you may feel assured of my cordial support in the event of your being elected. To avoid any misconception as the nomination for our District is at hand I should like to have a reply by the bearer expressive of your views. I am sorry I had not an opportunity of telling you before you left town that several people have been requesting that I should become a candidate for the office of Supt. I think you will agree that it would be ungracious on my part to resist the wishes of a majority of the council should it happen that their choice falls upon me. (As the nomination for our election is so close at hand and that I may not have an opportunity of seeing you before I think it desirable to acquaint you) As the nomination for our district is so close at hand