Cary T. Grayson to Alice Gertrude Gordon Grayson
Title
Cary T. Grayson to Alice Gertrude Gordon Grayson
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP15832
Date
1919 August 19
Description
Cary T. Grayson tells Alice Gordon Grayson about his return to Washington, DC after visiting with her and President Wilson’s meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Text
My darling,
I am homesick for you and the boys. I miss you so much.The Honorable Director of the mint and I arrived safely this at seven o’clock. We were met at the RR station by his motor and he drove me to the White House.
The President and Mrs. Wilson seemed glad to see me. They wanted all the latest news from you and the boys. I talked with the President until ten o’clock when he met the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He showed that he was nervous—But he certainly handled himself magnificently. They went after him with numerous already prepared questions—but he simply had too much brains for them. It was most interesting to see them. Several Republicans would go off into the corner of the room—the East room—put their heads together and then come back and propound a question and the President would answer them as if he already had the answer written out for them.
Senator Lodge asked a few questions, then looked very sad and worn and gone up and seemed little interested in what was going on.
Senator Brandegee’s questions required to so many words to express them—that Senator Borah remarked to me that “his questions were a thesis in themselves. Now wouldn’t he make a fine impression in a court room as a lawyer.” Borah seemed disgusted with most of his colleagues. When they left the White House a number of them expressed thanks for the generous treatment the President had shown them. It was a triumph for the President.
This afternoon we played golf and Keiths to–night.
I love you with all my heart and miss you, oh! so very, very much—Goodnight my love—
CTG
I am homesick for you and the boys. I miss you so much.The Honorable Director of the mint and I arrived safely this at seven o’clock. We were met at the RR station by his motor and he drove me to the White House.
The President and Mrs. Wilson seemed glad to see me. They wanted all the latest news from you and the boys. I talked with the President until ten o’clock when he met the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He showed that he was nervous—But he certainly handled himself magnificently. They went after him with numerous already prepared questions—but he simply had too much brains for them. It was most interesting to see them. Several Republicans would go off into the corner of the room—the East room—put their heads together and then come back and propound a question and the President would answer them as if he already had the answer written out for them.
Senator Lodge asked a few questions, then looked very sad and worn and gone up and seemed little interested in what was going on.
Senator Brandegee’s questions required to so many words to express them—that Senator Borah remarked to me that “his questions were a thesis in themselves. Now wouldn’t he make a fine impression in a court room as a lawyer.” Borah seemed disgusted with most of his colleagues. When they left the White House a number of them expressed thanks for the generous treatment the President had shown them. It was a triumph for the President.
This afternoon we played golf and Keiths to–night.
I love you with all my heart and miss you, oh! so very, very much—Goodnight my love—
CTG
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Alice Gertrude Gordon, 1892-1961
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson to Alice Gertrude Gordon Grayson,” 1919 August 19, WWP15832, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.