New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-15
7ROTBLE IN CONNECTICUT

TROTBLE IN CONNECTICUT.
Trouble accumulatcs upon the heads OF prom
,nent Connecticut Democrats. The whole party
was turned out neck and heels at the November
election: SO that they have now not Single
r,o,nbcrclcct Of the next Congress. not S'a''
officer only one lonesome state Senator whose
scat f. contested, n minority of the House NJ
once melancholy and ridiculous. besides having
lost the city Of cw-Iiaven In the munlclpll
contest in December and various other thiiss
Of smaller consequence one would suppose
that was trouble enough But at the meeting ot
.heir STATE Committee n week or two ago the
fact was brought ont that the chairman OF the
committee NJ the election in November voted
for Rcpubllcan for Representative In the
Iocis,ature who happened 10 be his business
mariner and aggravated the offence by advising
o,hor democrats 10 initiate his example. There
was quite a little huabaloo about thht "hlch
,,s ma, vct entirely subsidcd-thc Democratic
NEWSPAPERS dividing on the question. some mlaiil-
tanning with ludIcrous seriousness mat II WIS
oul,e improper. not to say a betrayal OF prln-
CHILE. for the leader Of the Democratic FORCES I'D
assist In the election Of n political opponent on
Grounds Of mere personal friendship. while
others have either treated it lightly or mildly
approved what they called an act OF iriehdlS
reciprocity What the committee thought oil II
was indicated by the reelection 81 the CHAIRMAN
with but one dissenting vote Inc pr''ed'h' N
one Of which Republicans do not conplalh' 80
long as il Is confined to the Democratic party
Then Colonel William II. Stevenson IA prom
incpt Democratic leader OF Falrhch COUNT!
visiting this town. made n chlvalro'is oaSh 10
the rescue Of small boy who was under
going arrest nj the hands Of IN oihc'r OF 'hc
Gerry Society. and was himself taken into Gus
to,ly and held for trial on the charge OF lht'r-
ference with IN officer. In the excitement 81
the moment he disclosed the fact that ne had
becn Urged 10 accept the nomination for GOV
crnor. but had stubbornly refused This secret
had been SO we'll kept NJ TO that time. II having
taken place, ms Is supposed. when the party WAS
in executive session. that the Colonies disclosure
,,os In ,bc nature Of a revelation TO many who
fattcrrd themselves that they were deco III IN"
mysteries OF the partys inncrmost counsclS In
deed. 4, has been suspected hy some mat inns
was much more even than an executive session
secret; that back Of and beyond The eN"rn'lVc
session Is something still more profound ana
nlysterious: n sort OF thlrtyihird degree 81 'hr
composition Of which no outside mortal KNOWS
or has ever heard 80 much ~ whisper an"
that possibly the Colonel himself II IL. Inc
abrlpt disclosure OF the profoundc't secret 81
the thrly-ihrd degree Of Connccficnt D'lh"'
racy has hclpcl up more trouble on the parry.
Old. fashioned Democrats who have voted i'r
General Jackson under variety "f Aliases WIN
great asslduiiy ever since the Removal "t III"
DEPOSITS have b gun 10 ask IN evident aIir'h
"Whcre will all this cnd?'
And now the Hon. Mr. pigott. who ran fpr
Congress last November IL the champion 81 re-
lglous liberty and persisted noby In III" sirIs
Gle. has a postofice trouble on his hands No.
not on his hands but on his mariyr'i head. al
ready covered with the debris of religious lib
crtv: which Is trouble enough. II seems that
Congressman PigOtt acting upon the recon
mcndntion Of influential Democrats oi stony
Creek procured tie appointment Of n postmaster
for that village Of man named How'd, who
Greatly did not desire the place'-one Of those
cases SO common I'm Connecticut where the Office
seeks the man. II found him In the hotel bar
room setting up drinks for the party. which
he had been doing ndustriously for some time
M an expense which he estimates nj SlJo.
There's where the Office usually goes In search
Of the man under n Democratic Administration.
He continued TO "sct en- up" after taking the
ofIicc-a quite unnecessary proceeding. Of course.
but Illustrating the force OF habt-uniil one day
an inspector came along and found him. aS l.
reported under the influence OF drink. This
so shocked the Administration that he was
bounced and another man put In his place. Then
the docaplta,ed official began TO make remarks.
One OF the remarks he made was that, while
he was waiting for the office 10 find him, he
put ND I'm addition 10 the $50 for drinks $50
which he was told was for Congressman Plgot.
This coming TO the ears OF the Congressman
naturally made him hot in the collar; and he Is
now demanding an investigation. 1t Is only fair
TO say that no one who knows the Congressman
puts any c-edcnce in the mputation upon his
personal honor Jimmy" does not do business
I'm that way The belief Is that somebody put
I'D n game" on the man whom the office was
looking for; probably some Of the influential
Democrats All the same, II makes more trouble
for the Congressman.
Altogether the Connecticut Democracy seems
10 be in bad way. Better things We're hoped
for when cx-Judge Lyndc Harrison. who had be-
come discouraged IN his efforts TO reform the
Republican party, undertook the task Of purify
Ing the Democracy But things do not WORK