All language subtitles for Hondo.1967.11.Hondo.and.the.Sudden.Town

So that's Surprise No. 1?

Yeah, at one time she had the mother lode.

(Senator Knight) 30 million dollars worth
of silver in five years.

That's right, Senator Knight.

And they couldn't squeeze another dime out of her.

Maybe they didn't dig deep enough.

Or squeeze hard enough.

You figure on doin' a little
more squeezin', Mr. Blaine?

We sent an expert out here to run some tests.

(Blaine)
He says there's still plenty of silver in that mine

if you know how to extract it.

There are new mining
techniques now, Mr. Lane.

New geological surveys of this area.

I know. I voted funds for them when I was
a member of the United States Senate.

That right?

You got any objections?

No, I don't have any.

Indians might have some.

Who worries about Indians?

Anybody with any sense.

(Blaine) The Army's here to handle them.

Colonel Crook is highly
thought of in Washington.

He's supposed to have
made this frontier secure.

Yeah, well, it's kinda like tryin' to
patch up a leaky water trough.

You plug up one end, the other end busts open.

(Hondo)
You open up Surprise No. 1 again and

the Apaches are liable to forget
they ever signed a peace treaty.

We don't intend to infringe
on their interests in any way.

How far is the town of Surprise from here?

About two miles west. I'll take you there.

[Buffalo laughs]

(Buffalo) Many's the big dry I've cured
in that thirst parlor, Hondo.

(Hondo) Yeah, well this is it, Senator.

Surprise, eh?

Well, it certainly is a surprise.

Something of a shock, too.

Well, this whole ghost town is right in
the middle of Apache hunting ground.

Game that was driven out during the
boom is just startin' to come back.

Apaches got a big interest in eating,
same as anybody else does.

Colonel Crook assigned you
and Mr. Baker to guide us

not advise us, Mr. Lane.

(Blaine) Thank you anyway.

(Blaine)
Give the gentlemen a little something
for their trouble, will you, Chad?

Split that between you, Indian lovers.

Pick it up and hand it over.

Pick it up and hand it over.

Well, now, wait a minute. I'll pick it up.

And hand you this!

Yeah!
[Sam barks]

[Barking]

[Laughs]

[Laughs]

[Barking]

Shut up, Sam, and go get the horse.

Well...

Thank you.

I apologize for this incident, Mr. Lane.

That's all right. It's not
your fault, Senator.

You know I've done a little street
fighting myself in my time.

I admire a man who handles
himself the way you do.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

Whoa.

Thanks for your services, men.

Oh, our pleasure, Senator.

Why don't you join us for a drink?

Yes, wash away that little unpleasantness.

Well, that's mighty generous of you all.

Uh, thanks, no. Maybe later.
We better see Colonel Crook.

–We better?
–Yeah, we better.

Go ahead, Senator. Order me a
whiskey. I'll be right with you.

Figure you still have a score to settle, Wilson?

I'll settle it.

I hired your muscle and your
gun for another reason.

No man drags me through the dust.

All right. You'll get your chance
to get even, but not now.

Right now the last thing I want is...

Trouble, that's what this
is gonna mean, Colonel.

Don't tell it to me. Tell it to Washington.

I've got my orders.

That mine, that old ghost town is right in
the middle of Apache hunting ground.

Game that was driven out during the
boom is just startin' to come back again.

I know that Hondo.

And the Apaches won't take kindly to anybody
tryin' to bring that ghost back to life.

That ghost is already back to life, Mr. Lane.

That's right. Blaine and Senator Knight
bought the mine and the whole town.

The whole town? Hoo-whee!

That makes it private property.

And Washington has made it
crystal clear that I'm to protect it

with all of the resources of my command.

An ex-Senator still carries a lot of weight there.

Private property, huh? Well, I...

I don't figure that the Apaches
are gonna understand that.

They're gonna have to understand, Mr. Lane.
We all take orders around here.

