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been supplied al ihc rcgue>. Of ,he President
The Committee alone were ansNerlblc. aud
they would resume tie responsibility.
Tho undersigned DO not undertake 90 say
whether M-. lincoln used thc language impu-
ted 20 him hy the "G,oho" az not. iui AZ be-
ia. pctmucd Is puhlicatioaio remain tcn days
without p1hlic contradiction We presume chat
he now adopts the language ascutci o. him,
II be Odd not originally utter Il. For the pur-
pose therefore, of placing The matter truly be
fore the country aud a. correct the gross mis-
representation " facts contained 10 the above
extracts, the undersigned certify that they
have carefully examined the vouchers which
have been duly admitted and settled by the
Treasury Department. for the purchase Of fur
nI,uIe for tho Presidents House since the ith
March, 1887 and that ,hcy have compared the
said vouchers with the statements Of tho sane
in the published speech of Mr. Oge, and find
the same vouchers truly set forth IN the said
speech,
And they further certify that It appears from
the said vouchers that more than eighteen thou
sand dollars were expended in furniture for
| the Presidents House between the lih d.y Of
March 1887, and the 9th of December 1897,
! the day on which the Committee on public
/ Buildings and grounds was appointed, and of
which Mr.. Lincoln was Chairman--the for
mer Committee on Public Buildings and
/ Grounds have ceased TO exist on the 81 March
| 1897.
The undersigned further certify that il APP
| pears from the said vouchers tina, the said mo-
ney was expended by the agents of the Presi-
dent, viz; his son Abraham Van Buren,. I. h..
| Smith, and others on warrants drawn by order
Of the Presden, Of the United States himself.
And the undersigned would fnr;her state
that the COMMITTEES OF Public Buildings and
Grounds have no coatrol, direction or jurisdic-
ton whatever IN the selection or purchase OF
| furniture which the President may see prop
er 10 prveaSs e. himself c. his AGENTS, when
appropriations are made for that objectby law.
&C. CLARK, New York.
JAMES COOPER,
CHAS. r. MITCHELL
w. SIMONTON,
w. BRIDGEWAY.
PIG GOODE,
WASHINGTON, July 90, 1910.
As Chairman of the Committee on tho Ex.
pend,ures on Public Buildings, it becomes my
duty to examine the expenditures on the Pres
ident's House. have had the vouchers be
fore the Committee, and having examined the
subject fully At tho request Of MIR. Ogle,
state tina, the facts published in his speech
are correctly given. ] concur in the foregoing
statement Of Messrs. Clark, Cooper, and 9th
eTs.
July 90, 1910. EDw. STANLY.
/ am member Of tho Committee Of which
, Mr.. Stanly is Chairman, and as such have ex
amined the vouchers above referred to, an'
fully concur in the statement Of Mr.. Stanly.
JOHN w. ALLEN of Ohio.
Washington July 20, 1910.
certify that have examined the vouchers
= referred to in the foregoing statement OF lh'
Hon ]. G. Clark, and others, and have coin
pared them with the copies as set forth IN TIN
speech OF the Hon. Mr.. Ogle and find tba
they are truly set forth in the speech, anc
; that upwards Of $1,000 of these expenditure
5 for furniture for the Presidents House were
made by the President and his agents at thu
/ when there was no Committee of Congress II
, existence, and of course, made by the Prcsl
3 dent alone without any one TO interfere or IN
fuence his wishes; ard ] am told by IN
| friend, Governor Lincoln, that he never made
+ such remarks as are published as his in TN
$ Globe.
5 CHARLES NAYLOR.
n WASHINGTON, July 20, 1910.