, 1879-01-10

turo to he hts own auc,a,snor IN the United
States Senate, and he thought Il hut fair to him
that he should have the un!ivtdr.l s1unpst of
every Republican In the Legislature .. long as
there was nny reasonable prospect X Ills clcc-
t!on.
"11c assured this Committee that II he could
have The undtgltrd support of tie Republicans
l,,a SUCCESS was certain. lie sud he Ind can-
yassed the matter thorough'y; that lie knew
tho situation Of tho opposition, and was fully
advised Of al1 their movements and all .hc.r tie.
slrcs; TINT tho principal object They desired
was divlsion arong the Republicans. mud
TINT whenever thug saw that Tho Republican
party united with solid fsont In Ills support,
that, upon the happening Of TWO cvua's whirh
wcrc probable, he would surely sccure from Tho
opposition sufficient uutnl.cr uf Yntca to elect
lin.
" 1fa stated 10 that Committee ttnt he knew
from The best koutrcs, aut, had the mist POSI-
tive assurance, TINT. II the 1nie,enss,Ht scna-
tors and members OF this huuse H1lo were IT
that ttmo supporting Mr. Anderson, should
become conyfnccd that there was no prospect Ut
tho election OF A,dcrfon,-tllAt when they
abandoned lin, "a cnnttiatc fur The SENATE,
he {1.ogan} would certaEnly receive from this
members OF the 10 -ealfctl Ihlcp nt]cnt party II,
the Bcnnto enough votes to secure tia clection;
and that, on thu other hanl lis sue ,css slll not
depend entirely UPON tue 40 antlunsncnt by tho
independents of Andcrson, but that II the
Democrats became convinced that there MAS no
chance Tor
TnK eucCxss or GOV. PALMER,
and abandoned Ills support, that he {t.ogan}was
then assured hy certain frtenlB nf hta WHO Wcrs
Democratic meinbors Of lilo Legislature tl,ut
they would rally TO his support r. such way at
least as TO make Ills election curtain.
"Tlso members ofthat Committee all express
cd desire 10 secure, isst the sus' css oE tic Re-
publican party; that, while some of then, might
not personally prefer Gen. Loran. they pre-
ferrcd tho success OF tho leepul !tcan nnrtY to
tho SUCCESS Of auY man In tho party. This was
friendly autl confidential conversation.
"Tlo result was i mutual <ptedgs .betweeu
Con. Logan and tho members Of this Coui4,
m!ttco by which 1t was agreed that Logan
should receive, without division or hcsitatton,
the uuquolf1cd support Of cvory Republican
member Of thu Legislature, including gcnasor
BuGLlcr, until 1t was apparent to ths majority
Of this C1mMi:tcc-that waa tho FUR unlcr-
standing OF tt-that Logan could not be elected
Senator, and :he determination VI the question
rs to WHITTIER Logan could or cou1,1 not bc
elected WAS substantially left to tle decision Of
Col. Easton mud Gen. Logan.
''Ihls agreement was carried out in good
faith md without question ou tho rast of tls
men who had been supposed u b. unfrtcnIiy
to J.ogan's election an Senator, until at least
twcnsy-sescu julas ballots Ind brcn rast.
"Pror to that time tilu Independents had
abandoned Mr.. Audcrton. nnd the Democrats
had abandoned Gov. Palmer, but 1ttli Gen.
Logan received no votes from either tho lll,le-
pcndcuts or Democrats. Alter the adjourn
mcut succeeding tho twcnty-ei.ath Joint ballot,
II was apparent to two-thrds, mud prouably 10
three.tourths, Ut Tho Republicans pf tho LcGEs-
1aturc TINT =.
GEN. LOGAN STOOD NO ruHru;n CHANCE or
ELECTION NJ THAT Lro1: tAruRE.
But It WIS believed by mnny~ Rtpnblleans-a
very great pan,-:tat ccrts' y other. Repub-
lieans might serlrs voics er.t{.. ~ n. tha MP
position to sccure SUCCESS, prtJTitt they could
receive substantially tlu support OF tho Rcpub-
l[can party.
"On tliIs AFTERNOON, after tho adjournment,
Easton anl mysef went 10 Gen. Lo9al,'s ruon
nt the Icland Hotel, and told Kim that wc lad
kept tho letter and the splrlt of tho agreement
which l,e had 1ladu with us, aud dus!ng tho
tinlc which Ind elapsed since that agreenlcnt
had bccn t,nllc VIZ had ~ carncatly desired Ills
election Us any OTHER Of the Republican mcm-
b,rs ot thu Legislature: hut wo were then cua.
vln"cd that We l,au discharged our duty to lin
~ Republicans ant! our fidelity 10 tlIe ltepub1tr.
VII purity, a, our interests IN 1t. surcea. IL tho
contest Required tl.ut gunIu other candidate
should bu ghose,, by tlln Republicans, a.,t! We
in,uruncl him that VIC did t,o. ttlink hlA persoha
tlettru tu succeed htn,hrtf aA SrnatOr sunu4
stunl1 III thu way vi the lsrpuul!rAn Eariy ,nak-
Ing gat lcast au tifust tn ecct sot,e ,thcr ,nan.
!" We afs0 told hiu that Wc ctlulI secure the
written pledge Ut At telst four Democrats who
would support either Mr. Wushb.irae Or .lutlEu
Lawrence upon nil u tho 1aliosa tu bo Gust un
tho senatorial question VII the following day..
"Up0u this announcement to 1cn. l.ugaa no
becariu nuEtc Indignant, and sa!I to Eastnn und
nlysclf that II he could not bs elccicl Mr.
WAsiIburne slInltt nut br. 'And,' saiI he.
REPUBLICAN, WILL BE ELECTED III THE
l.EulSt.hTuREr
F." Wu to!4 lin VIZ should not, at preaent al
least, 10 Tar ~ WI wrru Individually ronrcrHcl,
yu.u uhy longer fur lin as the tsit.idatc uf tlu
Republican party tor tlIu aellusorshlp,"