Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-23
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Nkw HAVEN, CosS., Oct 23-Bringfng Gov Hrl
OF New YORK. up into Connecticut for a Few hours
turned out 70 BE- one OF the best cards yet played
oy the democratic state central committee, and
the result must have been highly grsutytng % the
governor himself. When he LEFT New York satur~
oas morning he had no idea OF stopping on AZ
bridgeport but a committee OF Democrats nom
That city boarded the train at Norwalk. and YIELD
me 70 their entreaties, he stopped over long
enough 10 address from the Atlantic House balcony
great crowd which at less than An hour,. notice
had collected about the hotel The Brldreport
democrats never lack In enth uslasm ana are In
nne working trim THIS talL Collector Morgan pre-
says VIII astonish both republicans and demo
crats OF other parts OF the state. AT waterpury.
immense audience, and In New Haven thai same
evening the Hyperion. the largest hall An the CIV
could have been nlled three times over by those
who came 10 see aud hear him. The goyernorr
voice nad been impaired somewhat by much speak
ing the two or three weeks previous but he found
no dimculty In making himself heard by the audi
ence, which was fully large a. thai which as
seInbled here few nights previous 20 hear Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, a great favorite with New Haven
people regardless OF political preferences GOV
Hill expressed great confidence that New York
was all right Tor Cleveland. he had been a llTtle
his trip into the state had satisfied him thai Tie
claims OF the republicans were unfounoed
The boards OF registration OF the state are busy
this week admitting new voters In New Haven
there 4 100 on the list 10 be maie- The local
board OF registration Is In session nine hour A ay
and "makes" voters az the rate Of two . minute
This number, 4, 200, is by Tar the biggest nunlber
ever made In New Haven In presidential or any
other year. Two-thirds OF the new yolers even
crst IN aarford the new voters Nj, M. ns- oe
nearly 800. and In the other cities OF the state
the lists are the larsgest ever known In Bridge
port and most OF the other clties and Dig manu.
featuring towns the preponderance OF Democrats
among the new voters Is nearly, n not quite that
In New Haven This Il a most disheartenins feat
ure OF the campaign FOR the republicans Where
they 70 look Tor Increase their vote 20 on
set that OF the democrats In New Haven alone n
rs not easy 10 imagine They cannot hope 10 ma
it In country towns from which comes the greater
portion OF their vote, Tor the number Of voters
'made" In the rural districts Ia 10 small 20 be-
hardly worth taking into consideration The pOpu-
latlOn OF the country towns does not materially IN
crease from one presidential year 10 another, the
increase In the population OF the state Is made Ia
the cities, and there the democrats have an oyet-
whelming advantage In the matter OF new voters.
Clarence Deming. formerly editor OF an inde-
pendent newspaper In this city and himself an IN
dependent In politics, has Just returned from a
tour or the state, made Tor the purpose obtain
ing a correct knowledge OF tue situation as far as
the national issue is concerned He talks as fol-
lows: "when started out on this tr1p had grave
DOUBTS about Connecticut being carried by the
democrats; have returned with the very strong
place visited found that there has been an in-
crease large increase In the democratic reglstra-
ton. kven In some OF the republican towns, where
republicans expected encouraging Increase In the
new registration they have been disappointed.
while The democrats have made iarge gains
There us is less q THIS % tann scare ' this s year
than there was four years ago. -Four years ago the
manufacturers were telling their employees that
the revision OF the tarin would carry destruction
and ruin TO the wori1ngmen. The four years
have passed and there Is no appearance OF the
scare The omployes with The Sarff issue th,s Time
as they succeeded 70 some extent in doing In the
last presidential contest must say that have
found great deal less OF the element OF intlmda-
tion than there was formerly. There Is very little
OF IL. Here and there you win md case OF II,
but II Is nowhere near as general some incivid-
uals have the Impression or as t has been In the
past The reports have received from those who
are more closely connected Win the labor move
ments In Connecticut Indicate that the working
men are showing a deeper interest, and are more
eager IN their study OF the tariff question than
ever, with the result, am told that they viii vote
the democratic ticket -Four years ago the great
cry on the part OF those opposed 10 Mr.. Cleveland
WAS that tarin reform would result In ruin 20
manu- iactures In Connecticut The responses
encouraging, and the manuIacturers who then
made use OF them 70 influence The vote OF their
employees have been met In this campaign with
the rejonder that the ruin due four years ago has
| not yet arrived. Therefore there Is very little
apprehension now on this issue"
Consul-General Waller, who arrived home from
London last week, leIt New London to-day for
New York, where he win spend the next few days.
From what he said 10 a friend to-day there is
reason 70 believe tnat he may yet reconsider his
intention OF aostaining altogether Tits campaign
| from political speaking he Will make up ms
mind IN q day or two. He is the most popular
stump orator In the state. and his decision is
awaited with great Interest by politicians on both
sides
II Is q question whether the republican manu-
facturers OF this state who nave made Of the
pay envelopes sent out by the national republican
Commute have not overstepped the mark The
employees have heard muca OF the Tree trade,
pauper labor cry during the past eight years and
II has lost Its effect and they consider the VI
these envelopes as a piece Of impudence, 70 say
the least