American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-04-18
The Administration Defeat in Connect
lieut..

The defeat which the Administration
lists sustained in Connecticut on Monday
was most overwhelming; the victory
gained by their opponents signal and
complete. There is no doubt as to the
popular verdict-no doubt of the COM
plexion of the Legislature. Last year the
Republicans accounted for their defeat on
the ground of the fight between New
Haven and Hartford, which resulted in
the loss in New Haven County alone of
some thousands of votes to. the Republi-
can candidate for Governor. Thus while
in that county Ingersoll, Democrat, for
Governor, had majority over his Repub-
lican competitor of 8 1854, which was with
in 900 Of his whole majority in the State,
Kellogg. Republican, for Congress, had
majority of 260 over his Democratic CON-
one of the ablest and most popular Demo-
Gratis in the State. If the vote of New
Haven County had been the same in 1873
on Governor as it was on Congressman
Mr.. Ingersoll would have had only plu-
rality of 800 over his Republican opponent,
and been in a minority of 2,241 against
both Republican and Temperance candi-
dates, instead of having a majority over
Haven, Republican, of 5,S14, and over all
of 3 ,237. This year the Republicans boast
ed that in the nomination of Henry B.
Harrison, of New Haven city, for Cover
nor, all causes of local disaffection were
removed, and that their party was
thoroughly harmonious. The returns
show that there was something in this
boast, for no locality exhibited special
disaffectiOn; but the small Republic;
and large opposition vote polled in all
sections of the State make it plain that
something more than mere local disaffec-
ton was at work. Gov. 1ngersOll, with
out an unprecedented vote in New Haven
County, received considerably larger
total than he did last year, while his ma
jority over Harrison is larger by a thou
sand than that which he received over
Haven. 1t is symmetrical majority, too
not confined to one section-and is there
fore the more significant and gratifying.
Not less noticeable, however, than the
sweeping victory gained on the State
ticket are the gains made by the Demo-
Gratis in the Legislative districts. Last
year for the first time in many years the
Democrats obtained control of the State
Legislature on joint ballot, though the
Republicans had majority of one in the
Senate. The Republican leaders strenu-
ously exerted themselves to prevent a rep
itition of this victory, for a Democratic
majority in the Legislature meant a DEM
ocrat in the United States Senate as the
successor of Mr.. Buckingham. Gen.
Hawley appealed to his followers to sup
port the party candidates both for State
officers and the Legislature; but the APP
peal was Intellectual, and instead of ma
1ority of four on joint ballot as last year,
the Democrats have majority of over
sixty. Such complete f1attening out as
that of the ADMINISTRATORS at this cleo
ton has rarely been witnessed. They
felt almost sure of the Legislature, and yet
have been over whelmingly defeated.
VVo hau of ha h
lican papers will say that the Democratic
vote al the election on Monday was not as
large as the Republican vote has often
been, and that a full Republican vote
would have carried the State. This is
true if every man who voted for Grant
for President in 1872 is now a Republican
and an Administration Republican. But
what is to be thought OF q party which
in the record made in the brief time
which has elapsed since November, 1879,
has SO disguised its members that less
than four tfths can be induced to rally at
an election to save the State from COM
plete Democratic control? Grant, in No
vember, 1872, received so, 31S votes; HAIR
rison, in April, 1874, less than 40,OOO-a
falling of OF more than 20 per cent.
These figures show the waning strength
of the dominant party. The masses wine
have hitherto given it support cannot
be longer disciplined and held together.
Large numbers of them think that those
who brought the party to its present
straits should extricate it from them. As
for them, they have had enough of the
party of Grant and of Butler, of Credit
Mobilier and salary grabs, of initiation and
extravaganza, of cont mptuous disregard
of the will OF the people in appointments TO
office, of Sanborn swindles and OF Jayne
frauds.-Detr0it Free Press.