The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-16

teefion, fonething much more mutt be ex-
peeled, Il indeed, any thing worfe can be con-
ceived, in fuch exteniivc tranfaGtions as the
Penitentiary, and the Armory. We truit,
that che diicernIhcnt, the prob;sy, and tbs pcs
reverence, of the preient afenbly, viii mas
all theie matters 10 the bottom. The council
had concrited shat they were beyond I'll chance
OF ceniurc, bceaufc four hfths of the aflcmbly
were devoted republicans. We truit, they
asii ind TO ,heir cot, that they are l!ot to be
protected from a rigorous investigation, mere
~ oecaute they happened to be connected ia
political principles with majority of tilc two
boufeS.
It is only doing jutticc to the federal party
to lay, thas this pNbLic printing i96 did noe
oeg'n with them. Eli the law of January
40 1898, the printer was paid honorahly,
bug noe ma9ly- HIS ialary was ok b,indre
a'd hitY pounds. When he da extra iobs,
nc dic hot resolve tucb enormous prices as
have commonly been paid fince that time. n
has been iaid, thar Mr.. Davis enioyed, for
many years, the fame fa,ary thar .Nlr. Tones
hnnielt has enjoyed. We are willing to 5es
htty dollars agaiit twenty-five, with any.
man. that this aHertion is ni9ske. The law
OF January 22d, 1903, declares, in tie I'd fec
!ioR, Tat the former alary had been found
"iIuhtcient, and therefore, It is augmented -
twenty even hundred dollars. Mr.. Davis
enjoyed this augmentation for only iinole
year, when Mr.. Jones was choien ia his place.
ne original ia'ary sYas FIX hundred and fifrv
pounds I'm addition was made of an hyodrsG
ana nifty pounds, OF, in other words of FIVE
hundred and eighty-three dollars and a third.
nc augmentation was made by Z republican
majority. 1t was made, with the cxprefs our-
poe OF diiinif'ing MIR. Davis, in order 10 n,f
WI ones IN his room. If the former would
have coniented to dclert his parry, he would
nave been printer 10 this dav. The ,ybolc
quit and prohigacy of the augmentat;ons Re-.
mans upon the fhoulders, not of MIR. Tones
Out or the republican tyof 1903 DURING
great portion of the time in which MIR. Ia
Wis hela shs Office, the auditor required r,oh
:fehenduous quantity of blanks This ia
@o0eo large deduction from the profits of
ms oHiee. lie iraniaGtions that rconired
theie Blanks have long finre been cloEed
Hence the auditor does net give tie public
printer one torttcth part CT the trouble thai he
formerly gave MI, Davis. In the face Of al
ms tne republicans augmented at the very
,NlDe tiaie tfaat the datics Of the eeAicc.had
Extraordinarily redaced.
When the committee proceed to l.,E,.1.
they will moi} likely coniult Mr.. Dave ~
VIII thew them, that the Office has hee, -
menie!y more lucrative to MIR. Zones. fb,n !.
ever was, or could be TO him. On or
hand? the cart loads of blanks tbat were ds
nanded by the auditor, formed an i7onorts',+
deduction from the profits Of his faIarv a..
re lame time, his falary asas lcis than tba- oe
VT jones, oy the iutere9ing fun Of five
hundred and rblrty-shrec dollars. Mr.. Da-
Wis vii alio INFORM the committee, that, \,
hcFeT reserved one farthing for printing af4<
o. . @hehoiy, excepting his bare iaIary, while
WI Jones has been getting dollar piece
iot pHofh!etS OF hfty-fix pages. Mr. Davis
vi" V, convince the committee that, fince tho
e'eo',"h OF WI. Jones, the number of cxtrs
JOBS has been fwelled beyond ali former prc-
Pofrion; and that the payment has been ,,,or,
considerably higher fcale than wbat w..
ever heaEd OF till Mr.. Tones became nrinrer
according TO our information, Mr.. Zones hss
reserved, ;'q,tfin the laft four years, tba eDor-
'urf OF len thouiaud dollars for extra ;oh:
while Mar DAVIS never received any thin,
IKE iq large fun within 70 ihort period
W are extremely heppy, for. the fake &c
Puonc pace and ia1sfaEtion, that the alIeubi,,
nase taken UP this builnefs of bublic orinfi.g
hciI proInptltude effords Respectable pfedSc
that the barracks, the CITY guard, and the %
mory, viii not eiespc their attention. IL.
matters OF iuch moPlent, the fpiyit Of tbe
5l1 coTinlon would not fufFeF the aaem-
ply to remain ina6tive. With what conGf
tehcy eo7't6 ldeiegateN vote fineeure Of three
'hou'sna dollars 10 Mr.. Jones, and f1metb;ns.
nor un'iSs. ailneeure, Of two tboufand dolls
70 JOIN LARK With what face could thcv
grFe oAnHe Coleman a thouland dollars re-
~f'ot[s-,for' bis important fcryices2 VIII
"h "a iaee eoaid ne give leye1i hundyed do,lare
% e efeorSe aay, foT Pisading;n Blsnnrarchais's
cale' and Cowleg I'VE Kindred dollars for
i'gS 81 pr ne csPltab and keeping the KEYS
,.,o 'aesVllsfs circular letter to bis electors
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