, 1879-01-22

Illinois does not aeem 10 ho fortunate In The
quality Of It's Senatorial timber, ard IT, for lack
Of tho royal oak, II ts obliged to put mp With
bas*wood and poplar Senator's the climate, We
suppose, mid not the people. ahouid be held
responsible for tic dearth Of bcttsr material. It
certainly Is not cslculated 10 Impress outsiders
with the wealth OF the Intellectual resources OF
the Republican party IN Illinois. or with the
high character Of its political leadership, when
the choice Of the Legislature for the United
atates Seuatorship lay between Logan and ORlcs-
by. and that Of tl,cse two the Republicans OF
Illinois, n represented IN the Legislature, pro-
ferrcd Logan by alarge majority, is certainly
not calculated to impress The outside public
with high estimate Of the average intelligence
Of The Republicans of Illinois. Logan Is sort
OF Republican Voorhees,. A demagogue orfst
nhlly of tie tame breezy. primitive Western typo,
though bv rrasop OF being Republican lema-
Gogue under the restraint Ut the somewhat mora
se spneo sa Il i RITZ nS T. ssSe
smunR The nations Of the earth by high grade
Of popu1a! intelligence, with the physical. traits
aui bearing. which romancers afe fond Of
long. haired, and hlsek-eyed political Gen:
| esal and martial p1litIctau-who still
carries On the War against tho Rebellion In full
regimenta1s at the hral of his corps In the poll
ties Of illInols-,mprcsses the oeputaE tmaatna-
sustaining Intimate and patriotic relations With
the American Eagle than BY bis intellectual
Il d half.cdueatcd, distinguished, looking hum
bug, with Eftt OF meretrdcaous RltbncB! on the
stump, whosu emotth and Aonnrout income
qncnces pass for eloqucncc and Wisdom With
one knows better how 10 adapt bis uttcrsncea,
| aud he Ia = fair rrrftscUtstVe on the Hnpub-
Lean side. Al Voorhees, ia on the Democratic, Of
that crude, Gothic Western demos which
1 H11thz thx @HHk A%F4 tfNU r.
aSse's ., soah.rn s hoe 1no. as son2 aoa n.na
While Logan u puretT machine polittcfan,--.
the prnauct and creature ol tlle caucus, and
IL utterly destitute Of any aualttca which snn
make him useful In tho Senate or to bis party, ex-
cept ~ mcro placeeollcitor for it, hungry bol-
itic!ans. VIC do not believe that he ia personally
dfa,nnest or corrupt n1an, ~ hls cnemtea chhtRc,
th1ag ne = :t hs ,o,t Of nan %no wqua
combination OF politicians who could control
the political machine, without being himself a
eonseioas Or prottfne party TO their sehe"es
lin any % oi the % moral or intellectual clensnts Of
4 rctoFmer. but VIZ hnse never boon ahto to DIS
cover any proof Of his pernonal eon3pll.tty ID any
| OF the rings which Rrcw up under bis loose dia-
trtbutun Of tic patronage Of his Slate III
career In the Senate was consp!cuous only BY it,
failure. mud his reelection Is tiGna1 proof that
tho Republican party In ilthnoss ts not under thu
control Of Its best or most thoughtful elements
In two ye.ss from now u Il pI,'b2olc tint Mr.
| Logan could not he elected to The United State'
senate, oyeu in Illinois, for BY that time even II
Illinois the Republican pnsty will have dis
covered the difference between The etasesme1
with intellectual forco enough to run like .
eleambuat against the current, and tho poll
tteians who can only float like barge on IL
downward flow, unless towcd back !n the wak'
Of sn irresistible popular movement, which re
veals their lack II wisdom and reduces them !.
their true position rs tho mere lackcss OF pnt,si
opinion. Logau Il simply that and nothlni
more, and 1t must DO owned TINT 1lllnotA ID no
rich In pnbIc tncn who arc anything clso thai
that Or II sho tlns anv supo rlof men who or
strong ati brave enough to.l lead md mold th
public opinion VI their Ststc Instead Of study
| ing how to 1attrr and exploit whatNvor M(a
thctr name. have not been mentioned In conueo
| linn with The rrrrnk Senatorial contest.