New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
SENATOR LOGAN AND THE PENSIONS ELL

| A CARD FROM TIE wASHISGTON CORRESPONDENT
LOGAN ATTACKED.
TO the Edit Of The Tribune
SIR: On last Thursday morning was informed
that Logan was gong for scalp" and braccd
myself for the painful ceremony; but when it came
off on yesterday. AMI proved to BE- merely piece Of
blaGkguarlisu. thought 1t unworthy of INV aten-
ton as per Ona nattcr The prominence gwen to
the affair III the Associated Press dispatches leads
to ask the space for f.w words of comment not in
defence OF my character for ! overesrimatc the
basis upon which 1t built If it he affected by
any expression of Senator LoGan's; nor indeed TO
attack him III return for cannot assume that my
opiOn Of him is matter of sufficient public I'M
portance to warrant the request but IN explanation
OF ne offending dispatch.
For than two wears the pension claim agents
-reputaD gentlemen personally, hut combined to
maintain IA their own interest system oi pension
laws which work great hardship to Pension claim
ants AMI great injustice to the taxpayerS-hav
sought BY all the arts known TO lobbyists 10 prevent
or postpone much needed reform III the Pension
Office. Their circuars, az your readers Know nave
been sent out broadcast, misreprcSenting nc nature
OF the proposed reform, mallgnIng tile COMM SSlnicf
of Pensions. and embOdyIng partial and one sldei
statements designed the sO.dler element OF
the country IN opposition 10 his proposition. Mem
beers of Congress have been Destroyed by the claim
agents. and the same representations have been
made 10 them.
During this time the Commissioner of Pensions
has worked on alOne-the one against the nanV-iOr
reform His has been the unpopular side, as that Of
the refOrmer Is, aud his progress has been slow.
Whoever came to HIM ana Investigated mat erS
without prejudice from his point of view has been
convinced AS witness the nlne members 81 the
Senate Committee on Pensions. After mauY months
devoted 20 the consideration of the Commissioners
recommend ItIOus the committee lot only ad0p;rd
Them but enlarged upon them and reported bill 10
the Senate To carry them into operation stu!
matters were DELAYED many months and It was only
last Tuesday late III the afternoon that the measure
reached.
its support by Senator Writers. and senator Davis
OF Vest Virginia, Senator Logan manifested some
unusual signs of impaticDce 70 Gegln the assault
winch he uedtated. w zen at last he obtained the
floor ne began his speech with All offensive sneer at
a fellow Senator ard then made an uIwaTIautcd
assault upon most efficient public Oticer--ihe
Comlniesl0nor Of Pensions. The line Of lis attack,
Ished to-day, ran 80 entirely "On all lOurs with
that of the circulars and publications Of the
claim agents, that no one acquainted with the
facts can doubt the source Of INSPIRATION
] have never received any favOrS from Senator
Logan have asked none. and expect none
Having made this plain, | can with prOpriety
now say that the offending paragraph Ivy
winch should have been added expresses by implI-
cation than intended. That lie represents IN
terests which are exclusively those Of the claim
agents reiteratr but that Le Is their paId agent,
OF has been influenced IN any mprO, or way, did not
assert aud do believe. On the contrary, Senator
Logan believes his road TO favor with the soldier a.,
EN- ent lies IN the same direction as do tho interests
of the claim agents. Very respectfully.
Eeh 1881