News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-09-06
RICH'S OWN LETTERS PROVE HIS AFFIDAVITS
TO BE A TISSUE OF FALSEHOOD
Another Chapter in the Fletcher
Campaign Of Mud, Money
and Misrepresentation

". ". SUd ZION 10 AOTu SJTceG duu VI dis
fer to the West 23rd st. car which viii
take you to the West 23rd St. ferry
You won't have particle Of trouble
in getting over there. If you miss the
| :25 (which | have marked with a
blue Ky better take the 3:25 (which
have marked 2X). You will notice
that there are two trains which leave
at 1925. The first is the Congressional
Limited and very fine train but has
nothing excepting parlor cars and it
would cost you $1.25 extra. The next
train is an hour slower, but good train
neverth eless and brings you here at
9:25. But you had better make the
:25 if you can as you will see more of
the country and get here in better sea-
son, 7:10. | will plan to meet you,
and am sure you can get well located
by Tuesday. | will look about as
much as | can for boarding place
and am sure there will be no trouble
about that
Miss Buckley, who was with us last
year and whom we expected to be with
us this year, has position at Chattan-
ooga and will not be with us. The SEN
ator went home with the idea of bring
ing down his home stenographer, Miss
Seymour but | have not heard from
him as to whether she will come or not
If she comes he feels that he ought t O
pay her enough over what she is get
ting at Hyde Park 1913 per week. to
to cover her carfare and extra board. |
If Miss Buckley came we planned to
pay her SIS per week and give you the
rest--the whole extra month $120.
have done some figuring and am look
ing for boarding places for Miss Sey-
mour and can't tell exactly Just how
much more it will cost her to. live down |
here than at Hyde Park. OF course |
can figure her carfare. 1t may be |
that you won't get quite as m UGH out
of it as if Miss Buckley came back, or
if we get a steno. from Washington;
but l think the very minimum that |
you would receive would be $3.50 |
per week Chat would be equal divis-
ion between the two of you) and my
impression is that it will be so the SEN
ator can raise that little. | suggested |
that he pay you $1S and Miss Seymour
sly.
You see the best l can say is that |
you probably won't get less than
$3.50 and that there is an excellent |
chance that you will get more.
There will surely be the $3.50 per month
to divide equally between the two and
then at the end of the session there will |
be the extra month of $120 to divide. |
That would practically add $40 per
month to your regular salary although |
you would not get it until the end of |
the session. The Senator suggested |
my writing this to you and said to tell
you he was in no sense going back on
what he told you. l think this talk
with you was on the basis of an equal |
division. | am merely writing all this
so that you will clearly understand the
situation. You will be getting more |
than Plumley's second man and more
than Dane got his first year--it will be
about $40 per month, and l hope we
can get Miss Seymour so situated that |
you can have little more She is a |
very valuable steno. and of course he
wants to treat her right
The Senator promised to write me
as soon as he had made a definite ar
rangements with her, and as soon as
hear from him, will drop you line.
But | think matters are just as you |
and he talked them over and think it !
is clearly in your interest to come down |
There will be plenty to do but you will
have the best experience you have ever
had, am quite sure.
Shall be very glad to see you.
Very truly yours,
(SigneO William S. Bean,
Secretary