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COSTA RICA. 



sure a permanent reconciliation between once discord- 

 ant States. 



Retolved. That we enthusiastically ratify the nomi- 

 nation of the soldier-statesman, Winfield Scott Han- 

 cock of Pennsylvania, and of his accomplished col- 

 lcauo, William H. English, of Indiana, and pledge 

 the'rn the electoral vote of Connecticut. 



Resolved. That as Connecticut cast her electoral vote 

 in 1876 for the legally and constitutionally elected 

 President, Samuel J. Tilden, so she will in 1880, in cast- 

 in her electoral votes for Hancock and English, set 

 the seal of her condemnation upon the conspirators 

 who defrauded the people at the last Presidential elec- 

 tion and committed the greatest political crime of mod- 

 ern times. 



Resolved, That we hold the Kepublican party respon- 



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and serves no legitimate end as it stands, and should 

 be modified to conform to the demands of reason. 



Resolved, That legislation tendingto make our penal 

 institutions self-supporting should oe so framed as ^ to 

 prevent the sacrifice of the interests of the honest, in- 

 dustrious, and non-criminal classes. 



Resolved, That we heartily endorse the ticket nom- 

 inated this day, and recommend it to the voters of the 

 State as a guarantee of an honest, capable, and econom- 

 ical administration of State affairs. 



Resolved, That the State Central Committee is here- 

 by authorized to fill any vacancies which may occur 

 in the electoral or State ticket. 



The vote for the constitutional amendments, 

 providing for the nomination of the higher ju- 

 diciary by the Governor, was taken at the 

 town elections, October 5th. By an act of the 

 General Assembly the ballots for and against 

 the amendment were marked simply with 

 "Yes" or "No." The amendment was ap- 

 proved by a large majority, 20,313 votes being 

 cast in its favor, to 8,340 for its rejection. 



The State election fell on the same day with 

 the national election. The total vote for Pres- 

 ident was 132,490, of which the Garfield elec- 

 tors received 66,823, the Hancock electors 64,- 

 239, the Weaver ticket 1,101, and the Dow 

 ticket 327, giving Garfield a majority of 1,156, 

 and a plurality of 2,584 more votes than Han- 

 cock. The gubernatorial vote was 65,732 for 

 Bigelow, 63,901 for English, 774 for Baldwin, 

 Greenback- Labor candidate, and 389 for Rogers, 

 giving Bigelow a plurality of 1,831 over the 

 Democratic nominee, and a majority over all of 

 668. Buck, Wait, and Miles, Republican can- 

 didates, and Phelps, Democratic candidate, 

 were elected to Congress. The State Senate 

 for 1881 is composed of 16 Republicans and 5 

 Democrats ; of the 10 Senators voted for, 7 

 were Republicans and 3 Democrats. The com- 

 position of the new House of Representatives 

 is 155 Republicans, 76 Democrats, and 3 Inde- 

 pendents and Greenbackers. 



The population of the State, as ascertained 

 by the census enumeration, is 622,683, divided 

 in point of sex into 305,886 males and 316,797 

 females ; in point of nationality, into 492,879 

 of American birth, and 129,804 of foreign 

 birth; in point of race, into 610,884 white and 

 11,799 colored inhabitants. The increase of 

 the total population since 1870 has been from 

 537,454, or in the ratio of 15'9 per cent. The 



ratio of increase in the different classes of the 

 population is as follows: Males 15*2 per cent., 

 females 16*4 per cent.; native-born 16'3 per 

 cent., foreign-born 14'2 per cent. ; whites 15'8 

 per cent., colored 19'1 per cent. The popula- 

 tion of the principal towns published in the 

 census reports gives New Haven 62,882 inhab- 

 itants, compared with 50,840 in 1870 ; Hartford, 

 42,553, against 37,743 in 1870; Waterbury, 

 23,019, against 13,106; Bridgeport, 29,148, 

 against 19,835 ; Meriden, 18,340, against 10,- 

 495 ; Norwich, 21,145 ; Norwalk, 13,956, against 

 12,119 ; New Britain, 13,978; Danbury, 11,669, 

 against 8,753; Derby, 11,649, against 8,020; 

 Stamford, 11,298, against 9,714. Out of the 

 167 townships into which the State is divided, 

 77 show a loss since the last census which ag- 

 gregates 12,749; the aggregate gain in the 

 other 90 towns amounting to 98,128. The 

 greatest decrease was in the town of Fairfield, 

 which fell off from 5,645 to 3,748 inhabitants. 

 The greatest numerical gain was Hartford, and 

 the most rapid relative increase in Merideu, 

 which gained 75 per cent, in population. The 

 aggregate population of the cities has increased 

 from 172,568 to 226,187, or 31 per cent. ; that 

 of the rural districts, 31,608, or not quite 9 

 per cent. 



CONNOLLY, RICHARD BARRETT, died in 

 Marseilles, France, on May 30th. He was born 

 in 1810, in Ireland, of respectable parentage. 

 In 1826 he emigrated to America. His politi- 

 cal career was closely connected with Tam- 

 many Hall. He was a delegate to the nomi- 

 nating convention for the Eleventh Ward in 

 1836. In 1839 and 1840 he was secretary to 

 the General Committee. In 1846 he became 

 its chairman. During the Polk Administration 

 he was appointed to a clerkship in the Custom- 

 House. Collector Lawrence made him chief 

 of the Statistical Bureau. Robert J. Walker, 

 Secretary of the Treasury, intrusted to him 

 and Collector Bogardus the revision of the 

 tariff of 1846. In 1849 Connolly left the 

 Custom-House. In 1852, and again in 1855, 

 he was elected County Clerk. In 1859 he 

 represented the Seventh District in the State 

 Senate. He was reelected in 1861. In 1867 

 he was elected Comptroller of New York 

 City, which office he filled when the Tweed 

 charter was passed. Under its provisions he 

 continued to hold the office of Comptroller, 

 Tweed being Commissioner of Public Works 

 and Sweeny, City Chamberlain. At the time 

 of the disclosures in 1871 he resigned, and was 

 succeeded in the comptrollership by Andrew 

 H. Green. Connolly left the city and spent 

 the rest of his life in Europe. 



COSTA RICA (REpfJBLicA DE COSTA RICA). 

 For situation, area, territorial division, popula- 

 tion, etc., reference may be made to the " An- 

 nual Cyclopaedia" for 1877.) 



The President of the Republic is General To- 

 mas Guardia ; the Vice-President is General Pe- 

 dro Quiroz ; and the Cabinet was composed of 

 the following Ministers: Interior, War,, and 



