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[[image - preprinted hand holding scales annotated VAE VICTIS!]]
[[affixed label,written in red]] 191 [[/label]]

[[preprinted]] Law Office of...
Wilbur Franklin Bryant,

Hartington, Nebraska, [[/preprinted]] Nov. 19, 1896.

Respected Sir,-

Your letter of the 17" inst., lies before me.  It goes without saying that I will comply with any reasonable request of yours, for personal as well as political reasons.  But a compliance with the request contained in your letter of the above date would seem to be a work of supererogation.  Indeed, I was surprised at your request, because I supposed that you were aware of the fact that the officers elected to constitute the incoming Board of Transportation, met in Lincoln on the 7" inst., before the wires were cold which bore the news of their election, and made the following political allotment of the secretaries, to-wit, one silver republican, one silver democrat and one populist: and then and there decided that T.H. Tibbels should be the populist member.  It is very strange that they should have failed to notify you of this fact, and thereby ^[[fine]] [[strikethrough]] save [[/strikethrough]] you the trouble of soliciting endorsements from you friends.  With all due respect to them, their conduct seems inexplicable.  I received this information from an un-official, yet authentic [[strikethrough]] ated [[/strikethrough]], source.  There can be no doubt of the facts as I state them.  I congratulate you.upon the appointment; and pride my self on being the first person to convey to you the glad information.  Probably the Board were holding you up for a New Year's surprise party.

Sincerely your friend, 
Wilbur F Bryant

Hon. T. H. Tibbels,
Lincoln, Neb.