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Show ! Br W. U. Telcsrraph. I GOVERNOR OUR OS THE KC ' "Washington, 6. 'fhe sub-commit tee for the investigation of outrages i: the South, heid a meetinc which lasted three hours to-day, and which was occupied oc-cupied throughout with the examination examina-tion of Governor Orr, of South Caro lina, lie stated he had no personal knowledge of Ku Klux, and did not , btdii-vc they exi-ted in his section ot : the State. He expressed the opinion that such an ureaTiization did exist in some counties of South Carolina, and ! that its object was to intimidate the C"l 'red people from voting at the ' election in 172. He believed that the i con -mutton of the council of safety, published in Charleston by the Uepubli-'caun Uepubli-'caun last February, was the basis of the , organization. |