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fornia and decisions of the courts. Con-
tiAuinp he said.

fornla and decisions OF the courts. Con-
tpulng he said:
t have brought in in support of the claim of
the United States this contract between the
parties. and have pointed out 10 You that the
contract is paramount. j have shown that in
!, breaking that contract not only the corpor-
alton but that Leland Stanford broke it. And
|. / am here asking on behalf of the United States
that you bind the Iigaments and restore that
contract TO its unity, and in support OF that L
nave laid at the foot of that altar
Here the counsel named over his author
| tiles touching this point.
have, to protect them, brought here the in
terests OF the Government furnished by the
supreme Court of the United States to guard
as sentinels these things that have laid bare
upon that altar
murrer supported by rhetoric so brilliant
and scintillating that it has illuminated the
darkest continent gone to Africa, and by q
torrent OF eloquence that poured out of this
temple and resounded through the halls of
this building as if a mountain had been lifted.
And then what did it bring for them? Poor
little French vs. Teschemacher and the little
diminutive which is labeled by the Legislature
and the Supreme Court ssStatute of Limita-
tions," upon the liability for this action.
Will this court strip from the altar what
have placed there as offerings i'll support of
the United States and enshrned there by the
code and the constitution, or viii it say as the
Supreme Court said to Mr.. Butler in certain
case: "Your eloquence is vain here. The halls
OF Congress is the proper theater for that We
cannot swerve from the letter of this contract
for eloquence. We do not possess the pardon
ing power. We cannot condone your fault
We cannot and will not look to consequences
We look through all this transaction and see it
from our position in the halls of Congress- We
have seen the wreck and ruin brought on this
corporation. We have seen in the contract
which you made with the United States an OBJ
legation to pay this debt. We can see on this
altar the laws and contracts which require you
10 pay it. We cannot entertain you here at all
Go back to the halls of Congress, where you
have been pleading for ten years-not because
you deserve 1t but because you have gotten so
much from the United States that you have
confidence You can get more. We will examine
these ques tons and if we find you liable we
will adjust that liability so that YOU will not
be wronged nor will the United States be
wronged in the relief we give"
Whatever conclusion you may come to-
whether it visits upon this appellee the over
ruling OF this demurrer, you will say to this
counsel who has so eloquently argued this
case: ave must and we will administer jus-
tice though the heavens fall. We do not look
to consequences; We will simply investigate
and determine the law of this case as if it we're
but a trifing thing. We cannot look to
widows or children. We cannot look to the
magnitude of the case We look simply to the
law of the contract and will administer it,
In conclusion Judge McKisick asked
that the case, because of the interests in
volved, be given the consideration OF the
court in the hope of an early decision.
Judge Gilbert said the court would take
the matter under its Immediate study ana
would render decision as early as pos
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