Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-09-23

Boston celebrated its Quarter Millennal on
Friday. The addresses were in the Old South
Church at which were present governors of
the New England States, and other distinguish
ed invited guests of the city. At noon an
immense procession began moving through the
streets OF the city, which had been splendidly
decorated. In the evening there was a con-
cert by Gilmore's Band at the parade ground
On the Common. The entire ground was illu-
minated, so that it was as bright as day, by
electric lights of great power. The llumina-
ton was one of the. most brilliant ever wit
nesses in this country. The band gave an ex-
cellent concert, and before ii was ended the
crowd had swelled to enormous proportions.
and probably included over 10000 people.
Yet, with all this vast assemblage, there
seemed to be no decrease in the crowd on the
various streets near the Common and through
the route of the torchlight parade in the even
ing, which brought fitting end the varied ex-
ercises commemorative Of Boston's birthday.
Massachusetts Republicans have renominat.
ed Gov. Long. They always adopt good
platform, and we select the following from it
as an exceptionally sound plank:
1t is therefore to the republican party alone
tnat friends OF currency based upon the
Value or gold coin Can look for repeal or
modincatlon OF the laws relating to the coin.
age OF silver dollar which derived their chief
support from democratic votes and which
were passed over the veto of republican nres-
ldent, and the republicans of Massachusetts
are OF the opinion that the continued COINAGE
OF silver dollors OF the present standard while
the monetary relations of.gold and silver re-
main substantially as they are now, will bring
aoout the expulsion OF gold from the country
on anu Impose upon our commerce and industry
the disadvantages of a currency deprecated in
the markets of the world, and that the COINAGE
OF these dollars, now going on at the rate Of
TWO miillens month, ought 10 be suspended
until the relation between gold and silver has
Deen uniformly established bv the leading
commercial countries We have faith tn he,
leve that the republican party of the country
as IL Is party of progress that can profit hv
tne lessons OF experience, will, il entrusted
Win the power, remove by appropriate lepis-
iation the only serious obstacles that now exist
10 placing the currency of the country upon
an absolutely sound and durable basis.
From present appearances Virginia NAV
give her electoral vote to Garfield Last week
the two factions of the Democracy tried to
compromise their differences and unite on a
common electoral ticket. The Bourbons in.
sisted on arranging matters in such manner "a
would cut of the Readjuster alliance with the
Republicans. Gen. Malone evidently means
to keep up that alliance even it it should coat
Hancock the electoral vote OF Virginia. In
1875 the Republicans of that State cast o..
600 votes to 14O, 900 polled by the then united
Democracy. If that party is equally, or near
ly equally divided, Garfield will therefore carry
the State. Everything will depend on that.
although, in case there is close contest, the
Republicans could probably better their vote
of four years since.
Georgia has certainly done we'll for negro
education. In four years before the last re-
port, the number of negro children in school
had trebled and the state gives the same tn
their colored that it does to their white college
1t further appears that from half to two thirds
the adult negros in that state are taxpayers
and property holders. That tells story of
progress that will soon make carpet bagging
and bull doing impossible, at least in Geor.
gia.
The Democratic Convention which met at
Bridgeport. Tuesday, nominated Geo. W.
Feet for Congress, and now the question is
whether he or Mr.. Miles is to be our next
Congressman. We have nothing to say in
favor of the methods they both practice but,
of the men, Mr.. Miles is most decidedly pref
cradle.
The differences in the French Rennhl,c
have resulted in the formation of new min
istry under Jules Ferry. 1t is expected that