Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-17
VOL. 80.

for they have served with credit. and
i'll the method OF voting on the general
State ticket neither party possesses
any advantage over the ether. Bat
the character OF the | 81 oisIature IS sub
ject largely to the mp.hol Gr anD0r-
! tlo1iing the representative; iJy districts,
and 1t is notorious tilt ia tie upper
tionment the Republicans nave lad Il
great advantage. Thereby, en- sevol;;l
occasions when the Democrats have
chosen their Governor hy :, u,cac lna-
jority Of the popular vote, t.,e Itapuh-
llcans have secured 4 majority III TIE
Legislature. Tie present TosGlt,
| therefore, is q revolution ii beth
branches of that body. The reason for
1t IS that there is q United States Seal-
tor to be chosen IN place Of hLr. Buck
lngham. When the canvass began.
General Hawley was supposed to be
one of the favorite candidates., for that
position; but as It advanced, the
''bread aud butter 5rigale.' y iIich
| seems to be supreme in New England
since the administration fell under the
lni1uence Of tie rrpTesu1 tative from
! the Essex district III IasSacLuaa.ts.
made manifest that 80 nan OF in.ie-
| pendent views would be allowed 10
represent the Republican party OF
| Connecticut. The election either ui
| Mr. buckingham or Of some man 10
less controlled bJ party discipline was
the only alternative IL the event CT ~
administration victory; and this poor
alternative has received II C0nGfInua-
from the people SO emphatic that few
parallels IN our political history VIII
be read ly recalled
: SO the !: cpubiican parsr
goes down with its senator, and fer The
first time since TIE war Connecticut
viii put a man into :t.c Senate who
calls himself Il Dem"crat. In1s may
mean also that Connecticut VIII soon
d siniss one or two Cf the cd1uiEiatra-
tion members Of the lower House.
SO far as the Immediate ree1}a =
concerned, few good men VIII have
any tears to shed. TIE state officers
/ elected are WORTHY ci their positions,
aid there - good reason 70 trnst that
tEa 2inw senator Will be q man Of ability
and integrity. The fact most 10 he re-
gra:ted i thai the election may give
ncs7 onCOura cement to the Democrats
70 persist III maintaining their party
organization. The people OF Connect
lent had d;i.icnit question TO answer.
whether THIS sacrifice was worth while.
for the purpose Of pr.nishiaG the aG-
miniStration ICaders-anl they have
answered that Il was
The New 1oriz Iribct.e has no nesi-
tation in coming OCT plainly and as
c,ibing the result directly to the At-
ADMINISTRATION party il Congress, and
especially to '.Dutler;ssa and Simmons
ism. We extract .ho following from
its article:
The news concerning tie Conmecti-
cat election, which We publish this
morning, is something more than Il
reminder 10 The panty OF the Admins.
tration. 1t IS & distinct and emphatic
rebuhe. Iha causes assigned for the
defeat - the Republican State ticket
last year were The local disattecfi0n III
New Haven, and various l,orsO0al con
si>;eTations that we're Supposed TO
affect the canvass. Ihis yea, the Nd
miu;s:ration ticket WIS made Ep Of
candidates whose personal popularity
was conceded, aud instead of tie GiSal-
van'ane Of 4 lack ol harmony ii Eew
lL#ver, the party proitc,, largely ly :.
c;t5 ,j58n the majority IL Luge&soH
frcm npTea:.55 cf :,:IAD last wear -
about SUD tins 5@t;s. ~ ~i,'tI o. 't.-@
.l-ot 80 ;tt osoo, -,: H.. ,.,.
little lvsr, ard = rruraii:y about the
same IS last ye.:r, and A,,' carried
bofh ',sanc:'e% e.. 81 Tie '-'; 41''H - ~
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III th1,,e,l,tf,' ol,al..,y,.,. O.; I,rra7f 1,,,.
l.tis,al events las i.ot far 70 look for
tEg causes q tA1S s'6'i3:i5-'t.5 4't.a']'' T.
i.t'T i.'D'i! I-s'il 1'i->. g. = i9iie" Siil
p."Net-, wi" nave "i1'tt' i'll F3Hl ttI
some a,&n q : c2Hn Hnt''itlslol o. t]e
heahr!al tl7't'i.'':ne2 ''li tiio paf5 "i
Congress or 'i.i -AdI.i-i'.aE I'it,"i!' nave
rf.A''5s.,i q, re pos '-''l. o'7ii1 " 'i-t'
".id"3,.- 1oI ~-,;t',5' -! tt''1l'~',la
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And the t,eE- GoIk L.J'GfG sees il
this Connecticut triumph positive
o,7 a,,,,,be.f;c raI,,,-e :, fIa exoaeeas
60 - ba..,>Io- 5,.-,, 49,
o. INC i'eP'''1I','n pa an l ''ii Z -
d.ca;lO2 OF other great Democratic
successes to follow. Il saws
m ,:.
Inns feSni' IS IN me higiicaI Ht?lee
s1g1lEcaEf. toIhciolhG @ooStaI1naily
+Ea r'.rlhIican ni,rty is IL had odor