HURRAH FOR WALL STREET
ROSEMONT FARM
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, 952 Wall Street, New York City.
Dear Friend:—
Thanks for your very friendly letter. I am much encouraged by the news you send and am very glad to hear that the sentiment is so favorable to me. John D. called on me yesterday and left a substantial check, which, of course, will not be recorded in his name. It is needless to say that if I am elected my gratitude will assure a very substantial form and my friends in Wall Street need never fear that their prosperity will be jeopardized by any official act of mine. I shall be in New York Saturday and should like to see you privately at the Metropolitan Club. Mr. Baer, of the Reading Road, will also join us there.
Yours gratefully, Alton P. Barker [** signature]
THE HONEST FARMER IS A JAY.
George K. Jamison, Chairman Hancock County Republican Control Com. Dear Sir:—
I regret very much that I cannot manage to speak before the Farmers’ Institute next Thursday afternoon. I have a luncheon engagement with the President of the Michigan Northern Road and cannot break it. Please express my regrets and say that I hope the farmers, who are the bone and sinew of this great nation, will come forward and do their duty on election day.
Yours respectfully, [** signature illegible]