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OGIE'S SPEECH.

In conneNon with Mr.. Oglc's Speech, the
following veriication of extracts by him from
Public Documents has been furnished for pub
cation:
The undersigned, Wing members of Congress, have
have had then attention called TO publication in the
"Globc OF the 10Th of July, 1910, under the caption
of "Messrs. Lincoln and Oglc," from which the fol-
lowing extract is taken:
"He (Mr. Lncon) was no friend of Mr. Van Buren,
but he would do hun the justice 10 say if there was
81 any thing wrong in relation 10 the furniture of the
" White House. the President not to blame for it,
son the contrary he (Nlr. L. knew his great dcca
"cy on the subject, and would assure the gentleman
that, whenever the committee had consulted the
"Preslent in relation To any additional furniture,
he had invariably expressed his reluctance To have
any thing expended for that object He INIr. I.)
would state from his own knowledge, that a sin
"gle article of furniture supplied during the last three
years bad been supplied AT the request of the Prcsi
dent The committee alone were answcrabe, and
"they would assume the responsibility"
The undersigned do not undertake to say whether
Mr. IlNcoLs used the language imputed to him by the
"Gobc or not but as he has permitted lts publ ca
ton to remain ten days without public contradiction,
we presume that he now adopts the language ascribcd
TO him. If he did not originally utter it. For the pur-
pose therefore, of placing the matter truly before the
country and 70 correct the gross misrepresentation of
facts contained IN the above extract the undersigned
certify that they have carefully examined the vouch-
crs which had been duly audited and settled by the
iTcdsulN purchase ol lllrniturc
for the Presidents House since the 4h of March 1897
and that they have compared the said vouchers with
the statements of the same in the published speech of
Mr. Oalc, and find the said vouchers truly set forth
in the said speech.
And they further certify that it appears from the
said vouchers that more than eighteen thousand dol
lars expended in furniture for the President
House between the ith day of March, 1897 and the
| 9th day of December, 1897 the day on which the
! Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds wa.
appointed and of which Mr. Lincoln was chairman :
| the former Com on Public Buildings and Grounds
having ceased to exist the Sd day of March, 1887
The undersigned further certify that il appears from
the sad vouchers that the said money was expended
by the agents of the President, viz his son, Abraham
| Van Buren,, T. l.. Smith, and Others, on warrants
drawn by order of the President of the United States
| himself.
And the undersigned wonld further state that thu
Committee on Public Buildings aud Grounds have nc
control, direction, or jurisdiction whatever IN the Sc
lection OF purchase of furniture which the Presden
may see proper to procure by himself OF his agents
when appropriations are made for that object by law
J. c. CLARK, New-York,
| JAMES COOPER
Oh, T.. MITCHELL,
| w, SIMONTON,
| w. RlDGWAY,
y. &. GOODE.
WAsnISoToS, JULy 60 1910.
| As chairman Of the Committee on the Expenditure
, on Public Buildings il becomes my duty To eXamn
the expenditures on the Presidents House. ! hav
had the vouchers before the committee, and, havin