, 1869-03-10
Gov in the Dining-Room--Like
Seeking Like.
Coy In the Legislative hall and
on Bills,
Coy on Coy.
Coy on The Tribune,

q man Of obstinate, almost brutal |
houesty, whom the cntreAtles Of al
brother could not move to support .
m eaSure II ne once got II In hit head that 1t
was wrong; who hates dishonest man as |
he does rebel {and hs fought them long aud
we'll obstinate, bigoted, sincere and purr.
against whom no word ot suspicion has been |
breA, he'd ; poor legislator, perhaps, but 40 |
honest man. The othsr entertains quite du. |
ferrnt views. He takes common sense no.
Mces. He Is not obstinate, be Is not bleotsd.
and be Ia neither.
The first Is adam Ease, Of Carroll. and the
second is lrus Coy, Of Kendall They would |
need no pames here to know wEo were |
meant, but In Chicago It may be different.
When came here, and for the INST weak or |
20 Of The session., everything Ea1 rose color,
Springfield had become the temple of con.
scioua purity. There were ciGhty-nye little |
altar1 erected TO Integrity. aud on each Of |
them incense huznt, a.1EtuppAed BY De.
put on the ueorruptible. The ls4t Assembly |
was leprons this enc W9 to be pure, aud
the feast Of publication ~ to last uutii the
adjournment. Dhcpnsolatalobbynen walked
up aud domu,, "aggtn1 thlr heada and say
ing they had IEed too long, 4 bill donating
800 TO soneeody was votal down solemuty
and unanimously, and It was understood that
the Mlennlum had begun, and that the Gov
ernor would tsauc ! proclamation TO that
effect.
Al1this wss new and edit5ing to me, and
privilege OF seeing elzhty-6ve perfectly hon
est men at any one time aud I confess that
| was constant IN my attendance At the
House, at d smiled upon :hese honest men,
and listened to their wisdom, and even com
mended them By 1ettcr-whete'u ! admit
that WaA guilty Of sin not eAllty to be
atoned for. But trnst that the citizens OF
Kendall County hare not been too far utaled,
and here beg their pardous, one and I'LL.
"oh! ostanz leo b.lsht to lxss."
One day, 81 | was standing IN the hallway
Of the Leland, waiting for the opening Of the
dining.,oom doors, and speculstinE on the
strength of the soup, aud the 1arene:s of the
roast, both subjects On which l still ponder
n that hour, ssw approaching me : man
whom had not previously noticed. He was
well-si1ed, stout MN, With decent erdov-
ment oi stomach, short, curling. black haIr,
face, with sort Of coarse, good humor upon
It,. .CnsiouslJ enough, there WAS something
In the expression OF this face which remind.
ed nc Of William 2. Wood, once Supasiu.
tendent Of the Old Capitol Prison, and now
Chief Detective Of ths Treasury Department.
shall say nothing of resem molancc which
would moTtify him, since he catches rogues,
while this man doesn't.
Twas very certain that Allan Pinkerson had
no such man on bis force, and 10 asked some
one near me, who that was, aud he replied,
looking at me in that superior way IL which
Mlss Dickinsou sszes on person who cau.
not quite see female suffrage, "Why, that's
Coy.' responded, expressing my Gatistac.
tion with the maine, which was chaste and
simple, and very easy 10 rhyme With. Then
went on to ask who Coy wEs. and he replied,
"WeA, / thought every body knew Coy. 4e
Is the mrmber IRON Kendall County, He
| did not say ''well," you know, but ho used
the word that IT rhymes With.
| l at once denied that Coy was member,
denied 1t utterly. went on to recapttulate
all hare aaid about the eighty-fve honest
men, and be laughed st me, which was NOR.
| tNylng. Then. IN reply to further Inquiries,
he stated that Mr.. Coy Was understood To be
ton the mAke,h and that he had planted
himself on that platf.rm Ia youth, and now
tb&t he Haa growing old he Would not depart
from 1t. His expression was fightfu!ly un-
grammatical, but I understood It. From
other remar Is which he made I was led to
the opinion that Nj. Coy-no dlsEespect
meant to bis female rclstiyes-wRs 4 hnea1
descendant of the ce1ebrsted daughter Of the
has been sounded In 10 many legislative balls,
thought very little then Of what my In
| iorrnant said, but my respect fot his knoWI-
edge has now become fanatic1l.
| Inc doors here opened aud went Into
dlnues so1newha. disAlsusIoned. II seemed
/ 90 ~ AA1 }tlAu&Gut0kC 14Vu3E NE GUlLluk u
grief. The coup was not Ill it should have
been, and without rcsortIug to the artificial
aid Of pepper, l let II nldne, and While tht
meats were coming looked around 10 SEQ a
what table my man Coy wak seated.
