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Magnus
rose
to
recapitulate
the
reasons
for
the
extra
session
of
the
Committee
,
stating
again
that
the
Board
of
Railway
Commissioners
which
they
—
the
ranchers
—
had
succeeded
in
seating
had
at
length
issued
the
new
schedule
of
reduced
rates
,
and
that
Mr
.
Derrick
had
been
obliging
enough
to
offer
to
come
down
to
Los
Muertos
in
person
to
acquaint
the
wheat
-
growers
of
the
San
Joaquin
with
the
new
rates
for
the
carriage
of
their
grain
.
But
Lyman
very
politely
protested
,
addressing
his
father
punctiliously
as
“
Mr
.
Chairman
,
”
and
the
other
ranchers
as
“
Gentlemen
of
the
Executive
Committee
of
the
League
.
”
He
had
no
wish
,
he
said
,
to
disarrange
the
regular
proceedings
of
the
Committee
.
Would
it
not
be
preferable
to
defer
the
reading
of
his
report
till
“
new
business
”
was
called
for
?
In
the
meanwhile
,
let
the
Committee
proceed
with
its
usual
work
.
He
understood
the
necessarily
delicate
nature
of
this
work
,
and
would
be
pleased
to
withdraw
till
the
proper
time
arrived
for
him
to
speak
.
“
Good
deal
of
backing
and
filling
about
the
reading
of
a
column
of
figures
,
”
muttered
Annixter
to
the
man
at
his
elbow
.
Lyman
“
awaited
the
Committee
’
s
decision
.
”
He
sat
down
,
touching
the
ends
of
his
mustache
.
“
Oh
,
play
ball
,
”
growled
Annixter
.
Gethings
rose
to
say
that
as
the
meeting
had
been
called
solely
for
the
purpose
of
hearing
and
considering
the
new
grain
tariff
,
he
was
of
the
opinion
that
routine
business
could
be
dispensed
with
and
the
schedule
read
at
once
.
It
was
so
ordered
.
Lyman
rose
and
made
a
long
speech
.
Voluble
as
Osterman
himself
,
he
,
nevertheless
,
had
at
his
command
a
vast
number
of
ready
-
made
phrases
,
the
staples
of
a
political
speaker
,
the
stock
in
trade
of
the
commercial
lawyer
,
which
rolled
off
his
tongue
with
the
most
persuasive
fluency
.
By
degrees
,
in
the
course
of
his
speech
,
he
began
to
insinuate
the
idea
that
the
wheat
-
growers
had
never
expected
to
settle
their
difficulties
with
the
Railroad
by
the
work
of
a
single
commission
;
that
they
had
counted
upon
a
long
,
continued
campaign
of
many
years
,
railway
commission
succeeding
railway
commission
,
before
the
desired
low
rates
should
be
secured
;
that
the
present
Board
of
Commissioners
was
only
the
beginning
and
that
too
great
results
were
not
expected
from
them
.
All
this
he
contrived
to
mention
casually
,
in
the
talk
,
as
if
it
were
a
foregone
conclusion
,
a
matter
understood
by
all
.
As
the
speech
continued
,
the
eyes
of
the
ranchers
around
the
table
were
fixed
with
growing
attention
upon
this
well
-
dressed
,
city
-
bred
young
man
,
who
spoke
so
fluently
and
who
told
them
of
their
own
intentions
.
A
feeling
of
perplexity
began
to
spread
,
and
the
first
taint
of
distrust
invaded
their
minds
.
“
But
the
good
work
has
been
most
auspiciously
inaugurated
,
”
continued
Lyman
.
“
Reforms
so
sweeping
as
the
one
contemplated
cannot
be
accomplished
in
a
single
night
.
Great
things
grow
slowly
,
benefits
to
be
permanent
must
accrue
gradually
.
Yet
,
in
spite
of
all
this
,
your
commissioners
have
done
much
.
Already
the
phalanx
of
the
enemy
is
pierced
,
already
his
armour
is
dinted
.
Pledged
as
were
your
commissioners
to
an
average
ten
per
cent
.
reduction
in
rates
for
the
carriage
of
grain
by
the
Pacific
and
Southwestern
Railroad
,
we
have
rigidly
adhered
to
the
demands
of
our
constituency
,
we
have
obeyed
the
People
.
