The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-02
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
STILL ANOTHER GRANT VICTORY.
-oo~o~~N~~s~-0. .;.o~~st~~
The Nutmeg Follows the
Granite State.
Connecticut Pushes On the Grant Column
by Two Thousand Plurality.
~.r--~->~~~----,e
LABOR REFORM NOWHERE.
No Hope for the Passives
or Possums.
A Republican Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary Of State, Treasurer
and Comptroller.
A Republican Legislature aud Another
Republican United States Senator.

HARTFORD, Conn, April 2--l2:S0 \. NJ.
Tie re turns are coming in with toerable speed,
and enough Is now known to allow q pretty accu.
rate estimate OF the vote being made.
one hundred and forty.eight towns out OF 1G7
Show a. ioll0ws:-
Jewell ~, 055; Hubbard, 40, S25; scattering, 1.7li.
This includes all the principal cites, With the eX.
ceptioD Of bridgeport rough guess OF whose vote
reports considerable republ lean gam.
Jewell viii have about five or six hundred total
majority over bOtn MS opponents and 2,G00 over
Hubbard. The republicans are wild with Joy over
this glorious reward Of their earnest ana thorough
canvass OF the State.
There is little doubt that the total vote win be
comparatively light one, something under 10000,
Or Mose lnau 5000 less than last year.
this bears Gut the truth OF the apathetic state Of
public feeag which ! described week
ago "a existing all over The State. Both re-
publlcans and democrats seem, for easily explained
motives. to have been too greatly disguised with the
platform or the policy adopted by their parties
to come out and vote. No douot there
have beea thousands Of anlLGiant men
who would not vote for Jewell, and who
nevertheless did not like to vote the democratic
ticket, while on the other hand the extreme section
Of the Gn'ai1ided have been 80 thoroughly Devil
dered with Indignation and astonsnment at
the sonersault turned by their convention in
accepting The very latest phase Of the situation that
they have remained at home, suffering nom very
acute attack vi the suas Here IN Hartford this latter
disposition has been painfully apparent, for in
spite OF some interesting local issues, the demo,
Gratis have lost 800 their last years majority and
their iaac'ion and political languor have lost them
the city and probably also the Senatorial district
About tnls, however there is still some doubt in
the Pos office, republican. Strangely enough The
democratic contestant Is declared 10 elected, While
the democratic Times comedies victory by seven
10 the republican candidate. There Is clearly
= mistake somewhere, and 1t Is probably In the
first estinate but every one is too busy TO so over
the returps AMI fnd out the error in .elegraphing
whci, has doubtless caused the blunder.
The triumph OF the republicans is Of
course decisive, but until about eleven O'Clock they
were in the dumps and admitted that Jewell had
not carried The State by popular vote, though he
was certain TO be elected by the Legislature.
Longer and longer grew their faces as the
figures or the scattering vote came III
and disclosed the really respectable strength
OF the outside parties. The temperance
people, indeed displayed fanalicsm such
D. no one gave them credit Tor. Six hundred
was the highest estimate Of their vote given them in
the private calculations Of The paOlcan managers
bu, tiey have allowed at leass fifteen hundred
their computed strength aud altogether nave not
got mor2 tuan Il couple of hundred votes.
TN the grand gar: at New haven, therefore,
was received Jewell's chances ior au absolute ina-
Iority looked very slender and unsatis actofy, aud
on the footing up OF about one hundred ana twenty
three towns he was GOO short.
This WAS pulled up, however, III q short naf
hour II by magic, and alter that the
victors put no bound to their iuhilation
and the newspaper oflices aud hotels rang
with triumphant cheers over the result.
The democrats, on the contrary, Were iaiiy Par:
hyzcd with humiliation over the shameful falling
OF at New Haven, and they arc still al a loss 10
account for it. Everything III that ancient strong
hold OF the party looked promising last Saturday.
their divisions had been healed by tie substitution
Of Governor English their most popular leader, Tor
on unsatisfactory candidate Tor the Legisia-
iuie and there were runors OF q success.
III, attempt having been made TO break up
tile four OF 1--WE hundred solid cooged republican
vote ami divide some OF 1t to the support ol the
democrats. Eighteen hundred majority was con.
Qdently expected.
The result. however, shows II to have been, ana
this cruel disappointment has OF Itself involved the
defeat Of the party.
About the Legislature all Is yet In doubt; but 1t
Is probably OF about the same compiexion as last
year.
The republicans may have, perhaps gained one
or even two Senators and nalr dozen Assembly,
men, but that Is all they CLAIM. ms, Of course,
carries tue seat IN the United States senate to De
Gllcd this year.
IL IA already openly stated mat eX-Goyernor
Hawlcy 4 70 nc chosen, ani that Ferry may be
considered dead duclsn now mat the State has
50 markedly shown is preference ior the adnlinis-
raticn w,ag OF the party.