New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-28
THE GENERAL AS A POLITICIAN.
INCIDENTS OF HIS LEoIsLAr1vE cAREER-ELEorIoN,

THE GENERAL AS A POLITICIAN.
INCIDENTS OF HIS LEGISLATIVE CONGRATULATIONS
EERING IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81 t>pecfnh.-Few men III Pn"nc mo
had a greater knowledge OF human character than Gen
ernl Logan The mistakes made not to be nscroe
IN want NJ xperence or inability detect the schemes VI
svcopbants or of would friends but to the npuSNo
OF his nature and TO the honest preIuhees "n'''' w
sometimes n strong hold upon him ana WHICH MS - 80.
Judgment was not always able to overcome h 'o"eey
I'm legislative life was proveroiaL Inc orc"tn VI Linz
never touched him. Surrounded by temptations Oh every
IT,, roore than twenty years OF active legislative
service he remained poor. though he was never huo" "
brar about his poverty. There was not iopD!n, ~
Washington who dared approach HIM "hcn "o '', "
distribute the balance Of the Geneva AWARD WIS Pe7
I'm the Senate General Logan was favoraoy oispoSo
claims of the insurance companies and OF the attorneys
Tor chem went 70 his rooms TO the subject Tho
General received him very coldly, ana whcn tho man
asked him in private few moments ne ne" in'o
passion aud leed him out or the rooms There were
rumors pccuniary Inducements re being offered 10
the supporters the b and the General supposed that
the man haa come 10 make some proposition to him
Whether II was true or not he resented the suspicion by
opposing the hin which he at first inclined to favor
In APRIL 1879. Washington was greatly excited over
an attempt to inveige Senator Logan into duel Rep
resenative Lowe. of Alabhma. whose wrath had been
aroused by the Senator's speech on he Army bill.
charged that General Logan contemplated entering the
regiments for tho Confederates General Logan re-
piled that the statement "a viniieiive and
malicious lie' as well 4" false and sanderous
Representative Lowe quick IN ask II the
latter words applied to him. and he sent his message
by his friend" Charles Pelham. No notice was taken
OF the inquiry. and second note was forwarded through
the same channel Finally angered at Senator Logans
silence Mr. Lowe wrote him third note, in which he
called attention 10 the offensive language and the two
notes. and concluded as follows:
You have failed refused either Of ihem and
you thereby force me IN the aSt aernHtve therefore, n
that Won name some Tine and ce on Of ms Ds'rEt
friend. Charles Pelham. esq u authorized 70 &C. w V'
prenis 5. Respectfully. "N' ID LOWE
Mr. Lowe then published a card characterizng General
Logan as who knows how to Insult. but not how
TO satisfy gentleman To this card senator Logan paid
10 attention and the matter dropped.
Civil Service Commissioner Ohcry, who was an oil
adversary and also an old friend OF General
Logan, recalled to-day 10 n star rc0orter, char
acterstic incident OF the Generals pO II, career. i'm
mediatey after the War /" Logan" M. Oberiy said,
had been nominated by the Republicans OF Illinois
Congressmanat-Large His opponent. the Democrat was
Colonel T. Lyle Dckey We. the Democrats. were
going to make a big fight; the campaign was being
whooped up Arrangements made for an immense
Democratic demonstration at CarDondalc, Logan's home
Charges were be formulated against Logan with spec
ii atons and WITNESSES 1t was to be great sensation
and was TO crush him AS remember there were about
about his war record and each charge was supported By
the names OF witnesses who To I've the platform
to declare Themselves before whole world II to he
n great thing and was 10 be surprise
The meeting whOoped up ali over the county Ill
every direction. Somehow Logan got wind OF the
charges lie knew, of cOase about what they would be
so ho wrote to Colonel Dickcy asking to be allowed to
divide time with him at the meeting Colonel Dickey
was one OF those brave. courteous men. not afraid to
meet AN enemy and never known disregard any oOur
tcOns advance so, without saying anything about IT, no
simply answered General Logan that he would be glad TO
divide time with him. After that he informed the com
