, 1879-01-20
Tho Slaughter of OgtrstIy.


John a. Logan WIS nominated by tho Rcput-
llcan Legislative ca,lcus at Springfield, ILL.,, last
night, receiving 81 votes to % for Oglcsby. This
result Ia nut rrcdtasle 10 tic good tasfe ecner
ol tar play, or Eo.tl se1lae VI the Republicans Ut
Illinois II Ia nm indication OF their subor,llua-
coat Of Tic defeat OF thu party, If necessary.
The Claim Is n,ale bY Loyas's frieAls tllat
hc ia great leader md an aggressive
nks a.. s "a st the x,S yey T.. man to = ,eats. IT,
nnn With very lmied tnfor,naiton, whose
strchcth cnnafstn III his rrckicsR use Of tho low
est political Influences. There il nothing IN his
tton Of his xenl Tor tho Un!oll, whct ur.,ky uu.
suddenly in thc sI.ntner of ls;l, when tho pop
ular current VIA evident, and l,a gallant rrcs'rd
~ the ti9ll. Tat n,iuht faifly ofisct hs coarse
Fnclfiye.slave law. The lnain Objection 10
Oglesby seemed I" tn TINT liz waa an honest
nun, unapproaci!atla through lobby influences:
and tho e9sat inilucnee ier Logan has been that
Wl,iskY R!ar. The movement which was
crowned by tho cauruh last night commenced
long ago, and was marked By tic superseryice.
able purttsan zcn Of tlluso cngnVcd III It, and
the t,cslsrate netivtty III Lognn himself Ii.
hnwllnN before tho people. Now We trust Str.
Fnurlecs ulAy b1 rlnsen bs lnoiHua, aud he
aad l.ogun slsiufd bc encouraged to tell wlla,
they 10 not know abut the srtencc of money.
Ti'ev will be well nlateAetl. and thelr roaring
t00ctilsr for ssx wears will Rrrvo 10 nmuac tho
counlry; AinI the tutlfet,ls might as we'll pre-
paFs fur grief at lcaat for that long spell.
An Antl.sentl.n~ntalIst on llunRllnc l;xoc...
t!nns.
NEW fonK, Jau. 1a.-7o he Editor Of the
Iltruhi: Your paper of yesterday contains an
extraordinary editorial urticle upon "Our Nun-
gltnE ExccutiufIs,h fruM TIC conclusions of
which bc.. to differ, do not think that II ia Of
tho slightest consequence to society thnt cxecu-
tio.is Of lnur!errrs slIuull he conducted with
yuu that there Ia aiiy 1rcn Of "rcform " in the
Metht'A ami Ennn1lcr Of banging rritulials 1hu
prtn,ilry mud only Legitimate ,.,cet of puntah-
sutst, amt thu nt'ly srunlnl OIL which snccty las
hi, m.r.ctratton of crime by making nm cxa11-
pr VI thn crItH!nal. Surt example, and wurn.
EHg arc rendered not lcss htlt Intc, rfIect-
I've by tho stn:rtaclc bf II kxnEfl'E like that 0f
Hunter. ke.. no particular ol,lect III sinnutA
ing t1c pathway nf murderer 10 ,.is
oots,, 1r rendering Il apparently pleasant either
ta him Of ~ sTAxtat,rs. f!, tho ronlrnryy, tiIu
nfc tr'adsu! II Gun lIe Ela.!e, tlIt better. Tho
punah,ncnt; alh1 lIavs 10 sort Ut hyulnathy
with the aatlfln ketlLl'nt,taltty " tl,r preAenl
usr. which It's inmlc ulIr nrlsnlls 10 comfortable
that thousands af guEatMnds are CONSTANTLY
committing crln,r III orsleI 10 .lnl w!ltn their
wuilA tbs shelter attd snptn'rt Whtel. thoy asa
tuo sll!fttcKs tn earn for themselves outside.
Tie rh!fanthrupsta alhl schtl.nrnfaisl8, Il al
iawusl 10 tFanlu vii 0ur laws, Watlfl sum M1kn
tho country d "ThTeyrsf raratsc"; aud tl.oss
Newspapers which lptn IN t,eir onscFirs fur
such petty ''seiorna" rs thai advocated hE ytns
ycstcruy arc unty proragatiug ttirlr InEsclfeY-
t,,lh n1ttn.,s anu hGtpin. tu tnakc thru Tesucrt-
able. Nut that ] ~ulllA advocate '.bHngtIny
cxrclltions," or traiu haugn.cn 10 do their work
In way to ntl0cs Hunc,l ssartsy lhr scilatl'Ili-
tlrs Ut snrclaturs: but / wo1lllf ftltRatc lhst
matter II n subordinate place, ons Ut lfttis
ss,tIsctuence mud mot worth preaching atuut.
TAu l,a:D thtn. III to a,usc E,lirlc1crs laAGet!.
Nut half ns many arc hanytHt W ought tD ip.
Possibly II moro were halsra the eher1tf. HUutl
know letter l,*,w To la1I;. lh..,n. 1t strn,h 10
.,s that. Il the j{1d rally vaults to institute
"rsfurtn," 1t might lind something tstter wuEtI,
fta tcrl.cs IL preach nH,ua than tic rlIe't II
lIun.iiDg execution TIA n ElI.hEarNity Mlrtuly 81
thoroughly bul,tlcntaz.rl Thai II IL alnlt.sl ln,-
pt,ssibld To f'al IN II Jury n,a'le Ut sufficient
stem stulf t.. euILyvt u murderer Ut all. lse-
sldes, II tho narrowing details IT such an c&r-
cu,lon nre bad for tho community, there Is nu
uks.Ilutc iuyessity that the newspapers should
publish them. Thousauus of Iii would never
llasc Known nnythiN. about HMl&er's hoTri0le
taliiug oil II tho Neru5i had not told Us all
aUut 1t, with raclueks Ut silkenipg detail quits
uut Ut kcepiny with lLu solainn editorial VI yes
scslay. Very sincerely yours, ~