Life — January 5, 1893 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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WILSON DE MEZA. CONGRATULATORY. M* DEAR LIFE: 1 am glad to learn of the present evidence of your prosperity. We both seem to be on the top wave, and I wish I was as sure as you of making friends instead of enemies during the next four years. How- ever, | donot think you are any more afraid of making enemies than | am, when for the public good it is necessary to do so. Your treatment of the pension question and the Grand Army, of Tammany Hall and its heelers, of the silver question and the silver barons, of Civil Service Reform and the office seek- ers, all go to show that you are solid on the questions of the hour. In recognition of the present joyful occasion and of your sturdy and fearless Americanism, | hereby offer the position of Secretary of State in my Cabinet to Lire, and enclose a stamped and addressed envelope for its reply. With all good wishes, dear Lire, 1 remain, incerely yours, GROVER. * * * D AR L) We had a meeting at the stable last night and appointed a committee of three to wish you joy on your birthday. You may be glad to know that because you wrote about us we are now each getting three oats a day, instead of only one as formerly. Yours faithfully, Ripsiz, ROCKSIE AND BONESIE, of the Fifth Avenue Stage Line. comicbooks.com