as was the old lady of Arkansas in the cele-
brated fight between her husband and the
bear. She wouldn't interfere, because she
didn't care which whipped, husband or bear,
and she had made up her mind for fair play.
On the other hand, leading Western anti
Grant republican organ, the Chicago Tribune,
d,,fu ho uti Graz f
| licans to support, through thick and thin, the
regular republican ticket in Connecticut, in
order to give the coup de grace to the demo-
cratic party. And wherefore? Because this
party is not dead yet, and. If successful in
Connecticut, the old copperheads will jump
up again, and become too proud to ask any
favors of Mr. Brown and his Cincinnati Con-
vention. But if you give this lingering demo-
cratic party another sharp crack on the head
in Connecticut it gives up the ghost, and the
democrats then will have no alternative but to
disband their old party and join the liberal
republicans under Mr.. Brown. There is some
thing in this argument which shakes our faith
in the wisdom of Mr.. Greeleys neutrality, and
materially strengthens the opinion that the
republicans will carry Connecticut on Monday
next, wind and weather permitting.
A HIGH TARIFF republican paper published
in manufacturing district in Pennsylvania is
much pleased with Irish democrats for signing
petition to Congress In favor of protection to
American industry. 1t says that if some of
our Stupid American democrats who advo-
cate and vote for free trade, do not soon
become better enlightened, cit would not be
surprising to see the Irish rising far above