The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-15
ILL-BRED LOGAN.

At Charleston, w. Va, the other day.
a man in the crowd that had gathered
to see the Logan side-show, desired to
shake hands with the Republican cand1-
date for Vice President, because the
latter was "the first man to raise the
rebel flag in Illinois" 1t was dare
devil, impudent, insulting request, and
one calling for contempt and resent
ment, if not public censure; but pro
voking and undignifed as it was, 1t was
not more disgraceful than the conduct
of Logan. BLACK Jack" few into a
violent passion, called the man liar
and spit in his face. We can hardly
imagine a candidate for the high-office
Of Vice-President getting lower down in
the dirt, than the great blathershte OF
Illinois did on the occasion mentioned.
1t is true, he might have engaged IN a
rough and tumble fight with the unre-
constructed rebel, and INDUCED in the
brutal argument of scratching eyes,
pulling hair and biting noses and ears,
but tn would have been simply Of the
same character as what he did. A dig
nifed ,honorabls, heightened gentleman,
occupying Logan's position, would have
treated the fellow and his insulting re-
mark, with the contempt they merited;
but Logan, we believe, never laid claim
to the above distinguishing character
istics of the gentleman, but has rather
prided himself on the low level of his
instincts and his want of social etiquette
and training. He put himself upon the
plane of his vulgar assailant, or consid-
ing the positions occupied by the two
men, sank lower than the rebel.
After all, was there anything in the
remark that should have excited the
anger of Gen. Logan? Il IS a matter of
history that Logan was not
only southern sympathizer
at the outbreak Of the war, but actually
interested himself in behalf Of the rebel
south until the north made it to his
interest to enlist on the side of the
union. He changed his views in time to
save himself, and while he is entitled
to credit for his course during the war,
to get mad and grow furious when re
minded of his previous conduct, IS
simply to berate himself and find fault
with ineffaceable history. 1t would be
only manly to come out and acknowl-
edge his early error; it is cowardly to
endeavor to dodge the facts.
Another thing connected with this
disgraceful affair shows the rank part
isanship and untrustworthiness of the
Associated Press. The association
claims to be the impartial recorder of
the news of the day, yet it refused to
telegraph the incident, and sent a
special request that association papers
should not publish accounts of
it. Suppose Cleveland or Hendricks. or
st. John, or even the woman candidate
for President, Belya Lockwood, had
acted in like undignified manner, does
anyone believe the Associated Press
would have interested itself in sup
pressing the item? On the contrary a
full and glaring account would have
been telegraphed from one end of the
continent to the other, and the most
would have been made of the details.
The incident illustrates two matters
quite forcibly-that John a. Logan is a
Iow-bred politician and the Associated
Press is a humbug as an impartial re-
corder and dissemination of news.