The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-13

The Rrgis.cr trottec out a rooster yester
day morning, and enthroned it on thetoF
of dispatch copied from the Cincinnati
Enquirer OF the day before, pretending tc
give the latest news from the recent cleo
tons held in Connecticut 1t was used IL
the Register as means Of affecting tht
vote in this city and county yesterday
Said dispatch reads as follows:
New HAVEN, Conn, October ll.-Com
plete returns from the recent town cleo
tIons show that the Republicans carry but
seyenty.nine out OF one hundred and six
ty-seven towns in the State, a net Republic
can loss Of twenty-tOur towns, as COM
pared with the elections OF 1871, when the
Republicans carried one hundred and
three towns, In the strong Democratic
centers OF New Haven and Bridgeport nc
elections we're held. While local Issues In
large measure influenced the vote, the
result is regarded as encouraging TO the
Democrats, and no doubts are entertained
but that Connecticut will cast its Electoral
vote for Hancock.
Now to show how utterly bogus is the
pretended news in tho above dispatch, We
copy the facts in regard to the results o.
the Connecticut election from the Hart
ford Co,rant, as follows:
"The returns, chiefly official, from the
lO5 towns which held elections on Monday
give the following esnlt:-Republican So
Democratic 81, divided %. The result In
the State will compare with 1875, as fol
lows:
Rsrrbllcan..""........... ...............,69
n
Net htpubleln gsir II iaNnS,
Net DcuOCRIic IOE' . towns.
The Republicans have gained control In
"a towns and tho Democrats in 5. OF the
twenty-five towns now divided - were
Democratic in 1875 and consequently
may be c!assed as showing repub.
liran gains. Six were Republican in
4. 1876. 1t appears therefore that the
Republicans have gained In whole
or part in thiHy.nine towns and the
Democrats in eleven, making a net Repuh.
Gun gain in twenty. EIGHT towns. This
taken IN connection with the greatly in.
creased Republican vote in the larger
towns, is q result which can only be re-
RhIutu Hh buuWluk luhIhtu Cuhubb III
political sentiment since 1879. There has
never been any doubt that the Republic.
can vote 10 1876 was seriously lessened by
the disstlection resulting from business
depression. Many men voted for
change" then because they reason
ed that any change would be an
Improvement. There can be as little doubt
that the result this year has been inhu.
enCed by the renewed prosperity OF the
country and the determination to avoid
tho uncertainties which may result from
any change. The ssme men who favored
change Iour years ago now reason that
it is not wise to give u certainty for an un.
certainty. They know that even II there
were likely IN be no change In the general
policy OF the country in relation to finances
and home industries, tho election OF q
Democratic administration must in
eviRbly be followed by long season
OF paralyxing uncertainty until the future
policy il definitely settled upon. They
know also that the hostility Of the con.
trolling element OF the Democratic party 10
the present 6nacial policy aud to the pro.
lection Of American industries would
greatly increase the uncertainties OF the
future in case Of Democratic success.
They would be sadly deficient In intel
ligeHce and prudence under such circum.
stances, II they gave their votes for such
change, That is about the meaning Of the |
town elections.