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In April 1922, through some mysterious influence never yet explained, Mr. Russell's private letter, written in 1915, was called for by the House of Representatives but it was said 10 have been lost or mislaid Mr. Rus sell, however, furnished duplicate, and in June the call was renewed. On that occa- sion, Mir. B. Hardin, member of the House from Kentucky, IS reported to have said, that that this letter "Nould show the western people, in what manner their interests were disregarded or sacrificed; that the Commits sioners [at Ghentl offered to give up the navi- gation of the Mississippi to secure the Fish cries of the Eas.n

 Nr. Russell's original letter was now fonnd, and with the duplicate was submitted to Mr. Adams who detected many differences be- tween them which he exposed in severe commentary. The two papers and the com mentary were all sent to the House. and the effect was to discredit Mr. Russell altogether. MT, Adams followed up the advantage which he had obtained by Mir. Russell's alterations ol his letter, repeatedly insinuating as well in hls commentary as in his subsequent pubii- cations, that he considered Mr. Clay at the bottom of fife whole scheme A single ex- tract from his book on the Fisheries and the Mississippi, page 254, will be sufficient ,o prove this point, viz:

 ..Ihe persual of Mr. Russell's duplicate. disclosed to me the mystery of rnin which had been brewing against me. from the very 