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FROM PRESIDENT WILLIAM L. WILSON, OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY.
Lexington, Virginia, February 14, 1899.
Mr. George Wilson, Secretary,
32 Nassau Street, New-York City.
Dear Sir: I have received the circular of the Committee of Arrangements for the complimentary dinner to Mr. Schurz on March 2d. I regret that the uncertain state of my health makes it imprudent for me to promise to attend. No one would more heartily than myself join in the testimonial, if circumstances permitted.
Yours truly,
TELEGRAM FROM HIS EXCELLENCY LON V. STEPHENS, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
Hon. Carl Schurz:
I desire to unite with our general assembly in
congratulating you upon reaching your seventieth birthday.
Your fearless and intelligent advocacy of what
you thought right and just at all times, whether
popular or not, has won for you the honest admiration
of millions of your countrymen. You have not lived
in vain.
Governor of Missouri.
