The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-10
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1913.
The President at Work for q Re election" Il
Little more Grape"


The President at Work for Re. election" Il
Little more Grape"
In my letter of Monday, limited at the move
ments in Illinois, for the purpose of furtherng
Mr.. Folks aspirations to a second term.
Messrs Cass, Buchanan, Woodbury., and Dali
las, are rlver and hsrbor men, and this Is one
Of the grounds on which the President cleo
tloneers against them. He desires that his
''vetoes" and tonnage duties - shall be made
the "Oregon and Texas" of the coming cam
paign.
The Illinois Senators are not favourites at the
White House. They would not turn for ~
when Mr.. Polk abandoned 81 40. They voted
for the river and harbor bills and one of them
denounced, publicly, the first veto. They now
refuse, after making grandIloquent, ire.eatng,
war speeches; after declaring themselves for
" an oceau-bound republic" 70 go Tor the treaty
eonously made by Mr. Trist. Runner says
that General Case pronounces both manwuvres
gotten up by the President TO entrap him.
Certain cand dates for office. after careful re-
view OF the political premises, called upon the
Pres dent aGd told him that all the officers in the
North are friends of the TWO Senators, and are
strong Tor hsrbor and river improvements. The
President informed them that h3 understood all
the people on the lakes are frleadly to such I'M
provements. They, of course, denied that such
Is the case, and told him that there was very
large party favorable TO is reorganization in the
North; but that his friends were prescribed, and
were not permitted by The Senator's to hold Office
They promised TO organize n party for him, and
to send an anti-river and harbor man TO the next
Senate, If he would only give them office
Whether these patriotic Office. huaters received
encoursgemenis or not, may b. better Judged
from the remarks, In this city, OF one of them,
that he is to be collector and the other register
OF the land Office, and that a certain General, a
brother to a Tennessee United States Senator, is
TO be postmaster at C; and also from the fact
That they have gone heme, swearing that Polk
- the only man that can save the party
from defeat, getting up war meetings, and
denounclng all the Congressman, save all those
who adhere to harbor improvements, and to
Mr.. Folks denomination Little do these of
hcc.hunters think that, while they are gettiag
up war meetings In Illinois, and going for The
whole OF Mexico, ther isvorite candidate for
the Presidency, (Mr. Pelk,) hes suddenly be-
come a peace man, and is indignant at the ocean
bound Senators OF Illinois, for their obstuacy
IN opposing his own favOrIte treaty.
These candidates for office will have to come
back here, and start again. Like General Cas-,
they lfe up to the line of 81 10, when the patro-
mage is down to 40 yet they are right on the
''vetoss" and tonnage duties" and will be
likely to get office, when they shall have secured
the nise delegates from Illinois TO Baltimore for
President Polk, and rendered certain the defeat
OF Senator Brsese at the ensuing election OF
members OF the Legislature, IN August next.
will again trouble you with few words on
the subject Felix.