Well, now, look fellas. There ain't no
need in gettin' head-up over nothin'.

You figure an Indian war is nothin', Buffalo?

No, it ain't that, Hondo. It's just that...

I figure it never will come to nothin' like that.

(Crook) Why?

Why, look, them fellas ain't gonna keep
pourin' money down a gopher hole

without gettin' somethin' out.

(Buffalo)
And they ain't gonna get nothin' outta there

'cause there ain't no silver
in that grubbed-out mine.

Well, now how do you know that?

How do I know that?
[laughs]

Look, Hondo, many's the
time I've been in that hole

tryin' to get just that much
silver to help slake my thirst

and I never did get none
'cause there ain't none there.

No, sir! I give them fellas maybe...

two months and shhh
away they'll go.

Two months, huh?

What do you think, Hondo?

Well, you can give 'em two months.

(Hondo) I'll give 'em two months, too.

Do you think the Apaches will?

I tell you they are here again, Vittoro.

Once more the white man comes to take our land

and drive away our hunting.

Mr. Blaine

it's an honor and a privilege
to have you and the Senator

the "Silver Knight of the West"

interested in our territory.

Well, our interest is not
entirely altruistic, Mr. Tribolet.

No, I hope soon to be
known as the "Silver Knight"

for a more substantial reason than my hair.

[All laughing]
(Willie) Senator...

do you really expect to find
silver in old Surprise No. 1?

Why, we sincerely hope so, sir.

Uh, you did send geologists
to make tests of the old mine?

Yes, we did, and on the basis of his report

we made a substantial investment in, uh...

mining equipment, spallers, refinery...

Well, that's sounds like some freighting.

Yes, we, uh... we were
gonna talk to you about that.

Any time, Mr. Blaine. Any time.

–Join us for supper.
–My pleasure.

Uh, we'd like to freshen up
a bit and rest before then.

Shall we say 6 o'clock in my quarters?

–6 o'clock, Senator.
–Right.

[Snoring]

–What are you doing here?
–[Irish accent] Well, howdy, Mr. Blaine.

I heard you was travelin' a big company.

Teamed up with the
Silver Knight of the West.

The man who stands four-square against
sin, Satan, and shady dealin'.

I, uh... I thought I'd kinda like to
team up with the Senator, too.

Who is this man, Blaine?

Well, it's nothing important, Senator.

Why don't you go to your
room and get a little rest?

I'm sure you're tired after that long ride.

I'd like to know who this man is.

The name is Kelso, Senator.
Gus Kelso.

Well, I may be a little dusty but

that's 'cause I've been doin'
the hard work for you fellas.

Now you just let me take care of this man.

There's no need for you to get involved.

It sounds as if I am involved.

What work have you been doing for us?

Why, I arranged all the details in Mexico.

Everything's set to roll.

I know that. You didn't have
to come here to tell me.

But I did a good job.

I figured I rated a...

a bonus.

You're thinking of blackmail, Kelso?

How much?

Well, now, I'm not greedy.

I don't expect nothin' like, uh...

you and the Senator figure to make.

A thousand dollars would do me nice.

A thousand dollars?

What does this man know,
or think he knows?

Now, now, it's all right.

I'm giving you this.

I never wanna see you
around this fort again.

Right, right, Mr. Blaine.

I'll just have one quick drink

and then I'll be on me way.

Senator.

Now look here, Blaine.

When you offered me this proposition

I thought you wanted the
prestige of my name.

Oh, I knew that it involved
some fancy land speculations

but nothing that would make
me a target for blackmail.

Now, you just relax, Senator.

Your spotless reputation is
not going to be tarnished.

You don't know what it means to
devote 40 years to public service.

I know what it means.

Means that after 40 years
your public has deserted you

for a young man with chest full of medals.

Means that you've been put
out to pasture for pennies.

You had $432 in the bank when I met you.

