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6. That it is no time when industry is depressed, 

 and honest labor everywhere deprived of the oppor- 

 tunity for regular and remunerative employment, to 

 increase the burdens of Federal taxation ; and that 

 the present acknowledged bankruptcy of the nation- 

 al Treasury is conclusive proof of the incompetence 

 of the Republican party to properly administer the 

 fiscal affairs of the country. 



7.- That the manner in which the affairs of this 

 State have been administered during the past two 

 years, the watchful economy with which all depart- 

 ments of the State government have been conduct- 

 ed, and the dignity and impartiality with which the 

 executive duties have been performed, are worthy 

 of approval by the electors. 



8. That we cordially approve of the removal, by 

 the Legislature of 1874, of embarrassments which 

 the radical party had placed in the way of free suf- 

 frage ; and we also approve of the repeal of the un- 

 just alien law, which that party had adopted for the 

 purpose of restricting an expression of the popular 

 voice at the ballot-boxes. 



Resolved, That we present to the consideration 

 of the electors of Connecticut the names of Charles 

 K. Ingersoll, George G. Sill, Marvin H. Sanger, 

 William E. Raymond, and Alfred R. Goodrich^ for 

 reelection to the offices they have so ably and faith- 

 fully filled the past two years : and we^invite all the 

 conservative voters who prefer principle to party, 

 and a government of freedom to military rule, to act 

 with us in securing their election on the first Mon- 

 day of April next. 



Resolved, That the Democratic party, in State Con- 

 vention assembled, demand in the future as in the 

 past, for each and every citizen of the State, the right 

 of " the exercise and enjoyment of religious profes- 

 sion and worship without discrimination," and that 

 it condemns all opposition to and refusal to vote 

 for a candidate for office, that originates and has its 

 source solely from the religious convictions held by 

 such candidate, and that we regard such opposition 

 as an insult to his faith, an infringement of his right 

 as an American citizen, as contrary to the Jeffersonian 

 doctrine of democracy^ and a violation of the letter 

 and spirit of the constitution of the State. 



The election was held on April 3th. The re- 

 sult was the election of the Democratic State 

 ticket by a considerable majority over the Re- 

 publican. The whole number of votes cast 

 for Governor was 100,983 ; of which Mr. Inger- 

 soll received 53,752, Mr. Greene, 44,272. Of 

 the votes polled for the several candidates on 

 the State ticket, the greatest number was cast 

 for the Treasurer, it having been in the aggre- 

 gate 101,243. The number of votes cast for 

 Governor, as given above, is the largest ever 

 polled in Connecticut. It exceeds by 1,646 

 the number of votes cast for Governor in 

 1868, which was 99,337, and previous to the 

 election in April, 1875, had been considered 

 the highest. 



The Liquor Prohibition party also nomi- 

 nated a candidate for Governor, Mr. Smith, and 

 presented him to the people for their votes. 

 The number cast for him in the State amounted 

 in the aggregate to 2,942, or a little more than 

 half the number of votes given to the Temper- 

 ance candidate in 1874, when it was 4,859. 



Besides the general election for Governor and 

 the other officers of the executive department, 

 local elections were held on the same day for 

 Congressmen, for members of the State Legis- 

 lature in both Houses, and for sheriffs. The 



election for Congressmen resulted as follows : 

 In the First District Landers, Democrat, re- 

 ceived 13,384 votes; Hawley, Kepublican, 

 12,948; Lyon, Temperance, 214: Second Dis- 

 trict Phelps, 15,440; Kellogg, 13,844; Har- 

 rington, 631: Third District Foster, 8,055; 

 Starkweather, 9,000 ; Palmer, 561 : Fourth 

 District Barnum, 14,275; Hubbard, 11,646; 

 Hodge, 608. 



Of the eight sheriffs elected, five were Dem- 

 ocrats, three Republicans. 



As to members of the General Assembly, of 

 the 244 Representatives elected for the Lower 

 House, one hundred and thirty-six were Dem- 

 ocrats ; one hundred and two, Republicans ; 

 two, Independents. Of the twenty-one Sena- 

 tors, fifteen were Democrats, six Republicans. 



The Connecticut Legislature convened for 

 the regular session of 1875 on the 5th of May. 

 In the House of Representatives, Charles Du- 

 rand, of Derby, was elected Speaker on the 

 first ballot by a majority of 28 over his Repub- 

 lican competitor; the vote having stood 130 

 to 102, seemingly a strict party vote. 



The inauguration of the reflected Governor 

 for his third term of office took place also on 

 the 5th of May. 



The financial condition of the State contin- 

 ues satisfactory. Her revenue during the last 

 fiscal year ending March 31, 1875, was $1,654,- 

 287.60, derived from the following sources: 



State taxes from towns .................. 



Taxes from savings-banks ............... 



" " mutual insurance companies. . . 



" " railroad companies ............ 



" ' foreign insurance companies.. 

 express and telegraph compa- 



nies 



u " non-resident stockholders ..... 



Eecelpts from insurance commissioner ____ 



" " forfeited bonds, etc ........ 



Interests on deposits .................... 



Miscellaneous receipts ................... 



$423,154 OT 

 434,326 43 



372,874 84 



286,570 19 



23,214 10 



2,757 66 

 30,602 89 

 19,722 09 

 24,337 52 

 23,536 87 

 13,180 94 



$1,654,287 60 



The New Haven, Middletown & Williman- 

 tic, and the Connecticut Western and the Val- 

 ley Railroads, owe the State arrears of taxes 

 amounting to more than $250,000, about which 

 there is " little hope of present collection." 



The State expenditures during the same year 

 amounted to $1,751,015.96 ; exceeding the 

 revenue by nearly $97,000. This is due to the 

 extraordinary disbursement of $314,000 made 

 within that time for the building of the new 

 State-house. 



The bonded debt of the State remains as it 

 was, $5,044,000. It bears interest at the rate 

 of six per cent, per annum, and can be re- 

 deemed at the will of the State. 



The value of all the taxable property in 

 Connecticut, as assessed for October, 1874, 

 amounted to $358,491,451 ; which is $4,391,- 

 744 more than it was in the preceding year. 



There are in Connecticut four banks of dis- 

 count organized and doing business under the 

 laws of the State. The Bank Commissioners 

 aver in their last report that " from examina- 

 tion made, and by the returns given, these 



