The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-30
The New.York Senatorial Question.

The New'YO Senatorial Question.
ing great deal of interest among the repub-
lican politicians about these days, and the
aspirants and their adherents are busily at
work, pipelaying, lobbying and bargaining for
votes. The term of Edwin D. Morgan expires
on the 4th Of next March. The law provides
that the State Legislature, on the second Tues
day following its meeting and organization,
shall proceed to nominate his successor in both
houses, and that if nominations are then made
the two houses shall meet in joint session on
the following day and proceed to the election.
If there should be no nomination or election
the Legislature must take at least one vote
day during the session or until the election
shall be made.
The principal candidates for the Office at
present prominently in the field are Edwin d.
Morgan, Reuben E. Fenton, Marshall o.
Roberts and Noah Davis, with John A. Girls
void, William M. Evarts, Horace Greeley and
host of other ambitious gentlemen in the
background, by no means unwilling to serve
their country in the United States Senate if
an unexpected turn Of the wheel of fortune
should happen to shuttle them forward into
the front rank. The fight is confined to the
| politicians, and no consideration is given to
| the interests of the great State of New York,
not one of the candidates named, except, pro-
badly, Judge Davis and Attorney General
Evarts, being qualified to fill the Office with
anything like the ability demanded by our
important position in the confederation of
States. The principal struggle will lie be-
tween Morgan and Fenton in the first instance,
and, in the event Of the contest being so bit
terly waged as to insure the defeat of both,
the two factions are likely to fall back upon
Marshall 0. Roberts and Noah Davis. The
former will be the second choice of the
Morgan men and the latter of the
Fentonites but both have their original sup
porters, who will work quietly to intensity the
quarrel between Morgan and Fcnton in order
that they may bring forward their favortes at
the opportune moment. The Griswod move
ment is simply side speculation of the
| Albany lobby, intended to bleed the defeated
candidate for the Govcrnorship and to thus
enable them to earn few dollars to pay their
board and whiskey bills at Albany during The
early part Of the session.
I The truth is, both Morgan and Fenton ought
TO withdraw from the contest They have
both proved their inability to carry their own
State, and neither Of them represents more
! than a faction of his party. Morgan was
elected six years ago through the agency of
Callicot, a renegade democrat, who was re-
warded by an internal revenue appointment,
and is now serving out penal term
in the Albany Peniten.iary for robbing the
government. Morgan's unfortunate connection
with Calico. and others of the whiskey ring
would render him n very undesirable repre-
sentative for New York in the United States
| Senate during Grants term of Office. Fenton
has managed to run his party vote at this end
of the State down to twenty-five thousand, and
could not get elected in his own county to the
simplest local Office. 1t is an absurdty, there
fore. to put him forward as the representative
republican of this State at Washington. He
represents nothing but the lowest class of
shyster politicians, and his influence at the cap
ital would not be worth straw out of an old
mattress. He failed TO obtain the nomination
at Chicago for which he worked for two years,
and he failed to secure the confirmation of his
State appointments last year from q republican
Senate. Both Morgan and Fenton are thoroughly
used up, fossilized politicians, and should give
place to new man But who shall the new man
be? Marshall o. Roberts played high card
when he spent ten thousand dollars on an enter
tainment to General Grant, and with the aid
of the Bohemians who received the broken
victuals on the following day, published the
fact in all the papers of the country. But
Roberts belongs TO the new ring established
in the old Tammany headquarters, embracing
Morgan himself, Fred. Conkling, Dana and
others and their object Is to control General
Grant and his patronage and to make big
thing for select few out of the profits.
They seek TO get &id OF all opposition by
parcelling out some of the minor Offices among
their rivals, and are distinguished for their
liberalty in the bestowal Of Office, upon paper.
II is with this object that they desire to get
Greeley out Of the city and to pack him
Off TO the Court OF st. James, with one
! leg OF his Dantaloons stuck in bis boot