The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-06-05

PRESIDENT purchase Oh brlual
home near this city. The alleged
purchase was made through anoth-
er man, and the affair is yelled in
secrecy to the extent that no one
really knows much about it. The
country seat, in question, is known
as "Pretty Prospect" and it is
reached by one of the most pleas
ant drives in this vicinity, the road
from Georgetown to Tenletown,
through the beautiful scenery of
Rock Creek valley. 1t is a two
story stone house with an old
fashioned hip roof, commanding an
extensive view of the surrounding
country, including the Washington
Monument, the Potomac river al
most rs far down as Mount Vernon,
and nestled among old forest trees
in a paradise of suburban homes.
If the President has bought this
place he will have Secretary Whit
ney for near neighbor during a
portion of the year. The wealthy
cabinet officer keeps up about half
dozen establishments, and one of
his summer homes is near this
spot.
This is the only capital in the
world, | believe, where the chief
ruler lives in the building assigned
to executive business. And, in
deed, the White house is as much
a public Office now as the Treasury,
or the War, State and Navy build
ings. There is no privacy there,
such as every man desires for him
self and family out of business
hours. President Arthur once said
that no one without personal ex-
perience, could have any idea of
the distressing effect of living, day
in and day out, in the same house
where you have been busy all day
with affairs of routine business.
There is a great deal of opposi-
ton to the Senate's plan for ex-
tending the Executive mansion.
Many think that it should be left
just as it is to be used for an Office,
and that the President should ha sc
a separate house. They hold that
it is no more reasonable to compel
the President to live at the White
House than it would be to require
the Secretary of the Treasury TO
live at the Treasury building. They
also urge that that the States rec
ognize the necessity of separate
residence for the Executive, mas
much as no Governor of any State
lives i'm or near his Office.
The Mormon church has had
every chance to lie heard. In its
behalf have appeared jeff Chandler,
a lawyer from Missouri; George ii.
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, ex-
Secretary of the Treasury and ex-
Senator; \. NJ. Gibson, one of the
shrewdest lobbyists John I.
Caine, Utah's delegate to Congress,
and others. The Gentiles were
by Mr.. Boskin alone,
prominent Democratic lawyer from
Salt Lake City, who has lived
among the Saints for twenty years.
During that time lie has spent 3d.
300 from his own pocket in at
to bring about such legis-
Iation as would Americanize the
Territory. He is here to-day, with
out compensation, fighting single
handed the battle against polyga-
nous hierarchy.
1t is felt now that he should have |
iad support; that had some clever
ipostate young man been sent to
Washington several months ago,
hey could have done much to cir
the powerful Mormon lob
~ that is ceaselessly at work here.
The Gentiles of Utah forget that
men inditfcrently in the right are
10 match for men aggressively in
he wrong. 1t is the business of
he Mormon lobby to discover ev
,ry mans price and to pay it if
necessary. Mormon wotMca have
,een here besieging Se.l...ors and
congressman in behalf of their
prosecuted people," and journal
SITS have been offered thousands of
lollars to keep quiet on the buring
question.