. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . he money and went out crying like a child. Thenext day General Logan secured the man his pension. Forfifteen years the Senators life has been one round of sceneslike this. In January, 1872, when the proposition to extend nationalrelief to Chicago, which early in the previous October hadbeen destroyed by the memorable conflagration, was beforeCongress, Senator Logan delivered a speech in urgent supportof the measure which embraces one of the most graphic de-scriptions of
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . he money and went out crying like a child. Thenext day General Logan secured the man his pension. Forfifteen years the Senators life has been one round of sceneslike this. In January, 1872, when the proposition to extend nationalrelief to Chicago, which early in the previous October hadbeen destroyed by the memorable conflagration, was beforeCongress, Senator Logan delivered a speech in urgent supportof the measure which embraces one of the most graphic de-scriptions of that indescribable calamity to be found in detailing the circumstances of all the great fires knownin history he turned to Chicago, and said : Here a storm of fire, as if bursting from the heavens, whichfor fourteen weeks had been like brass above our heads, beganits work in the southern and western portions of our city, andspreading out its arms of flame to the breadth of a mile and ahalf, swept east and northward for three miles and a half, de-vouring everything in its pathway. Its fury, fed by the hurri-. LOGAN IN THE SENATE. 595 cane which commenced blowing about this time, as if to lend ahand in the work of destruction, caused the sea of fire to roll onwith an impetuosity that no human power could and all their accompanying appliances were of no moreavail than human effort would be to stay the waves of themighty ocean. The flames, as though amused at the efforts,would sweep through the buildings around them and shoot outtheir red banners from the windows and roofs behind them astokens of victory. Leaping from house to house, and oftenwith mighty strides vaulting over an entire block as avant-couriers of the host which followed behind, the very flames, as ifconscious, seemed to revel in their work of devastation andruin. The imagination of the superstitious at that time neededbut slight impulse to look upon them as fiery demons sent uponus as a
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