New-York tribune., 1876-11-02
OUTLOOK IN CONNECTICUT
A CHANCE FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. !, 1876.

! CHANCE FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
LAST YEARS DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY CElTAE TO
BE REDUCED LARGELY-THE STATE POSSIBLY
REPUBuCAN-ACTIyE wOHK-LITILE BRIBERY
USED.
IFRoM 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT or TEmCSEl
NEw-HAvEY Conn, Now l.-Thcre has been con-
siderable complaint Of the treatment Connecticut
has received at the hands of the National Com
mittee. Between that committee and the one of
which Postmaster J. II. Edmunds of Washing
! ton is secretary, something, the oiice-holdcIs
in the State were squeezed early and so often and
to such an extent that when the State Committee
| made their calls for voluntary cOutrbuton,-not
/ assessments; bless your heart, no. they're forbid
den-for campaign expenses, they all with one con-
sent began 10 make excuse. don't know what Mr.
! Edmundss committee Is, or what 1t raises money
| for or whether there is any such committee; only
! know that his contribution box has known no rest
! for years and is always just little ahead of any
| other subscription paper hat, or assessment. Tie
| morning drum beat" of Nj Webster caat hold a
candle to it, if / may be allowed to mix the
| metaphor. IL follows the sun and keeps
cou,panv with the hours but its " continuous and
unbroken strain is on the pockets of the public
official. Happy he who can stand it and survive.
There was naturally lttlc grumblng when the
State Committee found out the state of affairs and
/ that the whole herd had been mIlkcd The commit
tee however have gone on with the limited means at
their disposal and made very thorough and efficient
orgauizatiou Of the STATE. The chairman Mr. II. /.
/ Sperry and Mr. HanScOm, the secretary, have been
constantly in attendance at the headquarters IN the
/ Allyn House, Hartford, ever since the campaign
! opened and with small resources and under great
Disadvantages have thoroughly systcmatized the
/ work of the committee and perfected the machinery
! Of party organization III the State. Mainly through
their efforts and the agencies put in operation under
their direction, the wn0ic state has been aroused to
| pitch of unusual enthusiasm. More public meet
ings have been held than in any campaign. certainly
SINCE 1860 and larger number Of speakers
mostly "home talent7-hayc bsen in the field than
ever before. As for tochght professions and
uaralcs the whole State has been ablaze with them
1 for weeks.
! The Republicans have made no accurate canvass
| There was sort OF canvass made up before the
town elections in October, but it was so loose and
careless compilation OF estimates and cOnjecturcs
that it was cas-, aside as untrustw0rthy. | suspect
too that the fOO;iugs not entirely satisfactory
/ to the sanCuiue. The rule beiug to dispense cam
pai. fund. most literally where there are the most
doubtful voters. il was found that the number OF
! doubtful voters " in many places was out OF all
proportion to the aggregate one town OF 400 voters
reporting II in the li-t of doubtful. The commit
I al
voters, this was carrying II little too far, and 50
/ threw out the whole canvass. Ii showed rs has
every canvass made by the Rcpublican' for years,
even when they carried the State, Democratic ma
IOrtY. The Democrats have made attempt to
procure a canvass. Their committee organization is
not snowy by any means. but it, way is very
effective. Mr.. Frederick Brown, the chairman, Is a
cool, ciear-headcd man whose conversation is on a
single key. quite level and direct and who doesn't
get excited, and was not born Yesterday Fred is
in favor of Reforn; Reform in the National Admin
tratOn, not IN the government Of the City Of Hart
ford where the Democrats have succeeded i'm erect
ing organized rOttenmess into Police Department
He doesn't care much about reforming that but
there are times when he deprccates 1t. Fred is a
! Reformcr, a revolutionary radical only when the
Republicans are in power; when the De nocrats are
responsible for mischief he is calm and steady
| going dcprccator. He tells me that the Democrats
have also been stnted IN the matterO funds but that
kc little money they have had has MT been fooled
away in kerosene and brass baids IL has been used
| suppose i'll the circulation of documents and per
hsps-ah, who -ell your committee man Is 20
full of devices and fertl" in sxpedients and has
withal such winning ways-pcrllaps some of It may
have been set aside for-bribing voters mo.