Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-08
Wednesdays Convention.

Weuuesudy OoAVeuIAon. The Republican State Convention held today (Wednesday) at New Haven will be one of the most important ever assembled. The feeling among quiet, "plain" people, as MT. Lincoln used to call them, is plainly for Edmunds. The Waterbury vote was an ex- cellent indication of this. Even caucus votes 80 far as we have noticed, have been largely in his favor. In Meriden, for instance the cau- ] GUS nominating delegates to New Haven took vote for president with the followieg re- suit:
 Whole number of votes 62; Edmunds 53 Grant IA, Blaine II, Sherman 3. Bristow 1, Colfax 1.
 Yet one of the delegates to New Haven was Grant man, In Salisbury, says the Cou- rant. after choosing delegates three of whom were tor Blaines 8 vote was taken to indicate presidential preferences and developed ma- jority for Edmunds. If the convention fairly represents the peo- pie, MT. Edmunds will certainly have major ity in the Chicago delegation. The Litchfeld county delegation to New Haven is strong one, as will be seen from the following list which we clip from Saturdays Cour- ant:
 Litchfeld-Frank F. Cooke, John L.. Plumb, A. M. Turner, c. H. Platt Barkhamsted-L. A. Cooke, Byron O.. Hawley, c. L. Futile. Albert Baker. Bethlehem-Theodore Bird, w. w. Vic- tory.
 Colebrook Reuben Rockwell, Lucian o. Bass, Clement Thompson, John Spencer.
 Cornwall -Chauncy E. Baldwin, William H. Porter, Si)as E. Beers, Charles Swift. Goshen-Austin Allyn, Henry Norton, John M Wadhams, Willard E. Gaylord. Harwinton-Emerson M Hayes, Willis Catlin. John D. Page, Abijah Catlin.
 Morris-James N. Benton, Leman H.
 Benton.
 New Hartford-H L. Jones', second dis trict. s. N. Pettibone. New Miford-Colone Charles D. Blinn, Minot 5. Giddings, Frank w. Marsh, Charles k. MorehOuse. Norfolk Robbins Battell, Edward L. Gay lord, Joseph N. Cowles. Levi B. Phelps
 Plymouth Lyman D. Baldwin, William w. Cltinence.
 Thomaston--W William B. Gilbert, A. P. Bra:sreel.
 Torrington J. F. Calhoun, Charles F. Brooker, Wilber W. Birge, Burton c. Patter- son.
 Washington-John c. Brinsmade, James Aspinwall; second district, James w. Ford, II. o. Averell. Watertown-IIenry G. Scott, Alanson War ren.
 Woodbury-Willlam Smith, Charles E. Strong, Charles D. Minor, Willis J. Mallo- 1 ry.
 Mir. Mack, the new harness-maker at Wash | ington Depot, is said to be first class work men in every respect. While in Guilford (from whence he removes to Washington he
 made all MT. w. H. H. Murray's fine har- nesses. We learn from Washington people that Mir. Mack is the best harness maker they have ever had there, and he deserves large l patronage.
 Secretary Sherman's chances seem to be de- clining, which unfortunately leaves Grant all l the better chance in the Southern States On 1 Wednesday last, he made 8 speech at Mans. field, Ohio, in which he referred very frankly to
 his candidacy, and said that unless his own State desired it, his name would not be pre-. sented at all
 The Northern Pacific railroad is to be push ed on towards completion. It now asks a renewal of the land grants given when it start ed before crash of 73; but Mir. Jay Gould, of the opposing Pacifice line, objects to any
 land grants to other roads than his own and | awaits the election of Blaine in the confidence that then his interests will be safe.
 The victory of the Citizens ticket in San
 Francisco, last week, by 1000 majority over
 the Sand Lot nominees, is very significant of q
 popular reaction against Kearney. The dec.
 larations of that demagogue to the effect that
 a vote for tbe citizens ticket was vote for affirming his sentence to imprisonment do
 not seem to have helped him with the peo- 1 pie.
 ] The Senate has finally helped out Gen.
 Brady in the matter of Star Routes, and their
 amendments were adopted by the House in
 spite of the determined opposition of Gen.
 Hawley and others of the committee on ap- propriatlOnS.
 The St. Anthony falls water-power at Min
 neapols has been bought by the St. Paul,
 Minneapolis and Manitoba B. R. Co.,. for ! about half a million. If water-power is worth
 anything that one ought to be worth the money paid for it.
 l Hartford Republicans have chosen Editor
 Warner of the Courant, and three other Ed
 nunds delegates, to the New Haven Conven-
 tion. New Haven rejects the advice of Messrs Woolsey, Watrous, and others, and chooses an ti-Edmunds delegation. The Kelley Democrats have separate con-
 vention at the same time the regular New York Democracy hold theirs They propose to make choice. of candidates for presidential ! electors to be run in case Tilden secures the CinciuRati nomination. The Democracy carried Bridgeport at Mon- | ENn SAak AtoN