Texas and Pacific Railway, Feb. 27, 1875, 43d Cong., 2d sess., H. Rept. 267.

Colton to Crocker, Feb. 24, 1875, Octopus Speaks, 82.

Congressional Record, 43d Cong., 1st sess., Feb. 22, 1875, 1600-1601.

For committee power, Thompson, Spiders Web, 93-96.