The Republican journal., 1886-12-30
John A. Logan Dead.

fOreShauoWed Before That 1t was supposed he
was simply suffering from rheumatic attack
that would soon yield to treatment. The dis
ease. the seeds of which were contracted during
the war, extended to the brain and with sys-
TEN impaired by overwork the end soon came.
In his last hours Gen. Logan was unconscious,
but little more than half an hour before he died
he revived sufficiently to recognize his wife and
then YEARLY closed his eyes. Intimate friends
gathered with the stricken and almost frantic
relatives about the bedside, while in the spac-
lou> hall and parlors below We're the sad faces
Of the throng. Five minutes before three DR..
Baxter came out of the sick room and said to
one who was waiting for intelligence, "Simply
say that he is dying" Then the voice of prayer
at the bedside rose from the stricken mourners
and with its end ended the life of the warrior
statesman.
Among those at the bedside of the dying
were Senator and Mrs. Cullom and daughter,
General sheridan. Senator and Mrs. Cockrell,
General Raum. congressman Henderson and
| Thomas, of Illinois, and Mrs Thomas, Senator
Miller and wife, Congressman Symes, of Color
ado. DR.. Baxter, Henry Strong and Daniel
Shepard and wife, CT Chicago, and the Gener
ais private secretaries, W. b. Baylor and AL
bert Hull. At the head of the BED knelt Mrs.
Logan, one arm encircliny her dying husbands
neck, the hand of the other Stroking his fore
head. At his side were John A. Logan, Jr.,
and Rev. DR.. Newman. Opposite these We're
the daughter. Mrs. Tucker, and her husband
aud George \. Logan, the Generals nephew
THE scene" said DR.. Baxter, twas one of the
sadde>t | ever witnessed. All present We're
deeply affected. The grief of Mrs. Logan and
her children was pitiful in the extreme" 1t is
| stated that the Generals body will no doubt be
taken to Illinois for burial. but no definite ar
rangtments for the funeral can be made until
Mrs. Logan, who is wholly Frustrated, can be
consulted.
y NOBLE TRIBUTE FROM MIR. BLAINE.
/ A reporter of the Associated Press called at
4 Mr.. Blaine's residence soon after the intell-
/ @ence of General LOgan's death reached Au-
| .u>ta. Mr.. Blaine had left his chamber and,
| though very lame from his recent illness, had
come down to his library for the first time. He
said the announcement had come to him with
out his being in the least degree prepared for
it. lie had heard only iii the forenoon that
! General Logan's condition was considered
critical. Mr.. Blaine discussed General Lo-
cams characteristics freely. He had not per
>onally known the General before the war and
\ had met him for the first time when General
| Logan came to Washington from his command
i'll the field. Il Think" said Mr.. Blaine, lit
was sometime during the winter of 1868 that.
| by mere accident, | entered Mr.. Lncoln's
room Just a. General Logan was leaving. The
President introduced me to the General and we
/ had a very pleasant talk. | remembered" said
! Mr. Blaine. that after General Logan had
/ left the room the President eulogized him very
4 highly, adding that at was very fortunate
| when - many generals had fallen far below
expectation. to find a few that had gone far
| beyond expectations, and in the latter class.
/ he gave General Logan eminent rank. But
am not the one said Mr.. Blaine, ITO speak of
| General Logan'> military rank; that can be far
more tittingiy done by his brother officers, and
/ iy the thousands of veterans who are at this
moment. III tears over the death of their be-
Z tIpi
slant friend i'll peace. History has, | think,
| definitely assigned General Logan his military
rauk-the highest of the volunteer officers in
the Army of the Union
/ My close acquaintance with General Lo-
san." continued Mr.. Blaine, ''dates from his
entrance upon his duties as Representative at
| large from Illinois in the fortieth Congress.
He WAS elected to that post in November. 1865.
| From that time onward our relations came to
/ he friendly and intimate. Occasional state
I lhrnt> a. to jeaou>ie> and riNalries were with
ont foundation. There never was an unkind
word between Us and. so far rs | know. neither
! had an unkind thought of the other. | say
| tins. knowing all il conveys and knowing also
| all ii cUutradict>"
Mr.. Blaine described General Logan aS "a
man of immense force in Il legislative body
| His WILL" said Mr.. Blaine, twas unbending,
| ms couraEe,-both moral and physical.-was of
/ the highest order. | never knew a more fear
les man. He did not quail before public
l.,
amy more than he did before the guns OF the
! enemy when he headed a charge of his enthusi-
a>tic troops" In debate" said Mr. Blaine,
General Logan was aggressive and effective.
/ His best prepared and longest sustained argll-
mcnt Was the speech he made in the Senate
/ during the forty-sNth Congress against the
| restoration OF kit/-.JOhn Porter to the army.
| he speech occupied, if | remember right. a
| part OF three days, and was marveously sus-
tained throughout. General Logan had great
! feeling in that case and had put vast deal of
! study INTO II. General Logan was most in
| lefati-able worker" said Mr.. Blaine, This
| close relations with the volunteer soldiery of
! the country involved an immense correspond
! en"e and immense labor, in addition to the
| labor imposed upon him as a leading senator
| rom such large state As Illinois. He was a
! punctual. faithful man. and but for his consti-
tuition of iron he could not have gone through
| all the work hat was put upon him.
| "Gencrai Logans loss to the Republican
! party" said Mr.. Blaine. is beyond computa-
| ton. lis personal following in the party was
very great and among the veterans he had al
most the solid body. Asaparty leader General
Logan WAS >ingulary direct, manly and candid.
| Ills personal energy and political power We're
| >JriningIy shown in his contest for Senator,
perhaps The most memorable of the kind ever
| Wa@cd IN the nited States. The shock of his
| death is 80 sudden, the sorrow it brings so
Keen" said Mr.. Blaine, THAT no full analyst of
| this remarkable man can be given at this time.
| run tributes will. in due time, be paid to his
character and services. | have had occasion to
say before, and | now repeat. that while there
| have bech more llu>trou> military leaders in
the legislative halls, there fas think been no
man in this country who nas combined the two
careers III eminent degree as General
/ Logan.
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Johll Alexander Logan was OF IRISH descent.
IFS iather, VINO was physician, emiSrated to
lhI> country from ireland and settled IN the
Htale OF HafEiand' subsequently, removing to
hehlGeAY; theh 10 Missouri, ana finally to
i.ilii"i>. MS ihotmer was MISS Ehzabeth Jen-
Mis- h"tlNf VI tennessee. Johh Alexander
VIZ VIZ porn J. epruaTY y lo2o III jackson county,
limos. Ills Doyhood was spent on a farm and
ne was Drought up 10 hard work. The public
SCHOOLS III MS heiShnofnood were poor and lit
te was 10 De GOT from Them, but young Logan
iau tHe Good fortune TO nave a competent
lIli!Iie lulor curing part OF MS boyhooI'
"lici SoiiieNal illide up Tor his lack OF school
PIN ileGeS. " men me Mexican war broke out
!ouliS logan enlisted as g private and was
"iHrWaIdS CHOSEN as second lieutenant OF one
OF me companies OF ms regiment, which was
the fir>t LIMOS. subsequently he was detach-
t" 70 act a. qllarternasler.