, 1865-12-07
The Com n1Sttt.c OF Ways nMd Means
A Note from Speaker Colia1.
NAsuIxG1uN, u. C., Nov. &C. $50.

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NAsuIxsTuN, y. C., Nov. 30, 1865.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
lucknow ledge the receipt Of yo7r daily Of the
I'd inst. which l haa previously read, being one
0! Ite subscribers; bat In which Is murkel specially
the following sentence from speech delivered at
the f,ners' CONVENTION at Norris, by my fellow
mrmter. Mr, KaAhhurue:
s.ln Tic last Consrczs obte1yed thu, thc great
and powerful Co1atuSicc OF Ways and IcarA,
shaping for good and evil 70 Fnch m cxtan, the leg
l.laioo Of the counrry, had In it two membezn from
rts,.u r1e1nbers ol Congress while the eve states
OF Illinois, Indiana. Michigan, N2sconsn aud Ai3.
Lcsota, with tAtty-nine members Of Copsrcs1. had
Eut single representative On that COMMITTEE"
tbs strtemc1, Is literally true, Int hpd alwavs
srppo4ed that Ohio, 1ova and Missouri were re-
caIled equally u ish the FIVE Stntes named above,
~ Western Sta,es. Adding theps, there were Mr'e
Western m,z1bers 4lon lhc last Committee Of Ways
cni Aeans',-1wo Cnion members and one Deno.
c1at. II Kentucky Is regarded as Wcstcs1 State,
thcp nine Western States bad, In the Inst Congress-
Jos+ mculbe.s out OF The ulne On That committee,
while *.,hc stx New England States" had two.
1may add also that the nve Union concrcssmcu
from 1nsnois had three ehairmsn.hip.: Aessss.
Washbainc. Loretoy md Arnold.
Respectfully yours, ScHurLEH CoLTA1.
. ~REAAnKs-ltis Is hardly fair to count Nal
lory, Of Kentucky, Southern Copperhead,
as Western member on that very important
committee. He rarely attended lis meetings,
nnd exercised no influence In II, his thoughts
being wholly eugrossed In saving the
remnant of slavery. in his Slate, md in
embarrassing the Administration. Mr.. Pen
.dleton, tue OHIO member, was m n,tsa-pcaee
Democrat, and cycu mo:e Southern in Ills
views than Mr. Mallory. The Great West,
therefore, had practically two young mem.
bcss TO look after It's interests, viz: Mr.. Has
son, Of lows, end Mr.. Blow, Of MISSOURI, to
onsct four old members, viz: Stevens OF Pa-,
Stebbins OF New York, and Morrill, and
Hooper Of New England. Neither Kasson
nor Blow wcre allowed to be on the sub.com.
nittee which cut ont work and shaped the
busincss presented to the House. The four
Eastern members named "Fan the ma
chine" In the interests Of their section,
piling up monstrous tariffs on everything con.
su.ncd in the West, and creating manufac-
turing monopoly, the like Of which has never
oeen eeen In any other country. We have no
complaint to make against these gentlemen
personally. Mr.. Morrill,, the most influential
hemoer OF The committee, is perfectly hon
COL, nara ~orldus member. We think, how
ever, 1na1 his geographical position Inns had
an influence upon him of which he Is mt
aware, and thas his views on the subjcc. Of
protecting ono kind of industry ut the c1.
pcnsc Of another are radically wrong. We
do not blame him for cndcavoripg 10 give hts
Views practical effect. We merely express
Tie hope that The committee will be 30 con-
stituted that other sections OF the Union shall
hnve al equal voice With the seaboard States.
Still wc arc bound to admit that the Ways
and Means Committee, RS constructed by
Speaker Coliax, was decided Improvement