There was no action of Congress expected, or legislation in which the railroad was likely to have an interest.

All that it expected to get from Congress had been obtained already.
The other charge that he demanded a favor in this purchase as compensation for a ruling he had made as Speaker was, in my judgment, equally unfounded and trivial.

He simply alluded to the fact that he had made a ruling which had saved the road from hostile legislation.

Every lawyer had doubtless many times had jurymen remind him of the fact that they had been on juries that gave verdicts in his favor.

Every Member of Congress likes to meet a pensioner for whom he has secured a pension.