New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-28
CONNECTICUT POLITICS.
.s,, ,rrrr ms THE CAMPAIGN.

rxr YraR-IHE FOUR PARTIES IN TIE FIELD
ur,p uopKs-A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
PROBABLE.
,x,ov ,sr,yy CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuSEI
yrv.u,yrS. March 27.-The political campaign
l.. ri S,ate which closes with the election one
week from to-day has been, for fresidehtai year.
,rpsuallv dull and spiriilesS. Even now, when' III
al. Language of the earnest and enthusiastic e'or'
".h.re romans but one week for work. ana the
rn.s are drawn" and the argument Is almost
closed" and the registry lists should be Iooked
-.'a tho committees" he diligcnt, and every
holy sbould rally" and then get up and rally again.
and keen ON rallying-even now there are no out
nonrings Of the people" 10 speak OF, ana very niue
rllying except in a sporadic way AT the corner
. grocery. where he who has relations win inc
committee" and dsbursers OF the campaigh iinu
Loses brief discussion of the political situation
with three knuckles on the bar ana the granu Mailing
.ign of Democracy. "Well, gents, what II 1t be Y
There has not been, is not yet, nor uoes theIe
promise 70 be- anything in the canvass on either side
bieh the most imaginative person. even III news
Gamer office conld call enthusiasm There are those
Sbo remember how not many years ago, we elected
,ur Governor more unanimously, If not more impress
,vely Then we had all sorts OF things gong Oh WIN
ibe " popular hear" and the popular pulse; ana
there were demonstrations, and uprisngs ana pro-
.essions and torches, and uansparencieS ana brass
-. and oratory-oh oTatory, till you couldn't
=, oud the orators-mostly from the West and
nemi,crs of CongreSs-would forcgather with the
committee" after the meeting. and ENJOY them
Ivc. with an inferior quality of whisky, and a more
inferior ouality of filthy anccdoie and conversations;
and then cetup in the morning and stagger into some
other town and make some other committee happy:
and then the headlines in the paper describing
tbe-well. well. why lngcri Those times are
gone blythe processons-ah! how funny they were
as they canker-wormed il along from gin-shop 10
ain-shop-have wgglcd away into history; the
torches have been beaten into plowshares and
pruning hooks; the transparencies-blcss yon they
don't nee them now-both parties are Transparent
cies, and everybody sees through them; anu
the old demonstrations are if not gone
by III least not of this campaign. Up in New
Hampshire. last month they had an old-fash-
toned time-and paid for it, They "kindled
the old camp fires and rallied round the hag,'
and-let me say it in IA word-they listened to julius
Cesar Burrows of Michigan. New Hampshire was
ION Gle" 50 10 speak. from Portsmouth to- forget
the other end of the State the reader is referred to
the map: aud The Concord NoRitor!-ah, how that
leading Republican newspaper did glow and corus-
cate with fiery epithets hurled against the OPPOSE
tion In type of the largest dimensions. That was an
od-fashioned campaign. The people rallied, and
votes never commanded so high prices
But here in Connecticut there is nothing OF the
kind There may be great deal of thinking going
on: there Is certainly no hurrdhng. doubt If even
Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan could arouse n
Connecticut audience in this campaign beyond mid
acuuicScence in his most windy periods; and Who
ever should prance up before an audience IN the old
fashioned way and call for three cheers" for any
thing or ANYBODY woull be regarded as lunatic
left over, and he Obliged to swing his hat alone
And this NAV be because the initiation theory has be-
come SO prevalent that men don't want to waste
wind on hurrahs when it is liable at any moment to
he made legal tender AMI receivable for all duos'
Who knowsi The Democrats aud Republ-
cans have each held one public meeting III
this CIV. The former was addressed by
Senator Herman and their meeting was presided
over by feeble old gentleman named Bond, whose
reason for being there that he voted for Grant
in 1872 and had since returned to the fold. Gen.
Woodford addressed the Republicans. There was
nothing notable in either gathering or in the
speeches except the absence of enthusiasm. To-
night the Republicans hold their second and last
meeting of the campaign. and are to be addressed
by Mr.. Robinson. the candidate for Governor,
and Mr. Frye of Maine l presume 1t
would be possible to work up here something
like the enthusiasm and excitement which they
plenty of money and the thing was as shrewdly
managed. But money is scarce, and fortunately or
unfortunately, as you happen to view it, MeSsrs.
Rollins, Ordway, and Chandler have 10 cOnnterpartS
in the Connecticut board of political directors.
As between the two State Committees thus TAI the
impression is that the Democratic has conducted its
campaign with more shrewdncss and tact, and cx-
bibited more energy and diligence. Complaint Is
made that Mr.. Lynde Harrison, the Chairman
Of the Republican Committee, attends too
much to the petty things Of the canvass to the
neglect of the more important work of the Commit
tee He is a young and smart politician and very
ambitious, and it is said his personal ambition stands
very much in the way of his usefulness as Chairman
of the State Committee. Besides being at the head
of the State Committee he is delegate to the Gin
cinnati Conventions expects to be representative in
the next Legislature, and in the event of
Republican success, Speaker of the House; after
that. what more natural than to run for
CongTessf 1t is not strange that with 50 many irOhs
in the fire he should give cause for complaint in his
management. The Democratic Committee is run by
Messrs. George G.. Sumner and Fred. =. Brown of
Hartford two gentlemen who have been shocked
beyond measure by the disclosures of Republican
corruption in New-Hampshire. Neither of them
would buy vote for the Democratic ticket if it
could be obtained in any other way.
No accurate nor hardly an approximate canvass OF
voters has been made by either side. canvass
would be much difficult i'll this State than III
Now-iiampshire from the fact that the number of
transient voters much larger and the further fact
that the number of independent voters classed as
doubtful has so largely increased within few
years that no definite calculation DO made. The
concilatory course of the Democrats toward the
Liberal Republicans has won over large part of
them, and the specially offensive action of the Re-