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rho Republican m{ s; Of tho commtt,s.
hsvs nothing readFf ) n1t' ~ It was fmpos'
sible for them TO pr :; their Views until The
Democrats had di.g Y The position illeY In,
tcnded 10 take. 7 = Iublteans now have In
their possession n = tter's paper, anl viii
hare uefs Vfcws F&rS - Monday. The minor.
tty report will borg .css ablc and strong docu.
ment, and will e = .'y contain an anttdote fof
the political poi ,ich the Democrats havo
instl[1el into tEeir> Iapor. M provision wal
made for the discussion Of these reports in tha
House.
At meeting Of The Potter Committee to-day
the Chairman presented letters from ex+Untted
States Attorney Bcckwltl,. Ut New Orlcans;
Gen. Scwc!l. Chief Of The Revenue Agents; ex.
Gov. Flanders, Of LonIslann, and others, point
edly exonernttng II. Conquest Clarke, now Sec.
sctary Of Commissioner liauln, from certain
charEes OF completely with lie whisky
rings, ETC., preferred in m anonvnlous letter
from New Orleans addressed 10 Gen. Butler, OF
tle Committee, whilst In session al Atlantic
CitT last SUMMER, AMI made public Ut the time.
One Of the charges illus related WIS tlat Clarke
had furnished Information Of the contemplated
Cincinnati whisky raid last vcar to Tie public
press. C1arko nakctl that these letters b. nit
ou record. The Committee, by party vote. re-
fused the request.
IN sECRET SESSION.
To the Hfsttrn AssoefAftd Tstss.
WAsulso1os, b. e., Feb. 28.-The Potter In
yesttgation COMMITTEES met tu secret session
this morning, all the lncnbcrs present. tbs
Chairman produced letters from Senators ALI
son and ingalls,, who were thc tellcrs on tho
part Of Tho Senate at the time The rscsitentini :
election rcturns werc presented, stating that
they had no knowledge OF what became Ut ths
Electoral certificate known a tl,c "John
Smith certificate, which was Withdrawn aud
suppressed from the records.
A Communication was read from Rogers, pri.
vate secretary Of the President, stating THAT lla
latter had no knowledge Of letter from Tllco-
t1ose Bourne ia regard 10 Il confession of cer-
tain parties connected with the Florida frauds,
and tnc1osing Telegram from Bourne TINT a
letter making for information ID regard to the
matter bad beeu rccetped from tho President.
The Committee appeared to consider that tic
production.of tile letter, which IT. Is alleged was
sent to the Prcsidcnt, 10 Of great importance,
aud they instructed the Chairman to make fur
ther search for II.
LETTB FHoM MN JEWETr,
to the effect that after conversation With, Mr..
9. T. Smith he was satisfied he hail been mis-
tascn IN regurd to TINT Ecntlcman's opening the
New Orleans Post.0lllec vault for tiiem to get
the election returns, WIS next read, aud laid on
the tablc Without comment.
\ communication was read from alanton
Marble asking that certain dispatched which had
been produced, but which wcra omitted from
hts testimony, should be Incorporated iu It.. It
WIS decided to consider tllc request.
The Chairman stated TINT he had prepared u
memoranda Of the Committee'a report TO be
submitted to the Committee, aud he would like
the Committee to consider It now.
An HituIntrI t1igCltSSlDu tnnk fp1HCn tanun thH