De Alexander: “He was a small, deaf, unassuming Quaker, without wealth, eloquence, or marked ability; but he had courage, tremendous…”

In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires....

A keen, exhaustive and merciless criticism of the whole Philippine experiment....

Referring to the fraudulent practices, he said: "No one claims, no one believes, that I had lot or part therein, or previous hint or suspicion thereof.

Indeed, his administration admittedly ranked with the best that had adorned the State for a century, and his friends, including Independents and many Stalwarts, rallied with energy to his support.