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8 Congressmen will show whether they have at heart the honor of the State or the S. P. interest. The letter is planned partly
to be a bait for a illegible son, Topeka S. Fe and Denver, Rio Grande influence on our side, and, if published, will probably
have some such effect. I have also got a letter partly written for the Chicago Inter-Ocean. It will have at least one new
point that will astonish people and amuse perhaps in the Zolaesque fashion. Can you find out if these letters are published,
and let me know. I have no way of learning, and it is of no use to ask those terrible beings, the editors, to send a copy
of their paper. I will also simultaneously send a short letter to the Times repeating my new point zolaesque so it will have
a double chance.