The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-16
WILMINGTON LETTER.

iSrturfh From Europo.
 Washington. D. C.. Oct is.-The ae- ceptance of the nomination by Senator
 thuslasm through the breasts of the
 democratic, congressional committee
 and Chairman Faulkner feels much
 encouraged over the determination or
 Mir. Hill to lead the New York forces.
 Said prominent politician at head quarters yesterday: The acceptance Of
 the New York nomination by David
 B. Hlil means the strengthening of the
 party from one end of the country to
 the other. Whatever may be said or
 Hill, he has a very large following, a
 clean record and will carry New fork. The results from Georgia and cer-
 tain districts in Virginia on the other
 hand have made the republicans cheer full, and on all sides they predict
 clean sweep where two years ago they | never thought of a majority
 MT. Wilson, of West Virginia, who
 returned from Europe last week, spent Sunday in this city, and while he
 claims to have lost touch with poli- tics here during his absence, when he | left for his own district in West Nir- ginia early Monday morning he had | talked with every man of political note
 in the city and was in perfect touch with politics to date. MT. Wilson Is greatly
 improved in health and looks as brown
 as berry. He seemed very much an- noyed about the reports in the Varlous American papers about his address at the board of trade in England, which charged him with disloyalty to this | country. MT. Wilson intimated that he might have the speech as it really
 was delivered printed and distributed to show that in no one of his remarks was he disloyal to this country.
 | MT. Wilson intends to Immediately
 enter the campaign and anticipates | victory, but only after a hard hght, and he will devote himself strictly to
 his own district. MT. Wilson abso-
 lutely refuses to say anything about
 the political situation in the country at large.
 While at the Arlington last evening joined a group of Connecticut men who were talking over the probable out come in your state next month. AS far as the state ticket is concerned
 said one of them it is pretty hard to predict the outcome, but l think Con- necticut's next governor will be MT. Coffin. The fight will be close one, l but 1t seems to me this is the repuph- can year. Both tickets are good ones, and while the benefit of the tariff to
 some will make some republicans vote | the democratic ticket, many men Who have always been democrats, especial | ly among the business men, will not vote at all. Then there are the usual number of disgruntled democrats who have not received the necessary | amount of pap who will vote the repub- | lican ticket this fall, and also the A.
 P. A., who will do everything in their
 power to down the party, and they rep | resent quite a proportion or the young element in your state.
 | As regards your congressman in the First district, it would not surprise me l if Lewis Sperry were returned. He is really more of the republican than democrat and will get votes from each side enough, think, to carry him through. In the second district l am afraid Pigott will not come back, as the feeling in Waterbury over the recent school election has caused many peo- pie to turn, against him, and in Hon.
 N. D. Sperry he has the hardest man in the district to defeat. Sperry is
 immensely popular among all classes
 and will not only catch large part of
 the workingmen's votes, but also the votes of the lukewarm democratic
 business men, who liked MT. Sperry's
 administration while in the post-office, and will get out to vote for him when
 otherwise they would not vote at all.
 Every republican will also work and
 vote flor Sperry, and if the enthusiasm
 over his nomination is as great next
 month as at present he will go in with a good majority. Pigott must get at least 1,5e0 majority right in his own town to be safe, and this do not think he can do.
 De Forest in the Fourth will prob ably be returned without much trouble, as I consider Marigold, of Bridgeport, about the only man who could defeat him. Hill, of Norwalk, the present nominee, is not we'll liked even in his own town, and De Forest will no doubt get his usual majority.
 Russell, of the Third, will go back if he cares to, as it is a sure republican district, and he is a very popular and able young man. .f
 As to your state legislature, while I in the senate, that of the Twenty fourth district, represented by Sena- tor Phelps, think the republicans will gain at least ten in the house. From New Haven I have little doubt but what Callahan will be your representa- tive in the senate, and at least Galla- gher in the house. About McNamara I am a little uncertain, but think he will land all right. Concerning the cleo tion of a sheriff, think Tomlinson has seen his day and that Spiegel will cap- ture the prize, as the latter cannot only count on the republican vote, but all of the German vote and that of the many enemies of the present sheriff, but four weeks more will tell the story, and whatever the result we must take it as it is, as history always repeats it. self.
 While the lawmakers of the nation are busy throughout their respective districts mailing new pickets on their much 1unrn fences nearly half A hl1n-