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2 shall occur, and is thick as thieves with Washburn, Glasscock and the rest. Accidentally, I met Mr. A. H. Ward at Raymond,
the other day. It was my first personal acquaintance with him, and I was much pleased with the man. He told me that he had
met one of Mr. Noble s agents at Mariposa, and had posted such agent on some points of Yosemite matters. I have been here
throughout the summer, and my knowledge or information of affairs in the mountains is only second-hand stuff, but apparently
the mess up there is worse than ever, and the combine has been putting itself in shape to hold fast. By the way, have you
or 3 can you obtain information as to the truth of the claim made very noisily by J. P. Irish s friends that that person
will run the national administration in its dealings with California matters should Mr. Cleveland be slected President. These
boasts and the prominence given to Irish (or attained by his pushing himself forward) on the stump will cost not a few votes
that might have been thrown for Cleveland. There are many, like myself, who have voted twice for Cleveland but who are thinking
of voting for Harrison or of going quail shooting on election day, simply because of the alleged influence had over 06416
in margin: Heaven preserve us