malicious which Nelson has been making may bring about that result after all. It hardly seems possible that the Judiciary Com. of the U.S. Senate will permit a packed jury to violate truth and justice in that way - but then they are men - just mere men, with their own important matters to look after - and really abstract justice is unimportant when politics or self interest is at stake. Went out and saw Sulzer at his rooms (131 B. St. S.E.) today - he is sure of tomorrows result - but I am less sanguine. If Spooner is against me, then I am afraid of Dillingham also and possibly Culberson - and that beats me. I felt [previous word struck through] feel like resigning and roasting the whole bunch in my letter to the President - then going home. For two years now I have been under constant fire, and though
