The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-09

their tents or resigned. Logan without 2
word or a murmur, assumed his old place
opposition, but a general demand that he
should lead the Army OF the Tennessee
and the best expression Of the opinion Of
the volunteer army in regard to him was
Grand Army Of the Republic, and the cleo
ton repeated as often as he would &C
leaders of the civil strife on either side
are forgotten, Logan's memory viii re-
mortal service which he originated and
WINS now II every part OF cur reunited
national holiday in order that the graves
Of Ins ga Lam DEAD botn on tne se d1I
fined to the Soldiers Of the Civil War. but
continued to those of our latest struggle.
The ceremony will exist and be actively
participated in while posterity remains
proud Of heroic ancestors and of their
achievements, and our country venerates
the patrlousm and the courage or those
who died for its preservation or its
But our typical American had only
begun his Kaleidoscope career when the
war closed Like his companions in arms
he returned to civil pursuits. Illinois, Sec
onding the voice Of the people every where.
demanded that he surrender his private
affairs to the call Of duty and give to the
country his rine esner5ence IN the critical
measures Of reconstruction and pacfffca-
ton. The dashing soldier became the
acute parliamentarian. the vigorous de-
batter and the constructive statesman. The
fierce passions Of the. Civil War and the
vindictfveness of the frreconciiables made
the way difficult for the legislation which
has happily made our country one. In
days there was no more conspicuous
figure and no more absolutely unselfish
legislator than Logan. His nature was
so intense that he could not help being a
partisan, but the kind of a. partisan whom
his worst enemies most highly respected
He fOresaW in 1870 the necessity of that
work for the Cuban people by the United
States which was done In 1898. He stood
for the national credit, the honest pay
ment Of the national debt and the redemp-
ton at every sacrifice OF the national
honor at a period when we We're rushing
headlOng into reputation and fiat money.
He courageously took up the problem of
the negro, that most difficult OF the ques-
tons which are still before US There has
been in the thirty years since he preached
no suggestion better than the one which
he advanced which was educate, edit
cate. educate
This typical American who was a
good lawyer, a great soldier. a construc-
tive statesman and a magnetic orator,
must needs. give rest to his restless ac-
tervals of his work in congress and re-
Sponses to calls for speeches at public
respondence he found time to prepare two
large volumes, one historical and the
other critical, which are of much value
s'Happily for the youth Of our country,
we are peculiarly rich in these exemplars
of American liberty and opportunity.
With the extension of our boundaries, our
productiveness, our Industrial enterprises
and our educational institutions, the old
avenues are kept open and newer and
broader ones are bHilded for present and
future generations.
leaders of public opinion and the dWellers
in the. homes of prosperity have come
Americans in many lines who have won
and held the public eye and died nlourned
the future in the history of the republic
no nobler figure, in peace and in war, in
the pursuits of the citizen, and in WORK
for the welfare of his fellow citizens, than
General John A. Logan