The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-24
BRAND GETS THERE.
CONCLUSION OF THE COOK COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, CANVASS.
The Judges Award the Disputed Senator
ship to the Demoerat-The Case
Taken Before the United States
Court Reports aud Rumors.

CHICAGO Nov. 24-Jesse N. Allen, fore
man OF the federal grand jury, and United
States District Attorney Tuthiil ap
peared before Judge Blodgett ct L
O'Clock Saturday and requested that
mn attachment be issued against
NJ. " Ryan, clerk of the county court, com.
peiing him to appear before the United
States grand jury and testify in the case OF
Leman and Brand; also to deliver the tally,
sheet and poll hook Of the Second precinct OF
the Eighteenth ward. Without hearing ar.
gument tine Judge decreed that an order be is
sued compelling the attendance of Mr.. Ryan
at 10 q. III. Monday to show cause why he
should not be attached for con.
tempt Mr. Tuthill asked that
the order be made returnable at 2 p. m
Saturday, but the judge declined, saying he
had no time to hear the case Mr. Tuthil
then went to the grand jury room, where he
found Mr. Ryan and Justice Scully waiting
to testify. Mr.. Ryan had not brought the
poll-book and tally-shect, and he said he
would not do so without an order of court.
lie testified before the grand jury, however,
as also did Scully and kersten. The exam
ination by the grand jury is being continued
The News says: The rumor WIS in circu
lation about the courthouse Saturday after
noon that Shields and Hansbrough, the
Democratic judges Of election in the Second
precinct of the Eighteenth ward, the seat OF
the contest between Brand and Leman, had
left The city in order to escape giving testi
nony before the federal grand jury as to tho
eTasures on tine tallysheet.
Tho Mail Soyc that fba 1,illnnPad liSapnas 7,
nnce Of Election Judges Hansbrough and
Shields has no foundation in fact
When The canvassing Loard met q. , p. IN
Saturday Justice Kersten arose and said that
the board had decided that they could not e
behiad the face of the returns and must GER
THY to the governor the figures in the poll
book He stated that this wa:
the unanimous decision of the board, anC
WIS endorsed by Justice Scully, the Republi
can member Of the board, who then read
the statutes defining the powers Of the boart
and number OF rulings on the subject
The Mail says Republican who is on tht
inside OF the matter declares than an exami
nation Of the ballots would show thai they
have been "GZed' to agee with the poll
book and that the Republicans have eyi
ienca that the above is true and tina
somebody Will have reason to know they
have the evidence before great while. But
this VIII not prevent n Democrat being
elected to the United States senate unlo5
some means can be devised to postpone tn
matter in the legislature until the question
Of fraud is settled.
Justice Kcrsten said that the Republican
took the wrong course in contesting the mat
ter where they did. He said that ii nothing
had been done the board would have sent 70
the election judges and questioned them
and if they thought there we
fraud throw the precinct out thereb
electing Loman. Bat whom it was brough
before the board as legal question it wa
| surrounded by legal technicalities and the
were bound 20 obey the letter OF the law
TIE Republicans were very much disar
pointed at Judge Blodgett poStponing til,
case until Monday, as by that time the Vt
turns must be il the hands of the secretar
Of state, which viii delay proceeding in IL