New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-27

missed Wallace and took the key OF tho wHeToon
III JoSn Hsa,d the nreeeet Superi 1tendent Of Pub'
Phi ting test6es believe this work could be don'
nv the pubc at its own expense for fifty ceLts on m
dollar, would be willing-and this will show my On
preston on the subject would be Wiling as
printer to give bond and security to execute Toe enI'
public prir ting and bird a. saving 10 tue fover
ment OF $lCO 900 year present prices, ana woulc
then IL receiving all the profits over and ABOVE ina
amount consider myself making good bargain;
believe from $3.50 600 to $4,000 might be saved oy
the Government executing Its own printing anu
binding. 49,
BY The Chsrman-Have you given this subject a
good deal of consideration A. A good deal; so
much that would be perfectly willing to give oond
and security that L would enter into such contract
Question BY the Cbairmsn-We are authorized 70
inquire into these abuses of the public printipg be
kind enough TO state any abuses which may have come
under your observation A. The great abuse, in my
opinion is in making the public printing the re ward
for political parizaDship instead of looking 10 the in-
teretts of the Government; you elect men who are
net printers; they employ others who some lines are
not printers and then they employ printers the RENE
dy in ny opinion, Ia for the government 70 employ
printers i.self arc leave out the intermediates.
q. Do the Printers elect Of the Senate aud House
of Representatives do their own printing A. No,
Sir; TO the present Printer OF the House AN ln-
formed that he is absent from the city; there 10 sab
peBa after him from the Senate Investigating Commit
tee, and be cannot be found; Mr.. Duffees, who has
interest with him in the House printing, cannot be
found either; the printers who actually do the work
are Larcombe & Englieb, who do tho printing az ~
per cent off the price allowed by law.
Q. How IL it az to the Senate Printer? a. The Sen
ate Printer EMPLOYS Mr. Rives, who has large print
ing establishment and be employs his printers no Is
Lot practical printer HIMSELF though ne has long been
associated with the printing business; think may
cay aubortativey because evidence Of the fact has
been given before Committee OF the Sepate, ana
rave resson TO know, that Mr.. Rives executes the
6. rate printing for thirty and one-thfd per cent
Ill tnk HE IL fDntn LIZ
and do not think he can save himself and do the
wo fnll Justice at that price, he only does portion
of the Executive printing! there portion OF 1t done
by Mr.. Jewett of Buffalo, for Mr.. Bowman.
Office blanks, as am informed at 50 per cent off the
price allowed by law.
o. Is he practical printer7 A. That do not
know; am not aware Of his antecedentsi he has
large establishment there.
@. At Buffalo, A. Yes Sir
Q. Is he Lot the publisher Of newspaper! a.
don't know; may have heard, but have lot bur-
Geped my memory with it.
II pearedafterward that the Mr. Jewett here refer
red 10 "a the publisher of Know Nothing or Fillmore
paper at Buffalo, whose support was deemed essential
to the interests of Democracy.
And now let us see where the money went TO. From
the testimony before the Committee it plainly appears
that there was some foundation for our honorable
Presi6 eDts righteous indignation at the use oil money
for influencing elections, expressed In this notorious
Fort On Quesne letter. >,
Mr.. John Larcombe, the money clerk and oook-
keeper of Mr. Wendell, the late public printer test-
fes IS follows:
@. Iwant to ask you whether you know OF any
part of the profits derived from the public print ng
being appropriated toward carrying any OF she Con
pressona elections in the Fall OF 1885, and if 80, in
what districts7 A. / have made memorandum OF
ISIS.
Q. For political purpotes1 A. Yes, Sir.
q. State the amounts and the one or two districts
to which you have referred. A Without being able
to state particular amounts shall only be able to tel
you that some of the money, think, went into MIR.
LaDdy's District.
that Mr. Landy ever any of this money, or heard
of it, OF that any other gentleman who was candid
ate, had any thing to do with it.
.. Was Mr.. Landy candidate, at that time, In the
District which was called LaDdys District A. am
rot sure but know the District was called Landy
District at that time.
Q. To whose election was this money appropriated
A. That could not tell.
@. Was il appropriated for the election of the Dem
ocratIc candidate or the Peoples candidate A. Al
ways for the Democratic cause.
O. How much was spent in that District? A. think
there two drafts inside OF OOO one pernapsIor
$500, the other for y30O.
Q. What other Districts was money spens In a.
L think in Mr. Joness District.
Q. Into which of the Joness District-J. CLANCY
Jones or Owen Jonesl A. There was none went into
the District Of Owen Jones that know OF.
Q. In regard to the District represented byJ CLANCY
Jones in the last CODgress-was any money sent into
that District TO hisreelection A. think some
money went into his District.
Q. How much A. l cannot state how much.
merely made memorandum Of the amount OF money
that ent into Pennsy vania during that time. have
the amounts that were paid toward sustaining me
Philadelphia Pennsy lrantan and Erening Argus.
Q. You do not know the amount of money that
went into j. Clancy Joness district A. do not re-
member.
O. Can you approximate to il 7 A. Hmy memory
thara mt thara m aoatOn
Instead of speaking of the $l 85 having been spent
in the Fall election of 1858 in Pennsy lyana, should
have said that that amount was contributed to the
support Of the Pennsy vanian newspaper The amount
spent in Pennsylva in the Fall election Of 1888 was
about $4,000 only.
Q. Do you know of money having been spent in
any other districts than those you have menti 9ned
A. There was money sent into Philadelphia, but
cannot tell into whcee district.
@. Was any sent into Mr.. Florences district A.
None that know of; only know that there were
drafts made from Philadelphia; Mr.. Wendell drew
two or three checks himself.
books? A. did.
@. Did it appear upon those check books that the
amounts you have already designated as having been
seIt into Pennsylvania in the Fa OF 1858 had been
paid for political purposes A. 1t did. -
Q.-Yoa have no doubt Of those moneys having been
ured for political purposes A.-NOne in the world
Q.-By Mr.. Kllinger-At the time the money you
spoke of was sent into j. Clancy Joness district had
Mr. Wendell any business relations In that district
A.-NoDe to my knowledge.
Q.-Had he any business relations in Mr.. Landy's
district when he sent money up there in the Fail Of
1858 A-No, Sir.
Q.-By Mr. Clopton. it appear upon the mar.
gin OF Mr.. Wendells check book that these amounts
drawn for political purposes or is there simply
a memorandum of the amount drawn A. The word
political" as well as the amount in some cases.
q. Did you, in November of 1853, accept draft
from j. Clancy Joness District in favor of anybody;
and if So fer whom and for what amount A. could
not now tell; the truth is there many cheeks
drafts &C., drawn by or Mr.. Wendell, chiefly from
lrania ahnnf time that cnnld nnlaaa