Evening journal., 1913-12-16
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
When Logan vas Notified
Of His Nomination
By Holland.

General John A, Logan received the
committee which had been appointed by
the Republican national convention IN
1884 to inform him that he had been
nominated for President in the re-
ception room of his temporary lodgings
in Washington. / witnessed the cerc-
mony and heard the notification speech
and General Logan's brief words of ac-
ceptance. 1t seemed to me That the dis
tingiished senator who had been placed
in nomination for Vice President was
in some physical distress, and, in fact. l
afterward learned that he was at that
time suffering from one of his periodic
attacks of innammatory rheumatism.
II was a disease which first fastened it.
self upon him in the campaign of the
winter of 1862 against Fort Henry and
Fort Donelson, on the Tennessee river.
General Logan at that time was exposed
to winter wiAd and weather, no, having
Tor two or three days ano nights any
shelter excepting that he improyiscd. He
replied to the nominating committee IN
very low tone Of voice. What he said
and his manner of saying It lacked the
earnestness and vigor which were char
acteristic of him in the senate and upon
the political platform.
! thought / detected traces Of an
noyance, but l explained these symp'
toms to myself by saying, "lIe is SUI
fering from his rheumatic tr nble.7
Afterward 4 had a conversation with
the late Senator William r. Frye, who
told me that General Logan was really
suffering from physical pain when the
committee visited him TO tell him foi-
mally that he had been nominated for
Vice President.
"But that was not the only suffering
which at that time and for some time
previous General Logan had been sub
iected to- Senator Frye continued.
''In the first place, he lid not want the
nomination for VieePrasident Z have
always felt that General Logan believed
that the Republican party was doomed
TO defeat in 1884 In fact ( have been
told that he said confideutially to his
personal friends few days before elre-
tion that he was convinced tnat Grover
Cleveland would be elected President and
that he might take a Democratic House
of Representatives to Congress with
him..
81 am certain, however, that Logan
did not want the Presidency, be-
cause if he were elected he woIhd neces-
sarily be debarred from any activity as
senator. He felt that his place was
upon the floor of the Senate. He was
certain that he would icl choked and
in a sense imprisoned if he were to be
stationed at the Vice Presidents desk
for four years.
"But there was another thing that
caused General Logan especial annoy
ance at the time of the visit of the
committee appointed to inform MIN OF
his nommation Mr. Blaine had already
been formally notified. OF his nomination
and the remarks made by the chairman
of the committee contained certain apol-
ogetic references to accusations whlca
had been made. some years eaTlir,
against Blaine Logan felt that that
was a dreadful mistake. He thought
that the committee should have known
better than to make any references tt
those accusations, apologetic or dcfen'
sive although their intent might be. II
started the campaign on the lei -nslve.
/, General Logan thought it should be
started vigorously and couragcously
upon the offensive. j think ne te't 'he
eampaion was doomed in part because
of the indiscreet remarks made by the
committee which called upon Mr.. Blame.
All of these things put him in somewhat
bad humor. and that is the reason why
members of the committee felt con.
strained to speak to one anorher about
what seemed to be curious indifference
on the part of General Logan 20 the
nomination with which his party had
honored him.
copyright. 1913, by +. J. Edwards. All
rights reserved.l
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell OF
"Loaan's Attitude in the Star Route
Rusiness"