Mr. Mann. Well, then, you are mistaken, because the House com-
mittee did report the bill. I reported it in the House by direction
of the chairman. The Elkins law

Mr. Bacon. You are speaking now of the final Elkins law that was
reported and passed ?

Mr. Mann. The Elkins law that was passed?

Mr. Bacon. That was simply one section of the original Elkins bill,
!:)ut not very materially changed.
Mr. Mann. Was that a section that you wished enacted in the law ?

Mr. Bacon. We wished that as much as we did any other section.
Mr. Mann. And we did report that bill ?



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Mr. Bacon. Yes.
Mr. Mann. Was that showing that we did not wish to consider any
proposition of this sort?

Mr. Bacon. We have given the committee great credit tor the
prompt reporting of that bill and its action in relation to it, as well as
that of the House, has been highly appreciated. _.
Mr. Mann. I would be very glad if some time at your leisure
you would call the attention of this committee to any place where you
have ever given the committee credit for anything, except being under
railroad influence.
Mr. Bacon. I have done it hundreds of times, Mr. Mann.
Mr. Mann. I have read everything that I have ever received from
you, clear through from beginning to end, and I have never found a
line .or suggestion of that sort.
Mr. Bacon. I am very glad to know you have done so

Mr. Mann. I have, and I have been profoundly instructed very
often, too.
