, 1877-01-31

cutF tlo eaiI, luon tkho" "naI t"o 4tt.tn1
You didn't 70 hi You have been roou,tne with
my colleague, Mr. Thompson, vile Ia an cnth'l-
siasttc Logan man, aud an tt'rpr;sea that yot.
maelinist.' Shortly afterwards I met Senator
Riddle, uni male The same inquiry. fic sati,
= Tlc fnrt l., ta,ln't nlale up my mind, and
couldn't voic.' Said he, Ind made UP my
ga" % wia ' canot mot h eieste w and what IS the uso
of or throwing away our opportunity ana & tsy,
they will never vote for Said ], Rhlitc, am
1ssy sy. sra sS toff lis e aas Wv sat
nnd lad n long. tnlk over the matter.
md then some gentlemen came down from tlIc
caucus. ! aseertanel from friends oi mine
claiming that had remained nway for tic
loarcs and fishes. The nttack was entirely un.
eallc,l for, AMI I thought Il was my 'luts to
state frankly that hut not stnt'' out t9r tho
1snns and TnE 'rRlnusE reporter why re-
mnined nwny. From, that time until the day
tic ballnting commenced male no cifort @ to
defeat John 4. Logan. I conycrscd With no
after TIC caucus WAS hr'd, when I was invited
by Mt. Acdfil to call Upon him. WHEN !
caitcd t,o vas not IN. lleprcsentatiyc ttcea
called about the same, TING. When lc
Senatorial question. We sat down IN his Sane
tim aud explained to him tue reasons Thy wc
had
REMAINED OUT or THE CAUCUS.
uhsy wsrs ~ ',ay a. n. vs. ass Ms1s va
lad Giycn him nil tIlu fnuts. hal giren hI!n all
my knowir1go Of the statements the 1ntc-
pendent Hc1lAtors lad ina,lc Mr. ]lclilt sltIrc-
eAte.l tic dcfcit Of Republican; saying TINT u
Mr. Logan cuull bo clceled he advised lis TO Ito
all VIC could 10 elect him, but Il NC were Inn
cstly convinced after WE hat given lin fair
trial, that another Reuablican cnsll bo elected.
hin. llc mentioned several, having no prefer
nli thee Interview had with Mr. Medl."
"was anything fad about Wa.hburno chances
no. llss nau,c was merely mcntioned,-
John Wentworth, Wastburne, Judge LAWRENCE.
md Milton Hay think Mr.. Mruiil aaM that
he tl,uught Milton Hay would be very strong
Yandilats # tisss ] was po no s4nIs elan 1, tor
aid from Hays Springfield friends to sustain as
II wc suggested Ills nAlnc. bellcfe that wAs
all.'
"rhe advIcc was to vote for Logan sooner
| than n DcInncr1t!"
"Thc advice was under nil contingencies to
| vote for ton. l.ogan ratller than fo increase
the charcs of -t!liEn Democrat. Alr. hledall
deprecated the chances there might bo In tho
! Republicans holding out too long ln The efce-
.ton Of Anderson"
| "2ol says there never was q time that you
would huse votc! for Logan Il your vote would
| have elected hiMf'
al nominated Mr.. Lnthrop because admired
Ills course when hr ran for Congress, nlui wns
| elected In opposition to combination ot poll
tictans-strnng macllinc tGcn. knew tha. ho
hnd positive viCwe on thu question Of Civil
Servlsc-tat he was III entire sympathy with
Mun who advocated reform in that respect; anil
Illuminated hin In the hope that. perhaps,
[ would ascertain how strong Tint eleincnt w.ls III
the Republican party. believe TINT Nus. Hayes
feesisea yery Fgs 81 At ,ac st eseo no
squarc IN hts letter Of acceptance upon civil
service rclorm; and ! thought II we intcndct
tn ftidic"tc my disposition To .ntry out thofc
principles, here Was III opportunity. l yut II
two tayp for Mr. La,hrop, hut, at the sptf>.A y:
tiuu Of large humber oI Republicans wi,D:n
considered MY friends, ,--ncH Of superior juIg.
