The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-07
KEIFER-BOYNToN.

N III II 1LS-OO4 AxON
Ex-5peaker, J. Warren Keller, Of
Ohio. is at least attracting his share of
attention ct Washington this wlnte<,
whatever may be said Of the figure he Is |
cutting. He has Just undergone invest |
igation for turning stenogrspher out
OF position the night Of the wind up Of
his career as speaker. last March, to
mako fat place for one OF his nephews.
This was done under circumstances that
did not seem to be very eredItsble TO his
statesmanship to say the least.
No sooner had this affair blown over
than ]. Warren bounces . party by the
name of BoYnton, who is the Washing
ton correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, having held this
position for several years and being well
known a. such throughout the country.
The difficulty between Keifer and
BoYnton is attracting WIDE attention In
the newspapers. It commenced about
a year ago. Boynton consid-
ers himself sort Of =
boss OF the reporters gallery
of the house, and Keifer, on the last night
of the last session Of congress, filed this
gallery with ladies without consulting
little Boynton. This was q liberty that
the little fellow did not relish, and 80
he commenced war on the speaker,
who In retaliation made some injudicious
remarks about newspapers. The Com
mercisl- Gazette has all this winter
abused Keller when occasion offered
At this stage OF the war Keller, in the
house, few days ago, made the charge
that BoyntOn had, near the close of the
last session, in an attelnpt to lobby what
is known as the McGarrahan claim
through congress, offered to bride him
The letters between Keller and BOyntor
were read In the house. and were supple
mented by speech from the ex-speaker
which was not complimentary to thG
correspondent The LASER, according Il
Keifer's version Of the affair, sought HIN
in the speakers room. and urged him Il
recognize a member who wanted Il
make q motion to pass the bill
and Informed him at the eame timt
that he (Keifer) was fool that he haC
not made more money out of the speak
ership, as Blaine and Colfax had dom
before him. Boynton has asked for al
| investigation, and a resolution 10 tina
end has been adopted. The contest be
between these two worthless has not beer
surpassed in bitterness since the days o
Sir Leicester O'clock and Mr.. Boy
thorn. We presume the uPshot of tn
matter will be that Boynton will sa.
Keifer is falsifier and that KeIfer will
retsliate in kind, and after a brief sen
sation the whole matter will subsld
with the result that part of the peopl
will think BoYnton guilty and part viii
think Keifer the greater rogue of the two
We always had some regard fol
Boynton until we came IN contact wit
him on the closing day of the last ses
sion of congress. He seemed to hav
gained mastery over the reporters CALLER.
on that occasion, and although thi
place was almost empty and the grea
hall was packed so densely there wa
not standing room anywhere, the it'll
squirt would not allow admission to tn
reporters gallery even on pass from tn
speaker or at the personal request of a
good a man as Dudley Haskell. II
showed himself devoid of the qualitie
of q gentleman and an offensive snot
utterly unfit tor the important plac
which he occupied by the suffrance of tn
members of the house. Indiyiduall
we are not very particular as to the ou
come of the fight between these two dil
tlnguished citizens of Ohio.