The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-07
CoNNECTICUr AND IT'S LESSON.

surprised AT the result OIL MONDAY electiou
in Connecticut. Indeed, republican de-
feat has been evident from the outset, as
has been indicated by the general tone OF
the republican and democratic press. 1t is
true that, up to the last moment, some
papers have claimed that there would be a
defeat of the democracy; but that this was
simply whistling to keep ones courage up |
and prevent general staying away of re-
publican voters, and consequent Water |
loo defeat, was abundantly shown. Thus |
the New York Times said "We have no |
right to expect to carry the state, but eve
may succeed in reducing the democratic |
vote" and anything that the republicans
gain "may fairly be deemed great vic
tory But that great victory" has not |
been attained. And SO the Albany Evening |
Journal thought that republican defeat
would not be very hard to tske, because if
the party should triumph, the democracy
would ''mask their Designs" deceive the
people, and conquer the Union, so to speak
in detail. 1t may be true that victory, is
sometimes more demoraliZing to a party
than defeat-our victory, overwhelming
as it was, III 1872, seems to have been of
that kind. But this could not be the case
in Connecticut, for, there, the democracy
did all the mischief they could when they
sent William w. Eaton to the United
States senate. With no senator to elect,
their legislature had nothing but local at
fairs to attend to, and there was no occa-
sion to wear "mask" on this account.
But We have met the enemy and we are
theirs, and the defeat is more disastrous
than it has been for years. To show this,
we need only compare the vote this year,
as found elsewhere, with the vote of 1871
and 1S73-and we select these years be-
cause they were years of congressional as
well as state elections In 1871, in total
vote of "a, 800, Jewell, republican, was
elected governor by a majority of one hun
bred and three, receiving 47,413 votes to
1870 for English, democrat, and II scat
terlng votes while the republicans had,on
the congressional vote, majority of 657,
electing three out of the four members of
congress. In 1878, out OF total vote of
S6,S79, Ingersoll, democrat, was elected
governor by majority of three thousand
two hundred and thirty-nine, receiving 49,
$50 votes to 80, 245 for Haven, republican,
2,541 for the temperance candidate, and
"a scattering votes while the republicans
had 1856 majority on the congressional
vote, again electing three out the four men,
bers of congress-the majorities in the
several districts being as follows-the first
three being republican majorities, and the
fourth democratic First district 1 1868
second, 5SS; third, 1,764; fourth, 1,764.
Last year, 1874, the democratic majority
was reduced to 1922 on the state ticket, al
though the aggregate democratic and re-
publican vote was increased over that .of
1878, but, at the same time, the temperance
vote was almost doubled. This year, as
will be seen, the vote of both parties is
again increased, while the temperance vote
is decreased-that decrease accounting for
some one half of the republican increase.
If these figures have any significance, if
they show anything, it is that the canvass
in Connecticut was mainly fought on ma
tional issues And herein, in our judg-
ment, is to be found the cause of the defeat.
1t is not that the sober judgment of the
majority of the voters of Connecticut is
that the national government ought to be
given over to the democracy we believe
that they will never consent to that, if it is
possible to prevent it. The republican
party, it seems, needed another rebuke.
The one they received last fall was not
sufficient even the Massachusetts election
did not impress its lesson forcibly enough.
We believe with Judge Hoar, that Massa-
chusetts is as decidedly republican now as
1t ever was, but it was badly defeated in
1874, and would be again under the same
circumstances We found the republican
state convention of Massachusetts protest
ing against Butlerism," yet we found
Benjamin F. Butler candidate for re-
election to congress- the entire republican
press of the state appealing to the voters
of the Essex district to vote for him, and
even Henry L. Dawes taking the stump
and frantically urging republicans to rally
TO his support. What faith could be
placed in such declarations of principles
Action belied principle The people are
sick of unredeemed pledges. They wan
acts, not words. The people are far in ad
vance of the leaders, and are determined
to secure good government, honest men il
Office, and a devotion to professed princi
pie. They cannot be deceived by lies
They will not follow devious paths. TIT
party needs reforming, and it should CONF
from within; and if not there, then from
without-for reform is demanded and will
be had
Massachusetts administered pill, and i
was not a sugar coated one either. TIT
dose was not. strong enough to insure
complete purging, as witness the nomina
ton of Lipptt and the means by which i
was secured, and, also, the platform anC
nominations in Connecticut and so an
other nauseous dose had to be taken, ant
Connecticut administered it on Monday
But the Connecticut republicans were no
content to simply follow the example o
Massachusetts, and only contradict thei
platform by their nominations, but the,
must 60 still further and make their plat
form incongruous and contradictory. II i
difficult thing to look one way and ROY
another, but they accomplished it. The.
resolved "that any military interference
'by the officers and troops of the Unite
estates with the organization of stat
Legislature, or any OF its proceedings, o
with any of the civil departments of III
government was repugnant to their idea
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