The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-04
BILLIARDS AND FURNlruRr

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BILLIARDS AND FURNITURE
me pdhuc IS acquainted with TIE great hue
and cry made about a Billiard Table, Balls. SIC.
which Is alleged to have been purchased by the
President with the pab,c money. Nov. mark
F. boa plain tais -hal pr, them down. The
foo ing Litter from the Chairman of the Con.
e 'S'onal Committee appointed to investigate
the subject, will put the matter in its true ligh,
and show the world how flimsy are the ground.
taken by the Opposition:
Hons, Of Representatives. March ID, 1927.
Dear Sir: | received your letter Of tins dav
/ and have TO say in answer tia, the committee
on the public buildings of which was Chair.
man at the last Session. in the DISCHARGE oe
their duty. found il necessary TO have an ar.
count or schedule of the furniture in the presi.
dents House, obtained in virtue OF n preyions
appropriation by Congress We bad no com.
municaiion "ith'the President ON the subject
nor do suppose thai he had any KNOWLEDGE
either Of what we applied ior, or what vas fur
! n:shcd us. Our application was to his private
Secretary, and the inventory of account was
handed 10 us 10y hn was annexed to our re-.
port without examination by us, and both the
report aad inventory were ordered 10 be prin-
! tod, n"therthe one nor the other having been
FIRST read in the House, the reading having been
dispensed with, Is Is usual IN case of reports of
Committee
Soon after tic report and inventory had been
printed, aud sore 1ays before the discussion a.
rose IN the House on the report, learned jroJn
III, PRESIDENT, that the inventory, so far as il
related TO the billiard table, &c. was entirely
erroneous and that no part othe public appro-
prodtton had been, or ,eoUld he dypiied To any
such purpose regret that circumstances pre-
vented me from making this explanation after
wards, when RE conversation on the subject
took place IN the House. since, had | done so
! It Is probable 80 many remarks might not have
been INDUCED IN before the public am very
, especially, your humble servant,
5. VAN RENSSELAER,
! But, this talsehood is nothing TO that which
the Richmond Enquirer circulated, on the autho-
| rity of a" distinguished" member of Congress.
Aye, distinguished /, i for his reyacitp3 Let
as see. lie wrote letter to the Editors of the
Enquirer in which, after pathctically deseantinc
onst!al 'sste ofpublic funds in setting oftdo Pre-
SIDE. mansion, he descended to the enumera
ton OF part cnlars, and ayerccd That hr Ind ~,
aed ceriaiR ROOM in he Preddsnrs A9ass me
ItWafurc Of rhicb cost 1925 900! And the fact
turns out to be that that roam is ntollg ulf,u.
n'@ed, and 3tat 10 no otherroom couidhis remark
qppi} The assertion has been Frequently and
openly coatradieted--in the newspapers and ON
the floor of CONGRESS, and tins Distinguished,
member has mao no attempt to sustain his We
raclty. The lac was given to him in his teeth
an yet he had neither the holiness To iustif,
the magnanlmity to retract, or the courage to
defend his wilfui falsehood These ar, harsh
terms, but they are warranted by the facts We
have no doubt NC could put our finger upon the
author of the letter. and, if our conjecture be
correct, we a9iee with the Enquirer TINT he is
"disiHgmshed'- from such distinction NAV
our good stars preserve u.s.
The following Is the refutation OF the false
hooj:-
10 NE Editors ofHe Ricdm9nd Ea7uiyer
'ENrLEnES :-'H Your paper Of tire 9TH of
January last. publication appeared headed
! hNdar; If letter TO gentle ran IN this CITY
dated Washington, January Is, 1927" IL com
lnenced with the following words
" This being the aly on which the Presidents
House is thrown open 10 all visitors, | went A.
mong others TO pay my respects TO hum or ra-
thor should fairly confess, went to SEE the
East foof2, Tor the finishing of which we had
voted TWEEN 1--WE theus nd dollars at tue last ses
/ SION OF Congress was anxious To see how
that amount Of furniture could be slowed away
in asinge room and my curiosity was fully sa-
| tsfed. II was truly gorgeous sight 10 behold
bat had too much the look of regal magnifcence
to be perfectly agreeable to my old republican
| feelings"
! 80 tar such Is The extract, gcrbaiim, Hlerniim
IHPHncfudttat, and II continues TO the end in the
same strain few days ago, the speech of Mr.
! +, Johnson IN the House of Representatives ON
MIR. Saunders resolution, published in asupplc.
mcnt to the National Intolligencer of the sth
! March 1927, accidentally fell int omy hands |
! say accidentally as the Enquirer is the only pa
/ per take. In that speech discovered strong
and fersent appeal to the House in the following
ords:
q Some time ago, saw a publication in that
PRINT, (thc Enqhlrer) purpOrtng to be a letter
! from a member of Congress in which the writer
stated that he had just then returned from the
/ Presidents, where he had been II was new
! year aud he had been IN the East room of the
house, aud he spoke of II most spendidly fur
ni'h"d out OF the ~25,ooo Appropriated at the
! last session- Now every member of tins House
/
[ been dra" from the Treasury, aud every man
and woman, boy and girl, who was at the Pres-
dents on New-f ear, knows that there was no
furniture in the room, excepta few old chairs
and an old settce or two, altogether worth but a
very few dollars. Now, il is impossible in my
mind that any member Of Congress could have
written such letter; have no thought or be
lief that any member did write it, The Editor
has been SO creduous to suffer himself to be
imposed upon by some anonymous writer, or he
has wiieaiy imposed it OH his readers"
Now, Alcssrs Editors, think il duty Won
owe your country and yourselves TO ferret out
tnis impostor who has palmed this trick upon
youatd drag him before the public Tfthis be
not satisfactorily explained, il will go abroad
the settled opinion that the Virginia opposition
10 the present administration is bolstercd up by
intrigue, frdud AMI management 1t has al.
ways been my disposition in all controversies,
whether personal, religious, or political to see
... FAIR PLAY.