10/10/1909
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"There will be assembled at Galveston a force of three regiments for the protection of that place against possible attack by the navy."
"I do not hesitate to say that you have been the object of one of the most unscrupulous conspiracies for the defamation of character that history can show."
"Every fibre of my nature rebels against such hypocrisy and nerves me to fight such a combination and such methods to the bitter end, lest success in this instance may form a demoralizing precedent."
"I accept your resignation with great reluctance."