Mr. SHELABARGER. In reply to the inquiry of the Gentfrom Pennsylvania [I Mr. Srsvsss] I will state this: the commit tee, as has already been noticed, have confined their investigations for the present to the question of privilege affectin the rights o the Gentfrom NewYork, [Mr. CONKLING] the committee so confining its investigations deemed it fair and proper that the Gentfrom NewYork should be permitted to control the matter of the introduction of testimony af fectin g his personal privileges, subject ofcourse, to the right of the committee to to e care of the rights and the privileges of the House. Taking that view of the matter, the committee did not feel at liberty to call, as they might have done, GenlFry upon the motion of the committee itself. They declined to do that for the reason that they deemed it just and proper to the Gentfrom NewYork, this being a question so personal to himself, to allowhim to control the introduction or the non-introduction of the testimony of GenlFry. That was the position of the committee. Of cOure the committee might have called, upon its own motion, General Fr as a witness. It did not do so for the reason have stated. Then the committee had this question before them: the request was formally made and put upon the record that the Gentfrom I‘llew York should be permitted to cross examine GenlFry. Au a col was made to the committee that it shou put GenlFry in the position of a witness for cross examination, and not have him made the witness of the Gentfrom NewYork, the Gentfrom NewYork stating distinctly that hd declined to put himself in the position of calling GenlFry, so as that thereby he should be precluded from contradicting of impeaching any evidence he might give. After that appeal was thus formally made to the committee, and the committee had refused to permit GenlFry to be cross examined, requiring Mr. Costume, if he desired to use the testimony of GenlFry, to call him and put him in the position of a witness called by himself, then an appeal was made to the other side to know whether GenlFry was to be examined; and an invitation that he should be examined as a witness for the other side was repeatedl made. But that invitation was all the time eclined; and Mr. Coxxms'o was deprived of the benefit of the examination of GenlFry unless he would call him as his own witness.