Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-06
MAKING IT WARM FOR LOGAN

Mr.. Logan's party colleagues in the
Senate continue to expand their argu-
mentative ammunition in opposition to
his pet Army bill, and there seems to be
little doubt that when the measure is
brought to a final vote, it will be buried
so deep under an avalanche of "noes''
from both sides OF the Chamber, that no
thought OF re5urrecting it will ever enter
Mr.. Logan's head-in these piping times
of peace, at least.
But the funny and, to Democrats, most
interesting phase of the fight against this
bill, is the attack made upon both it and
its author by Republican Senators, not
because they are honestly opposed to
increasing the army, but because OF Il
desire to rule Logan off the track in the
race for the Presidential nomination.
Yesterday, as the dispatches show,
despite the peace-making efforts of Phile-
tus Sawyer and Don Cameron, Plumb
(Rep.) OF Kansas denounced Logan's bill
in good round terms, and the family
quarrel is expected to continue until the
measure is knocked out beyond recovery.
In this connection, the following dis
patch from Washington to the New York
.Sun will be read with interest:
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Republican Sen
ators are alarmed at the bitterness of the
nght that has sprung up between Logan on
the one side and Hale, Plumb, and Teller
on the other, In the Army bill debate The
Army bill is only the pretext for the row.
and not Its real cause. The fight is really a
prelude to the Presidential contest of 1888, |
and the three Senators who are opposing |
Logan are all in the Blaine movement. Gen. |
Logan is aware of the purpose of his enc |
mics, and he has been in a wild rage over II |
for fortnight. Last week he boiled over at |
Hale and stated very broadly that he knew
somebody was behind Hale in opposition to
hlm. Everybody within hearing of his voice
understood him to mean Blaine.
MIR. Teller, In cutting speech yesterday.
expressed very uncomplimentary opinion
OF Logan, and made the Illinois warrior ex-
ceedlngly angry. He replied to-day in an
aggressive and personal speech, attacking
Teller all along the line. He said the Col
orado Senator's speech was slow, despicabIe.
and mean." He denied that he referred to
Blaine as behind Hale in the attack upon
hiills IucIo Was du euOrJ on the part of
certain members of the Senate to make
trouble between himself and a man to whom
he was better friend than they were. Such
an effort could not succeed.
1t was apparent after Logan's speech to- |
day that the controversy would surely lead ,
to the dragging of Blaine into the arena if
1t We're kept up, and so old Philetus SAWYER,
the universal peacemaker, and Don Cam {
eron, who saw that Logan was likely to GET j
worse hurt in the row than Blaine and
and didn't want to have that happen. mt
Their heads together and agreed to see what ,
could be done toward bringing about a re.
conclliation. They let Eugene Hale alone. I
lnd used all their powers of persuasion on f
Plumb and Teller. VI,
The peacemakers are now at work on
Black Jack. His wrath is very slow in COOL d
ng, and it will be difficult to convince him {
that there was no significance in the move n
nent of the Blaine Senators. The other S
seven Presidential candidates have all kent
,ut of the row except Allison, who had one
little tilt with Logan yesterday. It is s
worthy OF note that all the Blaine Senator'S q
ire opposed to increasing the army to 10000
men, and are great friends of the workino- o
men. n