Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29

nave ever had. I Jaw him a dav ar t-o...
ne was very sick then but / di,i NOT snU
pose ne was so near death. Hi family AZ
0 think 80 and I do not believe the dno
ooIs nougn so either. He c~ertainlv Az
not acg as IL he thought he was about -
ute. ms death will prove a great loss to
.ne country. de was one of tile ablest
eN"a ave ever met. A man oI
n4ed opiniOnsf aud one always read
able to maintain them. AIthonoh W.
.e1e Doth in the army during the war we
did not become personally a~conainted nm.
til after it ives over. Ths scenes SCENE at d III,
was particularly distressing to
me. l never like to see a man die az
course | have seep thousands OF men killed
IN Dattie, but il never has had the sam et-
lect on me as to stand quietly by a bedside
ana SEQ q strong mans life ebb away. Dur
ing tne war l never liked to go into hos
Pltais TO see the wounded and dying. and I
mao almost to be forced into them when II
was necessary for me to visit them. 40 Won
can imagine how keenly it affected me to
TO stand by and see
AN OLD ESTEEMED FRIEND
pass away"
Secretary Bayard had not heard If his
death when the reporter of the Assoc;ate%
Press called on him this evening. but ho
had feared the end was near from what he
nad seen in the morning papers. He said.
something suggested Gen. Logan to INV
MIND just hall an hour ago and | turned
10 my children and remarked what q
career hs had had. was thinking what a.
strong, active, vigorous life he had led
how much he had undergone; how much he
a suffered. 1t is sad when a manly
career, SO active and vigorous as his, closes,
put ne flnds rest and peace at last"
Attorney General Garlaud said: HSena-
tor Logan and myself were for four years
together in the Senate. I did not Know
him personally until we met there. We
served together on the Committee ON the
judiciary and the Committee on Terri
tories, and l always found him agreeable
HE WAS VERY KIND TO ME-
and my friends. He was very active. ener-
getic and straightforward. You always
knew his position On all questions. lie
was a man OF great force of character, and
did, within my knowledge, many kind and
good things. He had the faculty of min
Cling with and managing men, and making
himself felt in everything he undertook.
His party and the country as we'll, feel
his loss. l liked him very much, and SYM
pathize keenly with his family and friends
There was n popularity about Gen.
AO6"os c"Iu AbCpICcCuUtU lfS OpTluYcr,
land that was his reluctance
TO STATE HIS AGE.
Even his intimate friends were kept in
ignorance in that respect. have Just un.
earthed an old Illinois biographical d.
containing the information. From
this book it appears that General Logan
was born in jackson county, Illinois, Feb.
g., 1896, SO that his age was 60 years, 10
months and Is days. His father was a
native OF Ireland, a doctor and a man OF
and intelligence, SO that he was
able to instruct his son at q time when
were not easily accessible in Illinois.
l first heard General Logan deliver a polit-
ical speech in 1857 and have known him
since. He was
A PROMINENT FIGURE
in Illinois politics, and he was greatly adj
mired by his party in that State. He held
his friends with tenacity, but was very Sc
we're toward his enemies. The Legislature
meets a week from Wednesday,, will
a successor to Senator Logan. 1t is
hard to name a Republican candidate for
the Senate at this time, but I feel sure that
person could command the powerful
support that was given to Gen. Logan"
Il have known Senator Logan intimate
ly ever since l have been in business" said
Representative PaysOn, land since l have
been in public life 1 have been identified
with him in politics, whenever there was a
difference in our party as a rule l have
acted with him. There has
NOT BEEN ANOTHER MAN
in public life who had Gen. Logan's follow
ing among the people OF our state. l think
be was closer to the people than
Lincoln or Douglass in their
life time. His performances in public
life are, of course, known to every one,
and his death will cause a shock in Illinois,
only to men of his W party, but to
those OF opposite politics. I never heard
him, during a campaign, descend to per-
sonafities in political debates, and he had
the respect aud esteem of the opposition
He had a strong hold upon
the rank and file in Illinois, growing out OF
the TACT that he was a typical, representa-
tive peoples man. He was always as
HEARTY II HIS GREETINGS
to the humblest man in the country as to
those of more prominence financially.
knew him, and he had the won
faculty of remembering faces and
localities, and had an individual acquain-
lance with the people OF Illinois equalled
by very few men.