The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-01-27
THE LEGISLATIVE JOKE ARTISTS
HAVE FUN WITH COLLEAGUES

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4 abatement. In fact, the fever seem
Z to have caught the members Of tn
; lower house, which house, by tn
! way, holds regular sessions in variou
I places about the capital city. Chic
; among the interesting figures in thi
: third house is w. D. Humiston, O
I Occur d'Alene, the Beau Brummel O
! the northern delegation. Beside
! being a most charming person an,
favorite with the ladies, he likes tt
J slip one over on his colleagues. Thi
story tells how he was beaten at hi
own game by some of his goot
} friends.
One Friday night, Bill Jones, thu
catleman from Grangeville, saw {
! man pick up five dollar bill in the
J lobby of a Boise hotel and take it tt
the desk. The clerk put it in ar
envelope awaiting the arrival of the
) man who had lost it. Bill Jones told
his friend Humiston what he had
seen and this genial gentleman, with
a straight face and wearing an ex-
preston of st-five-dollars-have
you-found-tl?" went up to the
desk and was handed the five. What
happened to the five is not hard to
imagine, except that is was not spent
for candy or peanuts.
| Then came Senator Macbeth, Sem
ator Day and Nat Brown. This trio
can scent a joke farther than any
other trio that ever graced the legis-
lative halls. They heard that Hum
iston copied the five, and they per-
suaded one J. D. Millsaps, of St.
Anthony, to go to the desk and ask
II any one had found five dollar
bill. He did so and the clerk, very
much excited, told the St. Anthony
gentleman that he had turned the
filthy lucre over to Humiston. Mill
saps, wanting to see the thing
through, hunted up Humiston and
asked him If he had found the bill
Humiston became very profuse in his
apologies and gave the gentleman
five dollar gold piece. There were
about twenty or thirty in on the deal
at this time, and when Humiston
turned over he five he was given the
laugh. He stated afterwards that
getting that first five dollar bill that
did not belong to him cost him s25.
1t was learned on good authority
yesterday that Humiston had told his
closest friends that he would not
pick up $40 bill if he saw 1t on
a street corner.
The aftermath of the running de-
bate between Representatives John
ston. Davis, Morgan and Galloway
in regard to the special investigating
committee, in which the question of
the leased lands in Fremont county
came up, was heard few DAYS ago.
Minority leader Morgan had declar-
ed that Johnston had pleaded guilty
to the charge of getting hold of the
leased lands for grazing purposes.
some one remarked to Morgan that
ne was rather hard on his colleague.
Morgan replied that it was all right
and that the other side of the story
would be seen.
ut will be funny" he said. when {
IN the last day I will 60 over and S
out my arms around Pete's neck and {
Jay: pete, I hope I'll meet YOU
n heaven with a sheep under one
arm and bunch of leased lands |
Inder the other" /
The real wit of the house is Nor a
gn. v
This is agreed upon by all, and r
9th the majority and minority are
ways waiting for this proto type of L
chm Sharp Williams to spring some o
hing. After the debate on Thursday
I regard to the Investigating com G
littee had progressed little while h
[organ again was surprised. He CT
,ated that it was evident that the
of the minority were sinking p
eep inc the hearts of,the majority II
nd he was glad of it.
Il am reminded" he said "of M
hat the southern Kansas editor said r
an editorial in his last issue, when pl
e grasshoppers had devastated that I'll
untry and he had lost all his sub
ribers. In his last issue he had I'll
ese words printed on his editorial OF
zee and nothing else. If / have ct
me anything in the past that
we been ashamed Of, I am proud III
it; if | have said anything I am to
try for, l am glad of it,"
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