New-York tribune., 1872-10-08
THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
A LIBERAL VICTORY IN CONNECTICUT.

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LhRGE GAINS ALL OVER TIE sTATE-PARTY
LINES SWEET AwAY-A FOnEEUNTGR OF
! ,ICToRY IN NOVEMBER.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE rmBuSE.l
| H.RTFoRD, Oct. 7--The following is from the
Office of The Hartford Times The Liberal party has
gained largely in the local town elections in Con-
necticut, to-day. We gain 2O1 in Meriden we carry
Danbury by $50, last Spring Republican by 2l5 /;
Mansfield by 90, last Spring Republican by s. the
old stanch Republican town Of Brookiine goes
for tho Greeley ticket by II; Eew-Canaan
Liberal for the first time in 10 yeaIs; Middle
| town by 800 Waterbury by 800; Andoyer gain !;
Bristol, Windsor Locks, Ridgefeld, MewMiford
| Liberal and old Sui1ield by 76 Towns which have
been invariably Republican for nearly twenty years
have now elected the Greeley ticket. In other
strong Administration towns their majorites arc re-
| duced one-balf The State is largely Liberal. Even
! that Gibraltar of Radicalism, the Town of Fild-
ham, goes Liberal, and Yemon's 800 Grant Rcpub-
llcan majority is cut down to 2Ol and Manchesters
$50 is cut down to o. In Hartford, Mr.. Stillman the
salaricd and managing town officer, was on both
tickets as were also several other important officers
60 that little interest was manifested, and light
vote polled each party giving about an equal num-
Der OF votes
HEAVY ADMINISTRATION LOSSES IN MERIDEN.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUYE
MERIDEY, Oct. THE votes on Registrar of
Voters, which is conceded by both parties to be
fair test is 500 for lie Coe Grant Republican, and
60 for Hiram A. Yale, Liberal; Administration
majority, 100, loss of POI since last April. The
highest vote for Selectman the Grant ticket
was s2s, AID on the Liberal ticket G42. The vote
was the largest ever pollcd at n town election
NORwALK ANTI-GRANT.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUEEi
NoRwALK, Oct. 7.-Norwalk has elected Liberal
Board of Town Officers by majority of Is. Usual
Republican majority about 300
TIE LIBERALS CARRY RIDGEFELD.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNRl
RrDGEFIELD Oct. 7-Lberal Republicans and
Democratic Town Officers have been elected here
by 80 majority.
HARTFORD AND NEw-HAvEN THE CITIZENS
TICKET CHOSEN N THE LATTER CITY.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHEs
Hartford, Oct. 7-At the town elections in
this city, to-day hight vote poled, only I7oj Of the
1913 voters reg stored having voted The Republican
Town CLERK, Gordon Robins, is elected by 23l ma
iority over Levi WOodhouse, Democrat, who has
held the office for several years. The Re
nubllcsns have a majority in the Board OF
. eetmen who. with the Town Clerk arc Board OF
Appeal I'm Of registration OF electors. Two OF
the seetmen an Of the Assessors elected were on
both tickets. All Republican COnsables elected.
and four OF the six Grand Jurors chosen
are Grant Republicans. The Democratic candidates
for the Board of Relief elected OF the Assessors,
one Republican one Democrat both tickets, and
literal Republican tho Democratic Ucket
elected Tho principal interest In tho vote
for Town Clerk and Selectmen. The Republicans
chose the former by handsome majority, and have
majority OF the Seectnen NO comparison can De maze
OF the vote at the town elections win any btaue
elections The vote fs always light, and local
questions enter largely into the canvass The chef
importance Is In the election OF Selectmen and Town
Clerk In - towns heard from the Grant Republicans
have gained these offices in four towns that were Demo-
cratic last year, and the Liberals have gained in six
towns which were Republican last year.
NEw-HAyEN OCT. ,.-At the clty elecuOlh' to-uay;
Henry NJ. Lewis, the Regular Democratic ana Citizens
votes over Leut.-GOv Morris Tyler the Regular Grant
Republican, James Gallagher, the Independent Dem
ocrac candidae. The candidates for other Offices on
the CZens ticket headed by Lewis elected over
tie regular nominees both parties. The Republicans
eject twO-thrds OF the Common Council, carrying nYe
out OF seven wards They also elect the Town C,erk
In the towns heard from maJorites are given IN the
RepaJiiean-IIerlden 212 East Haddam. 12i Kill
New Britain, 800; Painylle, 40; simsbury, 80; west
Hartford 90 Scotland, % GriswOld 90 wLOndon,
20 Waterford i Putnam, 1867 Montyile, 1867 Girls
Observation-Disclosures, 235; Haddam 1O Waterbury,
$780, Tolland. II Canaan 40; NewMilford 95; suteld,
rs; Preston, 65 Brooklyn, Il; Andoyer, 10.