ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1655 - 1660
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - State (Cont'd)
"He will be mum hereafter, as the 'political tornado' of last fall
does not appear to have yet spent its fury, and the last vestiges of
Van Buren loco-focoism are being swept away by the people at the town
elections. The late Whig papers from that state are filled with glorious
're-actions.'" (2) -"
1655 - H&G Apr. 2; ed: 2/3 - The annual election for state officers in
Connecticut takes place today. Wm. W. Ellsworth is the Whig candidate
for governor.
"If we were to guess at the result, we should guess that Ellsworth
wi 11 be elected, and the Whigs carry a majority of the Legislature.
Probably the contest will be a close one." (2)
1656 - H&G Apr. 9; ed: 2/3 - Among the representatives elected in
Connecticut we notice the name of Roger Minot Sherman of Fairfield.
"Mr. Sherman is one of the ablest men in the country." (1)
1657 - H&G Apr. 9; ed: 2/3 - We have the returns of the election in
Connecticut - from 65 towns of that state - enough to show beyond doubt
a majority of Whig candidates elected, and locofocoism extinguished.
John M. Niles, Perry Smith, and six loco-foco representatives were defeated.
"Connecticut has nobly purified herself; the dynasty of darkness is
overthrown - John M. Niles will not disgrace the State in the U.S. Senate
for another term." (6)
1658 - H&G Apr. 10; ed: 2/3 - "Shall we send up a shout for Connecticut -
a shout to wake the echoes - for another added to the glorious array of
States which have abandoned the present administration and rebuked its
destructive policy? Is not the occasion one worthy of celebration in
some appropriate manner?
"For the last three years Connecticut has been benighted in the mists,
and fogs, and darkness of Jacksonism and Van Burenism. Every step has
plunged her deeper in degredation. But the clouds are now dispelled,
and the old State stands forth in her pristine brightness. What say the
sons of Connecticut and of New England in this vicinity? Will they celebrate
the political regeneration of Connecticut?" (2)
1659 - H&G Apr. 14; ed:2/4 - Of 206 Representatives elected in Connecticut
the "Loco-Focos" have elected 39, the Conservatives, seven; the Whigs,
150; and in six towns sending ten Representatives there is no choice.
"The 'honest democrats' in this quarter attribute the defeat of the
Loco-focos in Connecticut, to 'staying away from the polls!!' Will these
'honest democrats' still persist in the falsehood, or be honest enough to
admit these facts into their papers? We shall see." (5)
1660 - H&G Apr. 16; ed:2/5 - Our first intelligence of the New York
election comes by way of Columbus, received there through the Express
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