The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-22

seems to be thought that now is the time to XII
| of Republicans God knows that am TOO
shooting at first Why should be
killed off / am not in the wav OF any
| body. am not a candidate for any Office. why
IS it that they so persistently attack, sne Gay,
| Logan. the next dag Evarts, and the next cay,
after killing of these two men, they say now Is
| the time for our hero. 1t seems, sir, that this
| part of the play--the last part of the PLAYS
for the purpose of destroying if possible. Repuo-
licans in this Senate chamber instead OF DUSTIN
| the Senator from Ohio Well that is all right;
am ready TO be- destroyed / am no help to any
| body. 1t will not hurt any body to kill me Off
not the slightest l have been killed off half a
dozen times, and they may kill me again. 1t
will not hurt me, and if it be pleasure to other
| people, let them have their fun enjoy part
| of it myself / am making speech now against
| myself, and / propose to make general as
sault upon myself; and when l get through, II
| the Senate is not satisfied that am the man VINO
| is being investigated, then will conclude that
| my evidence is not as good as my friend Hears
| As he has filed his report with Democratic eX-
tracts will fill my speech with Republican ex-
tracts so that we may balance each other on Inis
| IS very amusing to me. 1t shows what KING or
| fellow l am. / did not know, until recently
| how bad man was, but now have found OUT
| and am going to let the Senate knowit
There is a newspaper in the country am
friend of the newspapers, and they are fr1ends
| OF NINE from what rea0-known as the Cln-
cinnau Commercial Gazette. Some friends whis-
| per tome Logan, you had better let the CONNER
| cial Gazette alone But am going to read
| from it, and am going to use it as evidence
against myself The Cincinnati Commercial
| Gazette is a very influential paper--a very pow
| erful paper Nobody disputes that 1t is
owned and edited, and has been for a long time,
| by q man named -Halstead. He is gentleman
of wealth and influence, and it is easy for him to
| trample on a creature like me because have no
aspirations in the world beyond what am. And
inasmuch as the State Of Illinois does not al
ways ask my friend Halstead what 1t
shall do about the Senators, and as
| Ohio, propose that my friend Halstead snail
| have all the power and influence, and shall exer
| else it against me in Ohio. / will try to take
care of myself at home Halstead, as l said is
| an influential man. In the days of Abraham
Lincoln, Halstead thought that Lincolns head
ought to be chucked against the wall and his
| brains knocked out, or something like that That
| was complimentary to Lincoln. In 1868 Hal
/ stead thought that Grant was drunken old
| Ioafer who ought to be Kicked out of society.
| That was complimentary to Grant. After Grant
was elected President. Halstead thought that he
| was dirty old scoundre who was not to be
! trusted by the people of the country. So, In
| 1872, Halstead supported Greeley for the presi-
not a man to be trusted. l came to
| the Senate here almost accidentally. and
| the first thing / knew when / got here
picked up the Cincinnati Commercial one day
| my friend from Ohio, who presides so honorably
and fairly this body with all sorts of things
The article was written from Washington City,
and published with great headlines, to show that
Senator Sherman was dishonorable, corrupt
| man. who ought not be trusted anywhere. on
account of some kind of devilment that he had
with quartermasters during the war. The next
thing that found in the Cincinnati Commercial
was that James G. Blaine was scoundrel, aud a
thief, ard a villain. who should be executed at
the nearest lamp-post / did not believe it
about Blaine did not believe it about Sher
man. did not believe it about Grant And
did not believe it about Lincoln / did not
think that was big enough fellow ever to be
attacked by the Cincinnati Commercial, and
never dreamed of such a thing But | soon
found it pitching in against some other
people-it IS not necessary for me to
mention names But the other day. picked
it up, and, to my utter establishment, found
my name mentioned in it in the complimentary
way. in connection with the names OF two other
Senators who greater men than myself.
Halstead is the man who got up this case by first
publishing all these Donavin charges, and he
| says, Speaking III a very kind manner Of the
| Senator from New York, the Senator from Col
| orado and myself that all the arts of corrupt
| schemers and all the Establishments of millions
| had been brought to bear upon u.s."
| Mr.. Logan here quoted from the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette article against himself
and Senators Evarts and Teller, and speaking of
MIR. Evarts as representative of coal oil in the
| talking about 1.-THE presidential booms 1.-THE
| article continued) of two distinguished Republi-
| can United States Senators can now be tenderly
| laid away to eternal rest"
THAT" said Mr.. Logan, addressing Mr..
| Evarts. 'smeans yourself and the Senator from
| Ohio, Mr.. Sherman. Laughtel.] It cannot
allude to anybody else. There is nobody else
| that is spoken of in that article who is an as
| pirant for an Office of that kind" Laughter
| Continuing to quote from the article "Ohio
| Republicans will see that their graves are kept
| green Thanks said Mr.. Logan, Ito the
| Ohio Republicans. That is kind and generous
of Them Again quoting from the article
| THE Standard Oil Company does not confine it's
| influence to the Democratic party. Three Re-
| publican Senators have been waited upon in
! behalf of DOODLE Mr.. Logan then said: III
read this to show how far men viii 60 to destroy
| their brethlsn who are as honorable as they are
| Here is another article from the Commercial
| Gazette, stating that Mr.. George Fox had been
| on a visit to West Virginia, and just before he
| left there Senator Camden. whose intimats rela-
tions to the Standard Oil Company are we'll
known, had telegraphed to prominent Democrats
that only six more votes were wanted to carry
the Senate, and that they were prepared to pay
$50, 900 each for them. Now" said Mr.. Logan,
II say that any man who will publish such
| Infamous SANDER and such villainous lie as
that upon honorable members of his own party,
is unworthy of recognition anywhere. / ask
Senator Camden to state whether that dispatch
is true or not
Mr. camden repeated the statement which he
had made in the Senate two or three weeks ago,
when the dispatch was first called to his atten-
ton, denouncng it as malicious false, and with
out the slightest shadow of foundation.
| Mr.. Logan continued: s'Here is another ex-
tract: "A large crowd of Republicans are talking
of hanging Logan, Evarts and Teller in efigy.'
do not know whether they did or not Per
haps they did, after they read this article. But
if they did, burning us in efhgy would not hurt
US. There are divers aud other articles upon the
presidential question. which 1 do not want to
read, because it might possibly have some inf1u-
ence on the aspirations of some gentlemen here;
for notice that whenever they speak OF killing
some off, they always put up some other fell
lows poll So will not mention it lest it might
have some deleterious effect upon Somebody. In
find this extract Three Senators voted with
coal oil. The Ohio members are incensed with
Logan's act, and say that it kills him forever as
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