Litchfield enquirer., 1879-11-20
ELECTIONS.

THE WooDs, Nov. 9th, 1879. Mr. Editor.-The result of the election in
 this State is surprise to beth parties. That
 the Democrats hoped, by defeating the Amendment providing for Biennial Sessions,
 and organizing still hunt, to capture the
 Legislature, and then to prepare the way for
 democratic victory next year, by raid upon
 our excellent registry law, is tolerably certain.
 That the Republicans were prepared to accept 1 a small working majority in the Legislature,
 and be truly thankful therefor, would seem to be true, by the way they are rubbing their eyes over the magnitude of their victory. Our | wise friends in Hartford and New Haven agree | as we'll as usual, both lu their prognostications beforehand, and in their estimates of the re- l suit. Our New Haven friends had made all
 their arrangements for a quiet funeral, and even proposed to depart in peace. Our Hartford
 friends were little more hopeful, as they had the cheering presence of the chairman of the State Committee with them, and knew the 0uper human exertions he was making to car | " the state; or as the Courant mildly puts it,
 exercising an intelligent supervision over the campaign" which is really the same thing you know, but Ntey took the precaution to have their explanation of the cause of the defeat lying around handy in case it should be nec- essary to use the same, and were only too glad to come out with their usual ''I told you so" in it's place.
 An attempt by the writer to ''sense'' the st-
 uation, and to suitably improve it, results in
 the following reflections:
 First.-Our election being held in the fall, and at the same time that elections are pend- Ing in other states, we feel the impetus of the stir and hustle of these campaigns. Thequiet stay at home people who read and think for themselves arc much more likely to come
 voluntarily to the polls and vote, than they would be if only Connecticut was voting, as was the case in the olden time when we had spring elections. As a large portion of this class usually act with the Republican party; we, as party, are benefited thereby, and it is made manifest that on National issues Con- necticut IS safely Republican.
 Second.-The Greenback vote, SO far at least as 1t had drawn from the Republican strength, is no longer factor in tEe account Our democratic friends may worry about it, but it is doubtful if they will try to cater to it any further, and look for decided toning up in their next public utterance on financial mat ters.
 1haad.-In looking over the list of Repre- sentatives elect, and in reading what has been said about the successful candidates in the To- cal correspondence of our State papers, ln- fer that in the. several towns, men of moderate views who are well known by their fellow townsmen as citizens of good repute, honest and honorable in every day life, have general ly been selected as candidates, rather than the professional men, or the local politicians, and as a consequence have secured the support of the entire party: less split tickets having been run than usual. This fact, if it is fact, is worthy of being made note of by our com mlttee men and managers, for future usA- --~er
 +F0urth.-There o--a>-.y signs that show sasus the Democratic party is losing it's hold on the Irish vote, which has heretofore been it's man reliance. The Irishman is becoming dissatisfied with being used simply as a voter, and aspires to seat in the family council and on the several boards of town officers This aspiration is resented at once by the na- tive born Democrat, as not to be tolerated at all. In the writer's own town, the Irishmen are given places on the town ticket, but it is carefully looked to that they are not elected. Some of the old line, who '.fit init Jackson getting the only seat at our town boards avail able to them in consequence of minority rep resentation. The writer has talked with na- tive born democrats from various localities, and they were one and all emphatic in their declarations that they would not vote for an Irishman for any leading office, under any circumstances. The Irishmen are beginning to see this. and are striking out blindly in va- rlous quarters by way of retaliation. Burling- ton, Bristol and number of Democratic strongholds, return Republicans this year to the lower house, as direct conseauence of the Irish endeavoring to assert their supremacy In the nominating caucus. When the Irish vote is distributed between the various parties as the native born vote is now, it will be bet ter for them as race, and infinitely better for our politics. The Republican party makes no appeal to any race, clan, or sect, as such. It advocates the right of all men to absolute equality before the law, and if it shall contin- ue to deserve success by strict adherence to principle, wise administration of public af- fa'rs, and the selection of honest and capable men for public affairs, never catering to the