Litchfield enquirer., 1876-06-29
Now they are Received.

Now they are Received.
 The best class of Republicans, the pol itlcians, and the rank and file of the party, seem on the whole satisfied with the nom nations. There is no great enthusiasm, but there IS a general feeling of relief, and a disposition to give the ticket hearty support.
 The reforming element of the party are of course chagrined at the rejection of BristOw. but they all agree that Hayes Is decidedly the best of all the other possi- hIe candidates. Indeed it was no small thing to beat the Administration and pol iticians whO wanted COnkling or Morton; and the partisans who wanted Blaine, in a convention at least quarters of whom were either politicians or partisans. The reform record of Hayes is excellent as far as it goes. He has never been party manager" The letter he wrote home after his nomination to Congress in '64 was q notable hit: "Any man who would leave the army at this time to cleo tiOneer for Congress, or any other place, ought to be scalpedr" Although a rich man he has always refused to spend mon- ey on elections. His position, last fall, in regard to the nomination for Governor shO~s none of the selfishness of the poli- tician. Of the attitude of the Liberals towards Hayes, the report Uf a conver-. sation with Mir. Horace White, editor of the Chicago Tribune when it supported Greeley in 1872, gives an excellent indica- ton. Promising that if Gen. Hayes will promise the thorough execution of the civ il service reform resolution in his plat form it will satisfy every one who support ed Bristow in or out of the convention, he says:
 'Gov. Hayes will be loaded down in some measure with the sins of the Grant administration-the Belknappery and Bab- cookery of the past eight years. Bristow was the only candidate who could have peeled for the coming fight. entirely clean. But Hayes will be less handicapped with Grant than any other candidate ex cept Bristow. do not think this will be ap easy campaign, but the chances at present are ill favor of Hayes and Vince Ter"
 Mir. Wheelers sensible course in the Louisiana matter inspires confidence in him, and it adds much to the general sat- isfaction in his nomination that he was chosen in spite of the opposition of the Conkling politicians in New York.
 The letter of the Heather Japanee, pub lished in another column. shows how queerly our political practices strike the infidel mind. The feudal retainer can sympathize with the loyalty of the vassal to his prince; but not with that higher or der of loyalty-of the voter to his party which is the distinguishing feature of modern popular government. Of the still nobler loyalty of man to principle, the average delegate to American political conventions has about as little notion as the Heather Japanee. Before the week is out. "Dromio" will very likely suggest the addition of another lot of American politicians to the pile in the Mikado's back pasture. |.
 The Springfield Republican speaks as follows of the late Augustus Heminway:
 He was nothing but business man, Lut he was a very great one: with such capac- ty for details that it seemed easier to him to look after them himself than to delegate their care to others; and it was this and the vastness of his operations, and his inability to diversity his life. that brought him first to the loss of his mind, and has now returned to take his life He was of mature age, nearly if not quite 70 years. and his monument is the control by Boston of the American trade with Chilli, and his memory that of the most daring and successful Boston merchant of this generation.
 The American has special dispatch reporting the suicide of MT. David K. Merriman, wealthy farmer residing about three miles west of the village of Thomaston. He was found hanging in his barn on Thursday evening by his son, then just returned from the Centennial. He was about sixty years of age.
 The Yale valedictorian, this year, is a son of the late Prof. Hadley--hereditary scholarship? The cost of ''liberal edu. cation in our eastern colleges is becoming very heavy. At Yale the average yearly expense of the student is $1 O75,-about what the whole four years course cost thirty years ago. In Harvard expenses are still heavier.
 The Waterbury American has ou, thanks for specially kind notice of ou, Semi Centennial. Some papers reprin, such things. but they havn't such mod. est as we'll as able corps of correspondent as contribute the most interesting portion of the Enquirer.
 Read Turner's New Advertisement. He i' having Centennial Celebration down In Waterbury. When he says he intends to sell "the last yard of goods" he means it, and generally does it too. It will pay our readers to investigate this sale.
 The School Fund Commissioners wbe left office last year, 5000 in debt, is Mr Alfred J. Mu1yan.
 Geo. W. Arnold has been confirmed railroad commissioner.