The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-08-03

alors ana nave snsplclon cast upon re
1t was done just Ms many things have
been done since then 1t SCENE {, he
thought that nov is the lime to kill otf
God knows that .am too
small person for them to commence
at 6rst Why should | he kill.
ed Of ? am not in the way of anybody.
] am not candidate in Ohio tor an, of
fee Why is It that they SO persistent
" attack one day Logan, the mex, day
Evsrts; and the next day, alter killing
of these two men. they say now is the
time for our heror
ut seems, cir, that this Is part If the
play-the last part of :he play-for the
purpose OF destroying, il possible, Re-
Dublicsns in this Senate chamber instead
Of ousiing the Senator from Ohio We'll,
that is all right ! am ready to he de.
stroyed. lam no help to nybody. 1t
will not hurt any body t. kill me off
not the slightest. have been killeI IF
half dozen times and they may kill me
again 1t will not hurt me, and il it be
q pleasure to other people let them have
their fun. enjoy part OF it m,self I
am making speech now agains, nv self
and ] propose to make a general assault:
upon myself; and when I get through.
IL the Senate is not sstisfIed that l am
the man who is being investigated. then
! will conclude that nv evidence il MT
as good ns m, friend Hoar's As he has
filed his report with Democratic ex.
tracts, will Gil my speech with Repub.
lican extracts 80 that We NAV balance
each Other of. This Is very omusinp to
M. 1t shows what kind of fellow
am dill nnf nfknAs-..aAil.. -hn "
had man ! was; hut now have found
out and am going to let the Senate know
ii.
"There IL newspaper in the country
] sm a friend Of the newspapers and
they are friends of mine. from wha, I
read known as the Cincinnati Com ner.
ctal Gazette, some ir,rnas whispcr 10
me Logan you had hertrr let the Com.
mercial- Gazette alone But I am go.
ing TO read from 1t and am going to use
itas evidence against myself. The Gin
cinnsti Gazette is q very influential pa
per. A very powerful paper. Nobody
disputes that. It's owned and edited
and has heen for long time by man
named Hals,ead. He is a eent'em n #
wealth and influence; and 1t ia easy for
him to trample on creature like me be.
cause | have no aspirations in the world
beyond wha, am, and inasmuch as the
State Of Illinois does not always ask m,
friend Halstead what she shall do ahou,
her Senators, and as 1 an not desiring
to he a Senator from Ohio, l propose
that my friend Halstrad shall have all
the power and n6uenc. and shall sxer
else it against me In Ohio. I will tr, to
take care of myself a. home. Hals,ead
as ! said, is an influential man. In the
days Of Abraham Lincoln, Hals,ead
thought that Liscoln's head ought to he
chucked against the wall and his brains
knocked out-or something like that.
That was complimentary TO Lincoln. In
1858 Halstead thought tha, Grant wa a
drunken old loafer who ought to be
kicked out OF society. That was compli
men,ary to Grant After Grant was
elected President, Halstead though, that
be was dirty, corrupt old scoundrei
who va. not to be trusted BY the people
of the country. So Halstead supported
Greeley for the Presidency against Grant
because Grant was not man to be trust,
ed.
Il came to the Senate here almost &C.
cidenlallv. and the first thing ! knew
| when l g, t here picked up the Cincin'
natl Commercial one day and found five
columns of that paper charging my friend
from Ohio, who presiies so honorsbly
and iairIy over this body, with all sort.
OF Things The article was written from
Washington city and published witt
great headlines to show that our friend
Senator Sherman, was q dishonorahle
corrupt man who ought not to be trust
ed nywhere on account of some kind O
devilment that he had with quartermas
ters during the war. The next tuinl
that found in the Cincinnati CONNER
cial was that James G.. Blaine was
scoundrel and thief and a william who
should he executed at the nearest iamy
post did not b.lieve,it abnut Blaine
I did not believe it about Sherman.
did not believe it about Grant. And
did not believe it shout Lincoln. dit
not think tha, Was . big enough fellow
ever 10 he attscked by the Cincinnati
Commercial and never dreamed of suci
q thing. But soon found it pi,chin,
in against some other people (it is nu
necessary Tor me to mention names). Bo
the other day picked 1t up snd to N,
utter astonisbmen, found my name men
TONED in it in the complimentary ws,
in connection with the names OF two 9th
er Senators who are greater men thar
myself. Hals,ead 10 the man who 60
up this case by frst publishing oil thes
Donavin chsrges and he says. in yer,
kind manner of the Senators from Ncv
York, the Senator from Colorado ant
myself, that all the arts of corrupt sche %
ers and oil The blandishmen,s OF million
have been brought to bear upon rs
4 Mr.. Logan here quoted from the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette an artic'
against himself and Senators Evarts an'
Teller, and speaking OF Mr.. Evaits as
representative Of coal oil in the Senate
rnd that ss To Teller he wasn't woril
talking about. "Thr Presidential boom.
the article continued, "of two dislin
gu'shed Republican United States Sens
tors can now be tcnderly laid sway l.
eternal rt>i." That. said Mr.. L"gau
addressing Mr.. Evsrt.. means ,oursel
and the Sens,or from Ohio. Mr.. Sher
man. Laughter. 1t cannot sllude Il
any body rise. There is nobody Is
that is spoken OF in that Article who
an aspirant of an Office Of that KIND
Laughter. Continuing To quote fr,r
the articie), "Ohio Republicans will St
thst their graves are kept green"
}, "Thanks." said Mr.. Logan, ito tn
} OH, Republicans. That is Mind an
} generous OF them. (Again quoting fror
: the article. "The Standard Oil Comps
, ny does moi confine its influence to tn
Democratic party. Three Republ'ca
D Senators have been waited upon in b.