Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-31
NEW VOTERS IN CONNECTICUT.

DemOcratS Slalm1ng W Per Cent OF
Them-How the Republicans Figure
Out a Victory p Manufacturers for
Tariff Reform.
Special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct sl.-The boards Of
registeaticn Of the state have substantially
completed the work Of making new voters and
are now correcting the lists. The increase in
the registration in New Haven this year is al
most double that Of any previous year, and the
board estimates that there will be 20 900 names
on the voting list; two years ago at the state
election there wer 10000 names on the list.
The increase in Hartford is 2155; in Water
bury, 400; in Norwich, 795; in New London, $40,
and in other cities correspondingly large. The
democrats assert that any minded man
will admit that 60 per cent Of the new voters
in the cities will vote for Cleveland. Town
Agent Reynolds, democrat, of the New Haven
board Of registration, says that the democrats
have increased their strength here by 500 votes.
A well posted republican who has made care
ful canvass says that 200 would be nearer the
correct figure.
THE LABOR PARTY
polled nearly 2, 800 votes in Connecticut two
years ago, enough to have thrown the election
Of the state ticket into the general assembly,
even had there been no prohibition ticket, with
400 votes, in the field. Peter Lynch, a car
riage painter, was that Ear labor candidate for
mayor Of this city and polled 1,5O0 votes. He
said to-day that the labor party was not making
much Of a fight in this state. They had held
no meetings and did not hope to poll more
than ], 500 votes in the whole state. Many Of
the leaders were working in the republican
party because of its attitude on the tariff ques-
tion. They did not consider themselves re-
publicans, but labor men still, and hoped that
the organization of the labor party would be
preserved He himself did not regard the
tariff question as Of much importance to the
workingmen; not nearly as important as the
labor question as raised by Henry George.
There were many others of the leaders of the
labor party in Connecticut who agreed with
him as to the relative importance of the two
questions.
Neither the republicans nor the democrats
expect to see q vote of more than 500 for the
pect to gain materially by the falling of claim
ing that 80 per cent Of the labor men are demo-
Gratis when it comes to direct fight between
the two great political parties. As to the tariff
issue they say the subject is understood in
Connecticut as it never was before, and that
the republicans need count on no recruits from
the labor men on that score.
REPUBLICAN CALCULATIONS.
The Waterbury Republican expresses the
opinion that Connecticut is not doubtful, pro-
vided the full vote is polled. Since 1852 the
l
year save in 1876 and 1884. In 1880 the repub-
lcans cast their largest vote, 81 073 and the re-
suit was plurality Of 2656 for Garfield. Four
years ago the prohibition vote was 2, 500 and
the republican vote fell of to 5,s9s, Cleveland
carrying the state by LISA. The Republioon
looks for falling of in the prohibition vote
this year and the fullest vote on the part of the
republicans ever known in this state. Under
such conditions Connecticut will 60 for Harri-
son.
MANUFACTURES FOR TARIFF RKfoRM.
One Of the most important meetings Of the
campaign was held in Hartford last night,
under the auspices Of the Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts and New York tariff reform club.
Secretary Fairchild, Prof Baldwin, Of Yale Col
Harvey N. Shepard, Of Boston, were the
speakers. The list Of vice-presidents was a
significant one, as il included the names OF
many manufacturers of Hartford, Waterbury,
Bridgeport and other places in the state who
were formerly republicans. Included in the
list were several Yale College and Wesleyan
University professors, prominent insurance
men OF Hartford, and Samuel L. Clemens
l''Mark Twain"). Some of the Waterbury and
Bridgeport men are heavily interested in man.
ufacturing, and their aid is especially pleasing
to the tariff reform men as indicative of what
may be expected of the ''silent vote," from
which so much stress has been laid by those
who are confident that Cleveland will carry
Connecticut by larger majority this year than
four years ago.
AN UNPLEASANT FEATURE
Of the state campaign has been the bitter per-
sonal attack made upon Bulkeley, republican
candidate for governor, by Hartford news
paper. The business affairs Of the insurance
company Of which Bulkeley is president have
been brought into the canvass, and even the
domestic affairs Of the candidate have been
made the subject Of virulent attacks. This
method Of warfare has not met with the approval
Of the democratic leaders in Hartford or other
parts of the state, but they have been power
less to stop it.