CINCINNATI, May 23,
1867.
DEAR SIR: Yours of
21st came to hand this morning. My chief personal objection to being a
candidate for governor was removed when the Legislature squarely stood up to
the suffrage issue. My supporters in the Second District are not as willing as
I would wish to let me off. I am therefore waiting. Will General Schenck be a
candidate? I do not wish to run against him.
Keep this letter to
yourself and write me what you know of General Schenck's intentions.
Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, Secretary Of State.
SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 3, p. 42-3
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