He clasped the hands of each and all The homage that the true man pays Adown the stairs they tramped again; "Kind hearts and hands! I pray LOGAN DINED BY THE PHILADELPHIA CLOVER CLUB." General Logan was an honored guest at the fourth annual dinner of the famous non-political "Clover Club" at the Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, January 14, 1886. There were several very distinguished men present at the banquet, Hancock and Logan having the places of honor to the right and left of the chairman. Logan on this occasion made what was described as "a rattling speech;" and Wayne McVeagh, in his witty speech, said he thought if Logan and Hancock had pooled their issues in the last two campaigns they could have been elected, or if Hancock and Logan had done the same thing the result would have been the same; but he was bound to say he would favor the first ticket. Logan had told him recently that the only candidate he feared in the future was Evarts. He had read Evarts' recent Boston speech, and had asked Logan what Evarts' position was on the silver question. Logan had replied that Evarts was dangerous as a Presidential candidate because he was in favor of unlimited coinage, but opposed to its circulation. Seriously he thought General Logan should not be a candidate for the Presidency. He does not run, and was never known to do so, from friend or enemy. HE AGAIN ATTACKS THE (MODIFIED) FITZ-JOHN PORTER BILL IN THE SENATE. The House of Representatives having passed a bill substantially authorizing the President of the United States to nominate to the Senate Fitz-John Porter to a colonelcy in the Regular Army-being the rank held by him prior to his being cashiered and dismissed the service January 10, 1863 -the bill, upon reaching the Senate was referred to the Military Committee, of which General Logan was chairman, and on March 11, 1886, it was favorably reported to the Senate by a majority of the committee. Accompanying the report the "views of the minority," adverse to the bill,-written by General Logan, and concurred in by Senators Hawley, Harrison, and Manderson-were presented by Logan. The document containing these views is voluminous, and completely covers the evidence in the case; and, after summing up that evidence, concludes as follows: We the minority therefore protest against the passage of the bill restoring Fitz-John Porter to the army. The success of said bill would be a misfortune to the country; and no source of danger is more insidious, its progress more rapid, and its corruption more sure, than that legislation which is in the interest of private favoritism at the expense of public justice. No case can be found in the annals of courts-martial where a more just verdict was rendered than in the case where FitzJohn Porter was tried, convicted, and dismissed from the army. We protest against the passage of the bill for the reason that it would stand hereafter as an incentive to military disobedience in the crises of arms, and as an assurance of forgiveness and emolument for the most dangerous crime a soldier can commit. Subsequently, when the bill came up for action in the Senate, General Logan again spoke, at length, against it, with the same courage, energy, convincing logic, and patriotic fervor that had characterized his other great efforts in the same direction, although he knew that he was leading only a "forlorn hope," and that the passage of the measure was a foregone conclusion. In this, as in so many other matters, Logan never failed to follow the line of his own honest convictions, regardless of what others might think, or say, or do. SPEECH ON ADMISSION OF DAKOTA-LOGAN RIDDLES THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION-HE UNHORSES BUTLER. During January, 1886, the bill for the admission to Statehood of the Territory of Dakota, was before the Senate, having been favorably reported by the proper committee, and Senator Vest took occasion in remarks he then made, in reply to Senator Harrison's speech favoring the bill, to violently assail the Union soldiers. General Logan, on February 3d, made a speech, the brief telegraphic synopsis of which, taken from the Philadelphia Press, given below, will give the reader a fair idea of Logan's qualities in senatorial debate, when interrupted. Says this despatch: General Logan taunted the Democrats with requiring an Enabling Act of Congress for Dakota, when eleven States had been admitted without such a formality. The Democratic opposition is because Dakota is Republican. This brought Senator Butler to his feet with an assertion that he didn't care whether the State was Republican or Democratic so long as it possessed all the requisites of Statehood and its admission was asked by a majority of those who had its interests at heart, but, in this instance, he had a suspicion that there was a political clique clamoring for admission. "I agree with you," said General Logan, "there is a political clique." He then explained that South Dakota, with its 261,000 population cast 57,000 votes at the election two years ago, while South Carolina, with its 700,000 "Over a million," interjected Mr. Butler. "Well, that makes it all the worse," said General Logan. "With over a million population, South Carolina only cast 91,000 votes. On the adoption of the Dakota Constitution, there were 31,000 votes cast, and the Democrats, under instructions from the Democratic Committee, refrained from voting. This was the political clique." He then contrasted the proportion of the voting population in Dakota with that of South Carolina, and said there must be something wrong in South Carolina. It was the same old fight over again. In the days of slavery, the Democrats would admit no free State unless a slave State was also admitted, and now they are unwilling to admit a Republican State unless a Democratic State is also brought in. He read Senator Harrison's remarks upon which Senator Vest based his attack upon the Union soldiers, and said that nothing therein could be tortured into a justification of Senator Vest's attack. He was sorry that it should be considered, by any Senator, a reproach to have been a Union soldier. It seemed, however, that the Democratic Party, having again got in power, were determined to keep it by whatever means, believing in their right to do so, as they formerly believed in the divine right of slavery. He read from an article in the Charleston News and Courier which admitted that, under the apportionment, the colored people of South Carolina would be entitled to a majority in the Legislature, but that, to guard against this misfortune, it was proposed to adopt a property qualification, not of individuals, but of counties, and thus practically disfranchise the poor colored people. This, perhaps, explained why there was so great a proportionate difference between the voting strength of that State and of the Territory of Dakota. General Logan concluded his speech by an earnest appeal for the admission of Dakota, as provided in the bill, claiming that in the steps which had been taken, thus far, the citizens of the Territory were fully justified by the Constitution and by precedent; that they had every requisite for Statehood; and that justice and true statesmanship demanded that they should be accorded the right to become one of the grand galaxy of States. LOGAN'S IDEA "" OF DECORATIONS"-HE DECLARES AGAINST SECRET SESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. About the same time a bill being before the Senate to permit the American consul at Warsaw to accept decorations from the Government of Russia, Logan spoke against it, and made a wholesome sensation both there, and throughout the country, by declaring that "the only decoration an American citizen should wear, is his daily walk and demeanor before his fellow-men." Again, on February 4, 1886, in an executive session of the Senate, Logan introduced a resolution providing that thereafter all executive business should be considered by that body with open doors. This he probably did, not with any idea that it would be adopted at once, but first with the object of ascertaining whether it stood a "fighting chance" of adoption, and second because the people, hearing of it, would have a chance, in time, to express themselves upon the subject in such a way as to lead to the overthrow of secret sessions. His ideas on this subject can be gathered from a subsequently published "interview," in which he said: "I have always been, and hope I shall always be, opposed unequivocally to the consideration of the people's business in secret session. In a republic, where the perpetuity of its institutions depends upon the intelligent and loyal support of all citizens, it is not best to close the doors of the Senate Chamber and deliberate in secret. In my judgment, executive sessions are an abomination in the eyes of the people, and ought not to have place under our republican form of government.' " THE GREAT REPUBLICAN CLUB BANQUET IN DETROIT-LOGAN'S ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION AND STIRRING SPEECH. On the evening of February 21, 1886,-after attending a three hours' reception at Governor Alger's mansion-Logan participated in a grand banquet given at the Princess Rink, Detroit, by the Michigan Republican Club, at which Evarts and other distinguished men were present. The banquet was very elaborate. Twelve hundred persons sat down at the various tables. The decorations alone, cost nearly $6,000. Both Evarts and Logan made speeches, and, contrasting the effects produced by these two prominent men, the Detroit Evening Journal said: "When Senator Logan arose and |