The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-23
NEWS AND GOSSIP;
GOVERNOR CHURCH or DAKorA

mas na0 lively set-tO with the
Legislature of that. territory. In a
message to the House of Represen-
tatlyes he made bitter attack upon
his predecessor, which the legis-
lature resented and made ali equal
| ly bitter attack upon Governor
Church. After sending in his mes
sage the Governor closed his Office
and disappeared. The members
resented this action as direct snub.
and held that the closing Of his Of
fee while the legislature was sitting
is sufficient ground for asking for
his immediate removal. Ex-audi-
tor Caldwell, who had given the
legislature aid in showing some
mistakes made by the Governor in
a previous message, was met by the
latter, and for moment it looked
as though there would be fight.
The Governor intimates that he will
whip him yet. One of the members
had a resolution ready to offer, ask
ing President Harrison to remove
Governor Church at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon of March 4th, but
the leaders considered it not advis-
able to do so yet. However, a res
olution was adopted which will
have the effect of cutting off the
only way the Governor had to re-
turn the fire Of the legislature.
This resolution declares that no
communication foreign to business
of the legislature and territory shall
be read to the House, and the
speaker and clerk are made sole
judges of what reports shall be re-
ceived. The purpose of this is to
prevent the Governor from making
another attack, as his first, when
he handled the legislature and his
predecessor without gloves. There
is some talk of an adjournment
until the successor to Governor
Church shall have been appointed.
The end of the war is not yet, and
the result cannot be predicted.
MARK TWAIN.
If there is any truth in the report
that Mark Twain has superstitious
dread that he will some time lose
his fortune, he might reassure him.
self by getting the opinions of those
men who have done business with
him. In those circles there is
rock-rooted belief that whenever
anything in the shape of fortune
succeeds in getting away from Sam
uel L. Clemens it will have to wear
gum shoes and sneak out in the
night, when the proprietor is asleep"
And while we are speaking on the
matter, the thought suggests itself
that it seems very much like a cheap
and miserable envy that prompts
those writer's who have tried and
failed to make money to hit Mark
Twain slap on his money-making
bumps every time they refer TO him.
Who among these men that affect
to censure Mr.. Clemens for being
rich would hesitate to pick up a
few hundred thousand dollars if
they only knew how?
A WASHINGTON PAPER
Said recently: ut was either his
double or the famous ex-speaker of
the thirty-fourth Congress who
stalked across the lobby of Will
lard's last night. The register did
not reveal the name of Gen. Ma
thaniel P. Banks. Neither was he
at the Riggs House, his usual
Washington hotel. But it was the
same slim, erect figure, the same
snowy moustache and goatee, and
clean-cut face. If he is here some
private house is affording him snug
retreat. It will be with marked in
terest that the member from the
fifth Massachusetts district will be
observed when the new Congress
meets. The history of Republi-
canism in Congress began with him
over thirty years ago, and now he
reappears, little nipped by frost,
but still vigorous and clear of mind.
1t is a singular fact that his demo-
cratic opponent should be Col.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the
abolitionist and friend of Phillips
and Garrison, who led one of the
first regiments of colored troops
into service. But times
makes changes"
A SOUVENIR OF 1841.
In the spacious old fashioned
parlors of a handsome house on
New Jersey avenue, Washington, is
seen an antique souvenir of the
brief administration of President
William Henry Harrison. This
relic is in. the shape of a rocking
chair, the upholstered portion of
which was worked by Miss Anna
Stewart Brown, who now prizes the
piece of furniture very highly. It
was the original intention to pre-
sent the chair to President Harri-
son, and he had been consulted in
regard to the matter, but expressed
a wish that the presentation be de-
ferred until after the crowds that
had been attracted by the inaugu-