The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-02
GENERAL LoeANs EARLY LIE.
His OutspOken Union Sentiments-Fighting
a Private at Bull Run.


Congressman Thomas, of Illinois who repre-
sents the congressional district in which General
John A. Logan spent his youth, gives me the
following gossip about his early career. Says
he: General Logans father, DIR. Logan, was an
educated Irish physician, who came to this
country a few years before Logan was born,
in 1926 His mother was also of Irish descent,
but think the two were married in this coun-
try. The Logan family comes from the north
OF Ireland, where 1T was both respectable and
wealthy, until its estates were confscated
through some disaffection in regard to the
government 1t was this l think, that sent
DR.. Logan to this country When he came
here he had completed his education, and was
a graduate of the college at Dublin He settled
at Murphysborough, Jackson county where he
practiced his profession and acquired some
property. He was, when he died, in good cir
cumstances for that part of the country. His
lands are in the Big Muddy coal mining regions,
and they are still in the possession of the Lo-
gans. DIR. John Logan was tall, fne-looking
man, with hair as black his sons and eyes as
dark as the ravens wing He was well edu-
Gated and had good practice Mrs. Logan was
hght-haired and fair-complexioned. She was a
bright business woman, and after her husbands
death she managed the hotel at Murphys-
borough She was deYout Methodist, and the
teachings she inculcated into Johns mind cling
to him like burs. He is not member of the
Methodist Church, but he is ready to argue or
fight the moment anyone disputes its doctrines
Mrs. Logan is Methodist, is she notl'
Yes; her maiden name was Mary S. Cunning
ham, and she also comes from that same region
in Illinois, though not from the same town, Her
father was Captain John Cunningham an officer
in the Mexican war. When Cunningham was q
young man, about 1888 or 1884, he moved to Mis-
souri,, and, while there got married. The fruit
of that marriage was Mary S. Cunningham. She
was born somewhere near Petersburg Mo-, but
was brought back to Illinois while yet baby
and she grew up at Marion. She received a good
education at Catholic school in Kentucky, and
when she came back from school she met Logan,
who was then young lawyer, and married him.
After their marriage, l think, Logan came to
Marion to practice, and remained there up to
the time of the war. At this time he removed
to Carbonate, on account Of the numerous
rebel sympathizerS in Marion"
.tWhat is there in this story of Logan having
had intentions of going into the confederate
army2"
1T is lie from beginning to end. They say,
you know, that Logan tried to raise troops for
the South. There is nothing in it. He was in
Congress at the time. and at Washington. and
now in Illinois. During the battle of Bull Run
he left his seat in the House and enlisted for
the time in Massachusetts regiment, in which
he fought during the whole battle, and he was
one of the last to leave the field that day I'm
mediatey on his return to Washington he tele-
graphed to Governor Yates his resignation as
member of Congress, and placed his services at
his disposal IN behalf of the Union. Yates re-
Piled offering him the position of colonel and
he came Immediately to Illinois and raised his
regiment He made speech at Marion at this
time, and at the opening of his speech was Kissed
and jeered by the rebel sympathizers. His
eloquence swas so strong, however, that those
who came to laugh remained to pray and many
of those who jeered at the opening joined his
company at the close. / don't think John A.
Logan ever entertained an anti Union thought
He was before the war Douglas Democrat and
was member Of the Charleston convention Of
1860. After aiding in the nominationo of Doug
las, on his return through Richmond he stopped
there and made strong Union speech. He was
Missed and howled at, but he left the stand tell
ing the rebels of Virginia that if they dared to
go out of the Union they would be whipped
back into it. From that time to the opening of
the war he continued expressing strong Union
sentiments. And this was the more remarkable
because number of his relatives, especially on
his wife's side of the house, were friends of the
South"
How much Of a family had DIR. John Logan
the Generals fatherW
He had, think, seven children, four boys and
three girls Logan has two brothers living at
his old home, and one is the postmaster at Muir
physborough. The other is Tom Logan, a
wealthy farmer and stock raiser. Like John A
Logan, he likes good horses, and he has some of
the finest in Illinois Gen. Logan, when he was
a young man, was one of the finest athletes in
Southern Illinois. Hewasvery popular through
out the whole region, and he goes there still by
the name of John. AS a young lawyer he made
great deal of money, and had he not gone into
politics he would be wealthy man to-day. He
got his Chicago property through investments
which he made during the war, and understand
he paid $35 900 for it. His Chicago house is we'll
furnished, and Gen. Logan has perhaps, with
one exception, the finest private library, in Iii
nois. He has 5000 volumes, and among them are
of the book of Jeshur. There are, Iasunder-
stand, only three copies in the country, and
Logan has one of them. Another is in the pos
session of the Lennox library in New York, and
Logan was long time in finding his He had
agents looking for it in different parts Of Europe
but he finally stumbled upon it himself one day
while looking over the stock of an old second
hand bookseller on the Strand, in London He
has also many rare copies of the Bible, and his
theological library is very complete He delights
in theological study and has read closely not
only the Christian religion, but the works of Con-
fucius, the Koran and the Hindoo Bible He
likes to discuss the doctrinal points of Christian
ity, but, as I said before all his belief tends to
that of the Methodists. His wife is largely inter
ested in charity and church work. John A.
Logan has also been great reader of history.
He has read all the classics in translation if
not in the original, and has a wide scope of gen
eral. knowledge. In his preparation for his
speeches he never writes and, cpmmits what he
is going to say, but studies the subject well and
formulates his speech in his mind before he
takes the floor In other words, he makes up
the skeleton and trusts to the inspiration of the
moment to put flesh on the bones.p
.sWhat do you think of the strength Of the
ticket, Mr.. Thomas2
'sIt is the strongest that could have been
nominated In Illinois John Al. Logan,s name
would have been strong enough to have pulled
through an unpopular candidate as the head of
the ticket But Blaine is not an unpopular can
didate-Aon the contrary, he is most popular,
and the ticket will sweep Illinois like a whirl-
wind.D
find this same expression among the large
majority of Republicans meet The ticket is
growing stronger day by day and Logan is
adding strength to it
Sunday Base Ball.
New York Times
The people who are interested in the public
playing of base ball on Sunday in Columbus, o.,
are acting in very silly way. There seems to
be no question that the law Of Ohio forbids the