Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-29

they did so well that Logan's place is
now worth three times what he gave Tor
1t and the property in the neighborhood
has risen correspondingly in value with
1t. Logan has set his son, j. A. Logan,
Jr.. up in the real estate business with
Simon Newcomb, Jr., the son of the great
mathematician. Young Logan is a bright
fellow and carries out HIS fathers real
estate speculaJions, which are extending
in several directions outside of the city,
with great success. Logan thinks he
will go into the campaign of 1888 with a
quarter of a million dollar "bar'l"
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
President Cleveland is writing his mes
sage with his own hand on the historic
desk made out of the timbers OF the
Rescue, presented to the United States by
Queen Victoria. 1t stands In the big bay
window of the library. When the Presi-
dent grows tired he can wheel around In
his chair and look out beyond the Execu-
tive Park, the Washington Monument
and down the Potomac river upon what
he says Is one of the most beautiful views
he ever saw. The members of his CaDi-
net confer with him from time to time
about those portions OF the message In
which they are chiefly interested, and at
each Cabinet meeting so much OF the
message as has been written 10 read and
be put in print before Dec. / In fact 1t
probably will not be finished until then.
The usual precautions will be taken at
the Government Printing Office to prevent
its being stolen. The system of handling
1t now is so perfect that the chance
OF its being stolen is very slight indeed.
All the talk that 10 heard with clook-like
regularity, every time q Presidential mes
sage is given to- the public, that this or
a a N huA n in al N N has
document, 10 pure bosh. From Lincoln
down, all the Presidents have written
their own messages. Probably with the
exception OF Andrew jackson all the
Presidents who went before did the same
thing. While different briefs may have
been submitted from time to time to the
different Presidents during the prepare
tion OF their annual messages, all the an
uual messages since that date have been
written by the Presidents themselves. 1t
was simply absurd to state, as some
newspapers did last year, that one por-
tion Of his first message was written Dy
Secretary Bayard and another by Miss
Cleveland. President Cleveland is not
that sort OF man. He has ideas OF his
own on every subject. and he has no
difficulty in expressing them. 1t is a
positive pleasure to him TO write. He
writes great deal more with his own
manu- tHdn ulu any Oh MS lHlueu1HtG UFtu-
ecessors. President Lincoln and Presi-
dent Hayes were like him In this respect.
but the other Presidents since 1851 fell
back upon the official stenographers
whenever they had anything longer than
note to write.
A PLOT AGAINST ARTHUR.
One of the stories, for which there does
not appear TO be much foundation, now
floating around here is that shortly after
President Garfield was shot by Guiteau,
and In apprehension OF his possible death.
certain high officials at Washington en-
tered INTO conspiracy to prejudice the
country against Vice President Arthur
by decrying his character and personal
habits and accusing him OF compIicityin
the assassination, with the deliberate
intention OF either precipitating revolu-
tion or inviting Gen. Arthur's mur-
der, so that bis accession to
the Presidency might be defeated
by violence n no other means could
be found to accomplish the purpose. The
documents papers and memoranda, IL Is
alleged, TO prove the conspiracy are In
excellent and responsible custody, and at
no distant day may be laid before the
world. The public mind at that particu-
lar period was highly infiamed, especially
at Washington. Men publicly announced
their readiness to hang Gen. Arthur to
lamp post, as well as TO lynch MIR. Conk-
ling and his immediate friends, and an
effort was made by the conspirators to
take advantage OF this unhealthy condi-
tion to preclpitate the country into an-
archy, which, had 1t proved successful.
would have deluged the land In blood
before the sober second thought Gi the
American people could have been brought
into conservative action.