The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-17

surrounded ny gloom so dense that 1t
could have been shovele away like
snow on the sidewalk, and asked him
what had happened. Il was just thirk
ing" he said, "vhat fool / was 10
come to Congress. IL cost me $4,000
cash to pay my campaign expenses, il
addition to the loss by two MN II
neglect of my business. When | AMI al
home about two-thirds Of my time is
taken up by people who come in to see
me about Offices. | have been down her,
four times trying to get some appoint
ments. I've got candidates for u. S.
marshal, U. S. district attorneys, p, II,
sion agents, about forty post offices,
several consulates, an no end of IT.
dian agents a u, Ian officers, and ill
I've succeede, IN getting is one assis-
tant keeper of a light house, a place
for which there vas no candidate, aid
they asked Inc to recommend a man. !
scarcely dare 20 home, for | am BEN z
cursed all over my district by people
who think Pm Indifferent TO their Pc
son'l interests, and ungrateful to my
friends 1t will tax, six weeks steady
talking to explain Why havn't been
able to ret the repubiica is TUNED o,
and democrats put in, and not half the
people who hear the explanation will
believe it. Until now | never sougl
anything that c"nld not be bought but
I've spent $4,000 WORTH 0 my lin e
trying to get 81, 200 off for one e
my constituents. My bisin IS, is . i'm
t" r',l to" VIA t Of at n III All tn II
Is Il basket full ct letters on nv IL bic; t
home | haven't had time to read II .
first bill introduce in Congress, will lie
to prohibit representative, from re-
commencing any one for Office"
The commissioner of patents, Nj.
Nj 'ntgn'nery, is preparing his annual
statement for the use of the Secretary
OF the Interior in PREPARING his annna
report, which shows the operations Of
the Patent ONCE duri - the past year.
The receipts from patent fees indicates
steady increase for each month. The
commissioner is in tav,r Of Il provision
OF law allowing the office to expend the
entire receipts, if needcd, for carrying
on the business of the flee He thinks
that inventors should not he comprllet
to pay tie EXPENSES AN cxa..iner whel,
1t is Necessary for one to leave .he cit,
to investigate the merits Of II a'ent.
Two or three persons interested them
selves last night in taking upa collect
ion for an indl> idual who has LeuL
hanging around Washington ever since
the Inauguration of President Cove
land. He was about 10 years old aud
claimed to BIZ descendant of one of
the most distinguished southern gene
rails in the war Of the revolution. The
man wore clothes of an old fashioned
cut, and continually smoked an old
briar-wood pip. He Wa, SO persistent
i'll his demand for the Spnisn mission
that he was excluded f o The STATE de-
parmeut and the w, ite House. HI
never gave up hope until the appoint.
ment Of MIR. Curry, of Virginia, was of
flcially announced. Then he expressed
desire to return home, and some of tn.
democrats about Washington made III
purse for him. He has returned t,
the Sonth.
Commissioner of Internal II, venue
Miller related IN interesting incident
that occurred the other day in his office
A clerk Game in and remarked that h,
had worked and voted for Clevelane
and was glad there wal change in tn,
administration. Mr.. Miller told tn,
clerk that he was glad he had called, a
he WAS exactly the man he had beer
! looking for. "If you voted and worked
for Cleve and you got big lot of mon
ey for it ard can well afford to retire
You will he tht uext man discharged
from the Office. Any clerk who will hol
, an office under a party and work ag,,ins
, it is not the mln for me-" And til
next day the man wax d the plank.
When the pay of employees of the Al;
i bama court of claims was held up b
Y Controller Durham, some of the lawyer
, practlclng before the court proposed
!. advance money 20 pay the clerks, me
~ sengers. ETC., if they would 90 on wit
{ their work. The life of the court expir,
l. III Al