The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-19
LOGAN PASSES THE BILL


We copy the following from the Con-
gressional Record, of Saturday, May 10th
Inthe Senate Friday May Is, 1874. Mil
itary Prison.
Mr.. Logan ask the Senate to take
up the bill (H. R. No 2O74) to amend an
act entitled AN act to provide for the es.
adjustment Of military prison and tor its
government" approved March 3, 1878
1t will not take moment to explain it,and
am satisfied there will be no objection
to it.
There being no objection, the Senate, as
in Committee of the Whole, proceeded tC
consider the bill, which amends the act OF
March 3, 1878, 50 that all acts and things
therein required to be done and per
formed at Rock Island, Illinois, shall be
done and performed on the military reser-
walton at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas anC
the Government buildings now on the re
servatlon at Fort Leavenworth are to be
modified and used so far as practicable fol
the purposes of the prison.
Mr. Logan.-The Senator from Ohio
Mr. Sherman asks me about the bill.
will explain it. At the last session of Con
gless an act was passed authorizing com
mission TO establish military prison will
rules and the regulations prescribed, anO
the military prison was in the law provided
| to be established at Rock Island, Illinois
Since then the commission have reported
that, on account of other public building:
| there for ordnance and other things, il
would not be a proper location, and rec
ommend that the prison be located at For
Leavenworth where there are building
that may be temporarily used for the pur
pose The Secretary of War so recon
mends, and our committee have reported
back this bill so as to transfer the location
merely. That is all there is in it.
The bill was reported to the Senate with
out amendment, ordered to third reading
read the third time, and passed.
And that is every word there was sal
on the subject by anybody.
Feb'y 16, Logan says'I am fully awar
of the advantages to be derived from hav
ing the military prison established at Roc
Island" April 10. Il consent to its re
moval."
Feb'y 16, You need have no fears tina
it will be moved" April 10, 'Iy yield as
sent to the bill for its change"
Feby l6, 1T would be adverse to tn
interests of Illinois. :" April 10, Il hav
felt compelled to yield an unwilling as
sent"
Feb'y 16, 1T is in my own State and
will, as matter OF course, contend for ii
remaining there. April 10, / was nc
then aware that there would be any stron
pressure.
Feb'y l6, II am satisfied that it will nc
be done. even if it should be attempted.
April 10, eve have felt compelled t
J yield.
Oglesby wrote: Whatever I can do t
! forward your wishes in this matter / will,
But he does not seem to have had any il
fuence with anybody.
And when Johnny Logan, last week FIR
day, called up Hawley's bill and passed i
he said this would not be proper locatio
because we had ordnance buildings her,
Mr. Logan knew better. He has bee
here and knows the locality. He know
, that the site favorably reported II by til
commissioners is on the main land, viii
the ordnance buildings are on an Island
3 the river. He knows that the site favor;
t bly, spoken of is from to 5 miles ava
from the ordnance buildings and would L
, more interfere with them than at Leaver
worth.
/ There is political or financial niger