Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-23
Thursday, Oct. 23, 1879.
October Politics.


 SF ther expected victory in October. Ohio
 H gone heavily Republican, on the largest
 use eEe< czst in the state; and Iowa, which wxvered in the direction of inc Greenbacker ID 1S hSs come bach to its old, unequivocal Rsuubg5cznism, in '79. The importance is equal to the decisiveness of the victory. It h&s been question of considerable moment whsesher the Greenbaek party could survive Exemption Ohio and Iowa decide that question in the negative. The Soft Money DeDnzz;s and Republicans of Ohio and Iowa have returned to their old organizations, and th<1 form of Third Party has ceased to disturb the old fashioned politics it threatened at one tE1e tO break up altogether. As a necessary cl0soq1e1ce the nomination of Soft Money Candidate by the Democracy seems out of the qaessloa- There is no longer chance that, by ig0oEing the Hard Money wing of the party in the Ezs, the Western and Southern Demo- Czfs coad carry Presidential election with ozs the aid either of New York, New Jersey, e COu1ecticui The next Democratic presi- oezEExl n miDee must, it is evident, be some man who can carry New York. The elections of 1872 have already demonstrated that the party which can carry that state must carry sbe next presidential election
 The vital importance of New York in 1880 makes the coming November election in that sE&1e of even greater interest than the October cSoEes in Ohio Apparently it is a sort of qz%1r4nguIar affair, with Conkling and anti
 
 and q still more serious division between the TThSen and anti -Tilden factions of the Democ- ray NOt only is the current telling in favor O< RePubhcsnism, this year, however, but the P4rSlysis of the city Democracy from the ke1Sey bolt would seem to render the success Of Robinson most doubtful even if there were 1x unusual discOuragements for Democracy iz the present year. What then will be the consequences of d<fez, of Robinson by Cornell? The answer s-enS tO us obvious NIT. Tilden can never bope for the nomination of next year unless he can de made to seem sure of carrying New YOrk- ShOHld Kelley prove strong enough to desesz Robinson, this year, he will be strong e71Sh to e1dznger Tilden; and that alone wiu make his renOmination an imposssibility Were TIlden the man of all others the De- uD-Scy of the country wants, he might possi- bly gain & termination which usually prefers safe EsediOCrity to any preeIninence of ability. In this spirit the Whigs nominated Henry Clay n 1SA; and the Democrats, Stephen A. Do0gExss. in 1890; preferring defeat under l s@ca k=s1eEs to victory under any other. Mir. TIb3en has ID such hold on the Democracy of tke county The disclosures of the cipher 6esE2trAses have injured his credit with the DoES bo0es1 and intelligent of his party whIle his career as a reformer set him at en- uity with the political rings, the remains.of whbch sill exercise great influence. over the New York Democracy. If Mr. Tilden is nOmin2ted in 1880. therefore, it will not be because he is the speclal favorite of hls party, bdE because he IS the person likeiiest to carry New York- The defeat of Robinson would BuS only show that Tilden was not the likeli. est. but the least likely of the candidates mooted. to cary the State of New York, and t As the confidence that such will be the sure resslt that accounts for the extraordinary ef- fu<ts Kelley and Tammany are making to bring it about We have not long to wait for the decision Of this most important of the issues of the political campaign of 1879.
 J. F. Cushman, 105 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn, Is one of the most contemplating business men of this city. We had the pleasure of paying a visit to his we'll assorted establish meut and were delighted at the sight of about the finest style of furniture that it has been our good fortune to sec for sometime Parties calling at this well supplied establishment will find the handsomest style of office, paror, chamber and all kinds of household furniture. Hts pgices are low We invite our readers to call al this establishment even if they don't purchase.
 The retirement of Mir. Geo. w Curtiss from local politics is an event of more importance than is noticed al first sight. His determina- tion to bolt Cornell is backed by the Harpers, his employers on the Weekly and Magazine, and the organization which has the bolt in charge as a political movement seems to he making good headway. NIT. Curtiss seems very weak in politics beside John Kelley, but there is a moral force in him which political machines fear while they sheer at it.
 The report of the advertising agencies show 6 much smaller proportion of failures during the present year than for many years past. The rush of applicants for the benefit of the bankrupt set brought last years's far above the average There is also a still greater improve ment as regards the amounts involved in recent failures Everything points to the approach of better times
 The investigation into the election of Sena. tar Ingalls,. of Kansas, finds mass of very conflicting evidence. There was a tremend- ous amount of bribery. A number of scoun- drels claim to have operated corrupny for h. gals; other witnesses exoneraie him. He is probably guilty but may possibly claim yer dics of Not Proven"
 There seems to be quite a revival in buld- ing in the city of New York;theprice of build ing material has risen. very sensibly and there are fifty per cent more houses building than lAss year. As a necessary consequence houses are higher than they have been at any time since 1873 and there seems to be a general advance in the price of city real estate.
 ''I have 1t from a very high quarter that Gen. Grant feels deeply the experiment of third teru. and also the highest respect for these citizens who recall and regret some of the eErOEs of his former administrations. says Col FOrney. Of all governments the most cDrTupt is Restoration. .-.... .-..
 The Irish peasantry are making very seri- oas trouble for their landlords It all seems wrong. of course and Americans class such acts of resistance with the doings of the Con- mnnisss and Nihilisss of the Continent. How long Is it however since American tenants