The age-herald., 1897-09-24
MATT MINOR WORKING
 HARD IN CHICAGO

I don't think much of that statue re-
 i gently eriacted to the memory ofs"Black 1 Jack" John A. Logan, out in Lincoln
 Park Looks Nike it might have been
 designed by a lard packer in Phil Ar
 mour's butcher shop and put together | by blacksmith. If "Black Jack could
 get up cut of his grave and see the
 status the firsa thing als would do would
 | be to kick 1t down. Don't look much
 Nike Logan. Got the long hair and mus
 | fache of a pirate. just as Logan had in
 real life, but beyond that there is no re- l samblance. From an artistic point of l view it is a failure. Very few people in 1 Chicago lIlxe it They criticize it 1ighib i off ahe bat. It is claimed Chicago DO l pie don't know much about art They have get art schools to burn. The Chi cago mems Long suit is pork. They are | better posted on slaughter house statis l tics than any class of men in the world. I I was very much surprised when Mrs. | Logan accepted the statue. Mrs. Logan l is great grand stand player. I re-
 member tIbs day of Dogans funeral in
 Washington. It was a most dlsagreea- I b1e day. Rained, showed and sleeted. l Nothing daunted Mrs. Logan, however. 1 She had the remains laid dn state in ths | O4 H1le Cdp1UOt lOI lOAty-SiSlI hours. Had the funeral in the senate chamber. Everything of pyrotechnic mature was on hsnd Mrs. Logan's nice
 woman. Smart woman Good business woman. Managed to work over hun dred and fifty thousand dollars out of
 the Grand Army of the Republic, through the sympathy racket after the l deat of her husband. She knew the l xre4a alx1nc nf bn a1.ft1V naarfP
 Before Senator Logan died he had a handsomls home in Washington. It is situated on a high elevation overlook l ing the city. Ut was all paid for. Mrs. Logan, I think is little greedy. It was | very nice on the part of the grand army | people to chip in and raise her a great big fursd Fact is she didn't need It. She draws a pension of $5,000 per year | from the government. Mrs Logan's great politician The way she could work an Illinois legislature when the Sena- tor was up for election was a caution. It was she who beat Bill Morrison in the great deadlock of 1885. The whole campaign was conducted by Mrs. Lo- gan ard Mrs. Morrison, who did not like each other.
 Morrison and Logan we're always great friends. Entered the army about the same time and were in the same regi-
 ment. Morrison got shot at the bak- tie of Murfressbcro and "Black Jack took him off the battle field to a house near by, and attended ito him until he was wel enough to be sent home. Some people may mot know it, nevertheless its a fact that at the breaking out of the war John A. Logan, who then lived in Southern Illinois, was strong soutfh- ern sympathizer. He recruited few hundred people in his section of the country crossed over into Kentucky where he recruited more and was on his way south with regiment of men to fight for the con1aderacy. At that time Logan was @ democrat Stephen A. Douglas telegraphed him to come to Springfield, H., which he did. After ! arriving there Douglas persuaded him from returning south. He was told by both Douglas and Dick Yates, th:n gov ernor of Illinois, that if he did not go into the northern army and show his loyalty to the union he would put him in jail as traitor to the country. He then recruited a regiment for the northern army, was elected its colonel. Joined Rosarl1ranse's army at Nashville. Made his great reputation at battle before At lanta. About that time he became a red
 qlot republican. Wanted to fight every thing in sight. After the war was over he organized the Grand Army of thle Re- public. Was elected to the senate in the latter sixties. Logan was honest man. Wasn't amy sham about him. He hit from the shoulder. He was a good hatsr. Was also a good friend. Person. ally he was very popular with many of the democratic senators. Logan could knock the English language crook ed. I sat in the press gallery of tine senate and heard his famous speech last ing almost four days on the Fitz John Porter case. Logan had it in for Pcr- ter. The two men were great enemies. If Porter had had his way during the war he would have had Logan shot for insubordination. Logan was very vim tlictive when the case came up in the senate He never forgave Porter.
  Went into Marshall Fields retail store in State street. Everybody points with pride to Marshall Field in Chicago. He is thought to be the greatest man in
 town. He's been to Europe. Good deal
 shoddy about Field. Big merchant.
 Rich man, Sells cheap goods at high
 prices. Fashionable Ito buy at Fiehd's.
 Has his coat of arms on ey1srything dn
 the establishment Got them stamped
 on the shirts and neckties and collars.
 No matter what you buy Fields coat of
 arms are thrown in. It is not as hand some a coat of arms as Phil Armour's, or George Pullmans. On Phirs crest is a berkshire hog in "a tub of lard, while Pulln1an's got a sleeping car and an au- tecratio porter. Fields just a com mon, plain, everyday coat of arms. Guess Field bought it cheap in England. Ev- erybody can get a crest now days, that is, if they have got money to pay for it. The most interesting thing about Fields store is Higginbotham, the sill ent partner. Higgdnboltham, you know, he's the duck who wore a dress suit at ,lSreaJ J<faEst piypn Inv flaa worlds fa