OLD SPANISH TRAIL
May 11,.1-17
Hon.John H.Bankh-ad,
United States senator,
Washington, D. C.,
My De-r Senator:
I be ;: to ackno-.'lc dge receipt of your es-treined favor of the 9th. in;-t. and note -ith real regret that v/e she: 1 not have the picas re and b-. -fit of your presence at the convention. I appreciate of course howe'er,that national conditions are such as that you cannot get away from Washington for anything.
With respects,I beg to remain Yours
Palmer Pi1Ians