The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-03
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~. The Connecticut Election.
AL eyes are turned to the election in
Conhecticut. next Monday. "A full State
ticket and members Of Congress arc to be
chosen. There nre buttwo tickets in the
ficldADemocratic and 7Republioan-and
the Democrats and Liberal Republicans
are cordially united under the liberal
policy of the Democr,.tic organization.
The Democratic candidate for Governor
is Charles r. Ingersoll, and the Republi-
can candidate, james Lloyd Green. The
Democratic candidates for Congress are:
First District, Geo. NJ. Sanders; Second,
James Phelps; Third, Lafayette s. Foster;
Fourth, VIM. H. Barnum. And the Re-
publican candidates are JOS r. Hawley,
s. II. Kellogg, H. H. Starkwonther ani
Robert Howard, in the First, Second,
Third and Fourth, respectively. The
members of the Forty-third Congress re-
nominated, are Messrs. Hnwley, Kellogg,
Starkweather and Barnum. Only pfu-
rality vote is required to elect tho Go
vernon. Last year, Ingersoll, Democrnt,
was elected Governor by 6,782 majority
over Harrison, Republican. In 1873, the
same officer was elected over Harrison by
6, ,6l4 majority; and in 1872, Jewell, Re
publican, was elected Governor over
Hubbard by 2,001 majority. The majori-
ties for Congressional candidates in 1873
wero as follows: First District Republi-
can, 1926; Second District, Republican,
78; Third, Republican, LIT; Fourth,
Democratic, 1929. It will be seen that
in 1873, when Ingersou, Democrat and
Libernl, was elected by 5,814 plurality,
and 3,347 majority over oil. the Republi-
cans carried three of the four Congress
sional Districts, and gave Republican
vote of the State. This shows how indie
pendently the people of the land of
steady habits voted-giving at the same
election nearly 5000 majority to one
party on State candidates, and nearly
1000 for tho opposite party on Congress
sional candidates.
This spirit is to be more severely tested
and more handsomely illustrated, we
hope, in the present election. The Re-
publicans of Connecticut, unable to dis
Germ the signs of the times, not appreci-
| ating the significance of the New Hamp-
shire election as q success against Grant
rather than against the Democrats, made
nomination of blatherskite, who is
positively offensive to every liberal or
conservative Republican. The Govern
ment office-holders and hangers-on of
power captured the convention, and of
course, nominated tho man who had the
prodigious genius to FIRE 100 guns over
the Presidents message, defending the
despotic subversion of civil authority in
New Orleans. and to proclaim his lick
spittleism to the world by despatch,
announcing his purpose to fire 100 guns.
1t is easy to see that he is man after
Grants own heart, and he has gone to
his support with all the power of patron
age and appointment, and proclaims him
rs the coming Governor. But really he
looks to be only foil to show off the
solid purity and decided merits of Go
vernon Ingersoll. His administration
has been faithful and blameless in all re-
spects. His reelection is desirable, as a
At tribute to his worth, and as rebuke
to the Louisiana policy of the adminis-
tration. That issue is the main one TINT
is now to be decided. The whole bnttlc
is stakcd on it, and Louisiana, Arkansas
and the third term arc watch-wortls of
the contest. Of course it is full of sig
nificance and interest for us of the South
Our rights and the just privileges of our
States are involved in it. eff" as the
Philadelphia Times says, "Goyernor In
gersoll shall be reelected, as he doubtless
will be, it will not be Democratic vic
tory, but n victory of the better lnen of ill
parties over political subserviency and de-
generacy; and if Greene should succeed
it would not be n Republican victory,
but personal victory for President
Grant, and un emphatic declaration in
his favor as the Republican candidate in
1876.
INTERNATIONAL SUSDAY-ScHooI. Con-
yENTIoS. The First International iSixth
Nationally Convention Of Sunday School
Workers OF America including the
United Stntes and the Dominion of Gu
nnda-is hereby called to meet mt Balti-
more, Maryland, Mt 10 A. NJ, of Tues