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 expend 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 final vote, it will be buried
30 deep under an avalanche OF "noeS"
from both sides of the Chamber, that no
thought OF resurrecting 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 II
desire to rule Logan off the track in the
race for the Presidential nomination.
Yesterday rs the dispatches show,
despite the pelce-mal,ing efforts of Phile-
tus Sawyer and Don Cameron, Plumb
(Rep.) OF Kansas denounced Logun'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 Yorl;
Sun will be read with interest:
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Republican Sen.
ators are alarmed at the bitterness of the
fight 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 wild rage over il
for a fortnight. Last week he boiled over al
Hale and stated very broadly that he knew
somebody was behind Hale in opposition t.
him. Everybody within hearing of his voice
understood him to mean Blaine.
Mr.. Teller, in a cutting speech yesterday
expressed very uncomplimentary opinion
of Logan, and made the Illinois warrior ex
ceedingly angry. He replied to-day in M
aggressive and personal speech, attacking
Teller all along the line. He said the Col
orado Senator's speech was slow, despicable
and mean" He denied that he referred Il
Blaine as behind Hale in the attack upol
him. There was an effort on the part o
certain members of the Senate to max
trouble between himself and man to whom
he was q better friend than they were Sucl
nn effort could not succeed.
1t was apparent after Logan's speech To
day that the controversy would surely lea
to the dragging of Blaine into the arena
it were kept up, and 80 old Phietus Sawyer
the universal peacemaker, and Don Cam
eron, who saw that Logan was likely to ge
worse hurt in the row than Blaine an
and didn't want to have that happen, pu
their heads together and agreed to see wha
could be done toward bringing about n re
conciliation. They let Eugene Hale alont
and used all their powers of persuasion o
Plumb and Teller.
The peacemakers are now at work o
Black Jack. His wrath is very slow in COO
ing, and ii will be difficult to convince hi
that there was no significance in the. ~
ment of the Blaine Senators -4rtss n.,'e
seven Presidential candi;Soi; rn Inc an oLnet a
out of the Aiison WIZ WIZ bnd San hee e
rnrtn. ntsre .lllll...-|rth Logan yesterday. 1t is
rory of note that all the Blaine Senators
ne opposed to increasing the army to 30 00t
= men, and are great friends of the working
men,