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`` Furthermore , '' continued Langdon , `` Altacoola must have the base because I 've known for some time that Gulf City was impossible . But some crooked Senators would have made money if they 'd known it , so they did n't learn it . Altacoola , that proud arm of our great gulf , will have those battleships floating on her broad bosom and the country will be the better off , and so will the sovereign State of Mississippi -- God bless it -- but neither Senator Peabody of Pennsylvania nor Senator Stevens of Mississippi is going to be any better because of it . No , and if you men come to my committee room at 12:30 to-morrow noon you 'll have a chance to hear how all that 's coming about . If you are not there by that time I 'll bring in a minority report in favor of Gulf City , just to show you that I know how to play the game -- this Washington game -- '' `` Come , let 's go . We can do nothing with him , '' said Peabody to the senior Senator from Mississippi . `` Well , Senator , in the name of goodness , what are you going to do ?