Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-04-20

IMPRESSION. contd not swear positively, new"
er having taken manuscript from them. Mr..
Appleton contributed as editor after he went
into the State Department.
@. We're his articles on general politics -
A. On genoral politics.
General George Washington Bopman on the
Staad-He dra,os a fine distinction betUeen
a Su6-Contractor and Foreman
George W. Bowman, sWorn. Examined by
the Chairman.
b. Where do you reside, and what is your
occupation A. reside ia this city, Oh II
street, between Tenth and Eleventh. am eds
itor and proprietor of the Constitution, and
printer to the Senate.
Q. How long have you been printer to the
Senate? A. Since the l7th Of January /
think that was the day on which / was elected.
The 18th of January of the present year.
Q. How long have you been the editor and
proprietor of The "Constitutiou ?'' A. Since
the IIth Of April last.
O. Do you perform the public printing your
self, or have you contracted it out. A. per-
form tue public printing just in the way man
would who wss printer, aud undertook to
discharge or oversee everything pertaining to
the public printing. | employ Mr.. RiVes to
execute the work for me, for which / pay him
at the rate Of 66s cents 90 the dollar of all
printing that shall be executed aud passed by
the Superintendent Of Public Printing.
@. How much money have you invested as
Senate printer 20 execute the work required of
you a A. what money have | ngestedl |
have Mr. Rives; as | stated in the beginning,
employed to execute the work for me mechan-
lcally.
Q. Have you invested any money! Docs
he not do all the work. Has be not ali the
materials A. Yes sir be does the whole
work.
O. He owns the presses, materials, and
everything With which the work is donel A.
Yes, SIR.
@. Have you made any Investment for the
purchase of presses? a. No, sir.
g., By Mr. Hlbdman. The presses are your
investment for the present, being ia your en-
ploy A. Yes, sir; and have the cootrol of
the Office just as much as if it belonged to me,
for the execution of the work have to DO.
@, by Mr.. Somes, Mr. RiVea is sub-eon-
tractor under you2 Il. No, sir he is simply
employed az a foreman by me.
O. / understand you TO say that he did the
work for YOU for sixty-six and two third eeEts
on the dollar? A. lie is employed by me as
my foreman, just as | employ foreman in the
Constitution office, to superIotend the conpo
sition, read the proofs, make up the foFme and
attend to the busines of the Office. ! give it
all the personal attention required.
O., by the Chairman. Where is this public
printing done, which you we're elected to do |!
A. ln Mr.. Riyes, Office, the Globe Office, on
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Q. Who owns the building in which it Is
DeTsr inquired.
@. Who owns the type used in the compo-
sition, and the presses A Mr.. Rives.
q. Who purchases the paper! A. The Gov
ernmeDt, the printer has nothing whatever to
do with the purchase Of the paper.
q. Who employs the hands who set the type
aud work the presses I? A. Mr.. Rives, as my
foreman, simply as my foreman.
O. Have you invested dollar ia this con-
cern of Mr.. Rives, where the printing is done,
which you we're elected by the Senate to do 2
A. have employed Mr. Rives as my foreman,
aud be furnished the Office and the material
I General BoWman Dodges.
@. are the profits of the Senate printing, or
any part of those profits, appropriated toward
sustaining the newspaper known as The Const.
tuition, or any other newspaper
Mr.. Hndmsr, object
The witness interIUpting By my election
as Senate printer, there was no appropriation
made in any way to the support of any news
paper out of the profits thereof.
History Of the Post Office Blank Printing.
Q. You have said that you printed the post
Office blanks for number of years! A. Yes,
sir for about fifteen years.
@. Did you derive your contract from the
public printer A. No sir for eight years
was contractor with the Departments.
q. You say that you were for eight years a
contractor with the Post Office Department
A. Yes, sir as the lowest bidder uuder the
contract system.
0. When did those eight years expire A.
think in 1852 or 1853.
O. From that time did you do the work as
sub-contraetor A. Yes, sir.
O. Under whom? A. executed the work
for the public printer under a sub-contract.
c. For for the public printer A. Yes sir;
and also as q sub-contraotor under Mr.. Wen
dell.
O. You did the work under Mr.. Wendell
A. Yes, sir; was Fub-eontractor under Mr..
Wendell.
q. at whstrates' A. My first acquaintance
was at the rate of ffty-fve cents and executed
the work for forty-iye cents on the dollar,
paid by the Government.
O. Do you remember what is the aggregate
annual cost TO The Government for the printing
of the Post Office blanks A. From $40, 900
to $4,000.
O. A year, A. Yes, sir
The President and the Printing Piundsr.
Cornelius Wendsll recalled
Q. Has the President been in the habit Of
dispensing this Post Office printing! A. II
was doue by contract until 1856. think
then the contract expired, and it reverted to