Nov, you must understand that there Is NJ
| Jun u1balDE aud mixing up OF people 1t the Lc
lara House drnncr-iablcs. Each one Is ten
anted BY 4 peculiar act, and, when maj
leaves ono and goes TO smother, It Is under
stood that be hss abandoned one class Q
opinions aud adopted different enc. This
ver5 CONVENIENT. aud saves embarrassing
mistakes. Thus there arc couple of table
rfacrved for the 1adlcs. or these l say moth
, lrG, since there Il nothing to be said. A
others tit tsraDge1s, chance Tisftors; .
others, mel who have b1slness-leettimat
busitess--with The Legislature At auothe,
members who claim to be honest; At another
members who are In the market. OF course
there Ia no tign out, but 1t Is understood tbs
"cvefy article 1t this table Is unconditional
offered for sale" Then there is another 70
special lobbymen; at Which prestaes-,
When person leaves the ''honsst naen's'
table and goes ever to that Of tho "corrupt
| lbles," 1t Is an lntimation that he is ready t
listen TO proposals. A. coma virgin, hlthel
I plain in her tt.Irc, and Tying the advance
OF men, suddenly becomes bold and forward
! RAudy In her apparel 4 ircqu@hter of p4rtie:
and pu1suer Of , husband, 80 does som
member, forsaking his accustomed seat An
ihe walter he SO long has iced. seek nc
t4gid nuld Yrtrprsufn-nt'cr = one of thcl
| goes back again. .
So you sec how perfectly justlaed Was |
looking for the table at which the good ma
:. Cor sat. In order thereby to learn somcthlp
, Of bis disposition. To ny great ama1eu1s1
= found him 1t the cad Of the hail, sitting {
J !. the right hand Of the chief Lobbyist.
Iwas led By this discovery to tnycsti.at
I M1. Coy, and subject that indlylauAl'b ant
8 cedents to examination, for vas sure
= closed. seve.a1 persons Of whom inqutrr
stated thu. be was engaged In ''eommerci
!. transacuous,n hutt1 madeseup my mind th
# that nnst be mistake. since he YRS 81
o down In the manual - . 1awyer. One Is !
# simple st the commencement Of . session.
: nothing It all Of law, never opening
mouth when any legal questions we're md
q discussion. Nor could ascertain how
made his living when at home. eTerybot
sayfpg that hs was engaged In " comncrci
transactions"
|. The business Of the session commence
i aud I began to see uore clearly the cur
y pursued bf my NAN. The Lake Front b
: came up, and he supported.
: supported it te.lopsly. for he h.a enjoy
i, the privilege Of dtaing y Doctor Mack
!. table, and Of learning from that person, in
{ thc drst recruits-no eleventh hour couve1
!. bns an early believer tn the doctrine Of l.
!; poet oet;.,.,.u IN vo.. ..d ,,,a.~
Il II would be Wrong to say he wAs bougt
~ for an confident he has received no none
The Legislature has not Jet adjourned. q.
The Bill has not passed the Senate. Coy
), opposed to IN immediate adjournment.
The PenttentiazY matter came up. Cs
sOn,,s .nd pp1afe aG 1ss con sn
: With Samuel Buclnaater. BackmAste1
Il logic xnd facts ~eTe convincing, and G.
threw himselt INTO his AIMS. HoH, B1c
Il master Is the horestest fellow In the worl
He likes good .h1sSsy, It = esue, a9d e.
and Is liberal With them. He makes per
!. pisrY promises. but b. does not keep the
IL So Gov cannot be said to have been hribed
Bamnel did Offer him thousand dollA
ID since be never got the money, and sam.
:. remains drtu TO his rccord- nc never #llL
HNo money, no bribery" So. thou
:, Irue hHs gone headfonE for every bad me
u me. who can accuse him Of belnC cotrupt
The State House matter came along, :
10 Irus aided IN reporting back BILL OF Hhl
having bocll rcpudi1ted By House and s.
" nte. He hss made no mocey out OF {
+ trsnsactton. aud hence be VAS !efJ .usie
whcp your correspondent referred 70 lin
or commercial member. ...
d. rhe p1essurs n1zssd him, but the sesn al ht
" He had Ill the kbose. and &c bad no tnoa
: Naturally this lrrltassd him.
i'd Being out Of temper, seeing that so1ac {
81 wss looking after him. and feeling that
~ NJ wss made msnltest 10 the eyes Of mcn. 4
" knowing that 1t nigh: injure him At hot
rr he made his celebrated speech, Which C.
osS sisted Of three paris, one relating 10
20 state House, another Coy's en1ocy Of G.
~ ~ aud the other An attsck on TIE rRlnu
u and III emuucted with tt. Toe euloEy '
very lame affair. 1t WAS greeted v
Yf | A.-Is NJ l.nnh&se IN thu m II nf fh. m