That's $10 a year for 40 years
of honest public service.

I know what it means.

I may be getting old,
but I'm not senile yet.

I'm getting out of this deal.

I know what you're up to

with that silver mine and
those connections in Mexico.

Why, I drafted that silver law in the Senate.

You bet you did.

That's why you're not backing out.

There isn't anybody in the
country wouldn't believe

you didn't mastermind this whole thing.

Now, you just take it easy.

You're not gonna get your
hands dirty. I'll handle it.

You just sit on your reputation

and polish that lilly-white image of yours.

That man Kelso will want more money

and he's the kind who talks.

We're never gonna
hear from Kelso again.

I promise you.

I think I need a drink.

[All laughing]

Hey, bartender!
Bring me another bottle!

Drinks for everybody on me!

And you keep pourin' 'em
until this is all used up!

Gonna get me a skinful of that.

Ah, you do that, old timer.
'Cause when that's gone

there's plenty more where it came from.

Come on, drink up!
Now, here, gimme it.

There you go.

Come on, you don't want to drink that.

My invitation included you, too, friend.

[Blows on harmonica]

That's it, old timer!

Music! That's the... Hey!

Make it Mexican.

I've got a big fondness for Mexico.

Them Mexican señoritas
is somethin', ain't they?

Don't tell me you can still remember, old timer?

Man, I ain't that old.

[All laughing]

[Plays harmonica]

[♪ ♪]

Ow!

Buffalo Baker! [laughs]

The raunchiest, smelliest hind
sneak ever this side of the Rio!

I tell ya, Kelso, I ain't seen
ya in a month of Sundays.

Come on, have a drink.

–I'm buyin' for everybody.
–You're buyin'?

Hey, you musta found the mother lode, huh?

Yeah. [laughs]

Uh, no thanks. Not for me.

Oh, mister. I said
everybody's drinkin' with me.

Gus, huh-uh.

Look, I just don't feel like it.
Thanks anyway.

Well, now, I didn't ask how you felt.

I said to have a drink.

Are you goin' to have a drink, mister

or try bein' a hero?

Well, a man with too many drinks and a

cocked gun isn't anything to get heroic about.

[Laughs]

Mister, drunk or sober, don't prod me again.

You know, Buffalo...

I like your sidekick. [Laughs]

Well, if you like livin'

you won't try no more tricks like that.

Well, all I was tryin' to do
was to buy the man a drink.

Come on. Let's... let's get down
to some serious drinkin'.

–That suits me.
–Come on. Everybody.

Everybody drink up! Everybody!

That's providin', of course' you want to.

And this time I'm askin', not tellin' you.

Yeah, I'd like one.

–Good.
–A beer.

Bartender, give the man a beer.

(Bartender) One beer comin' up.

There you go. Take it outta that.

–Hey, Gus.
–Huh?

You're positively grass-bellied
with spot cash there.

Oh, I never intend to
be without it again.

You must have hit that old
cloud with the silver linin', huh?

You know, Buffalo, that's just what I did.

I found that cloud with the silver linin'.

[Both laughing]

(Kelso) Come on, everybody, drink up!

It's about time I had one, I think.

Here's luck to ya!

That man that tangled with Lane in there.

–He'll be leaving the fort pretty soon.
–Yeah?

Well, he's got a big mouth. Shut it.

He's also got some of my money. Get it back.

[Laughs]

Come on, Sam.

[Sam barking]

[Kelso lilting]

[Singing] Oh, I found me a little cloud,
the cloud has silver linin'.

[Laughs]

[Sam barks]

What are we lookin' for here anyway?

A silver lining, if there is one.

[Lilting]

[Gunshot]

Well, there sure ain't no
silver linin' in that hole.

I guess not.

Is there somethin' else
ticklin' your curiosity?

Well, I thought they might be saltin' it.

Who, Blaine and the Senator?

Oh, no, Hondo. Them fellas
is big money mucks.

