Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-09
THE coNGREssIoNAL DISTRICTS.

THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
 The Register says the Democrats have a right to expect that they will elect three out So they have, but those Democrats who ex- ercise that right will feel small after the cleo ton. Let us look at the situation.
 The Republican nominee in the First dis trict is John R. Buck of Hartford. With the exception of General Hawley, who declined to run, probably no stronger nomination could have been made. Mr. Buck is known and respected throughout his district and the State as man of great ability and purity of character. He is making a. most energetic canvass and will have the full vote of his party and some votes from the Democrats MT. George Beach, of Hartford the nominee of the Democrats, is a man of high social standing and he also has Ca barrel, :" but he has not the experience in legislative matters and other qualifications for the place that Mir. Buck has. He is simply wasting his time and money in trying to carry the district. Two years ago General Hawley's plurality was 2,2S7, and there were 997 Greenback votes. There will be few Greenback votes this year. We shall not be surprised if Mir. Bucks plurality is 800 or 1000.
 The Second district is the one where the Democrats have most ground for confidence. Two years ago Phelps plurality was 2,273. Against him the Republicans have made this year very strong nomination. Mir. Wallace s great popularity among the manufacturers of the district and their employees on account of his thorough Identification with the policy of protection of American in dustries will bring him many votes from out side the ranks of his own party. The Re publicans have also the fact to encourage them that only few years ago the district was carried by General Kellogg, for two suc- cessive terms, and once against so popular 8 man as ex-Governor English. MT. Wallace's election is not beyond the limits of possibili- ty ,and he will certainly reduce the Democrat c majority.
 In the Third district Colonel John T. Wait who has served the district in Congress long and well, will be returned by very large plurality. His Democratic opponent, MT. Marvin H. Sanger of Canterbury, will proba- ply run behind the vote of his party It is now expected that Mir. Waits plurality will not fall below 1000 and it may reach ?, 500.
 In the Fourth district the contest will be a hot one. Two years ago Mir. Miles, the Re publican candidate this year, carried the dis trict by plurality of 1,179. There were then 1, 84S Greenback votes The Democrats are somewhat demoralized by Barnum's re- fusal to run, and Mir. Peet, who has been put in the field in his stead is not strong candi- date. The Greenbackers are running can didate and expect to give him a respectable vote. MT. Miles has entered upon the can vass with his accustomed energy and vigor, and the chances now are decidedly in favor of his reelection.
 To sum up, it is as certain as anything in politics can be that the Republicans will car ry the First and Third congressional districts, and it is probable that they will carry the Fourth. We place this against the Register's expectation that the Democrats will carry three of the four districts, and appeal to the election returns.