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1 Raymond, Fresno Co., Cal. Dec. 11, 92. Dear Mr. Johnson: I enclose a slip (from the Fresno Expositor ) as a sample
of stuff of which a considerable pile is getting into print. I do not for a moment imagine that there is any chance of Irish
becoming one of Mr. Cleveland s cabinet officers, but I can fancy that Irish might gather up enough of the vot? published
by the railroad organs, and by some well-meaning but mistaken country papers, to impress the President-elect with the idea
that he (Irish) is a genuine leader of the people. The claim made by him and his friends that he was importantly 06422