Mr. LAWRENCE, of Pennsylvania. My friend shakes his head. I know how it will be when he comes to argue this case. I have not forgotten how he paced through these aisles when he made his argument in favor of, the right of the Gentfrom NewYork [Mr. Donon] to his seat, and how be induced the House to set aside 200 majority there. I do not undertake to say but it was right, but I do want it understood that the dicta, and the decisions of the chairman of the Committe of Elections are not always right, but that they have been overruled on former occasions. Not this session. But I say if there ever was a case where the decision of the committee ought to be overruled, it is this case. And I think if the contestant could have been here to present his own case that decision would be overruled. And now let me show on why; and this will be the dryest part of the case, of course. Company A, 155th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, gave Fuller 7 votes, Dawson none. But those returns are thrown out because the oaths are not attached to them. But I say the oaths are in the report, and any man can read them for himself. he majority of the committee have made a mistake, not willfully, I know, but it is a mistake, us my colleague [Mr. Scorrnnn] showed yesterday. And the Gentfrom Wisconsin [Mrl Paws] had the frankness to admit it, and to say that these 7 votes should be counted. I take it forgranted that they should becounted, for they were fair] polled in camp; and no man can show that they ought not to be counted. At Camp Parole there was 1 vote cast for Mr. Fuller; the papers are all right, all sworn to properly, and yet the vote is left out merely y negligence or oversight. I am now refer ring to votes that the Gentfrom Wisconsin, [Mr. Puma] according to his theory, allows to be correct and right. And if any member desires to controvert that fact he has now an opportunity. Now, the McClellan hospital vote is rejected by the committee, because the oaths were not properly certified on the return. Yet, in the caption of the poll book it is set forth that the officers were sworn according to law. That is not. denied, and the list of the officers is there. Yet the 3 votes from that hospital are ruled out. The majority of the committee claim that the sitting member has a majority of 16 votes. I want to show that upon their own theory the contestant, Mr. Fuller, has a majority of 16 votes.