Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16

his speech, much to the regret of his
audience.
Last but not least came Harry G..
Wheaton, the jolly Mayor of North
Wildwood, who won lanrels among
the fair sex by his skillful treatment
of the subject "Women.u Like his
fellow citizen he saw the bright side of
life and his witticisms caused much
laughter. So loyal a champion of
women is he that he need neve fear
defeat at the polls if women are given
the right of suffrage.
LETTERS OF REaRET
Chairman Slaughter received letters
of regret from the following persons,
which were read by Eugene McGuckin:
From VIM. j. Bryan, of Lincoln,
Neb., by Charles w. Bryan: "Your
letter to Mr.. w. ]. Bryan at hand. I
beg to thank you In his behalf for your
kind invitation, but it will not be pos
sible for him to accept owing to en-
gagements already made in Texas for
this month. Assuring you that he
would be glad to be present if it were
possible for him to do So"
From George Gray, of Wilmington,
Delaware: ~ must apologize for my
seeming neglect of your letter of two
weeks ago, and also of your telegram
which came to my house one day this
week. [ have been, during all this
month, sitting in Philadelphia in the
u. s. Circuit Court of Appeals, and
have therefore been away from my
Office and home during all that time.
This must account for the fact that
your letter has escaped my notice and
that your telegram did not come to my
hands until today. I appreciate very
much your kind invitation to make an
address at your celebration of the birth
of Thomas Jefferson and l should be
glad to accept it, were it in my power
to do SO. The occasion is one worthy
of celebration and at no time in our
history has it been more important
thoh ~ 10 hOW9 tAdL VIC 6lOu1u COnIOIL1
to his teachings by not only supporting
the just powers of the Federal Govern
ment, but by observing the limitations
on those powers and the necessity of
preventing encroachment upon the
Governmental powers reserved to the
states by the constitution. My judicial
duties, however, render it impossible
for me to make such an engagement
and 1 must content myself with ten
dering you my best wishes for a sue
cessful celebration.n
From John A. johnson, Governor of
Minnesota: 81 have for acknowledge
ment your kind favor of the 31st of
March, in which, in behalf of the DEM
ocrats of Wildwood, you invite me to
speak on the occasion of a Jefferson
Day Anniversary in yorEcity. While
1 am naturally appreciative of the
compliment contained in your invita-
ton, L am, therefore, the more regret
full that the fact that the Minnesota
Legislature is still in session will pre-
vent my absence from the state during
the month of April. 1 trust your COM
mittee will obtain another and ADLER
speaker and that the event will be all
that its promoters can DESIRE"
From Frank s. Katzenbach, Jr., OF
Trenton, late Democratic candidate for
Governor of New Jersey: "Your letter
of the 22d inst. inviting me to partici-
pate in the banquet to be given at
Wildwood in celebration of Thomas
Jefferson, has been received. Nothing
would afford me more pleasure than to
accept this invitation, but some two
weeks ago a banquet of this kind was
arranged by the Democrats of this city
and | accepted an invitation to be with
them on that evening and respond to a
toast. With warmest personal regards,
believe me-"
From Judge James Gay Gordon, OF
Philadelphia: II have received your
fiattering invitation to be present at the
testimonial banquet in honor of the
great American statesman, Thomas
Jefferson, in Wildwood. l regret very
much that it will 10 be possible for me
10 attend. must leave the city on the
fourteenth instant and it will be impos-
sible for me to accept your invitation
and keep my appointment on the four
tenth. l shall have to ask you to ex-
cuse me, and again assuring you of my
warm appreciation of the compliment
involved in your invitation"
From Judge Howard Carrow, OF
Camden: 'For the reason that there
is serious sickness in my family l re-
gret hat l cannot be with you at the
Jeffersonian banquet. With kindest
personal regards, l am.'
From Charles r. Bacon, New Jersey