.ncnt.-wlto htnuA tn Inc that they Thought |
was standing In II t,st.oh t. lnsrc The election
ut atr. Anderson Or eoinc Democrat: ,rasIul
that ,ulcht be stan,ling thus, contrary 70 my
CONNECTIONS that
LouAS COULD NOT ne ELECTED,
I was willing to giye him an opl'rtultty, and
"And would have done it If no had gotten
| three fntrcin
sand wnllll lure continued to tlo last, and
stated ut tile calltus tiIat any time Gen. LnSan
!ias.' nrser satl any1l,lns. tiitescnt. went to
Springfield ns Republican, to ucct Iscpub.
l.an' Logan villa not nv preference, ho:ause
Vi iila mt h!ng square on Evil service rcturgl,
| AltA II EtAHI aH4It lli@l@ao tHu hu Hpk AcauE ~
cal! up. MI, xlin. 10 girn hin an nppur.
tunfty, gave hins iilrt VI Wednesday, a,u, all
of Thursday. Friday. ana Saturday, ainl tir,,
tlr"1gl,t We wrre really hazuftiins our clia.ca.
TIL Sunday aud sah We could e.ect Any
gn'd lrpllhl!nn w chose to .pnt nt-I1lr
ti!:c l.awrancc or Wasliburnc. l went to tt,s
Republican c,ucus. 1 Joined his trie,lds with
ll,: dLtlnct understanding that whenever ! Wa.
satisfied that tic stiteilrits lr Am! h!, friend.
inaslr tu lue-that Lt,ynn would receive ccrt;lL
y"&ts-nn.ncly, Vi threc independents senaturs
| Or three MISUNDERSTANDING MINES lc rave INT
whichever was satisfied tl.at they would noI
prove .r,sr, Twas not tu be bound by tlc Ut
i!on o! the ca,lcus. That was thoroughly iii
.lrrstopd. a Committee, Ut wliIcl, WIS CHAIR
,nau, was aI'ponted by t'r eaueus to confcl
irlcEds iur thrrc days. laborcl viii
the independent srnators, md with three "
fur,r De1.perAls; but He very Dc1nocrats thai
that they never w.,l!. vota for hiu,,--that tin
tuntlngr.Ny would n9vcr Ari&e wlc& tey couI,
DO y" notwithstanding, that. ! satt to nr
Ilopkfns, wtto wa$ member of the tauc con.
to4Mr.' Tl,at MAS Mont!ay. Alr. lIupkn
agreed with Ill.,. We wcul back trum C'.ica;,
together al talked about Il. | eali, aud otil
cEs ti."Ea,. mcn, sa'il, we lass honr IN LION
expected and gu Ms!n,lay afternoon 1 sat.
10 A1r. Hopkins. We mis-, scr Con
Logan, lnh tuil:t Know whether he
EoLut; 10 sta,,l IN the way VI clcetlns sunc gon
Republican, don't .ure who lie IT," VIC tAu
tail with htI, and he vent over the kall.c ours
rs lcnr" us To Ills rhallrrs. OILERS nlatle u
same statements Viii. reference To llis canc. $
, Iquestlunca his sur.e.,s, with the gentlrlnel
who were na.Ir,l, uhti met with u good deal Il
,, opposition In thn ConItmit.cG. | said to III
, | tirneTas, Il atn tatlslfcd thul
, iOu CANNOT LIE ELECTED,
and for Dnu a,u willing to tulla,lt with til
: Committee frInt you, und We will decltle.' TIL
i | CulnMittce withdrew from NcE. Logan
ruosn. ulpl VIC nlrt unl told tlcu
, frunkly I'LL that ] cnuI1 arord 10 .lu
, anA Senator Riddle said the SANG thing, Hn
thlnk l!urAlcr ulsu. suggested 10 lheli. Tia
! VIC ~ to thu CAUCUS thut esen!ug anl SEQ IL "
could moi get through sonic compromise rcstEl
!, ton whereby VIC eoIlu secure the srnsc Of tn
slsolrc Of all the f.rsnt,crs. NJ proposition WI
to .nntne nl!r yoirs The next t!ay 10 the tire
/ highest candidates that might bc selected b.
the catieus, utlA tn yotc fur those candidate
:. whoever they might b.. II Logan hal l,rNuu t.
A be ullr Of ihem wc wuul,l vote fur tim tire
: times. Alter the Committee dissolved, va1
/ suItcL with Mr. traugrr AMI several lc.dll,y Il,
| 1, ,1s hru ~ II lIt It, %nt