They wouldn't go around puttin' salt in a...

[Hoofbeats approaching]

Looks like we got company.

Vittoro.

My braves tell me that the white
man plans to return to this place.

Is that true, my son?

–Well, I wouldn't say that was true...
–It's true.

This place once before brought
much trouble to our peoples.

Does the white man seek
the silver metal again?

Well, they ain't gonna find it.
Not this time.

Whether he does or not, it is bad.

You know this land gives our people food.

If the white man returns

the deer and other game will leave

and my braves will beat the war drums.

You can't let 'em spill blood over nothin'.

Nothing?

White man won't find any silver.

You gotta hold your braves in check.

How long?

I'd say no longer than two moons.

Your word has always been true, my son.

I will hold my warriors

for two moons.

But if the silver metal is found

I cannot say what will be.

Indian trouble!

Lifted his scalp clean off.

More Indian trouble.

I warn you this territory's never
gonna be worth anything

until you herd up those Apaches

put 'em in reservations and keep them there.

(Willie) You're right.
[All murmuring]

Here we've got two men like
Senator Knight and Martin Blaine

ready to invest in the country

help us to grow

and what are they greeted with?

This.

(Willie) You're right.
[All murmuring]

Well, Colonel, what do you
presume to do about this?

It's your duty as commanding officer...

Don't tell me my duty, Mr. Tribolet.

Washington does that.

They charged me with preserving
the peace and order of this territory.

That's what I'll try to do.

Captain Richards.

Sir?

Take a patrol. Two days'
rations and ammunition.

Ride out to where they found the body and try to pick up the trail from there.

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry you had to see something like that.

Senator, I assure you it's
not an everyday occurrence.

Blaine!

They just brought in the body of that fellow Kelso.

Oh, yeah. I heard something
about him being killed.

It's too bad.

When he left here you said
we'd never see him again.

Did you have him killed?

[Laughs]

I understood it was Indians that killed him.

That right, Chad?

Yeah, they scalped him.

Took the top of his head off
just like a hard-boiled egg.

You know, your nerves are, uh,
on a raw edge.

Why don't we sit down and just talk
about mining. It'll ease your mind.

Oh, I almost forgot the money.

Most of it's there.

Well, thank you, Chad.

–You made a good deal on that equipment.
–Yeah.

That's the money you gave Kelso, isn't it?

Senator, why don't we just sit down.

So you did have it done?

By that fellow, Wilson?

Look, you oughta just be glad
that Kelso isn't around to talk.

They're sending troopers out there to investigate.

Suppose they get a lead on Wilson.

Well, let's hope they don't for Wilson's sake.

Ah...

So you'd kill him, too?

And then me.

At what point do you destroy me, Blaine?

The only thing that will destroy you, Senator

is your weak spine and your queasy stomach.

Blackmail and now murder.

How do you think these deals get put together?

Flowery speeches to the people?
Filibusters to the Senate?

Kissing babies, patting dogs?

I don't kid here.

I'm getting out right now!

Getting out?

Senator, you're the only one
that's not gonna get outta this.

Now, you pulled all those wires in Washington.

Your name is on all of those documents.

Why, they even named that ghost town after you...

Silver Knight.

You're it.

[Sam barking]

(Buffalo) It's Kelso's horse.

(Hondo) Tracks come from back that way.

[Sam barking]

[Sam whimpering]

[Barks]

[Hoofbeats approaching]

This is where we found Kelso, Captain.

What are you doing here, Mr. Baker?

Well, we found Kelso's horse
back up there a ways, and

backtrailed him right to here.

Sergeant found Kelso...

dead.

Scalped by Indians.

Just say scalped, Sergeant, not by Indians.

I saw the body, Mr. Lane.
It looked like Indians to me.

Yeah, well, I never knew an Apache
that would throw away a scalp

or let a horse like that get away.

The scalp is in this brush.

–Check it, Sergeant.
–Yes, sir.

