It's made up of men with brains.
They get their jobs on pure ability. And you fellows--"
"Oh, all right, Mr. Huntingdon!" interrupted Senator Far, rising, "I'm
always glad to know where you stand! Good morning!"
He hurried from the room and Enoch sighed, looked out the window, then
read a half dozen letters before Abbott announced the next caller, a
man who wanted his pension increased and who had managed to reach the
Secretary through a letter from the president of a great college. Then
followed at five and ten minute intervals a man from Kansas who had
ideas on the allotment of Indian lands; a Senator who wanted light on a
bill the Secretary wished introduced; a man from Alaska who objected to
the government's attitude on Alaskan coal mines; the chairman of a
State Central Committee who wanted three appointments, and a well known
engineer who had a grievance against the Patent Office. Followed
these, an hour's conference with the Attorney General regarding the New
Pension Bill, and at noon a conference with the head of the Reclamation
Service on the matter of a new dam.
When this conference was over, Enoch once more attacked the
correspondence pile which, during the morning, having been constantly
fed by the indefatigable Abbott, was now of overwhelming proportions.
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