Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-05
The Elections this Week.

The states boiling elections this week are
Connecticut, Michigan and Rhode Island
The elections in Connecticut and Rhode
Island are for state officers, and in the first
named state for members OF Congress also
The result in Connecticut, which holds an
erection to-day, Is looked for with more than
ordinary interest since the state has been
vigorously canvasSed aud political parties
are pretty evenly divided. For two years
past however. the state has gone democratic
30 far as the governorship is concerned; in
1S'3 by ssh. and in 1874 by 6,5s2 majority.
The republicans, confronted by 6,7S2 demo-
cratic majority last year, have made a yigor-
Gus canvass, and have hal on the stump
some OF their most effective speakers. They
closed their canvass on Saturday with a big
demonstration at the opera house in Hart
ford, Postmaster General Jewell presiding.
and ex-Speaker Blaine, General Hawley and
others addressing the meeting The demo-
Gratis also held their final mass meeting in
Hartford on the same day. being addressed
ny Senator Eaton and others.
The following are the tickets the persons
whose names are marked with : having
been renominsted:
ReJ,abhcon Democratic.
Goyr. Jas. Lloyd Greene. xCRIngersoll.
Ii Gov Charles L English. sGeorge g sill.
(Ong-l. @Joseph L. Hawley. g. NJ Landers
Z~S W. Kellogg. James Phelps
3 II H.Starkweather L. s. Foster.
DIR. Robert Hubbard. w III Barnum
The prohibitionists have nominated Henry
ID smith and j. q. Baldwin for governor and
lieutenant governor respectively, but beyond
TINS have made no nominations. In 1871 the
state sent 10 Congress a delegation of three
republicans and one democrat, and in 1873
the political composition of the delegation
was the same In both, the republican
majorities were small, except in the third
district, where they ranged from 400 to
zoo. The democratic majorities in the
fourth district for two terms past have run
from l,0o0 up 10 LOO Besides the state gov
eminent and members of Congress, 2i state
senators, members of the state house OF rep
resentatives, judges of probate, county
sherIfs, and other minor officers are to be
chosen to-day. The contest will be a close
one. and the prohibition vote, which has
doubled itself for three years past, adds to
the uncertainty.
The election in Michigan, which takes place
to-day, Is for two judges of the supreme court,
two regents OF the state university, Judges of
The circuit court, and county and municipal
officers The republicans think if they can
poll full vote they will carry their state
ticket by 25,0Oo; but they fear that enough of
their voters will remain at home to greatly
reduce their majority. The republican ma
jOrities for governor since and including 1870
have ranged from 300 To $1,000 There are
but two tickets in the field this year, demo-
cratic and republican.
Little RhOdy, which has been in bad hu-
NOR for some time past, has managed to get
sp three tickets, regular republican, boiling
republican and democratic. The bolt grew
out Of the prohibitory liquor law, and when,
by one majority, the republicans nominated
n
tial faction OF the party rebelled, and in con-
junction with the prohibitionists nominated
another ticket. This pats singular aspect
on the case, and renders possible the success
o. The democrats, who have been defeated for
number Of years past by maJorities ranging
from Loo 20 II eco. The election in this state
fake place on Wednesday next