New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-17
David Dndlev Field.
A letter from Washington to tt
BLIsH

A letter from Washington to the u
land Leader, February 5. says:
David Dudley Fields name was
from the rolls of the New York bAlcl
citation couple of years sg0 for
he il Inst beginning to to- I nIay triC GULL
which would tempt any but an ex
crate Congress to follow the examp#
Bar Association. Ia the committd
Judge Lawrence produced apamphNhe ca
ing the imprint of q private pN of IL
firm in this CITY with the title, "Id knsnce
relating to Louisiana and Florida Prlst
the Committee of the House of Red pOlishi
tiVes on the Powers, Duties and III fect f
of the House of Representatives Der, II
iug the Electoral Vote-Hon. j. EI,
Knott, chairman. From the note he of
Official Reporter" lana in
Mr.. Law renee asked the chairman orin
authorized the printing of the test phall
any such form, Knott replied ths# q d.
MOI; that he had no knowledge of i#soper
done, that this was the trss intim@ viii
had Of it. Judge Lawrence then 81 ACT
opinion 1t was q violation OF the rue FIRST o
House, of all precedent in commit# Be it
tice, and an act of gross disrespec# after
chairman and the committee Mr.. g cha
of Illinois, Democrat, said he agu are be
Judge Lawrence. Mr.. Lawrence
Their, that no member OF lhs conn 1 the
clerk had any right to give the ofid
of the stenogrspher's notes to an BIT Coz
for any purpose, and proposed that e.
Inittee proceed to discover how eopy:
LEGATION has been made. HE Ii
Mr.. Field became very red IN Sec
and moved that the room be clesA
| did not want any witnesses of his
! The reporters we're then driven ous
| committee sat in secret session for
hour. The pamphlet contained egoinl
from the testimony of Democratic =, 1871
| without their erOss-examinatiOn OF NOR Of
timony in rebuttal, being entirely val. an
| but pretending to be complete, the h
had it prepared secretly and pres ieh 1t
fore the Elt ctorAl Commission as by th
the Democratic record. Through na, hs
| Der of the commission the fact
| Judge Lawrence's knowledge. Tb
entirely destroyed Fields iLhues
the commission and will greatly
| the Democratic case. Even Rueh A
as Proctor KuOtt denounce Fields
| but excuse it on what MaddOA o NJ
"broad moral grounds" because DIs
| is not familiar with congressional ~ ~ 70
| tee usage. anu u
In their secret session Field wa /, Be
| very wholesome verbal chastise &c Of
| Professor Seelye, Sparks and othes Lou
made very humiliating spolOg nuvent
| committee, explaining, as Knott Dstri'
he was not familiar with the Gus ID the
insisting that had he suspected 50 OF sal
was rot perfectly proper he VIC pual g.
been the last man in the world p, to
taken it. He begged the conn each
overlook the Cffense this time, 'e u f
solemn y not to be guilty of a e shall
honor again. so its action Va ixed
| Field expressed a wish that d the til
might not be made public or ps the 9
the records Of the committee, and nGy re
| quest it was stricken of 1t is ths pf the
| however, that bis crocodile tear rend'
not have influenced the commit Betiee
much leniency, and that they the
least have let his dishonOr beeg be pr
matter of record, Professor Sd ky fro
| been in a state of violent indigl DIVIDED
several days at Fields conduct, atlstlel
marked this evening that having max
himself he felt better. d sing asks e 1t FL
had relieved himself, he declined erks
| N IL FIJI