Mr. Bacon. I did inquire of two or three persons at the convention
if they heard me make such a statement, and they did not recall it.
Mr. Mann. You said, however, in your address in St. Louis that
" four of the members of this committee have declared that they will
permit no action on the part of the committee upon any bill which is
before them until definite action is taken upon this particular bill,"
relating to the Cooper-Quarles bill ?

Mr. Bacon. I think I did make that statement, which I did from
statements made to me by the gentlemen.
Mr. Mann. I do not ask who the four members are. You were
here this morning when we reported a number of bills without oppo-
sition ?

Mr. Bacon. I hardly think it would be proper for me to give the
names. It was stated to me in private conversation.
Mr. Mann. I am not asking for it. You probably believed that
statement ?

Mr. Bacon. Yes.
Mr. Mann. You made it?

Mr. Bacon. Yes.
Mr. Shackleford. Did you make that from talking with members
themselves ?

Mr. Bacon. I think I made it in an address.
Mr. Shacklefokd. But did you derive your information from talk-
ing with these four members?

Mr. Bacon. Yes, sir.
Mr. Shackleford. I desire to ask you if Mr. Shackleford, of Mis-
souri, was one of them ?

Mr. Bacon. No, sir ; he was not.
