The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-01

Executive Interference In Senatorial Elections
and she Kosulr.
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1871.
Tho present administration has, by series Of
elaborate experiments, established The TACT that
federal interierences in United States Senatorial
elections are "nat, stale and unpro1taDle.n
Whatever success the administrator may have
had in making Senate craftsmanship 1t cannot Dc
denied that It's numerous efforts to make and un
make Senators nave been IN every instance the
--LATEST sort OF failures
IN MISSOURI
President Grant actively interered In behalf Of his
own iavorite Candidate, Hon. Charles ID. Drake, but
was most ANONYMOUSLY defeated by the SchurL-
Brown combinations every appliance known " po-
litcal engineers was brought TO bear, out to no
avail The people and state Legislature were bound
10 rebuke III proper spirit all federal interference
In elections.
IN ARKANSAS
Senator AcDonads chances for reelection were
really good until 1t was known that he was the
Presidents iavorlte. when his case became hopeless,
and he easily beaten by the ant-adninistratlon
Candidate, Hon. Powell Clayton.
IN ILLINOIS
General John A. Logan's Chances were not regarded
as any way promising until letters were received
from the White House urging his defeat. when his
election came about matter of course. Those
letters, by the way, now III the possession OF
Logan. and not likely 10 help The adaiinis-
tration IN the present emergency.
NEW YORK
elects United States Senator next year. The very
Hon. X Coaching will be or Father Is the
admlnls raLlon candidate. He must be taken care
or but Will he likely 10 look outside or The New
York Legislature Tor rellef 1t Is understood that
HIS aspllaLUns are ycry MISUNDERSTANDING SINCE ne
has very liant nope 0i re-eecIlon W ,ne United
States senate. Politicians VIII however taAe
THAT Tie hon Roscoe Is Tue Only genuine aAnInis.
LAlLion cauu.uase.
the administration candaate ior United States Sena.
tor at the late senatorial election
~. fnaJ Vi, VINO hau sersca ns STATE accep.aoy as
Senator Tor lolr years. CANNOT learn tnat tneie
wcie any serious cDJectois LAS ree.cclun lvr
years more excepting tnat ne was tue acknowledged
Iay0IiLe vi fresluent GranJ ana thai the Muvie
power oil the administration was brought bear III
ms beaa Tue Legislature Was strongly republican.
but Tie impertlheuL ana tyranlcal illcriereuce vi
the administration In favor OF Ihayer secured ms
defeat and ciec.ed AL ms stead Hon. +. W. hltcn-
COCK.
will give one characteristic illustration OF the
nature some len vi these federal lnlellerences.
Ar. ID. Is. Ban was IN tie employ OF the govern
ment ut Omaha NcDia ka. a sound anu thorough
republican himself, nc CLAIMED The rAht 10 choUse
IRON among the Numerous republican uspirdnts lvr
the Nebraska oenatorship winch lie should support
lie chose 10 think that me present monument
the administration candidate, ihayer. For such an
exercise oil has undouOted rights ne received iol-
lowing Interesting document, winch speaks 1or
1tscil:-
Post OFFICE DEPARTMENT., !
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT Oh h. MAIL SERvICE,y
sIn- has been rcpresen,ed to the ostniaser General
that empoye this depa tmeut, the
o. indu ging ia ,nvecsve the Hon John NJ
1hayer United states senator Nebraska The Post
master General desires
appreciation OF such course. mr. ihsyer personal
po.ca friend tue Postmaster General
mani esation OF hostility his
by those employed him In pfeuuciai
cause vi repubicanism IN the pen-in: eectons Yours
truly, u. b. AkMSllOS1,
Superintendent Railway Mail Service.
d. B. BALL Omaha, NsbraskA.
This Mr.. Ball. 1t must be borne In mind, is strict
party man-a regular out anu OUT republican. lie
mas not been charged with being unialLh ul TO the
republican party. He merely saw nt TO give ms sup
port To the candidate VINO did net happen be the
1av0rte at the Whie House; and Tor his inuepen-
dence he was, or course. dismissed from the service
vi the United States.
The President aud Postmaster General could not
however, DISMISS the members Of
THE NEBRASKA LEG STATURE,
and as matter VI course the administration candi-
date Tor United states Senator rhayer, was de-
1eated, and MIR. Balls candidate elected. How II
that for higlr
t0rial elections don't pay