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January 10, 1916.

Mr. Coy Spry,
Macksville, Kans.

My dear Mr. Spry:-

I beg that you will overlook my long delay in acknow-
ledging the receipt of your very cordial letter of November
20th, containing an expression of your approval of my action
in the Hillstrom case. I have been so busily engaged with other
matters that my mail has been shamefully neglected.

I appreciate your loyal and patriotic expressions very
much and have taken the liberty of showing your letter to the
members of the Pardon Board who join me in this expression
of thanks. It is a source of great satisfaction to know that
the law-abiding element of the country upholds me in my hand-
ling of this very disagreeable case.

With the compliments of the season and best wishes, I
am

Cordially yours,

Governor.