It is easy for Mr. Cleveland and others who were on the side of the
railroads to introduce copies of documents, reports, etc., for the
simple reason that the Federal Court at Chicago compelled the telegraph
companies to deliver up copies of all our telegrams and copies of the
proceedings of the convention and other meetings of the American Railway
Union, including secret sessions, but the Federal Court did not call
upon the railroads to produce the telegrams that passed among
themselves, nor between their counsel and the Federal authorities, nor
the printed proceedings of the General Managers’ Association for public
inspection and as a basis for criminal prosecution.