It's here, sir.

You think it was a white man, Mr. Lane?

Yeah, I sure do.

Hey, Cap', that money...

you know the big roll of bills
that Kelso was flashin' around

did he have that on him when you found him?

There was no money on him.

Ah, that's why he was kilt.

Yeah, maybe, or for that

silver linin' that he never found.

Well, Senator, in your honor.

Oh, I really must decline
the honor, Mr. Tribolet.

This town should be named after
some important local personage.

(Blaine) Oh, you're much too modest, Senator.

One of these days your grandchildren

are going to be pointing
out your name on the map.

I really must decline.

I really had very little to do with all of this.

[Laughs]
You had everything to do with it.

Modesty is not very becoming in a politician.

Thank you.

I'm most grateful.

When do you think you'll be
sending silver out, Mr. Blaine?

Well, who knows, Mr. Tribolet.

It's all a gamble.

Mm-hmm.

(Tribolet) Well, let's get moving.

It begins, Sam.

Yeah, it begins.

We have two or three more
shipments of equipment

to be picked up at the freight station
in Mescalero, Mr. Tribolet.

–Happy to deliver 'em for you, Mr. Blaine.
–Fine.

By the way...

I've been checking the title
on the property and the

mining claims around here.

Yeah?

You and the Senator own most or all of them.

That's right. We wanna make
a profit in every way we can

if we can get some more
silver out of that old mine.

Mm-hmm. And, uh, if you can't?

Well, we're gonna be stuck
with an awful lot of land.

Well, I'd sorta like to, uh...

take the chance of being
stuck with some of it myself.

How would you like to trade some
land for my freighting service?

You've got a deal.

Sorry, Destarte. Some men get

silver fever and they don't care who or

what they run over.

Whoa.

Afternoon, Mr. Lane.

That's a mighty thoughtful
gesture, repairing that grave.

Arizona's not big enough for some people
to drive a wagon through, I guess.

(Senator Knight)
Well, a lot of traffic comin' to
and from the mine nowadays.

Some of the drivers get careless.

But who could be buried out here in
this lonesome God-forsaken place.

Well, she's an Indian woman.

Couldn't have been anybody very important.

You're talkin' about my wife, mister.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Lane.

I apologize.

I know how you feel.

I lost my wife early, too.

She was from a different
world than mine, like yours.

A bright, little Irish immigrant girl.

Too pretty to take in washing and
scrub floors the way she did.

And I was just a laborer in
the coal mines in those days.

She did it to help me get ahead.

She really had faith in me.

I wonder if it was justified.

I'd say it was, Senator.

Thank you, sir.

Well, I guess I'll drive on into town.

Sorry I intruded.

I declare.

How long did you say it's been?

Well, no longer than four weeks.

Well, I never see'd nothin'
grow like this in all my life.

I'll bet you there's lot's of
loose cash floatin' around.

I wonder how much of it is silver.

[Cheering]

(Senator Knight) And then gentlemen

with the entire issue hanging on one vote

I rose and addressed the Senate. I said:

"We must invest in the West

"because in the West lies our future"

"the future of this great nation."

[All cheering]

Hondo! Buffalo!

Hi there, Willie!
You want a drink, old boy?

I can buy you fellas one. I'm workin' again.

Drinks for my friends.

–(Hondo) I heard you got a job at the mine.
–Yep.

They strike any pay dirt yet?

(Willie) Oh, sure, they're findin' silver.

'Bout one ounce to a ton.

Ain't enough to fill a midget's pocket.

Well, they can't stay in business
very long at that rate.

You know, they don't seem to mind none.

They just keep a-diggin' and pushin'
it into the smelter building.

Just a-diggin' and a-pushin'.

But you know somethin'

there ain't no one allowed in that
building except Blaine's men.

What's the big secret?

They got some new-fangled way
of extractin' silver, they say.

But I ain't seen one...

one ounce of pure silver.

