The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-13

Niece, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORD
"BrLLa-A GREvIous MISTAKE DIS
COVERED BY THE GREAT PUBLIC IN
sTRUCToR.
Considerable space was given for the
benefit of Congressman Niece and the
ARGUS in the morning sheet today, for
which great honor we humbly return our
thanks, and we know that Mr. Niece will
do likewise. In dispatch sent to the
ARGUS by Mr.. Neece the word bill
was used when referring to The Hennepin
canal. The morning sheet therefore
thinks that Mr. Niece didn't know what
he was talking about as the Hennepin
canal was not 10 the form of a bill, but
was embodied in the river and harbor bill
In order to set our congressman right, as
it were, especially to impress the Union
with the fact that he knows what he is
dDOuts VIC Will otdlC tudt tAC
word "bill" was not in his dispatch, but
was inserted by the person who prepared
the copy for the printer So it will be
seen that the soul narrowing bluuder
was not made by Mr.. Niece, but by US.
We make this statement in order to clear
Mr. Niece from the whitening criticism of
the Union 1t wouldn't do to have his
character smirched in such manner and
his reputation for intelligence covered by
such a ponderous cloud, The very thought
of it sends us into paroxysms of grief, and
causes the cold lizards of dispair to crawl
down our back If the Websterian brain
and gigantic intellect of the Union editor
had not unearthed the glazing misrep-
resentation of veracity, and given
us a chance to ''Vindicate" Mr.. Niece, we
would have pinned and fallen away from the
fiourishing vine of life, an untimely
branch But in his great goodness the
Union editor has called our attention to
the error and we have been saved from
the fearful fate to which despair leads
Consequently our heart beats in deep
gratitude for this great philanthropist
Aye, verify, sensations of unutterable ioy
caper over us like young goats over a
stable door, and visions of his angelic
perfection float before our eyes in one
rapturous cloud
But why such deluge of modification
when the mistake was so trivial7 The
term "Hennepin canal bill' has been
generally used in speaking of the measure
before congress. The members, thinking
better Roadway could be made with the
measure. had it annexed TO the river and
harbor bill, and it therefore became a
clause of that bill Although embodied
in the river and harbor bill, it was still in
reality the Hennepin canal bill, and as
such We call it. AS it has now been
stricken from the river and barber bill we
trust the Union will allow us to call it the
''Hennepin canal bill" If the editor will
do this we will look upon it as a favor,
for we prefer to speak of it thusly.
The trouble with the Union editor is that
he IS opposed to Congressman Niece and
everything he does, and also Congressman
Murphy. The Union and its servile friend
Danforth, took occasion to shamefully
abuse Congressman Murphy and Neece
some time ago at which time they were
censured by all good citizens. They
claimed that the members were neglectine
the Hennepin canal and helping along
private schemes of their own. The false
ness of their statements are apparent to
all, and at the time it was regarded as i'm
polite to abuse men who were so faith
fully working for the peoples interest.
Messrs, Murphy and Niece, however, paid
no attention to the chickering's of the pair,
and continued in their good work, and
their efforts have met with the highest
favor