, 1877-04-28
The Fedora. Election Law.

| An official letter from AttOrney-Ge Devens
has been received in this city IN which the state
neut l. made, that teeppropFlstlOn for the expenses
OF the Ute States Courts for the current fiscal year
Is nearly exhausted The Attorney General further
says IL must Be clearly aud dis incty understood
that for the last tao months OF The ascal year The
payment u tees Of the District Attorneys, Mxrshals
ana the United States Conn lsSoneTs as well as the
salaries the ASSISTANTS 10 the District tOrneys
VIII depend entirely upon the passage OF defcen7y
Li ut An extra session OF Congress- which, II Is ex-
peetei in be called by tie President and that such
appropriation ami rs amount Is entirely IN the dis
crrtlon OF Congress In consequence o. this con-
ditOn OF things, the Supreme Court announces lis
adjournment IN May, anG We presume other fe-eIal
I cou1tS viii follow that example. Although the
President cat call extra seSsNn OF Congress, u
may rot le IN hs IOWer 10 induce Congress 70 pass
drneivney bill fle LAST ConSrzsS deuei all such ap-
picaiCus the ground that the regular approprla-
tlun lad been sufficiently liberal; leaving the 10
irTeucr that II the appropriation hal been nearly
exhausted Il must have been mls4pplii. On the SJth
Ci June last the department. OF Justice entered upon
the expenditure OF appropriation OF -, ,5OuH0-
Something mnr- Than OnehIls Oi this sum must have
l~rn eNIeuie! n Operating the federal elrcuOa law.
Previous - j.. wDen TIE L.S med the l
pop tiou tor that portion OF the expense OF courts
winch Is met 10y separate appropriation was utOOuV
/ This was 1Ual % be sufficient In 1872 Sl,2Cu,Od0
more approprated aud for, that date increased
to the sum OF S3 sV0lO IN 1873, and S3OuO, 30 IN
each Of the following years Last year, however,
this appropriation WAS redGcet 10 =. 500 900, sui
81 jU0O OuJ more Than hal been eNpen led previous 10
! 1871
! We see therefore, that for the three fiscal years
ending respectively IN January lS75 1870, 1871, the
Attorney lls hal the distribution o. IS 500 OO0- OF
tins sun Si.J0J,0J0 may be allowed Tor ordinary
Court expenses leaving 100000 70 carry out the
piOyIslou> OF the Federal elect on law. Mr. Taft,
the predecessor OF the present. ttOrney-GieLsrl,
seems 10 have suplileI the demands the election
aw at the sacrifice .: portion OF the fuut which
was suteuiei 20 meet ordinary Court expeuSeS- Ii
l. Consequence Of s lLltllIJy this respsct that
the Courts LOW mud necessary close - Con
.srss shall 10 their relief The question may
be cusIirTvt here II the Fedora. election law need
Cd states used 70 manage tins business in tile.T
own way. Ihe Federal law does not take the place
vi the state eiectIOn machinery, any material
respect diIulsh Its expenses. IL l. another aDd III
| dependent law, intenl ei 10 DO the w,rk done by
- .tes look while the States do II. II .s ris
lucrative POSITIONS 10 some more or less deserving
.suus WHO are more or less need OF public all but
It's O.her suits axe not plainly psIc ptIole- Ger
tauy there has i.eveT been election law .ess sat
sidcIOry than ths last one. There were more dis
putyd o5atvs a..d disputed Congressional distrIcts
Jhin any previous el-etlO-. ever Eelt In our own
State aud c.y, where deTgi pu,y mgIshals were
as numerous b,ys auI drOueS, there
cuarses oI fraud AMI more 2r.uld for such
charges t1u at JuN vvcJOu sInCr the Cl,IZ-Ds puTIf
ed the JlIlut-laX 1856 Nvuust therefore tlt the
present Attorney Ugrrdi VII look INTO the opera
uOu OF this law aud let Con know Low It works.
! II THIS las ,orsslry T. secure far elections,
preserve ,, at whatever "GpeLse. II 1t l. mere
~ an el-e;io=-iii arm OF the De parIent Of JUS
tlc- let Il br lCQpcJ OF We have nat somewhat too
/ much OF sUca uietuols of carrying elections Ihe
pre>eLI Administration canLoL AHl NJ 10 pay mueh
r-~pect the r'eLuety by wuIch 1t arrived at low
rr IhIS machinery VIII never b- permitted 10 work
again. ,.ni the Administration may we'll lave the
credit u snaNiIns II To pIers 10 tye the needed
! WO4k 10 It's political opponents +. CUE.