The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-10
JOHN LOGAN ON FINANCE.
TIME FAN REACHING ANN CsMPaR-
nENsEvR VIEWS OF ELLENoEs'
NEW SENATOR.
His strong Position in tine Debates In
IsS3-How Be Brought tine "Wah"
ina Gorgesus Grafton Unissppiiy
ytpped Iu the Bud

WASHINGTON req. o. 1873.
The champion humorist Of the time in
which we I've is undoubtedly employed as
writer of staiwart editorials for certain OBJ
scure Journal, originally printed for private
circulation in the Chicago Gusten1-House and
among the members Of the Illinois whisky
ring, but since the days Of Bristew and the
collapse OF it's rings without any visible mis-
sion on earth. This unirue Journal is called
the Inter- Ocean. &c is a uuarto sheet and
printed In wide coIumns-the great width, |
happy thought being provided to give ample |
room for the staggering lies which il chiefly
prints. It is needless TO remark that this
peculiar journal is
THE ORGAN OF JOHN LOGAN
whose recent election to the Senate, by grace
OF GTantism and in defiance of LEndley Muir
ray mas apparently driven the feeble
minded concern into hopeless lunacy of exult-
ation. among the ridiculous nonsense
which the I1,teT- Ocean has printed by way Of
encomium on Logan was an assertion the
other day 70 the effect that that swaTthy fog
horn in human shape is "a close and earnest
student of the subjects which from time to
time engage the attention of the Senater'
OF course Logan is student Who ever
said ne wasn't? Aas coatrnire, as the French
say, didn't he tell us himself once. in great
debate, that ne had studied the subject OF
finance and knew what ne was talking about
yea, verify, ne had studied It two weeks
That was a memorable course Of study It
will never pass from the page Of history
'Logan's Two Weeks on Finance may ulti-
mately become the title Of a book calculated
TO upset all the received notions OF political
economy. A man ike Logan can learn a
great deal in two weeks; ne ought, with
proper application, be able TO learn more
than he ever knew before At all events, aman
Of average mersory could learn more in two
weeks study than Logan ever knexv. and IL
is TO be presumed that Logan is man of
average memory. But this 10 not TO the point
What / set out 10 do was TO write the his-
tory Of
LoGAE'5 TWO WEEKS ON FINANCE.
I tell it as it was related TO me by a solemn
Senator. I won't say that this solemn Seua-
tors name is Jones but it might be- Jones il
not an uncommon name. IN fact it would be-
improper 70 mention the name OF the solemn
Senator VINO figures as the veracious historian
OF Logans Two Weeks ON Finance because
the story was related In executive sessiOn-in
one OF the cloak rOomS-and the secrecy Of ax-
ec1tive session should be held inriolate
The story itself runs thus:
by the way, inquired our Scion helniug
himself TO a fresh cigar out Of Maxey's cigar
case Did you ever gear the particulars of
that course of study ~
Nobody had heard it.
We'll. l venture 70 say that I am the only
man living who is converGant with all the
Iacts, and don't think ought TO monopo-
lie so much valuable information You see
when the financial question first came IN in
the session OF 1874 Logan. Morton, Car
penter and some other Western Republicans
got ratified and concluded that their constitu-
ents wanted more money. Logan was par
tieularty excited, so much so that when the
debate on Morton's imitation bill opened he
Jumped up 70 make a speech according to his
usual custom, without any preparation he
yOnd that OF asking his next neighbor old
Hamlin what subject was under considera-
ton. HaTnlin, on this occasion mad been
asleep, N consequence Of Howe having the
d0or at the time, and didn't know; so Logan
sent page down 10 the Clerks desk TO IN
qutre.
The page came back with the information
that the subject under consideration was that
OF finance.
go, nor said Logan, I'll make speech.
So ne took the door as soon as Howe finished
ana began 20 talk finance. But after sttfm-
bling through the Introductory sentences he
concluded that ne was getting off wrong and
whispered to HaInlin 10 move to 20 into
executive session. which was done.
10 his wife, who is much more of a Senator
than ne is, intellectually speaking, that he
1Idn seem 70 catch the subject exaetly It
didn't roll of the end Of mis- tongue Iik4.
speeches on the ku-klux bill and the fifteenth
amendment. In fact. ne couldn't see
WHERE THE WAR WAS TO BE WORKED IN.
and the idea of having TO make a sneact,
without any war In it was something he mad
never contemplated. WhereuDou Mrs. q,
suggested 70 John that ne ought TO study the
question before he attempted to make a
speech on Il.
would adopt It and begin operations imme-
dfatpiy
Accordingly the next dav. when John took
his seat IN the Senate, ne wrote a note and
calling page, sent it TO Spofford, the libra
Ran OF Congress. SDoffOrd opened the note
and Immediately became violently aQitated,
1t read as follows;
M Dear SDof0ri-Piease send me. .by bearer
al the books you nave touching Ike subject OF
Eheul" said Spofford. with emnhasis
tEheu Is profanity N Latin. Spefford is so
learned that he even Swears classicallv4 The
immediate cause Of SpoffOrd's classical uro-
family vas the thought that he had some
22,000 books on finance. with pamphlets he
yond computation, and Logan wanted aim TO
load them all upon that poor, small Doy.
Finally upon reflection, Spofford concluded
10 send John fifteen or twenty of his element
al 8OEksfHiIH q 5oIItp note TO the effect that
when ne finished them more would Be forth
coming. John had the books sent to his com
nfttee room and, with his private sperptarv
supporting his left flank immediately at
tackled them.
The 1rst one ne happened to get hold Of
was an essay OF the sixteenth century. print
ed II Old English characters. Cad, elacu-
ated John, finance is an old subject, amt it.
Here Spofford mas sent me an ancient work in
the original Greek
The private secretary glanced at the book
and umldly suggested that { was not Greek,
out old English
"'0h, well, said John. It looks ike Greek
Is it much Ike the new Engiish-tl1e KIND We
speak, you know To which the private sec
retaFy responded that it was much the same
in all except the shape Of the Letters; WITH
mental reservation that there was 40 written
language much Ike the English John used.
Finally, after about an nour ana a naif on
deer study. Jnhn concluded that ne would
begin 70 F1lFspE ont 1is speech. 80 ne began to