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, February 23, 1899.&emsp; Messrs. , Committee of Arrangements.

I regret exceedingly that I shall not be able to attend the dinner to the Hon. on March 2d.

I believe that the stability of our institutions depends now more than ever upon the growth and permanency of the movement for independent political action in this country, of which movement Mr. is the unquestioned leader.

Permit me to propose a sentiment , the moral and intellectual Bayard of American politics! “The chevalier without fear and without stain.” His record as a fearless soldier for the truth, as he sees it, without regard to personal interest or party affiliation, is unparalleled in the history of our time. May he live to see the time when the people shall have taken the place of the individual in the view of the average legislator, and when the term “Political Hospital” shall no longer be justly applicable to the public service anywhere in this country.

(Signed,).&emsp;

, February 27, 1899.&emsp; Messrs. , Committee of Arrangements, &c.

receipt of your courteous invitation to take part in the
 * I have the honor to acknowledge