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Dec. 16, 1915.

Mr. A. D. Phillips,
[indent] Caney, Oklahoma,
Dear Sir:
[indent]I am in receipt of your communication of Nov. 22, and beg to thank you most sincerely for the cordial expressions therein contained.
[indent]As a result of the campagin which was waged throughout the country on behalf of this man Hillstrom, I have received between twenty and thirty thousand pieces of mail most of which are of a threatening character, and even now, after the law has taken its course and it would appear that efforts to intimidate are futile, I am daily in receipt of vicious and threatening communications.
Thank you again for your thought and courtesy in expressing your approval of our action, I beg to remain
Very truly yours,

[centered]Governor.