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Show Col Woodruff, counsel for flon. Smith who ha Jut hen tried In con-formlty con-formlty to a hysterical public outburst, stlanutlaed the Injustttce nf the net In a way most fit and energetic He pictured pic-tured the old lctor returning fioin the Holutlon of a problem that had baffled Spain for two bundled )iare, his troops facing untold horrors of starvation and torture If caught, and meeting not th well-esrnod plaudits he should have received, but Indignant, unjust ouury and charge thu took him before a court-martial And yet In spite of al! tho alleged crueltle Inflicted In-flicted h) his troop In Samar. we ven-ture ven-ture to say that he Is the beet pos. slhle man for civil Oovernor of Saour, thnt the natives respect him rroie than they ever did any man before, that they would receive htm with greater good will than uny other, nnd render him more cheerful obedience than any otJ-er man who could possibly be given that position It will be a sad wute of good pretlge If Oen Smith is not made civil Oovernor of thst island |