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Show The Grcnt Kvuncr. Washington, 29. The committee on powers and privileges of the house in counting the electoral vote, recalled re-called Louis M. Kenuerof the Louisiana Louis-iana returning board, when Lawrence objected to his further examination on the ground that tho committee had no right to produce a witness in custody of tho aergcaut-at arms for contempt without the consent of the house, but the objection was overruled, over-ruled, and the return from Vernon parish produced. Witness had no doubt of the originality of the paper presented, on which he had written the word "compile." He had not thought why 17S votes had been transferred from Tilden to the Hayes side. He knew of nothing done to those returns in the board. The Louisiana committee Bent for the papers upon which Konner'a examination exami-nation was based, in order to examine exam-ine tho wi(ues who brought them from New Orleans, and ths committee commit-tee adjourned for a short timo. |