 Since Danilo was the interior minister and an experienced police officer, it was expected that he would have more success than Aćim Čumić had in a similar attempt a year earlier.On the eve of the election of 15 August 1875, Danilo returned several old clerks to the service and gave the mayors instructions as to who should be elected MP.Danilo's police persecuted or imprisoned opposition MPs and arrested those who agitated for the opposition.