The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06
LOGAN IS BOSS.
How s'B1ack Jacks" Son Brought a
Board of Agriculture to Terms.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5-John A. Logan, jr.
was pestered out of the horse show by the
Illinois State Board of Agriculture. All the
judges and exhibitors went with him, and
there was half hour last night when the
greatest thing of the kind ever attempted
in all America was about to collapse. 1t
caused half hours wait in the programme,
and a thousand lackeys grooms and host
lers were watching for sign from the
manager to pack up the blankets, bride the
horses and prepare for an immediate march
from the building. Mr. Logan coolly
smoked a cigarette and held his watch in
his hand. He had been annoyed, nagged,
ridiculed and lambasted until his good ma
ture was all gone. He had been insulted,
mistreated booted and sat upon until gen.
tlemanly endurance was beyond all reason.
He had sat quietly by and seen the door
of his office nailed with spikes by the men
who thought he was trying to swindle the
board by permitting people to sneak into
the show. He had seen his special guards
sent home with an assurance from the fat
stock men that they might whistle for their
pay. He had been Inundated by the
printed and public declaration of the men
from the country districts that he was as
Stunning more power than he had any right
TO, and that he was in danger of being
thrown ANONYMOUSLY into the street.
The crisis came in the refusal early in the
afternoon of one of the gatemen in the back
court of the Coliseum to admit Mr.. Logan
and party of his friends on drag. They
had driven over TO the stock yards on a tour
OF inspection, and the party was made up
entirely of judges and exhibitors in the
show. The gateman declined fatty to allow
the drag and four to enter, and in much
perturbation of spirit the men in spats and
topcoats We're compelled to climb down and
show their badges at another door, The
10 " ino nd
sent the following resolutions to the State
Board Of Agriculture with note from Mr..
Logan demanding that they be adopted:
Resolved, That an apology be and here
by is rendered Mr.. Logan, manager of the
horse show, for the unnecessary and I'M
seemly interference in the discharge of his
duty by the employees acting under the in
structionS of the Illinois State Board of
Agriculture, and also for the undignifed
remarks made to and about Mr.. Logan and
his management by the members of the
board.
Resolved, That an apology be rendered to
the judges and exhibitors of the Chicago
horse show of 1897 for the many indigni-
ties and discourtesies to which they have
been subjected by the employees acting un-r
der the Instructions of the State Board of
'Resolved, That the agreement made on
Oct. % by MesSrs. Pearce, Bradley and
Conrad. acting for the Illinois State Board
CT Agriculture. and Messrs. Cation and
Kimball, acting for the guarantors, be and
is hereby approved, and we hereby turn
over the management of the horse show and
all pertaining thereto to Mr.. Logan. in fact
as we'll as in name. and hereby instruct our
employees to respect the orders of Mr. Lo-
gan accordingly.
Resolved, That the Coliseum manage
ment be ordered to unlock the communicat-
ing door between Mr.. Logan's office and
the building and place the key to the same
in his poss assion.''
In the note accompanying the resolutions
the exhibitors of horses declared their in
tention of withdrawing from the show I'M
less the apologies were made. The board,
after discussing
adopted the resolutions, and the show
went on.