Show LOGAN LOG AN General Logaa lias congratulated the legislature of illinois on its choice of senator this 13 quite in keeping with hii egotistical character in the course of some remarks after he was re elected senator he J jioie I 1 have so acted and deported myself in the position before to bring no discredit upon myself state and country and my past hia tory is the only guarantee I 1 can give of nay future course this wonderful assurance is made the text of some very appropriate comments by a leading eastern it is thought that since logan asks a ver dictou im public career there is at least one imbor tant matter which needs clearing up it 13 therefore proper to jay this matter before the public hat it may be able to khow what may be expected of the general as a senator in the future our eastern calls this matter to mind very forcibly it recollects that general logana last term as united states senator did not expire until jhc thc atu of last march he left washington on the ath of january nud did not return for a period of exactly two months ho not only neglected but wholly abandoned his duties as senator and gave his entire time and undivided toelek tio in springfield and sn chicago his only object being the promotion of his own political fortunes what we should like to know before to gen logana expressed belief that lie liaa lono nothing whether he has refused to draw his salary as senator for tho two months between jau 4 and march 4 of the present year or if having drawn lie money inadvertently he intends 10 cover it back into the treasury or to contribute it to the conscience fund nothing 13 clearer than the duct that gen logan has no moral right to take the peoples money in payment for work which he has not performed that is not all lie has no legal right to hig calary for the months of january and february his case is covered by section 40 of the revised statutes tho secretary of the senate shall deduct from tha monthly payments member the amount of his salary tor cacci day eliat lie has been absent from tho senate unless such member assigns as the reason for lucli absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family an d section 41 further provides when any member withdraws from his seat and does not return before alie adjournment of congress lie shall in addition to the sum deducted for each day forfeit a sum equal to the amount which he would have been allowed for his traveling expenses iu returning home gen logans salary allowances and mileage fur the period during which he lias deprived the government of the united states of his valuable services amount to about 1000 we do bot believe that logan would steal 1000 Us erectly out of the treasury what we want to know is whether he lias drawn and intends to keep this to which he has no moral or equitable claimant cla imand which is expressly withheld from him by the laws that he has sworn to obey then he shall be better able to say whether senator logan has so acted and deported himself as to bring no discredit upon himself and to give a good guarantee of the perfect integrity of his future course |