The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-17

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indeed, itprefers to remain once more
in the minority and continue to- act as
check on the party in power. In SO
Ear however, as democrats here con"
slider the usefulness of party organs
cation to consist in the carrying OF
elections and not simply in the watch1
ing of others, they claim that the
democratic party, which to-day is So
thoroughly organized everywhere.
should make itself felt at the proper
moment, and throw its weight where
1t can be most efectual, by following
the example of the democratic senator's.
who said not word while the invest,
cation debate was progressing in the
senate, and permitted the republicans
to fight each other 1t is claimed that
a great deal can be won between now
and the meeting Of the two republican
conventions. 4he passive policy,
it is urged, is Of more value now than
ever, by holding the party as a party
in the background, but maintaining
and improving everywhere, quietly its
organization. The democrats. it is
claimed, will see between now and the
9TH of June such split in the repub,.
lican ranks as has not been witnessed
since the democratic division in 1860.
With the Cincinnati movement strong
! " reinforced byall of the Disconnected
republican factions, and an earnest
desire not TO intrude themselves at the
Cincinnati convention, il is balieyed
here quite possible that Charles Fran
els Adams may be nominated. Tho
battle against Grant will, however
only then DO half won, when the united
democracy shall declare in favor Of
the principles indorsed by the son so
as to help elect the father to the press
dency. Sharing these viows here, the
democracy are not at all disheartened
| by the news from Connecticut. Their
main object is to defeat Grant, and
trusting to the wisdom of their leaders,
they see now a better chance to Dust
the military ring from the white house
than they did few weeks agq.-Bos,
ton Post, dem.
The republicans carry Connecticut
strongly as to the legislature, but elect
! Gov. Jewell by the people only by
virtue of great gains in Hartford and
New Haven. The generalization of
the democracy seems not to have ex>
tended beyond those two cities, and
whetherit was there the result of the
new departure, quar rels and disgusp
over local nominations, the absence of
the usual amount Of money on their
side and tho presence of an unusual
amount Of It On the other. or to
happy combination of all these ele,
ments, does not yet distinctly appear.
In the rest OF tho state the party hold
their own much better than was pro,
mised-liubbard keeping up to En-.
glish's vote of last year closer than
Jewell does to his own. But JEWELS
loss Is wholly in the votes given TO
Gillette, the Temperance candidate,
whose total will run up to near 1900,
nearly all Of course cast by republicans,
The labor reform candidate was barely
up to 400 in the whole state.
SO far as the national canvass is
concerned, this voting in Connecticut
seems to US to show rather a draw
game. The democrats find no ems
couragewent to go on with their organ
ization, certainly; the detection Of the
Irish in Hartford and New Haven
shows that large class of voters have
discovered that power has departed
from that-side, while the general rcad-
mess Of the rest of the more intelligent
of the patty to put aside the past, adopt
the liberal platform. and vote for
quasi republican and a thorough refor-
mer rather invites them to go ahead
and farther in the same excellent di>
rection. As to comfort that the
republicans who mean that Grant shall
be the candidate of their party can
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