Alexander Agnew McCormick to Jane Addams, August 20, 1912

DAY LETTER

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

MRS JOSEPH T BOWEN,..BAR HARBOR ME.

IF YOU CAN CONSISTENTLY WILL YOU WIRE MEDILL, MCCORMICK AND MERRIAM PROTESTING AGAINST A THIRD COUNTY TICKET IF ONE IS PUT UP IT WILL MERELY SPLIT THE VOTE AND RESULT IN BARTZENS ELECTION IF THEY UNDERSTOOD YOUR PART IN SECURING MY NOMINATION AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP ON MY ELECTION I AM INCLINED TO THINK THEY WOULD DESIST. I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS POLITICALLY UNWISE FOR THEM TO NOMINATE A TICKET WE HAVE ALL BEEN FIGHTING FOR A LONG TIME TO SEPARATE COUNTY AND NATIONAL POLITICS AND IT WOULD BE A PITY TO SNARL AT THIS <TIME> THEY THEY SEEM RATHER UNCERTAIN WHAT TO DO THAT IS MY REASON FOR APPEALING TO YOU.

ALEXANDER A MCCORMICK. 315PM