Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-07
ro.nAv,s ELECTION.

] The trouble that will be encountered is one | frequently met with in local elections. It is apathy among Republicans caused simply
 and solely by the idea that the Democratic party will elect their candidates anyway and
 there is no use of making an effort. Now
 this making an effort is just what is needed
 to-day, and there is plenty of occasion for it.
 It is imperative and if every Republican
 does his duty Thomas R. Trowbridge, Twill
 be the next Mayor. The reason for this is the outspoken dissatisfaction prevailing
 among considerable portion of the rank and
 file of the Democracy over the Shanley mat
 ter over the constable ticket and over the
 trouble left from the State election,
 when Reynolds was slaughtered in the race
 for sheriff. Let every Republican cast his | vote to day, and Mr. Trow bridge is elected.
 Another reason for this assumption is this: l MT. Trow bridge will gain not a few Demo-
 cratic votes from among his friends in the Democratic party. He will also gain many
 owing to the dissatisfaction existing in the
 Democratic ranks. Then there is the labor
 vote nine-tenths of which will
 come from the Democrats and reduce the
 Democratic vote Therefore it is that
 the Republicans have good fighting chance | to-day, which it is hoped they will improve. l On personal grounds there is nothing to say in | favor of Judge York which cannot be said in l favor of Mr. Trowbridge. Both have clean l records. Both are equally qualified for the
 office. But MT. Trowb bridge is entitled to
 every Republican vote. His fitness for the office is unquestioned. He is not profes- | sional politician. He is devoted to the inter
 ests of the city. He is thoroughly acquaint- ed with the most important interests and l needs of the city. He would devote his time | to the interests of the taxpayers and to the duties of the position with the energy which characterizes him in business life and in all [ oIxi oh, bo h0u hooy, fed.
 Said prominent Democrat: "It looks as if the Democratic ticket for constables would 1 be defeated owing to the comu1otion caused l by the leaving off of Messrs. Pond, Catlin | and Higgins from the ticket MT. Pond is
 again on the ticket by MT. Redmond's with l drawal in his favor, but there are several po- l litical scalping knives being sharpened and l there will be some telling work done to-day" There will, of course, be lots of skirmish- | ing day over some of the ward tickets for members of the Court of Common Council. There will be music at the Third ward polls;
 also in the bloody Seventh; and there will be | lively work in each of these wards growing
 cut of the Shanley letter revelation. l About a bushel of "pasters" are in the | field for use at to-day's election, from the mayoralty down to the third councilmen, and | it is expected that the position of counter l in the large Democratic wards to night will l be like "the policeman's lot," "not a happy one." The interest to hear the returns will \ not be small.
 voted for to-day. They are Philip Hugo for | town clerk, Tax Collector Futile, City Audit or Lake and City Sheriff Hollis. These gen. ! tlemen sit and look serenely on while the battle rages, their names being upon both | tickets.
 | As to selectmen there is another interest 1 ing contest. A leading Republican said last | night: My opinion is that MT. Beecher will | be elected town agent. Of course Messrs. 1 Treat, Beecher and Feldman will be 1e-elec- | ed, because of minority representation. MT. | Feldman will usual come in with big vote, as he always gets good-sized Demo | cratic German vote in addition to the Re- | publican vote. But my opinion is that MT. Beecher will be the next | town agent of New Haven. There are various reforms in the man. | agement of town offices which MT. Beecher, | if elected, has both the disposition and the | ability to make. I have no word against MT. Reynolds, except that it looks as if he ! was handicapped in the race at the start by l circumstances unfortunate for that gentle man. and new deal is to my mind resolved upon with reference to the office." David w. Sharp, the candidate on the Republican ticket for Alderman in the Fourth ward, is veteran of the late war and served | from the beginning to the end of the great conflict. He is past commander of Admi- ral Foote post, G. A. R., and is very popular | among all classes. He ought to be elected by large majority. Knots of Local Politicians Were frequent in the vicinity of Church and | Chapel streets and s'chinning' was lively. The interest seemed to be centering on the city elerkship and the constable election. Said we'll known young Democratic mer- chant versed in ward politics: ''There will be
 
 will be the order of the day. Shanley will | be scratched by the wholesale and those who scratch his name will vote for no other name | for city clerk. This will work in favor of Willett. There will also be a plenty of scratching in the Seventh and Shanley will be one of the sufferers. The constable busi- ness is rather mixed. The Democrats left l off Pond, Andrews, Catlin and Callahan. l Pond is back on the ticket through Red l mond's withdrawal in his favor, as is also l Andrews through similar favor from Pe- l ters. On the Republican or Citizens ticket are the names of four Democrats, Jacob
 Mailhouse, Higgins, Andrews and Catlin. l Catlin and Callahan are left out in the cold l and there is trouble ahead. Also" continued l the speaker, "there is error in the Citizens | ticket, on which MT. Andrews name appears ! as Daniel K. Andrews. It should be David | K. Andrews."
 Disguised.
 | l that owing to the dissatisfaction in Demo- | cratic circles many Democrats would vote | the Labor ticket. The Labor vote of today | is decidedly an unknown quantity and is va riously estimated at from 300 to 1900, the | latter being the figure at which it is placed l by some of the most ssnguine Labor party leaders.
 | Deep Emotion.
 l The Democratic ticket for haywards excites l deep emotion and "the people pays their money and takes their choice" Vote early | but not too often.
 | A Scurrflous DOdger Against Willett. | Another instance of Democratic trickery l was exemplified last night when Chapel
 street and other principal thoroughfares were
 flooded with dodgers which grossly misrep-
 resented the Republican nominee for city
 clerk. This contemptible dodge appears to
 be the last straw grasped at to
 defeat if possible MT. Willett and
 elect Bernard J. Shanlev. The dodge will
 have the effect attributed to the boomerang.
 It will react upon it's authors and the pur-
 pose in view in their circulation. The cir
 cular or dodger in question was headed "A
 Statement of Facts" most ironical head
 ing. When the circular was shown a prom
 inent city official last night, he said: "Shan- ley realizes that int elligent voters must know
 that he is to be cut by his party, and the | only ghost of show he now thinks he has | is to induce Republicans to scratch MT. Will
 lett, hence the dodger. This is about the
 true situation of affairs, but Republicans
 thoroughly understand it. No intelligent
 voter is to be deceived by such means"
 They won't Go Home Till Morning.
 As it looks now, said Democratic office
 holder last evening, the result of to-day's
 election will not be fully known until mid ! night and those who wish to know it will not go home till morning.
 The Minor Offices. Following are the candidates for the minor | places on the Republican ticket: |, For Packers-Elijah Gilbert Cornelius Pierpont Samuel E. Merw1n, Franklin H. Hart Frank s. An
 drew. Joel A. Sperry, Joel F. Gilbert Elford Brad | ley, Louis Q. Pfah, Philander A. Beebe For Weighers-William Hart Charles F. Futile
 Alonzo A. Townsend, Starr H. Barnum, Pierce l Stakelum, Albert H. Young, Enos S. Kimberly , James A. Austin. Alfred E. BlakesIee, David k | filling, Henry E. Hotchkiss, William F. French | Edward M Woodward. H. Alonzo Stevens Charles l Craft, Samuel M Brown, Henry A. Barnes, James 1 N. Coe.
 For Pound Keepers-George L. Ives, Henry w