The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-05-24
ID G. Deer IL 1879

| IL. u, Deer. 10, 1910.
DEAR: I have been trying ever since
my election to write to you, but have
been besighued from light in the morn
ing until one ortwo at night Ihad about
| one hundred 81 thirty appointments
to make Sc have had reckon without
exageration three thousand applications
besides men women s. children pull
! ling 81 lurking me every time / would
| put my head out of the door of my
| Office. have had to keep two ushers
| 81 two to three clerks ever since the hour
of my election in my office, s. it is now
| five O'clock in the morning that / have
gotten up to write write to you. In re-
gard to- tried to save place for him
but the members are so 7clamersons for
their constituadts that so fur it has been
impossible to do so, my force after
christmas will be increastcd and then /
will be able to do something for him &
will stick him in. Fay EFitzhugh's
son arrived on Saturday morning all
safe. set him to work on Monday at a
a 50 100 place s. he is the most delight
ed fellow you ever saw. / wish you
could be here with me do try 81 come on,
the Govnt furnishes me with fine
turnout 81 spanking pair of Horses s.
before and after the house sessions &
recess Ehave exclusive use of them, my
goodman comes down every morning
for us, that is Fay & myself aud after.
driving agound to my breakfast take me
to my Office, come on 81 will give you
& = good time. DOngrdss is invited
over to the Centennial on friday, we will
have big time come back on Sunday
may draw on you for one hundred &
twenty-five dollars tomorrow which
you may can draw back tor on the 1st
Jan, got your telegram telling me to
n raV fnr fVun Aad 4
tried to do without any s. may not have
Ia draw tomorrow, but all of our mem
bers are like myself tight up on first mo
& hate to ask them, w come on |
christmas for a few days & we will have
a glorious time. Ihave more invitations /
to frolicks with the members q Senators
than any man in Washington. l am a |
bigger man now with the members than I
old Grant cannot put my foot on the |
floor of the Hall but that they make /
break for me s. sometimes a dozen beg
ging at me at at once for places for some
friend. scarcely ever git out of the /
Office to go on the floor of the House. |
/ have under me the Folding rooms, t
Document rooms, File rooms all COM
mittee rooms all employees in the South /
wing of builing & entire south wing of /
capital. have Supt and assistant in
each department. and about dozen
book keepers besides my Office clerk, s.
we do things up in stile. have q boy
to take my hat 81 coat or / can't turn
around without some one at my beck
and call, & when get all my new APP
pointment broken in shall have nice
time = lam making up party already
to come on to Texas on. the adjournty
s. s Cox to head 1t, he Is the warmest
friend of mine you ever saw, also the
New Speaker Mr.. Kerr Fay 81 myself
spent the evening with Mr.. Kerr last
eveng quite contrast here Il
Austin. can't turn for friends. here.
have now fifty letters from my South
ern friends all parts of the South con-
graduating me, thus ways the world. let
] man be prosperous s. every man is his
friend. must close, tell will look
but for him 81 If / cannot make a place
myself I can get him In some of the
after Christmas, write soon
10 Your Devoted Friend eaa5a
T.. A. FTTzHUGH.