Mr. LAFLIN. With the consent of the House, before reporting the resolution which the ComPrintg has just been instructed to report, I desire to make an explanation. There htis been no intention on the part of the committee to show any contempt for any resolution referred to it by the House. There are now but 2 members of the committee present. The other member, the Gentfrom WestVirginia, [Mr. LATHAM, ] and myself have been unable to agree upon areport in this case. I have been willing at any time to bring the question before the House, even by agreeing to an adverse report, but the Gentfrom WestVirginia hasbeen unwilling to assent to that proposition. It is due to him to say that I believe he has been influenced by the very best motives. It will be borne in mind that on all questions that have been taken in reference to this neither the gentleman nor myself have voted, we having paired off with each other. I willsay still further that when this resolution was sent to the committee, it was found that there was a large amount of testimony, and in regard toa large portion of it it was not apparent to either of us that there was the same necessity for a large issue of it as there was prior to the reestablishmentofFederal relations with the State of Tennessee. But I was willing, inasmuch as the House had passed the resolution, ‘that the matter should be submitted to the House in some form for its judg ment. The House, afler passing the resolution, having very kindly granted to the committee the privilege of amending it so as better to meet their different views, I am now prepared to submit a resolution. Let me state that while the original resolution calls for the printing of 10,000 copies of the report with the testimony, the committee have agreed, under the instructions of the House, to report in favor of rioting 1,000 copies; and while theori insl resolution calls for the printing of 50,000 copies of the report without the evidence, the committee have agreed in favor of printing 10,000.