Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-15


The undersigned Wing members ct Congress. have /
LA called u plblcauoni IN the Globe
of the l0h of July IL 60 Ter 'hc capuonoi Mssrs
Lincoln aud Ose." from which Ihc following extract
Is taken,
lie (Mr. Lncon) was no friend of Mr.. Van Barcn'
but he would DO him the justice 10 siy At there VAS
any thing wrong n relation to the furniture ct the
White llOusc the President was not 10 bans trr II.
On the contrary. he (Mr. L. Knew ms great dclcacy
on the subject and ,>-uld assure the rcutlcu that.
whenever the committee had consulted the President
IN relation TO any additional furniture he had uvaria-
Div expressed has reluctance To have any Thing expcn
dcd for that object. lie MIR l. would state irom
has knowledge, that not a single article of lrni-
supplied during the last three years had been sup
piled at the request OF the President The committee
alone were arswerabc. and they would the
responsibility"
! The undersigned do not undertake To say whether
/ Mr. LINCOLN used the language imputed him by
the Globe or not but as he has permitted its pub
lcanon To remain ten days without contradiction.
presume that hc adopts the language ascr.bcd
him ii he did not originally utter it For the purpo,e
therefore. of placing the matter truly be1re the
try and currecI the gross misrepresentation OF facts
contained the above extract. the undersigned cer-
iy that they have carefully examined tn vouchers
which have been daily asdilod and settled 10y the
Treasury Department for the psrcase of furniture for
the Presidents House since the ilh Of March. 1897.
and that they have compared the said vouchers with
the statements of the the published speech of
Mr.. Osle, and find the sld vouchers truly forth
in the said speech.
AMI they further certify that appears from the said
vouchers ih1t than eighteen thousand dollars
were expended in furniture for the Presidents House
between the I;h day of March. $50. aud the 9th ,ay
of December. 1897. the day GA which the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds was appointed. and
OF which MIR Lincoln was chairman the former Com
miuee Public Bindings aud GrouIss having cca
sed To exist the 81 day Of March, 1897.
The undersigned further certify that appears FROM
the said vouchers that the said money expcnde,
by the agents Of the President. his Abraham
Van Buren, I. l. Smith, and Others. warrant,
drawn 10y order fthe President of the Unlcd States
= himself
And the undersigned would further state that IN,
Committee Public Buildings and Grounds have II,
control direction. jurisdiction whaeveri ia the srlec
ton purchase of furniture which the President maj
r proper procure by himself his agents whcI
J. appropriations are made for that object by law
j. c. CLARK. New York.
e JAMES COOPER,
e Gil. ,. MITCHELL.
J. W. SIMONrON,
w. RIDGWAY,
II i. C. GOODE.
It wNsuINGToN, July 30, 1910.
= ~ Chairman OF the Committee on the Expenditure
7 on Public Buildings it becomes my duty To cNamin
4 the expenditures the Presidents House. hav
n had the vouchers before the Committee and hayin
examined the subject fully at the request of Mr Ogl
n state that the facts published in his speech are co
n rcctly given. concur in the iorcgo ng statement
n Mcssrs. Clark, Cooper. and others.
JuLy 20. 1910. EDw. STANLY.
>, am a member of the Committee Of which NJ
CT Sianly is Chairman. and such have examined Oh
vouchers above referred and fully concur in t
n. statements Of MIR Stanly.
IT, JOHN W. ALLEN, of Ohio,
Of WASmNGToS, July 30, 1910.
! certify that | have examined the vouchers rcfc
red To IN the foregoing statement of the Hon J.
Clark aud others. and have compared them with d
copies set forth IN the speech of the Hon. MIR Ogl
oi and find that they truly forth the speech
81 that upwards Of 5000 Of ese expenditures for u
lie niiure for the Presidents House were made 10y a
President and his agents time when there was
10 COmmittce of Congress in existence and Of cours
H. made 10y the President alone, without any To j
- tcrfcre or influence his wishes and am told by u
'e friend, Governor Lincoln that he made any SUI,
" remarks published as his in the Globe.
b CHARLES NANIOR
j. WAsHINGToN. July 90. 1910.