WILSON, WOODROW, President. Three typed letters signed in full as President, to Indiana Senator John T. Kern (the 1908 Democratic candidate for Vice-President), The White House, Washington, D.C., 12 May and 30 September 1914 and 4 May 1916. Together 3 pages, 4to, two with integral blank, on White House pale green stationery, the second letter with slightly smudged signature. The longest letter refers to the re-election of Senator Shively: "I am genuinely surprised that any question should have arisen as to whether I want Senator Shively returned. I do most decidedly wish it. I have admired...[his] steadfast devotion to duty and to the standards of the party and his unfaltering loyalty in all matter of public policy....It would in my judgement be a very great loss to the party and to the Senate if he should not be reelected. I trust that there is no doubt of his reelection. May I not add a word of cordial appreciation to the whole Indiana delegation in Congress? The members of the House have stood by the administration with unfailing generosity and spirit and have made me feel a very deep interest in the political fortunes of every one of them. I need not tell you, my dear Senator, what my sentiments are towards yourself...." One other letter concerns a Norwegian independence centennial celebration; in the last Wilson expresses thanks for a letter from Kern about conservation measures: "I appreciate the difficulties lying in your way..." (3)

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WILSON, WOODROW, President. Three typed letters signed in full as President, to Indiana Senator John T. Kern (the 1908 Democratic candidate for Vice-President), The White House, Washington, D.C., 12 May and 30 September 1914 and 4 May 1916. Together 3 pages, 4to, two with integral blank, on White House pale green stationery, the second letter with slightly smudged signature. The longest letter refers to the re-election of Senator Shively: "I am genuinely surprised that any question should have arisen as to whether I want Senator Shively returned. I do most decidedly wish it. I have admired...[his] steadfast devotion to duty and to the standards of the party and his unfaltering loyalty in all matter of public policy....It would in my judgement be a very great loss to the party and to the Senate if he should not be reelected. I trust that there is no doubt of his reelection. May I not add a word of cordial appreciation to the whole Indiana delegation in Congress? The members of the House have stood by the administration with unfailing generosity and spirit and have made me feel a very deep interest in the political fortunes of every one of them. I need not tell you, my dear Senator, what my sentiments are towards yourself...." One other letter concerns a Norwegian independence centennial celebration; in the last Wilson expresses thanks for a letter from Kern about conservation measures: "I appreciate the difficulties lying in your way..." (3)