Show Loaos Brutality Chicago 12 Washington specials If anybody Hupppsed Logan would surrender sur-render his convictions on account of Grants change of views on thoFitz John Porter question he hits been undeceived if he heard the Senate proceedings yesterday Logan said with energy and feeling I will demonstrate before the country if I cannot convince the Senate that I am right in the matter The Fitz John Porter bill cannot pass this Senate nem con or without discussion Persistence Per-sistence in wrong does not make it right One senator says a great wrong has been done I do not think eo I say no man was more justly convicted than FitzJ hn Porter and 1 stand here now to defend my position before the country I believe be-lieve I have the facts upon my side I am ready to take up this case when the civil service bill is disposed of Senator McPherson then referring to General GraiA without naming him said There are gentlemen not lees distinguished dis-tinguished in military and civil life than the senator from Illinois who have changed their view upon this subject General Logan at the first public mention in the Senate of General Grants recent advocacy of the Fitz John Porter Por-ter became intensely earnest and said r Inasmuch as the senator from New Jersey intimates that persons have changed th ir minds I havo to say I have known people to change their minds upon very flimsy pretexts Any man who does change his mind ought to be capable of giving tho country satisfactory satis-factory reasons for that chance I have yet seen no reasons given The warmth of Legans reply aroused the Semite and an animated debate is expected when the bill shall be called up General Hawley Haw-ley who had been counted among the friends of Porter eays he has thoroughly examined the case and he believes Logan Lo-gan is right and he shall vote with him |