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Reports by newspaper
today that Hoyts report
in my matter has been rec
=eived in Washington & is
in part unfavorable. Well,
Ive done the best I could
on this wild frontier - & have
the absolute approval of
my own conscience - & that
is a victory of itself. I
will heave a sign of relief
when I yield the burden
to other shoulders. I would
rather be in my own position
than to have done as Hoyt
did - try the issues against
a man in secret & condemn
him without giving him the
