New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-31
THE CONNECTICUT OUTLOOK
WILLIAM H. BARNrM SADLY MISSED ~
HIS PARTY.
THE DEMOCRACY DISC R6 ANixxp AND woRxIxo
At Observation-Disclosures DEPENDENCE
ENTIRELY on DOODLE vorras
LIKELY TO PAY HEED TO TNE
LESION OF PRosPfNTY-RE-
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New Haven. Oct. 3o.-In isss Connecticut raw
Cleveland 3a6 majority. Three Of the four msw-
hers Of Congrcss elected were Republicans. sos
the Republican majority in the Consrr vets
was in the neighborhood NJ loo. The Rpuh
licans carried both branches Of the legislature
and elected their State ticket. The succ~~ u
the Cleveland eIcctossl ticket WAS. In the cirvnm-
stances. something Of a sir2rse 10 people oaf-
side the State To the Republicans OF the cities
Of Wsterbury Norwich and Meri'Ien. who NV
during the afternoon OF election day votes openly
bought a more extensive scale and At hixhsf
prices than had ever beforr bccn known, there
was no mystery about how It was done. nor any
question by whom. For several year, morn
than score. the Gne hand Of y mAstsr had been
felt at intervals IN state politics. and the peop'e
had 20 recognize IL intuitiycly whenever
the Democrats achieved unexpected success or
gained a victory OF unusual proportions The
hand Of Mr.. W.llsm IL Darnum, the Connecticut
mcrnlsr and the chairman OF the Democratic
National Committee, was a. plain In this result
as II he had made proclamation Of his purpo"s
and advertised the allotment OF his funds with
the names OF his agents. lie was by all oddA
the ablest manager the Democrats Of Connet
cut ever had. lie lacked no quality that was
essential 10 success - Democratic leader. AMI
no scruplc ever Handicapped or hnder~d him In
political contests Ills contempt for theorists md
doctrnaiies waS open and unconceaed. and there
was something in tile calm assurance with which
he secuted the idea Of the sacrcdneSe OF the hal.
lot or the purity OF the franchise; in the bsincss
like way in which he formulated his plans anil
put in operation his methods. and In the cynical
indifference with which he regarded criticism ~
ccnsurc. that went far to dsarm the hostility OF
men of pure morals on whose minds partisanship
had dinnled little il not entirely oblt,ratrd, the
dividing line between right and wrong. Among
his political associates were without doubt many
consc ientious upright men, but though his methods
were as we'll known his name, never heard Of
a voice from any OF them being raised in protest.
lie wanted the electoral vote Of Connecticut In
lsssy for reasons Of his own, and he proceeded ~
take it ny the best method known to him.
lie died few days after the election Of 1883
His death left vacancy in the Nat.oosl councils
Of IN" party which Senator's Hill, Brice and Cor
man will hardly aim 10 fill, great as they 81
are in the lines which were his specially. In
Connecticut the loss 10 the party il now seriously
felt for il has been left in shnt than leader
less condition in which a dozen or score of
utterly feeble ard incompetent persons SO flop
ping round humping against each other and miA-
ing things up in iDeXucable confusion. II wouA
not have be,,i possible for him. bad he lived. ~
prevent the party from falling into tho iesA
| blunder Of creating o deadlock and cbstructiu1
lcgt5lation for two yexsa 10 was- not hb fsrss
TO direct the policy of tho party on any aussfien
And even il II had been, tho Democrats ,Woo
happened to h. in majority in the Senate were
40 wrong .hcsdcd, obstinate and reckless that no
influence from outside could have stirred them
from their pr.destinate purpose to cover them
selves with disgrace and confusion Nor could
he have prevented the party being broken mp by
personal rivalrie, and factional quarrels to saca
nm extent as to dcmoraIize the VIII lc organization
The irieconcilablc difference on the tariH would
have existed all the same, and he could nave
done nothing TO prevent the candidacy ot rlsot
for Congress In the lid District. which has created
such dissa tisfaction as TO make this the party,s
heretofore almost imprrgnabe stronghold. doubt
full district Bit what nc might do, IL he were
alive now, is precisely what h. dill in less IL
is this week, Just the edge OF In" elecion' tnA'
they miss him most He Lrew the whole State
thoroughly: knew precisely where III, peculiar
methods were most cfiicacious: knew tue cost OF
the business in detail as we'll he knew tn"
cost of the products OF his own MILE OF 'h'
oricc Of his stocks AMI honds in the market. snd
mcnts In tho eAlsting unsatisfactory and some
wbat discouraciup state OF affairs they may
wcll mt IN the cry: "Oh for an hour OF
Barnum'
From their own accounts they have had neither
leaders nor lead rship MANAGERS ror manigrme"t
since the campaign opened. IL WAS on I'M, ac-
count that tie prominent Democrat quoted AMI
' The New Have: REGISTER" not long ago COM
plnincd 80 loudly and urged that something Ike
done TO "roua,' the party. Complaint Is mace Ia
all parts of the state not only Of the lack oi csni-
roisn sneakers, hut of the b.underina misnanaee"
ment Of the C,w they have had In som" towns
meetings have been advertised and ~ the ap-
poipte time speakers have pa; III an app'hr-
onre In other cases wel-known speakers nave
hecn sent b. he State COnunittec To towns where
no meeting, had been advertised and consS
! ,u ntly no audience had gathered lcis work
ing at cross purposes disguised the SPEAKERS ani
,sco,ira sed the local committees lhfc hhs 'efu
no attempt to make II canvass, ana AZ hcadquaf-
for, accordngly they have no data upon which
to haze calculations. direct operations, ana arc ali
az -ca The Cleveland campaign. hfeless ana
nothctc as /, is evciywherr, drader here IN Con-
nccticut than anywhere el>c The candidate for
Governor. an amiablc wcll-meanns old gentleman,
c>,,,es no enthusiasm, and the absurd antics OF
the Democratic members OF the last Legislature
have been a sUuicc OF weakness on State issues
Added to these disbursements has been scarcity
of the funds which arc vita necessity Tor
Democratic campaign. The one thing upon which
the party has been harmonious and unitei Is IN
damning th. frcbleness and ineficiency OF the
State Committee. II WAS the knowledge OF tins
condition of affairs that led tile stan corresPond-
ent of The World TO send out last week the
ooub!e-leaded wall that the Stat" WAS In dan
ger" AMI required very prompt attention from
headquarters. have every reason 20 believe that
it has received the attention called for. and that
the onc essential thing which had bsen lacking.
the instruucntalty upon which the lxte Mr.. Bar