The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-02-09
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A few days later Governor Bum
transmitted this list to the torritsr-
ial secretary, Mr.. Pride, and as that
officer entered his office one MORN
ing he observed his clerk, Little
George Green, about to write
the commissions.
Breaking The Slate.
Pride had opposed Dubois AID op-
posed him then. Taking the list of
appOintees from Green, he went to
the governors office and said: Gov
ernor Bum, if you want to make Mar
shall Dubois the delegate to congress
from Idaho territory instead of your
self years he-ce the appointment of
this delegation will aid him to that
more than anything else you can do"
Bum discussed the matter with him
length, Bun'lr was young handsome al
ambitious. Pride was resourceful
smooth and designing. Pride was de-
cidedly the stronger character of the
two, and as result he returned to his
room with the name Of G. j. Bassett
of BlackfOOt removed from the istant
the name OF J. M. Clifford Of Eagle
Rock i'm it's stead. This was an at
tempt on Prlde's part to make Idaho
Falls, then Eagle Rock, rather than
Blackfoot, the center of political activ
ity i'm this great southwest empire.
Pride did not oppose, nor did Bunn,
the anti-Mo rmon movement. 1t was
too strong and too we'll settled to un-
dertake to traffic in it politically.
Their endeavor was to hamper Du
bois by the removal of his close.
friend, Bassett, and theeby transfer
If, possible, the influence of the
strong men of the anti-Morman party
of the southeast away from Dubois
and to Governor Bum.
The Boise Statesman, the next
morni-g, gave the list of names of
the new Bingham appOintees, with
Clifford's name where Dubois had ex
pected Bassett's would be. The mar
shall called early in the day on his
brother, DIR. Dubois, who was Govern
or Bunn's physician. On profession
al visit which the doctor made to him
a few minutes later the governor
tol the doctor to tell his brother not
to worry about the appointments for
they would be as he suggested and
not as the Statesman had reported.
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon, how
ever, the list OF the newly appointed
officials went into the territorial
council for confirmation with Clifford
name for clerk, instead of Basgetts.
A Dramatic Scene.
1t was probably an hour later that
the old Overland hotel lobby was
well filled with members of the leg
islature, politicians, and the general
crowd of hangers-on about legislative
headquarters, during the ses5ico.
Governor Bum stood in the center
of the lobby with a coterie of his
close friends about him. He was
tall, fair and we'll groomed. At this
time. through the Eighth street en-
trance, came Mr.. Dubois, slender,
straight, dark hair and mustache and
with an added color of imte,~ sity in
his dark eyes. He approached the
governor, and looking him squarely
i'm the face rs the crowd separated
for their coming together. exclaimed
o10 L.
Governor Buri-, say to you, here
and now. sir. that in the appointment
of clerk of the court for Bingham
county you have proved yourself to-
be ain unmitigated liar
AS Governor Bum turned aside the
marshal sliced him Jy the shoulder
turned him around t.,irly faci-g him
ami again exclaimed:
Lest there be some misunder-
standing on you part IS to what l
have just said, Governor Bum, l wish
to repeat, sir fin tn, presence of
these, your friends, that all may
understand it, that by your perform
ance in these Bingham county APP
po'ntments you have proved yourself
to be a contemplate liar
This was at the time of the height
of power of Fred t. Dubois in Ida
no He was probably never more pep
ular than the-, hence the effect of
his severe castigation of the govern
or Of the territoy, who only stayed
by his post Of duty, a few months,
when chiefly through this humilia-
ton he resigned and returned to
Philadelphia. his home, where he
has since been an active member of
the Glover Leaf g..
Area G.. rown.
Bingham county, tn these bound
aries, was not destined to remain
long with its large Dr. tecCye area,