New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY.
roREsHADowINGs OF THE CONVENTION.

INGERSOlI. BY iN ih's
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
[pRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT oF TIE TRIBUNE1
NEw-HAvEN, Feb. 15-The Democratic State Con-
vention which meets at Hartford tomorrow will
have an opportunity such as the Democrats OF this
State have often enjoyed and it must be confessed
very rarely neglected, to kick up its heels in For
tunes face and do the most stupid and ridiculous
thing possible. Greater capacity for such things
has no party ever shown in any State, and 1t Will
not be strange or wonderful if to- morrow. in the
Convention. the gddy young persons and the obsti-
nate old idiots who, upon occasion, join teams TO
take the party to the devil while they howl hoap a.
and think the whole world stands still to admire
their driving, should unite in nominating the
only ticket possible to be defeated, and
so make the party laughing stock and the canvass
roaring farce. Two years ago they stumbled into
the nomination of Charles r. hgersoll OF this city
for Governor He accepted the nomination, not ex-
pecting hardly desiring election. Between the
time of the nomination and tho day of election came
Credit Mobilier developments aud the Back Pay
Grab. and thereon. to his own and the partys sur
prise. he was elected by very handsome majority.
AS Governor he dignifed the Office and did the State
honor, deportng himself as might be expected OF
gentleman of whom it could be said as of none of his
predecessors for many years, the office sought him,
not he the Office" 1t was understood last year that
he did not desire denomination, but thinking 1t
would seem ungracious under the circumstances to
refuse he consented to second term and was
elected by q largely increased majority. The
Legislature being largely Democratic, and
United States Senator to be elected
in place of Mr.. Buckingham Gov. Ingersoll was
urged to enter the lists but showed the sincerity OF
his aversion for the whole business of politics by re-
fusing to have anything to do with il. This year,
upon the stIeagth of his welk wishes in the
matter the scheming politicians have counted him
out of the field for renomination and set thelr
hearts upon making the Office of Governor part OF
their trading capital. The wiser and more sagacious
leaders, however, anticipating the rad that would
be made upon the Convention by small politicians
in tho interest of moneyed person desirous OF
buying the Office, have steadily refused to listen to
Gov Ingersolps decnaton, and persisted in urging
upon him his duty to forego his own incnations
and not permit the risk of losing the State at time
when the loss would be construed as popular in
dorsement Of the Southern policy of the Adminstra-
tion and serious damaget to the opposition.
The Administration organs in the State have not
concealed their interest in the matter, and their un
affected desire that Gov. mgersols declination
should be received as final and decisive. Upon what
ever other things they may disagree, they are en-
tirely united and harmonious in the CONVICTION that
Gov Ingersoll ought not to allow his name to be
used; that the party ought to have the decency to
regard his repeated wishes in the matter, and that
the most pToper candidate under all the circum
stances is Col. L. b. Loomis of New-London, gen.
tleman of great wealth and hberality, whose dis
bursements in the campaign would doubtless De
large if not judicious. The Administration man.
ayers are shrewd enough to see that the nomination
of Col. Loomis would be of itself sufficient
comment upon the sincerity Of the party
which has declaimed loudly these many
years against the practice of their opponents
of nominating wealthy men for Office and using
money in large sums to carry elections. They would
like nothing better thaDtO have the Convention to-
morrow demonstrate the earnestness Of its protesa
tions in favor of reform by the nomination of can
didate whose principal, and, as they would assert
only claim for it is the money he would contribute
for campaign purposes. With such ticket in the
field against them the Administration party would
make the canvass warm with personalities, and not
withstanding the bold front they made in support
of Grant and his Louisiana policy In their State
Convention. would fight it out on personal grounds
Their candidate for Governor. Mr. James Lloyd
Greene of Norwich, is a gentleman OF considerable
personal popularity in the eastern counties and bis
frends are shrtwd. energetic, and untiring. he
is moreover. a man of convictions eutspohen,
bold and hearty, and even handicapped as he is
with the sins of his party and his own unqualified
Endorsement of Grant. would stand an even chance
at least of an election over Col. Loomis. The few
clear-headed men among the Democratic leaders
who are not dizzy with recent successes, but have
something like a comprehension of the whole situa-
tion do net conceal their anxiety as TO the result
They have seen their party lose its head with tenn
porary success too often before not to be appre-
hensye of danger now. They are well aware Of the
mistakes of last year. and only too thankful that in
the larger blunders CT the party in power they have
been in measure overlooked Their policy is to
renominate Gov. Ingersoll by accamation and trust
to his appreciation Of the situation and his recogni-
ton of the emergency for his acceptance.
The Congressional nominations in the several dis
tricts will depend largely upon the State ticket to
be nominated tomorrow. But one convention has
yet been held, the Republican in the Hid District
when Mr.. Starkweat was renomnated without
opposition from any quarter. The lid has been
for twenty years the stronghold OF RepublicaDism
in the State, and nomination by that party has
been considered equivalent to An election. The
opposition in the District is destitute of morale and
almost without organization while the Administra-
ton party is compact and thoroughly disciplined
body. 1t has been thought, however, that If the
Hon. La Fayette s. Foster could be persuaded to
accept the nomination against Starkweather he
would give that gentleman a very lively contest,
with the chances about even for defeating him. The
nomination of Mr. Foster would be very creditable
thing to the Democracy. and his election still more
creditable thing to the district
In the LIST District, Gen. Hawley will be renomi-
mated by the Republicans. without opposition
The Democrats have several candidates for the NOM
inatiOn, most prominent af whom at present s the
Hon. Grow M. Landers of New-Britan, O wealthy
manufacturer, who has been active IN politics many
years and several times member of the Legislature
The district is counted pretty certainly Democratic