Well, maybe you can explain it, Senator.

Well, Mr. Lane...

a good deal of money's
being made around here

by a good many people.

Well, if they're not minin' any silver,
how are they makin' money?

That's not an uncommon
phenomenon, Mr. Lane.

The bankers call it "artificial stimulation
of trade and monetary exchange."

Stock brokers call it, uh...

"buying on margin,"
"massive turnover."

Say it a little clearer than that.

Well, yes.
Yes, I will, Mr. Lane.

Put very simply, it means

buying and selling.

All the way down the line.
Just buying and selling.

(Blaine) Senator!

Senator, I've been looking all over for you.

We need you right away for a
very important legal matter.

That's enough of that.

We'll celebrate later. Come on.

We've gotta keep clear
heads in this operation.

Now you stay out of that saloon
and away from the bottle.

Now, look here, Blaine. I'm not a child.

You're worse than that. You're an old man.

You're washed up. You're scared stiff.

Looking for your spine in a bottle.

You need a keeper.

Thank you for coming so quickly
when I sent you for, my son.

(Vittoro)
It's almost two moons now since we talked last

and the white man is still here.

My warriors grow impatient to wipe
out the town that scars our land.

You've gotta hold 'em back a little longer.

How much longer?

More and more men pour in to push
the Apache off his hunting grounds.

A little stop that town will fade right out.

Even if the silver metal is found.

It won't be found.
You've got my word on that.

Your word has always been good, my son.

I hope it still is.

I'll go see Colonel Crook, see if he
can hurry things up a little bit.

Well, Colonel, I think that whole town is a fake.

You don't think Knight and Blaine
really expect to find any silver, huh?

Well, they ain't gonna get rich on ore that's
only yieldin' an ounce of silver to a ton.

They're makin' money sellin' land
and played-out mining claims.

That's why they keep pretendin' to work
that mine just to keep the fever goin'.

That's the only reason, huh?

Yeah, I think Kelso knew that

and I think that's why they put a bullet
in him, to keep him from talkin'.

Oh, now you're also accusing Mr. Blaine
and Senator Knight of murder.

Well, it fits, Colonel,
tight as a old maid's corset.

Brilliant work, gentlemen.

Only you're as wrong as a three dollar bill.

This is a letter from Mr. Blaine
and Senator Knight

requesting an Army escort with scouts.

Now that'll be you two.

What do they want an Army escort for?

Well, now, this may come as a shock

but they want the escort to protect
the first shipment of bullion

from the Silver Knight to the stage depot at Mescalero.

Silver bullion?

Mm-hmm.

25,000 ounces

which at the United States Treasury
price of $3 an ounce comes to...

$75,000

The first, but only the first shipment
of bullion out of the Silver Knight.

My friends

a new day is dawning for
this territory. Who knows?

We may yet become a state
in this glorious Union of ours.

[All cheering]

And when we do,
you'll be our first governor.

[Laughs]

Roll out.

Very nice, Senator.

See, everything worked
out all right, didn't it?

Funny thing about growing old, Martin.

You get a little short of breath.

Heart skips a beat now and then.

Body gets a little weaker.

But that conscience

gets stronger all the time.

Well, that's it, Mr. Horton.

Mr. Blaine gave me this receipt for you
to sign for the Treasury Department.

Yeah, it's a pleasure.

(Horton) In fact, I'll be going back with you.

–Oh?
–Mm-hmm.

The Secretary of Treasury wants
me to present a draft and a

letter of commendation
to the Senator personally.

They were old friends in Washington.

Well, we weren't going straight back.

We gotta make a detour to pick up some
more timbers for shoring in the mine.

Oh?

Well, you're welcome to ride
back with us, Mr. Horton.

Well, thank you.

That is, unless you need a guard for those timbers.

We'll manage.

All right.

Buffalo, you mind ridin' back with that patrol?

I wanna follow Wilson.

