I have a right to say that I dealt with the subjects with the same freedom from bias or prejudice with which it would have been my duty to give to the question if I had been sitting on the Bench of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The case of Cessna _vs._ Myers was perhaps the most interesting and important of those in which I made a report for the Committee.
John Cessna had served the State of Pennsylvania for several terms.

He was a very popular and eminent Republican member.
According to the returns, Myers, his adversary, had a majority of 14.

Cessna showed beyond question, and his antagonist admitted, that more than 14 illegal votes were cast for Myers.
On the other hand Myers claimed that there were many illegal votes cast for Cessna, the evidence of which, so far as appeared, came to his knowledge first when introduced in the case.

When the evidence was taken Cessna claimed to have evidence that 328 illegal votes were cast for Myers, and that ten legal votes, cast or offered for him, were rejected.

On the other hand the sitting member claimed that there were 341 votes illegally thrown for the contestant, and of those Cessna admitted that 81 had proved to be illegal.