To James K. Moffitt
Atlantic City, November 12, 1916
My dear Jim,—It was fine of you to send me that telegram, and I am not too modest to “allow” as Artemus Ward used to say, as how the Interior Department is rather stuck up over the result. The Department certainly had not been very popular in the West. … All of us will be taken a bit more seriously now, I guess. I wired Cushing and the others who led in the fight and I am going to write a note to Benjamin Ide Wheeler, who from the first, be it said to his credit, claimed California for Wilson. Wheeler is certainly a thoroughbred. I wish I could get your way soon and see you all, and rejoice with you.
I have just received a telegram from Bryan, reading:—
“Shake. Many thanks. It was great. The West, a stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner.” Cordially yours,
Franklin K. Lane