Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-04-26
Printing Corruptions--The President ani
the Public Printer.

the Public Printer.
The following is PORTION Of the evidence
of Wendell, the Democratic Printer to The
Senate given before the Covode Investiga-
ton COmmitte. 1t speaks for itself:
Q. Was there any condition affixed 10
your doing the work of the Thirty-fifth
Congress, by which you were TO own and
conduct the government organ, The Con-
stiiution? A, No, sir.
z. That was voluntary snterpIiss?-
A. Yes, sir. The editor of the organ is
generally supposed 10 command the pat.
ronage Of The President. There is good
deal of this work at the disposal of the
President-say an aggregate of one hun
dreded thousand dollars year moro or
less.
Q. At the disposal of the President?-
A. Yes, sir; that patronage the organ has
COMMANDED for years, i. being impossible to
keep paper up here without government
support.
Q, Is this one hundred thousand dollars
worth of patronage you speak of at the dis
posal Of the President Personally? A.
The law provides that it shall be under the
control Of the Heads Of the Departments;
but it the President signifies to his Cabi.
net that he would be pleased to see A. B.
or G. get it, as matter of course they will
obey his wishes, il has been a matter Of
custom for the President to dispose of il;
Mr.. Buchanan has done it, and his Prede-
cessori Mr.. Pierce, did il; never had
any intercourse with the Cablne. in the
matter; my intercourse has been direct with
Mr.. Buchanan, and was so with Mr.. Pierce
@. Did you make any distribution TO-
wards the election 10 Congress OF ]. Clan
cy Jones. in 1858? A, A similar question
was propounded me BY the Senate commit
tee, which / respectfully begged leave 10
decline answering. answered generally
that Ihad for years contributed from my
own resources, money derived from whG
sources II might, 10 the ,usIenance OF The
party; that had always been an enthusiasts
tic party man and still wa,; and that lroba
bly, should contribute more 10 the coming
campaign, if had it. stated that | had
expended money in Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey, Ohio and divers other
States, and that | had given to districts
represented at that lime on the floor BY
personal and political friends. l now slate
that ! did contribute in eight or ten dis
tricts Il cannot call 10 mind the exact num-
BERN Pennsylvania, during the last cam
ps;;sn, IN sums varying from $3.50 to 2.25O,
in the different districts which it was sup
posed a little material aid would carry for
Us. did, among others, contribute TO the
Bsrks county district. represented then by
The Hon. J. CLANCY Jones, and 10 divers and
sundry others.
Question by the Chairman-Y You stated
that $50, 900 were to be allowed out OF the
profits Of the Executive printing towards
the organ under General Bow
nsnp A. WhsnI parted with it in March
asst, | found that paying Rice and Stevens
could not SUIT in The Union i,en the prof.
Is Of the executive work and therefore
10 give ii to any party that might
,e designated by the President.
Q. Who did you make this proposition
A. To the president, and to pay $4,000
yer annum was my FIRST proposition. Pend
ug that proposition, Mr.. Baker the Collect.
" Of Philadelphia, came down 10 procure
i'd for the Pennsyiudnian, and finally
lad to sccede TO giving 500, 900 per annum
BIO 900 per annum Of which Mr.. Baker
,btsinsd for the Psnnsyiranian. ] have
zen Informed that $fe, 600 VI tho $2o, ooci