Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-24
SETTLED AT LAST.
Judge L. X. Church Dakota's New Execu
tive-The Withdrawal of Mr.. Day:

Judge L. X. Church Dakota's New Execu-
tive-The Withdrawal of Mr.. Day:
The nomination of Louis X. Church to
be Governor Of Dakota was sent to the
Senate on Tuesday of last week. Late
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Day removed the
last obstacle in the way of the Presidents
desire by Withdrawing from the race. In
addition to his simple letter of withdrawal
Mr.. Day sent a private letter to the Presi-
dent, the contents of which he refuses tc
divulge. It is known that it was limited tc
Mr.. Day that some other appointment
awaited him outside Dakota, and that in
this letter he STAGED that his home was in
Dakota. and that he would always remain
there if he never held political office He
further told the President that he had neve,
been candidate for the Office, and has,
never made application for it, although he
would have appreciated the position il it
had been rendered him. He knew, how
ever, that his friends had been kind enough
to theoretically push him for the position,
and that his candidacy simply complicated
matters and prevented a settlement of the
whole question. He knew that 10y with.
drawing he would hasten the consumma.
ton of Dakota's wish for Democratic
Governor. That was the great desideratun
in this matter, and he would not stand il
the way for minute. Mr.. Day says hit
candidacy longer would have kept Church
out and Pierce in, at least until the first OF
the year, and he determined to aid in the
greatly disappointed over the result, al
though he would gladly have had the office
Louis Kossu,h Church, of Hieksville, L.
l., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y, Dec. IL
1916, of English Welsh parents. He was
educated al Claverack Institute, New York
and is lawyer by profession. He never
held political office until 1852, when he was
elected a member of the Assembly from ths
First District of Queens County. He was
re- elected in 1858 and in 1884, and de-
clned re- election in 1885, and was soon
afterwam nominated for Associate Justice
of Dakota. In the Assembly Mr.. Church
took a prominent part in the movement, lee
by Theodore Roosevelt, Tor reform in the
city government of New York, and incurred
therefor the bitter hostility Of the factions
in that city. During his term in the Leg.
islature one of his warmest friends Was
William E. Smith, since Assistant Secre.
tary of the Treasury, now solicitor Of the
st. Paul and Manitoba Road; also n mem
Der of the Assembly at this time. 1t is due
to this that Smith and his former law part
ner, Smith M. Weed, gave Mr.. Church
such active support for the Governorship.
After Church's term in the Legislature ex-
PRED he began to look around for an OPP
portunity to improve his financial condi-
ton, as he had large family and no prop
erty to speak of. President Cleveland,
who had known Ii m at Albany, offered h II
Justices seat on the Dakota Supreme
Bench, in place of Seward Smith, the Iowa
man, and he accepted it ut once. 1t is said
that, while not great lawyer, lie is Il mar
who would make fair Judge or q good
Executive officer, and could fill the de
mani's of Dakota's Executive office witt
manifest ability. Mr.. Church has always
been Democrat, hut he has shown 4
sturdy independence in denlng with al
public questions that auours we'll for his
success in his new station. Mr. Ci,ur h i.
of medium stature and fair complexion
with flaxen hair and BIZ blue eyes. He is
genial and and unassuming in manner. and
makes and holds friends by his frankness
and sincerity.