The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-28

r,n,u = language from gen. Logan.
sD.e,.. Telegram to The Iuter-ocean.
rvAsHrsoroS, March l6.-In the Sem
.,ls this morning there was a lively
s'cene caused by personl explanation
(made by Senator Cameron, Of Pennsyl-
vania, who had read at the Clerks desk
paragraph in the Washington cores
pondsnce OF the Chicago Tribune,
which stated that Senators Cameron,
Logan, Wright, aud West had private
secretaries who were ON the depart
ment pay rolls, but who never did any
work for the government. Each OF the
gentlemen
f. DENIED rHE srArrMEsr,
and Mr.. Edmunds had read a para
/ graph from Baltimore paper which
charged that Republican Senators were
I opposing Proctor Knott's witness bill
because they were afraid that under
its protection men would come up and
I expose their crimes aud corruption.
The article alluded tn Senators Ed
munds. Conkling and Logan in psrtic-
niss. aud eh.sgsd thst salIiar qflKp, OH
testimonp To show Ills Implication in
the whisky frauds congling made .
vigorous speech, ia which he declared
with great force that the New Hamp-
shire election had proven that the peo-
pie did not believe the ISLANDERS scatter.
cd broadcast against public men.
ogSKGAL LOGAN sPoKR As FOLLOWS:
MR. PRasIpRSr:--I certainly should
not add word to what has been said,
but there is one thought 10 which !
desire at least TO give expression in
reference to these attacks which are
being made in the newspapers. II 10
asserted in the paper that Senators
here are very busy urging the defeat Of
n certain bill. / must confess that un-
I'll now ! did not know that this bill
had reached the Senate. ] suppose l
neglected to hear when IL was reported
and certainly neglected to examine the
record in regard to il. 1 do not know
what the bill really is. II has become
common ia the country whenever
question il before Congress for certain
persons to write articles for the news.
papers
scgDIso coRsUPr MOTIVES
to members aRd Senators for either IA
voring or opposing bill. Here, my
name is mentioned in connection with
opposition to the bill named. Whether
shall oppose it or not, God knows i
cannot tell until know what il il. and
pledge my word before my God and
country that | will either oppose or
favor it rs my good Judgment shall
dictate. irrespective OF what any person
may say or what any newspaper may
say. have always, i hope, had that
much Independence. But i am said to
oppose the bill. Why? Because /
have n friend in the whisky ring want
TO protect. 1 believe there is no man
in this country who has had the politi-
cal experience I have had that has been
more maligned, slandered, and abused
than have been from the time enter
ed the service of my country in 1871 to
this very day. There is no crime in
the catalogue OF crimes that 1 have not
been accused OF by infamous
LIARS AND vILLIAss, AND scouSDRELs,
AND sLASDEnERs.
This winter, when was lying on a
sick-bed, upable to turn my body, some
papers charged that / pretending TO be
sick because was afraid OF exposure
- S~...sol:s.. -isi. si.~ ..i..~Ly E--la.
l cared nothing for these charges. /
never answered them. believed that
the people OF my country knew me we'll
enough not to believe these vile SLAM
ders. But inasmuch as the subject
has been brought up this morning, /
desire TO say that never have been in-
terested in any distillery, never owned
dollar OF stock in n distillery, and
never was inside of distillery IN Chi
cago in my life. never trafficked in n
gallon Of whisky in my life. I never
had cents interest in the sale or the
purchase, directly or indirectly. or in
any whatsoever, in whisky. wines, or
liquors OF any character in my life.
More than that. | never knew OF any
fraud myself until they We're developed
and exposed. never winked at one
never have had any association with
the men WAC have perpetrated the
frauds that would in any way justify n
suspicion against me. knew nothing
whatever abont these frauds until they
were published No man can say that
have ever thrown straw in the way
OF the government in prosecuting any
man charged with any offense what
ever, although il has been charged
time aud time again that i was
F. ISrHRposIse ~ BEHALF oF INDICTED
MEN.
! | appeal to the officers Of the govern
ment, aud they will say that have
never spoken to them on the subject.
They accuse me OF having friends in-
dieted. There are perhaps one or two
men indicted that I recommended for
Office. I certainly believed them to be
+ honest. Il presume other gentlemen
have recommended men for Office who
/ NAV have indicted for frauds. IL that
is a crime, to that extent am guilty.
but not more. This is the last time
expect 10 answer any charges whatever
that 10 made against me. The other
| day the New York World said that
there was information before the com
mittee OF the House Of which Mr.. ely
msr 10 chairman, that was connected
with the Teton Sioux scandal. What
that scandal 10 do not know,
but I went TO Mr.. Olymer and asked
him, in the presence OF the Senator
from Pennsylvania, and he said ID was
a lie; that he had never said such a
thing, and had never heard OF the
charge before. This 10 the way these
reports go over the country. have
been charged in the newspapers with
every crime. II II am guilty Of any,
let the men who know IL come forward
and say so. 1 know not why these
charges are made against me. all the
time. know nothing abont them. ex.
cegt 10 know that
THEY ARE LIKs
Yes, / do know more: 1 know that the
man does not live on Gods green eartl
who will stand mp and face me and say
such things are true. They may slan'
der and malign me in the newspapers,
but no man has the manhood to face
me in open day and charge me with
these things 10 my face. Cowards may
hide behind the newspapers, but brave
and honest men never do. Islander
nobody myself; i accuse no man o'
crime, except when the crime is proven
have that much manhood. My charg,
against men are openly to their face IL
the open day. The malignant, lying
viperous slanderers that seek 10 des
troy the reputation OF men in thi
country are only destroying the very
fabric on which our foundations ~ I
government rests, by trying 20 maxi
The country believe that every maj
who is in public is stbief.
VINO vRorr ,f2