The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-06
THE BOUNTY JOBS FATE,
JOHNNY LOGAN CAUGHT I'M 4
DIRTY TRICK.
He and his Claim Agents Howling Mad

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The excite
ment of the closing events eliminated in
the senate, on the attempt of Mr.. Logan,
assisted by few of the more disreputableI
members of that body, to drive through
the equalization of Bounties bill, in spite of
law or protests. The bill has been rightly
understood to be a scheme for making po-
litical stock for Logan and few of his as
sociates, as well as to build up an immense
business for number Of their claim-agent
friends,
Late last night, after it was found that
the house would not insist on disagreelng
to the senate amendments to the bill, Lo
gan and his fellows were in superb feather.
They believed they had fixed things SO the
nation would have to pay anywhere from
100000 to $3.50, 100000, to buy polltl-
cal capital for themselves, besides dividing
with the Washington friends of these
worthless, and at once commenced tele-
graphing to their shyster-partners through
out the country, telling them to buy up all
the discharge papers from soldiers, and to
get all the contracts for money due under
the new law, which they could lay their
hands on. At about 10 o'clock, Logan
arose in the senate and asked to have what
is known as the conference report on the
bill agreed to. This is the final congress
sional stage in the passage Of measure
which has been amended ~
Nothing remains, after this, but to have
the speaker of the house and the vice pres
ident sign the bill before sending it to the
president. 1t was at this stage that the
course Of the bin was blocked, Mr.. Sprague,
Of Rhode Island, moving to lay the confer
~ "a Anht
was carried by vote Of 80 to "a. Il.
INGENIOUS STRATEGY. .,.-.-..
Mr.. Logan, with his carpet-bagging
partners-Spencer, Dorsey, Pease, and
Powell Clayton-grew frantic at this
Less than two hours Of the session re-
manned. 1t was desperate case, and 9
desperate remedy was required Oar
Shepherd, smalEfry Chicago politician
whom Logan has paid for much dirty worl
at home by making him clerk of the sen
ate committee on military affairs, was sem
running around the capitol, and acted a!
Grand boy in the piece of knavish business
which followed. The bill was surreptitious
ly taken from the senate table, and wa,
rushed back to the house. Here it wa.
struggled in with a stack of bills which
had leeitimately passed, and was signed
in good faith, by Speaker Blaine, HI
paying no attention to its title. Back
came Shepherd, and kicked the parchment
into Logan's hands, who quietly sneake,
up to the desk where Vice President Viii
son sat,signing the regularly enrolled bills
Logan slipped his document under Viii
sons nose. The latter, astonished that
senator instead of regular messenge
should do this, turned to the title of tn
bill, AS soon as he saw it was the meas
ure for equalization of bounties he de
INJURED; but Logan argued him into tn
belief that everything was all correct, ant
after another minute of hesitation an
thumb nail chewing, Wilson dashed h
autograph upon the parchment. r5.
All of this manu9uvring was plain
observable FROM the correspondents ga
leries. The bill had now to be announce
from the clerks desk as ready to be SCI
to the president. The instant the Al
nouncement was made there was a stor
of remonstrances, Messrs. Morrill,, of We
mont, Sherman, Davis, and others e,
postulating at the outrage. The las
named senator entered his formal prote
against the trickery which had been pra
ticed in SO high-handed style.
There remained, however, only 25 mi
utes more of the session, Every senat
had private bill or two, which he W
anxious to drive through, and the fraud
lently signed bounty measure was whirlt
off to the president. Logan, Spencer
Co. grinned derisively at the correspo
dents, winked sternly at each other, al
then lay back in their chairs with the co
tented air of men who had achieved d
BILE task, ut a terrific peril.
A few minutes later Gen Babcock or
sented the final message of Preside
Grant to the senate. Messrs. Conkli
and Thurman made the usual grand
quent announcement, as special comm
tee, that the president had no furth
communication to make, and Mr. Wills
declared the august crowd duly adjourn
for the session.
BEATEN AFTER ALL.
Logan and his pals sauntered up to t
desk, only to fad that all their toll al
chicanery had counted for nothing, Ora
having refused to sign the bill. The sw;
thy lllinoisan slouched his hat over
eyes, and elevated his cigar between
teeth la Nose )" then muttering SON
thing about a male descendent of q vito
he plunged through the rear doorway, a
disappeared.