Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-03
ARTHUR AID LOGAN.
Green Il. Raum PresidentiaIIy Per-
suaded to Commit Suicide for the Love
of John A. Logan.

suaded to Commit Suicide for the Love
of John A. Logan.
Washington Special to Nelo York WorId.
People who know what is what in and
about the White House, are very much
amused at the elaborate efforts making in
| the press to persuade the country that
! President Arthur wept on the manly
shoulder of Green b. Raum at parting
with that dear friend of Logan and of pure
politics. SO far is this from being true
that the resignation of Raum was eX-
tracted from him like an eye-tOoth, and
almost under hydraulic pressure by the di-
rect and indirect agency of the closest per-
sonal friends of President Arthur, as the
| essential first step to heading off Mr..
John a. LOgan's somewhat vehement
boom for the Presidential nomination in
1884. President Arthur, though he acQui-
esced for reasons of his own in LOgan's
treatment of Conkling, is too much of IA
gentleman to approve of it. The Presi-
dent is a politician, and as politician he
was willing to tolerate LOgan's treason
50 long as it could serve his administra-
! ton. But he is an angler and a good fel-
/ low, and in that capacity he always dis
liked and despised the traitor. He has
long been restiYe under LOga4i's uncOn-
cealed political "hOggishness"- is
really no other word for it-and his
IE1bnOS SOHlG JlIle ago nl4ue IL clear 10
him, even before CullOm's election to the
Senate, which he now bitterly regrets
that he did not prevent, as with a little
energy and foresight he might have pre-
vented it, that he could never shake him.
self free of Logan so long as he allowed
Green b. Raum to control and run the in
ternal revenue, ,which,a Democrats ought
to know to their cost, and as the WOrId
has necessarily reminded them, is the most
4 Il
try. 1t is better Officered for mischief
than the post office, and is in the nature
of things more potential as the running
machinery of politics. There is reason
to believe that the decapitatiOn of Raum
as chief of this enginery was resolved
upon in the private councils Of the Presi-
dent as long ago as in December last,
shortly after Congress met. President
Arthur is rather slow about such matters,
but he is an angler, and patience is
an anglers virtue. The President has
a sleepy look too, at times, but it will
not do to fancy that he is always
asleep when he seems to be, as several
gifted persons in Washington have learn
ed to their cost, and as perhaps one or two
more may learn before they get through
with Mrs. Blaine's ''NeW York dude in
the White House." The President feels
very grateful, may here observe, to that
Open-hearted old tar Chandler for the
trouble Chandler took to let all the cor
respondents and other sympathiZing
friends know how very i'll the President
was after that little supper on shrimp
salad in Savannah. Chandler may be
sure he will not forget this little Obliga-
ton.
The processes by which Raum was
brought to cut off his own head were very
characteristic Of President Arthur. and
one of these days | may feel at liberty to
set them forth and show them accord
| ingly. But not just vet. Suffice it now
to say that Green b. Raum to-day is
very badly discouraged man, and that
Mrs. John 4. Logan is a highly dissatis-
fed woman. And with reason, for the
work has but just begun. There is a
good deal to undo in Illinois, and an eX-
tensiVe web to unravel, for Mrs. John
y. Logan. to her credit be it said,
/ is as industrious as Penelope. This does
not imply, by the way, that John A. Lo-
/ gan can be in any way likened to the wise
! Ulysses, or even to the namesake of
/ Ulysses in our own times. The removal
/ of Raum, you will observe, follows with
/ significant speed on the defeat of John A.
/ LOgan's brilliant attempt, with the
/ help of his sworn and special hench-
4 man. French, to run over Spald-
/ ing in the Chicago custom house,
while Folger was nursing his rheuma-
1 tism and the President prospecting for
/ alligatOrs. 1t may be well for Collector
! Harvey, OF the Internal Revenue at
/ Chicago, who has been proving himself
/ such an invaluable political valet to Long
/ Jones, of the Marshai's office, to take
warning of the fate of his friend Raum
and to take water while there is yet time.
| There is a good deal of sympathy felt for
! poor Harvey here, for he is not thought
to be bad fellow, if he only knew how to
choose his friends better.