Franklin K. Lane — To John H. Wigmore
San Francisco, December 21, [1905]
MY DEAR WIGMORE,—Your letter bore good fruit … As for confirmation it is not as likely as I could wish. However, I am enjoying the situation hugely, and if the fight is kept up I may enlarge into a national issue.
The Press of California (notice the respectful capital) is practically a unit for me … My information is that the President will stand pat. But the fight with the Senate is growing so large that no one can tell what will happen. I have been urged to go to Washington and meet the Senators, but I have refused. … Am I not right?
Remember me very kindly to your wife, and to you both a Merry Christmas. As always yours,
FRANKLIN K. LANE