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#174 Windsor Pl.,
Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 27, 1906.
Hon.T. L. Woodruff,
Republican State Committee.
Dear Governor:-
Of course I am delighted with the result of the convention particularly your selection as Chairman of the State Committee. If we are to judge from the expressions of the Democrats we might regard the result as a foregone conclusion. Of course I know we will wage an enthusiastic campaign. It occurred to me that there is one point we ought not to lose sight of. You will recall that in the last week of the Mayoralty campaign last fall Tammany Hall had a great number of banners prepared denouncing Hearst and contending that his was the side of Anarchy and raised the red flag above our own. This point must be handled with great care and while we all agree that Hearst stands for that idea, it would be a very dangerous thing and one that might interest the people over much to make that the leading feature in the campaign. It seems to me that we should make this fight on the issue whether the Government proposes to own the public utilities and destroy the existing order of business or whether we should stand for the conservative policy.
Yours etc.
William N. Calder