Political briefing

GLEANINGS Camp Edgar: With that understated Charleston twang, Gov. Edgar candish it out. He's been pressed for days with questions fromreporters about the log cabin he is buying. "I'm somewhat amazed at how much attention you all have given thelog cabin because every politician in Chicago has a cabin. It'sjust not in Illinois. They're out in Wisconsin or Michigan. Istayed in Illinois." He did not volunteer who he was talking about. Mayor Daley'sweekend house is in Michigan. Former Gov. James Thompson's secondhome is in Wisconsin. Edgar got $118,000 for the Downstate Chatham home he bought for$100,000 and sold when he moved to the governor's mansion. As for the log cabin, "I …