3/5/70 Dear Sir, I suppose you have heard that Mr. Koch has been engaged to draw caricatures for the Wellington Punch during the sitting of the next General Assembly. I heard that Col. Whitmore said in private to H. R. Russell that Mr. Stafford and Co had no hope of doing anything this Session but would wait for the next. Mr. Stafford is working hard in the hope of a few of his outside friends may be elected for seats in the