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Show IVASiii.VGTO.V. j T!ie Troops I s J hy Clianiller lor the l-leciiou ouul. Tii: c:i.s:i ::a tei.-'I'Jkams. Wj.-:ii::I:tL.n, 17. X::J crjitimittbe ' cn ffjt-rs, privii es rd tlutit'S Ot . I ie :.ot.;4e i:; cuu::tin the ultctori-: v.,t.: iiid r.'::v:Ur? Ch.i::dx'r bid'(.ro it ' t'tii, riiornit;-'. lie wah aL-t.'Ofiip.tiied ( hy hi.:tr:(.;iraimr. Field akctl him if Ik; wn ;jr. ;;;ired t-j uus-ver by wlw itu:h';ritv hr? sent tho ttfisram tu (iowru'jr ' S'.'-.ir:i3 prom nil) g ir-.:. I H--:n Ury C:i:it.i.i:iT en id i.o was not pr- p -.ii,'l Lu anwcr. I t; ,;ir. Jir naked if ariV c.pv of, te tei'-r;iai to tiovtruur SLCrnfl in kx-.mtu-.iC'! the tel-xratn st-ui J ij:i the S'.li or Oth ot Novcinher. Ci..w;di;r ;uiev,'i-red uot that he teas aw.ir-' oi. ki no copy ol it and would not ltd v.iio wrote it. He! tii.-ulit, however, no stut it to G-jver-1 n ;r biennis. fc'-ed liiiit he d';oiin.il lo aiisv.'cr b-autie of its cui.ll fcutial character. The cotnmil-t.-i; tn-rr- tip Jti c'.'.iA hs doors lor cot -ultatian. Vh(.-ii In : 'i'om wure opened ("b-itid:t;r wa-i ;.i'z- whether lie Bent t:;c trlcgrnru to Governor Stearns on hii own volition or S3 chairaian of the national repuhlic-jn commit Lee. He ans'.vcrtjd tlial he pri;bumcd the telc-jr:ini telc-jr:ini wia suit hy him on his own motion and in hi own name. f j'lt'rtliuii W-iB tlin ae ading of that t-.'in;r.ini your nwn individual actor th ,t ;f ch;iinimn of the ualional republican cuiimiiLteu? Auswei I do ii'jt atippu.-e L fciKiitd my oanie ;n ciiiiirman ut the coinuii'.ttjc, I pre inline 1 t) id not. t jjid i',n send the titleyrjitn at. the rcimest or atii!L;;ilion ot any body I else titan yoursfli? A. My impren ' si.m in Uui.t 1 received a Lult-Krati) (mm rivvcuiiJl .TlUriiM SU jjeitt i uy inu I necessity of sending troops. Tbe j witned then nrferred to a telegram niihlitdied in tlte New York Tribune, dated November. Oth, atlilrnsKcd Lo lho chairmaii of the national republican repub-lican committee, charging kuklux idlirts lo pruvcnt u count. Governor .S'.f.vriits teK-jiiMpbd from Tull-ihattsiio liutt tnere w-ii no doubt of ft repub liciii m.ijtirity in Klorifl.1- if an IhiiutI ctiUVrtid of tiio vote could be secured; that liu; inilicitliona were that violence vio-lence wi tu Id bo rcaorted loin Hie interior in-terior ol ti j o tjtatr, and that the kuklux had prevented the returns from bi-ini,' received, etc. Tho itn-' presaijn ol the witness wad that this . lei of; mm lirt supgt-sted to him the nect'sily for troops. He did not know who furnished this telegram to the Tribune, and did not know whether the governor or tho Itiala-Uire Itiala-Uire called for lho troopd. Q. Did you send your telegram to Cuvernor Stearns on your volition, without the biiygestion, instructions or direction of anybody elae? A. Probably Iho tuiggeetiou came from ft quarter alrcaoy mentioned. Q. And nobody else? A. I de-itiine de-itiine lo anawer ou the ground of official confidence- between members ol tho cabinet and the president. Mr. Field Were rou informed of Lho telegram sent to Oregon mentioning mention-ing money by or on behalf of the democratic party? A, I only know of that from the newspapers and from conversations. ti. Did not Mr. Orton communicate communi-cate to you a telegram to Oregon on that subject? A. Not that I remember. re-member. Witness was then discharged for tho present, and the committee went into secret session. The senate Louisiana committee is now engaged in closing its labors. A large amount of testimony lias been taken, principally in relation to tho election in north Louisiana. Kepreeentativo Lynch to-day testified testi-fied before the senate commitLeo on priviliges and elections, that in his opinion there would have been a republican majority of 20,000 in Mississippi at the election had the election been conducted fairly. Wit uess btatcd he was at the XiugBton precinct in Attain county, trom tha opening of the polls till 2 o'clock in the afternoon; saw over 300 republican republi-can votes polled, but when tho voles I of that precinct were counted there I were only eighty-five republican votes among them. Witness stated he was suro these billots were taken from the bo.x and replaced by democratic bal-, bal-, lota during a recess which tho inspector inspec-tor took for the purpose of dinner. General Anderson and ex-Governor Well.-', of Lho Louisiana returning board, arrived this morning, and were arrested by the eergeant-al arms of the house of representatives. An officer of the house left last night for New Orleans" to bring Kenner and Casinave, the remaining members ol the board to the barof the house. |