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San Diego, Cal.
March 4, 1905

Pres. David S. Jordan
Stanford University, Cal.
Dear Dr. Jordan:

I am in receipt of your favor of the
1st with enclosed draft. We were immensely pleased
with the opportunity to get really acquainted with Mrs.
Jordan, and we can only hope that she enjoyed
her visit as much as we enjoyed having her with us.

I am sure you will be interested, and distressed
also, to learn that we have lost absolutely in the
Davidson matter. During the whole controversy we have
avoided newspaper controversy as far as possible, and there
is little doubt that the majorities of the people who get their
opinions from the papers have been at least in sympathy
with Mr. Davison. In the meantime Dr. Small has given
us a wonderfully efficient administration and has
silenced the papers almost absolutely. Everything was go-
ing on swimmingly when the impeachment proceedings