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ment but they have all received careful consideration and have
been disposed of as the law seemed to require. In some cases
the decisions were favorable to his clients, while in others
the applications for repayment were denied. The records of
this office show that there has been no unnecessary or unreason-
able delay in the adjudication of any of Mr. Lake's cases. The
exception referred to, that of Ex parte Paris Gibson, is now
held in this office upon request of attorney awaiting the filing
of further argument. Mr. Lake's complaint seems to be directed
more particularly to the fact that decisions have oftentimes been
rendered in his cases without specifically discussing all the
questions presented in the briefs filed by him. While this is
doubtless true it was nevertheless for the reason that such
questions were not deemed to be controlling issues in the case
or did not require an expression of opinion by the Department
It is a very common inference, especially on the part of those
who are unsuccessful, to suppose that because cases often happen
to be disposed of without discussing all the questions raised
by attorneys, their arguments did not receive proper considera-
tion. But in the nature of things it is neither necessary nor
practicable to set out in a decision all the matters that may be
raised in a case. If a precedent exists, and there appears no
good reason for disturbing it, it is the practice to briefly
follow such precedent with proper references. This has been the
fact with a good many of Mr. Lake's cases, and in this respect
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