Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-25
The Fourth Congressional District.

The Fourth Congressional District.
 The objections to the selection of Mir. w. H. Barnum are so we'll understood and have been so often reiterated in the En. quirer that we shall need little space foi summing them up. The first and most obvious is his neglect of the interests ol his constituency, and of his Compression. al duties. The fact of his neglect is undeni- able, and the extent of it is we'll under stood throughout the District.
 Mr. Barnum's practice of corrupting voters was so clearly shown by the evi- dence taken before Congressional con- mittee on the occasion of his first election, and is, indeed. so notorious in the Dis trict, that it scarcely needs reassertion. One, and e most disgraceful chapter, has. indeed, been added since his last election. By . profuse expenditure of money, leg islature very heavily Democratic was cho- sen last year. No sooner did it assemble than it was thronged with crowds of we'll known lobbyists and "friends" of Mir. Barnum, urging his nomination to the United States Senate. That he was quail fled for such position, except in virtue of his money and his iberality in the use of that money for political purposes. could hardly be claimed. Yet, the Democracy of Litchfeld county in the legislature SUD- ported his candidacy almost to man. In this contest MT. Barnum was disgraceful- ly beaten. The proposed bargain and sale was too open and shameless a transac- tion; and, for the first time in his politi- cal career, he had reached point where money and the influence resulting from the interruptions use of money failed to carry him any higher.
 Of Mfr. Barnum's last winters Congress siOnal career we need only say that it was entirely consistent with his previous his tory. The odious sewing machine monop- Oly had his support in its efforts to secure renewal of patents that would keep the price of sewing machines to the un- lucky public at treble their cost. Tom Scott's Southern Pacific railroad grab had his vote in the committee, it is reported, while he placed his name on record against it when the measure came before the House.
 We think We are correct in saying that the district is very tired of Mir. William Fl. Barnum, Democrats and Republicans alike. He has trespassed on the patience of very patient party in securing fifth nomination to an office whose duties he has not even attempted to perform. As a Reform candidate he is something very much worse than a sham. Everyone knows how he gains his elections, and the use he makes of them when obtained. Democrats who mean reform will rise up and rebuke Mfr. Barnum at the polls, on the fifth of April, to such an extent as will surprise him and his supporters. Moreover the depression of the iron busi- ness, and the consequent absence and disanection of employees, cannot but largely diminish his vote in the part of the county where he has hitherto been so strong. Indeed. there never was a time when men who feel that the crying need of fthe times is Reform, purity of candi- dates. and purity of elections, can do a more effective work than by casting bal. Lot against ". H. Barnum on election day. 4
 or Mir. Barnum's competitor, Dr. Rob- ert Hubbard, of Bridgeport, we hear ex- cellent reports. He is 6 man of high re- Pute in his profession; he held an import ant position on the medical staff during the war; and his popularity at home is sufficiently attested by the fact that he was chosen to the last legislature by 6 large majority in Democratic town Let every man who loves Reform and hates corruption. monopolies, and thei, special representative in the person O, ". H. Barnum, cast his ballot for Dr Robert Hubbardi f-.