The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-22
It Makes a Difference Whose Bull
Hooked the Mare.
For several days there was talk of throw

For several days there was talk of throw
ing out several Of the Cook county returns
because of a failure to comply with the
forms of law in making them up. Then
the Republicans raised a terrible howl
about the Democratic county clerk, (Gen.
Leib) and said he was going to perpetrate
an outrage on the people. They said the
canvassing board had only ministerial
duties that all it had to do was to tabulate
the returns and show how the people
voted; the Journal said ITS duties are
ministerial, not judicial, all of which was
true. But the same papers in the same
breath claim that the carpet bag return
ing boards in South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana have judicial powers, and have
a right to enquire whether men were
legal voters or not; why they voted Demo
cratic instead of Republican; why others
failed to vote at aIl-in fact to go behind
the returns and let in or throw out what
ever they please. That's the difference
between the application of a principle when
it is for you or against you.
Gen. Leib has completed the canvass in
Cook county and admitted all the returns,
formal and informal and now the Re.
publican papers praise him as an upright
man, and in the same breath demand that
their carpet baggers down south should
do exactly what they said Gen. Lieb had
no right to do! This is Republican con
sistency-Republican respect for principle
Arrest of Al. Coyne for Petty Larceny
Since last June AL Coyne has oweC
Henry Heinze, the tailor, on Third avenue
between 1Ith and 18th streets, $3.50 for
pair of pants he had made there. Las
night he went into Mr.. Heinze's shop to pa.
the bill. He handed Mr.. H. SIS bill ant
asked for receipt Mr.. H. was very bus,
at the time as there were several persons
in the shop, and he laid the money dow
on the counter and turned around to writ
the receipt. This he handed to Coyne
who said, Now we're all square, are we p
and on Mr.. Ii. answering 10 the afirma
tive, Coyne walked out. A minute after
ward Mr. II. thought of his money, an(
remembered that he had not given Coyn'
his change. The IS bill was nowhere t
be found, and Mrs. H. informed
her husband that she had seeI
Coyne take some money from tn
counter and put it in his pocket. Mr.. ii
Immediately suspicioned that Coyne haC
taken advantage of his hurry and haC
stolen the money and he complained t
Policeman Rogers, who arrested Coyne
The prisoner demanded an examination
and he was taken before Justice Hayden
who, after hearing the evidence as stated
above, held him under 500 bonds for hi
appearance at the next term of circui
court, Coyne, forgetting that he had in
! sisted on an examination, said he had bad M
time to prepare for hearing as he wantet
a lawyer and witnesses. The court thel
said he would give him a chance to prov
his innocence, and continued the case unit
8 o'clock this morning.
This morning however, Coyne concludes
that he aoaS guilty though not guilty, an
at one o'clock this afternoon he appeare
before the county court and plead guilty
still insisting that he was innocent. Fl
was sentenced to 10 days in the county jai
Best underwear in town at Mitchell
Parsons, for ladies', gentlemen and chi
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