The scandal became so great that Governor Andrew--than whom there was never a truer, nobler, braver or more upright man in the executive chair of any State in this country--was compelled to put on public record his indignant denunciation.
Hoar praises Governor Andrew's character while noting his public denunciation of a scandal.
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