mttee what he had done They were mad lot OF men;
but could not be helped. There must be joint meet
ing one Of the striking features Of the thing that
Tom Logan General LOgan's brother,
the marshal OF tho Democratic meeting
and a warm supporter OF Dckey He was
fighting his brother hard General Logan sent out riders
all over country TO bring in his friends The word
went forth to them rally around their old general and
all soldiers from every nook ana corner came tOh
most of them Oh and all with their arms They
were ready fight for him need he When the meeting
came OF there was all this mighty throDgthe hackers of
both sdes-and II was II, longer Democratic meeting
General Logan came upon the stanL There sat his
brother Tom the marshal the great spirit of the oppo-
sitlon The two looked at each other for moment
and then Tom stepped out and nominated Democrat
TO preside The Democrats thought 1t was all cut and
dried and only few OF them answered linen he asked
for the nays Only few answered to that az first, but
suddenly seemed 10 fash the minds OF LogaDs
friends that they might carry the meeting aud mighty
mo began swell among tue crowd ana swept over
t. Tom Logan was dumbfounded for moment, but
declared that tie mars did not count ana put Inc Dem
oIit in the chair. then there great tumut and
tber might have been a row but l. was compromised by
having mOderatOrs. one for each party IL was ar
ranged that General Logan should nave The his hour and
the lasi hahour hickey take the time between. The
carges been handed TO Colonel Dckey to read IN s
time. When Logan got np to spraA no referred 10 the
runor that such charges we're 10 he made lhcI he took
them up by anticipating them and d'iouncing
them false. His voice Was clear-I never heau any
cear-and reached the very outskirts OF
was nearly half mile from him. it seemed
and every word still distinct His oil com
Iaies one man wiz mighty shout
me Democrats were confused and confounded Colonel
hickey his turn when It came anu maze suites
mankc see,h never once referring 10 the charges aud
the campaign ei Hat Logan OF course WAS elected 81
clan came from Illinois who Declared this after
noon that Logan had enained Democrat after the
man. he said had snch control over bodies or men
regardess or party except pglhaps, Doslas sonhern
whole OF Johnson county there were not more perhaps
than five or six Republican voters When Logan re-
turned from the war lie canvassed the county and
result there were not more Than about twenty Demo
Gratis left
the outbreak Of the war Assistant Postma ter Kellog or
the United states senate said Iogan with Douglas
when the latter deiy celebrated speech defending
his attitude declaring his policy III springfield lie
listened ateuuyely speech ana then the
same train with Douglas 10 Chicago lie agreed with
douglas In every point and he 50 declared General
Logan had Democrat, aud IN the excited condition
OF politics many had been uncertain of his course for
time but when II TO war he decided know that
he cordially mdorsed douglass posi- ion ana rgt after
ward he nOgam raised regiment aud went INTO the
Army. oh. rye heard him charged with almost every
hing II has been hc tried 10 raise troops for
the south II has been charged that he was diinkard
and wasn't bill more truth III one charge than In
the other"
The subject of prohibition having been mentioned MT
kellogg remarked; lery Few persons nave known ,hat
General Logan WAS proaioiton't Ihongh not tee
ofuler he was "a temperate aud he believed in
pronDItion communities len ne mt settled IN
.nrhnnoe III Inc place mas full OF drsin-shOps There
Ma. a local option TIE statutebOOks and General
Logan set work 10 have 1t pni IN loice IN CaruOh1e
Ar st fere was only one citizen willing assist hin,
hut he went ahead with his natural vim and determine
ton and local option prevailed. From that umc 10 the
present upwar ihrty years there has never been "A
dram shop in trDOnGaie. and Is one OF the most pros
porous towns of SOutcrn Illinois. General Logan was
aDsteuiOus Ia his HABITS. though Be would take social
glass OF wiuo ne believed in the principle OF pgohDi