PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
The SPEAKER [Mr. Ridpath] who was assailed by the Woman's Temperence Union for interfering with the interests of temperence legislation, denies that he has done anything by his ruling or otherwise to retard the progress of the cause. As the House Temperence Committee has also come in for a share of the displeasures of the Union, the Speaker says it was formed upon the direct suggestions of the leading spirits of the Union. He insist that he is thoroughly a temperence man in his own life, has strong views upon the subject, and has never failed to accord the temperance people the fairest hearing upon the floor of the House. He declares the resolution of the Union condemning him and the Temperence Committee as unjust, and inspired by evil disposed politicians who have worked themselves into the favor of the Union.
