Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-08
THE ELECTION. THE DAY IN NEW HAVEN.

The election yesterday was of specially in- eresting character, and the query "How's | he vote going" was on everybody's tongue. l The election passed off quietly, however l There were few arrests for noisy demop- l strations at the polls and boisterous behavior and there were few "drunks," but for town of 10000 people it was remarkably quiet. Pastors were freely used. Several thousand Waller pastors were circulated, and the display of tickets at the booths included a great variety. The Regular tickets, reg ular with the exception of one name or two names of the opposite party upon them, were numerous. Hacks were flying about in all directions, not only late in the afternoon but throughout the day. There were crowds around the booths and business was lively among the intermediate grade of local politi- clans. Some of the strangers arriving by trains and stopping off at the depot for a lunch took lively interest in the Connecti- cut election, though they were from other States. Bets on the election were numerous and of varied character, some based on odds for Bulkeley and some giving odds for Wal Ter. Very general interest was manifested regarding the Congressional contest in this district, and opinions seemed to concur as to the probability of a strong vote for General Merwin, while the Democrats were equally sanguine that Mitchell was the coming man.
 The weather on the whole was favorable. It did not rain, nor snow, which was fa-
 vorable for bringing out the Republican
 vote. No doubt with bad weather the Republican vote would have been les-
 sened. It always is with rainy weather. In
 most of the wards large vote was boiled in
 the first half of the day. Nearly 800 out of
 HOO or 1, 200 voters in the Second ward
 had voted by 1O:15 o'clock, and in other
 wards about one third of the vote was in by
 that time Of course there was considerable
 interest to see how the Democratic tickets for Representatives to the Legislature were coming out, there being the Troup and Law ticket, or regular ticket, and the boters' tick ct, Adriance and Fox, while the Republicans had H. II. Strong and C. L. Baldwin. The reports as to the progress of the voting for Democratic Representatives were varied, one being that the regular ticket was being we'll l sustained and not likely to lose more than 300. or 400 votes, the other that Fox and Adriance were getting large vote. The re- ports varied according to the localities heard from. Tho Seventh ward always an inter- esting spot on lection day, such yester- day. There was a big crowd about the polls
 all day and good natured partisan efforts l were put forth with great zeal and energy, | and voters frequently found themselves s'in ! the hands of their friends" to such an extent | that they were glad to stay and ! make a day of it irrespective of politics. The Democratic ward champions 1 had ''Victory perches upon our banner l aspect, having faith that Waller would be ! elected, and bearing in mind also the fact l that the polls would close and the saloons open at five. Thirst appeared to seize a 1 large number of the workers on both sides directly after D. m and the future of the Republican and Democratic parties, civil ser ! vice reform, the tariff for revenue only and other questions were momentarily forgotten In unlimited beer. The anti monopoly ticket ! having Butler, the hat man, for Congress, was displayed at all the booths and consider able fun was afforded by it. though the de- mand for 1t was scarce, except as matter of curiosity. It bore the names, Abel P. Tan ner, of New London, for Governor Hubert O. Baker, of Hartford, for Lieutenant Gov ernor; Henry J. Ruggles, of Bridgeport, for Secretary of State; Patrick J. O'Connor, of Norwich for Treasurer; Henry l.. Soper, of Windsor, for Comptroller, and Samuel A. York, of New Haven, fer Judge of Probate Mir. Butler himself occasionally lent his adherents. The Republican workers were not idle yesterday, and though generally do ing less talking, ''chinning'' and button holing than their friends of the opposition, put in good days work.
 | THE RETURNS ON CHAPEL sTREET-sPEEoH FROM CANDIDATE TRoUP.
 At half past eight o'clock last evening Chapel street in front of the Register and Union offices was thronged with a dense ! mass of people, reaching from curb to curb, ! listening to the announcement of election re ! turns. 3,1oo majority for Waller in New
 Haven and his election, and the election of Eaton, were announced and greeted with i'm.
 nasnse cheering. It was evident that there | were good many Democrats in the crowd. l The Republicans in the crowd were quiet, but wanted the news and waited. Pretty
 soon it was announced from the Register win dows that Troup and Law were elected Rep
 resentatives. More cheering ensued and calls
 for ''Troup. Troup!" arose and were kept 1 up until MT. Troup appeared at his office and
 made speech He thanked the Democrats l for his election and the election of his col league, and for the news of Democratic
 success for Ben Butler in the old Bay State | and for news from other States favorable to | the Democracy. He then expressed the hope for united Democracy in New Haven He promised also 8 speech from Candidate 1 Mitchell soon.
 Then followed the announcement of few more dispatches, the crowd cheering eacI | announcement vociferously.
 l AT THE LOBBY AT MUSIC HALL,
 In tho lobby of Music Hall when the rs
 turns were received there was great excite
 ment. The returns as they came in were
 read in loud voice by Henry s. Cooper, and
 the ''scribes" were kept busy in noting down
 the returns from ths several wards. The | last ward to make it's returns was the
 Seventh, which rolled up the Democratic | majority 1n New Haven to over three thou
 sand. Then there was great hurrah and ] the crowd scattered to hear the news from other portions of the State.
 LATER INTEREsT-THE OLD WAR HORSE.
 Further election returns were from time tc
 time communicated to the crowds in front o1
 the Register and Uatoae offices, and as the
 news was received cheers went up heartily l DSSo SA ASSAiAS and much good humor and anxiety to cheer
 was manifest. Frequently the tail end of the applause Tapped on to fresh returns cemmu.
 nicated from the newspaper offices, causing I some confusion to the exact figures given
 and fresh applause broke out with disposi
 tion to Bloom, ah !'' The interest was kept
 up until 10 o'clock, though the crowd was | lessened, and the tall, vigorous figure o1
 Hon. James Gallagher was deserted. The I chairman of the Democratic State Central
 committee was at once shouted for vocieer.
 ously. Mir. Gallagher on making
 his appearance was Justify cheered. He
 said this victory was not partisan victory
 but rebuke to dishonest political methods
 and courses. He said it was a grand upris ing (cheers) and that there was more to fol
 low. He complimented MT. Mitchell (applause,
 who was 8 man, he said, born and raised
 among you, whose record was honorable