Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-06

body. Its more adroit and influential meni- bers were favorable to Tilden. though perhaps d"uhting the advsability of his nomination. Barnum and Burr controlled the selection of delegates, while Waller controlled the Con- vention. Though himself opposed to Tilden, the latter did all he could to keep the anti Tilden people from passing directly hostile resolutions, and finally moved the indefinite postponement of the platform proposed by the regular committee, put the motion him self, and then declared it carried and the convention adjourned, all. as it were, in the twinkling of an eye The following is the list of delegates chosen. most of them, as the Tribune reporter neatly puts it, Gin favor of Tilden but against his nomination :'
 AT LARGE.
 First District-A E. Burr, Hartford
 Second Dstrict-William Parsons, New Haven.
 Third District-David A Wells Norwich
 Fourth District William H. Barnum, Sails bury.
 COUNTY DELEeATEs.
 Hartford Jeffrey O. Phelps, Simsbury
 Holland -Jabcz l.. White, Bolton.
 New Haven-Samuel Simpson, Walling- ford.
 Middlesex-Curtis Bacon, Middletown.
 New London-Ralph Wheeler, New Lon don.
 Windham-T W. Greenslit, Killingly
 Fairfeld-Jonathan E. Wheeler, Vest port.
 Litchfleld-Henry B. Graves, Litchfeld.
 The notable feature of the Democratic Con vention was the same that characterized the recent Republican Convention dissatisfaction with the machine. In fact the opposition to Tilden in the former was even more pro- nounced than the opposition to Grant and Blaine in the latter. It required all Tom Walters phenomenal assurance to stop the debate on the demerits of Mr. Samuai J. Tiden, into which the convention had drifted when the tour de force of It's chairman cut its proceedings short.
 The most important fact of all, however, was the power shown by Mir. Barnum to mould the party he leads, entirely to his will. While the convention can hardly be considered TIlden triumph, 1t was clear victory for Barnum. He again heads the Connecticut delegation; and, though he may not be able tD give their vote entire to Tildcn he will cer- tainly deliver it to the candidate Tilden des- ignates should be determine not to run again himself.
 It is this unworthy subjugation of Connec- ticut Democracy by Wm. H. Barnum which renders it utterly unserviceable as means of reform. No man in his senses will forsake the Republican party in Connecticut, and join the Democratic party. in the belief that he is advancing the cause of political purity. He runs away from one machine to place himself in the power of vastly more powerful, vastly more dangerous machine. Connecticut De- mocracy, therefore, can expect no direct help from those who want reform and restoration of the people to real power, in place of the tuteage in which they are flow held by peliti- clans. Of course the Republican who bolts bad nomination knows perfectly we'll that he is indirectly helping Democratic candidate who may be just as bad man as the candi- date he bolts. Must he therefore bow to the dictation of one party machine because he sees that the opposition machine is still worse?
 It is this assumed necessity of choosing be- tween two evils that will keep good men in both parties voting all their lives for bad candi- dates, unless they finally get their eyes open to the fact that the only way to put stop to tho ian of bod oopd;dotoo ;, holx them as often as the party machines set them up. The moral question all lies in nut shells It IS 70 excuse .tor Uoting for c bad ,asam that others are voting tor soorse one.
 A stupid brute got into a row with stupid crowd at Patterson, N. J., on Sunday. It seems that the German societies there have practice of celebrating the first of May. They have been in the habit of crossing over piece of land occupied by one William Dalzell, butcher. He objected strongly to the practice, and was on hand Sunday, with his son and shot gun to prevent the trespass A young man by the name of Van Houten got into scuffle with the younger Dalzell, when the father came to the rescue and shot Van Houten dead. At the time of the murder, it is said, neither Dalzell nor Van Houten were on the formers land. The crowd then chased DalZell into his house, and seemed determined to lynch him. He fired on them. once more and shot little boy and little glrl, not seriously, however. The mob had now be. come riot of the most violent description, refused to disperse on command of the au- thorities, set Dalzell's house on fire, and chased him from place to place. At last the officers succeeded in running hlm through the crowd and taking him with swift team to Newark jail. The military have been called out, and the man is probably no longer in danger of immediate mob violence
 At an early hour on Saturday last. Harry Crane, of Bethlehem, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol. The Waterbury American gives the following account of the affair.":
 About o'clock he arose from his bed and while in the act of dressing was noticed by his wife to slip small pistol into his pocket. She immediately attempted to wrest it from his grasp, holding on to him till strength was exhausted, when he threw himself on his bed, drew the weapon and, in the presence of his wife and daughter, shot himself, the fatal bull let passing through his body being found in the bed. It entered just over the heart He died in a short time The deceased had for some time been depressed in spirits and melancholy, owing in measure to ill health He leaves wife, one son and two daughters. The deceased was 58 years of age.
 MT. Gladstone has completed his Cabinet by the appointment of the following addition al members -..-
 Duke of Argyle-Lord Privy Seal
 Earl of Kimberly-Colonal Secretary.
 John Bright Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
 Marquis of Ripon-Viceroy of India.
 Mir. Chamberlain-Sec. Board of Trade.
 Mir. Dodson-President of the Local Gov