What for?

Well, I'm kinda curious about those
timbers he's supposed to be pickin' up.

That curiosity can get a feller kilt.

No, that's a cat, isn't it?

Well, we're gettin' pretty close to Mexico, Sam.

What do you think about that, goin' to Mexico?

Might be we don't have to go there.

It's a bad place to make camp

unless they're waitin' for somebody.

You wanna wait, too, Sam?

[Sam whimpers]

All right. We wait.

Come on, Sam.

Suéltenlo!

My braves tell me you speak false, my son.

Told you the truth.

The silver metal has been found.
Much silver.

Now there will be many white men coming to this land.

Well, they don't get it from the mine.

Look down there! You see it?

There is a wagon there
and men riding with it.

Well, they get that silver from Mexico and

they take it to the mine.

Why?

Well, give me some of your
braves and we'll find out.

We will help.

All right.

What is this, Lane?

You're gonna answer some questions.

Yeah, like what?

Like why you're takin' that silver to the mine.

I figure you might be able to tell me
what white man scalped Kelso.

Hyah!

Better stay with that silver. I'll go get him.

All right, Wilson. Talk!

Talk!

[Applause]

(Tribolet)
First, a vote of thanks for the man
who made all this possible

the Silver Knight of the West.

[Applause]

It's indeed fitting that Senator Knight should
be honored here today for his part in the

resurrection of this ghost town

and for putting us in the position to profit
from his keen mind and deep faith.

[Applause]

And now

it is my pleasure to introduce Mr. Horton from the Treasury Department

who will make the first payment

for the bullion shipped from the Silver Knight.
who will make the first payment

for the bullion shipped from the Silver Knight.

[Applause]

Senator

it is my great pleasure to present
to you this draft of $75,000

for the silver mined here.

[Applause]

(Hondo) Mr. Horton

no need to pay that much.

I'll sell you the same amount for $15,000.

It's comin' in on those wagons right over there.

Mr. Lane, what's the meaning of this?

Do you wanna explain that, Mr. Blaine?

Or you, Senator?

Hondo, you started something. Finish it.

Well, that silver was supposed to have
been mined in the Silver Knight Mine

but it was mined in Mexico and brought here by

a fella named Wilson who works for these men.

Mined in Mexico?
Is that right, Mr. Blaine?

(Horton) Senator?

Of course not. Where's Wilson?

Right over there.

Do you want him to tell you
the same thing he told us?

Well, it's a lie. There's not a word of truth to it.

–You all know Senator Knight, his reputation...
–It's all the truth.

[Murmuring]

Just as Mr. Lane says.

It's a shabby scheme and I regret to say
that my name is indelibly stamped on it.

What scheme, Senator?

Shut up, Alden.

There isn't a thing in the world
they can prove about this.

You're right, Mr. Lane.

You can buy silver in Mexico or anywhere in the world for 50 cents an ounce.

But by law

the United States Treasury has to buy

silver mined in America

for $3 an ounce.

I drafted the law.

I helped to pass it.

Yes, and you took advantage of it.

Oh, no.

I didn't have the imagination for that

nor the stomach.

(Blaine) You were a part of the whole thing.

You headed up the whole organization.
Your name's on everything.

Yes, you saw to that.

This whole thing's a fraud.

The mine, this town...

and me.

And I have no excuse.

After 40 years of public service

I was only concerned for myself.

Not for my country.

Colonel, have you any idea
what this fraud has cost me?

Yes, Mr. Tribolet.

Why don't you make out a complaint

in triplicate.

Well, I reckon them fellers'll
be makin' horse-hair bridles

and wearin' striped britches
for a long time to come.

Yeah, you know I kinda hope
they go easy on the Senator.

[Laughs]
Well, she's gonna be a ghost town again.

You can give her back to the Injuns.

Yeah, unless they find some other way of cheatin' 'em outta what they got.

Amen, brother.

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