Show lohaus first election as senator it was wai about sixteen years ago that I 1 first met logon logan and tho the occasion was characteristic of bills I 1 was man abing aying n g editor of the chicago brening pott post and was in in europe quo morning general logan came came in inquired me out walked up to my deak and introduced himself seat ing himself ho he said bald 1 ive I como come I 1 in n to give you 11 an item I 1 yel 1 I 1 answered with tua the slight rising inflection which decotes the tha inquisitive mind mit what can you do for us Q I 1 can give you a po point you want to bo be on the winning winning side aide dont you I 1 rather resented reson ted this and toll told him wo not only wanted to bo be but expected x to be arid and usually were as matter of fact very well he said twirling his hi ils hat t on his hia band 1 I just ill to toll tell you that I 1 am going to be the next senator from illinois I 1 was astonished dick yates the ibo incumbent was believed to bo b aure or of himself and had b hardly rd board beard logans name dame monti mentioned nod tor for the tha place oglesby was iva for yates the journal ammill wits was for yates 11 the ho was for yates and yates was the manifest destiny of oc the state it was two or three minutes before I 1 recovered ray iny breath for I 1 thought my visitor was perhaps not logon logan at all but an impostor using lis his name canao to guy me but ha be seemed to correspond with baack blackjacks jacks tawny lawny pictures and long haired reputation want to announce it he ha asked I 1 am certain going to win no chi c hag cago 0 paper has mentioned it perhaps p they wont you yon havo have always treated me square and I 1 bars G come coma in in to tell you the news ithol and give v e you von the chance chaice 11 I 1 thanked mug him in ond u ll 11 ho be went out then I 1 dropped around to see charls farwell Chi cagos favorite congressman and tell fell him birn about the apparition anition ari tion aal bogons logons all right ho he said illis lie is on tho the right track I 1 griehs he be is going to bring down the chou 1 I 1 returned to the vice and wrote it an n article nominating Loga lovaun Lo gaun birn formal fashion A few days afterward I 1 got ot a short note from him saying baying all right tight I 1 see you got the news I 1 went down to springfield and witnessed iiii nia canvass it was ni unique liqua his headquarters had quarters were in in one ona suite of rooms and those of his energetic and spirited wife were at the other end 0 of the tha hall she bad a bevy of handsome and accomplished girls to 10 help hor the rooms were crowded till law late at night mis logan was more than an agreeable entertainer sho she was a politician she knew the politics of different counties and towns and who the influential men were in i a dif larent localities and mile seemed to understand the status of a visitor intuitively 1 it 11 was a short sharp campaign anti and logon logan wail wai elected |