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come into court, with any allegations they saw fit 

 against Receiver Gould. The collusion in the case 

 was, nevertheless, so evident, the facts were so notori- 

 ous and so apparent from the very papers before the 

 court, and the character of Judge Blatchford is so far 

 above suspicion, that it is hard to believe that this 

 order was not procured from him by surprise, or through 

 the agency of some, counsel in whom he reposed a mis- 

 placed confidence. The Erie ring, at least, had no 

 occasion to be dissatisfied with this day's proceedings. 



" The next day Judge Sutherland made short work 

 of his brother Barnard's stay of proceedings in regard 

 to the Da vies receivership. He vacated it at once, and 

 incontinently proceeded, wholly ignoring the action of 

 Judge Blatchford on the day before, to settle the terms 

 of the order, which, covering as it did the whole of the 

 Erie property and franchise, excepting only the opera- 

 ting of the road, bade fair to lead to a conflict of juris- 

 diction between the State and Federal courts. 



"And now a new judicial combatant appears in the 

 arena. It is difficult to say why Judge Barnard, at 

 this time, disappears from the narrative. Perhaps the 

 notorious judicial violence of the man, which must have 

 made his eagerness as dangerous to the cause he espoused 

 as the eagerness of a too swift witness, had alarmed the 

 Erie counsel. Perhaps the fact that Judge Sutherland's 

 term in chambers would expire in a few days had made 

 them wish to intrust their cause to the magistrate who 

 was to succeed him. At any rate, the new order stay- 

 ing proceedings under Judge Sutherland's order was 

 obtained from Judge Cardozo, it is said, somewhat 

 before the terms of the receivership had been finally 

 settled. The change spoke well for the discrimination 



