The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-04-11

] u say, M work done for those six years
,as cost the Government just sl,9ls,7l37o
more than it should have done.
Mr.. James English, Mr. Wendell's lore.
man for six years past, states, under oa'h
with such an establishment as Mr.. Wen,
dell's. could take the printing and do 1t
for 6lty cents on the dollar, and make money;
ma AN evidence Of that fact Mr.. i.arcombe
and myself have offered 10 do u Tor Mr..
Wendell in case lie got the whulc OF II, Tor
forty cents on the dollar. and II that rate
we would have been able to make a lew
dollars.
John Heart. the present Superintendent
Of Public Printing, testiies- believe tnis
work could be done by the public at its own
EXPENSE for fifty cents on the dollar; would
be ailling--and this will show my impress
sian on the subject would be willing, a.
printer, to give bond and security to exc.
cute the entire public printing and binding
at saving to The Government OF SloO,ooo
a year on present prices, and ! would then,
il receiving all the profits over aud above
that amount, consider myself making good
bargain believe from $4,000 TO siiO,Ooo
might be saved By the Government executing
ITS own printing aud binding.
o. Do the Printers elect OF the Senate
and House OF Representatives do their own
printing
A. No, sir; as to the present Printer 81
the House, am informed that he Is absent
Iron the CITY; there is subpoena after HIN
from the Senate investigating Committee.
and he cannot be found Mr.. Defrees, WIN
II IL ths Hnusq nFlnf-
Ing, cannot be found either; the printers
WHO actually do the work are Larcombe y
English, who do the printing at 20 per cent.
of Tie price allowed by law.
0. How is il as to the Senate Printer!
| A. The Senate Printer employs MIR.
Ri,es, who has large printing establish.
ment, and he employs his printers; he IS NIL
practical printer himself, though be has
long been associated with the printing bust
ness; | think NAV say authorltatlvely. be-
cause evidence Of the TACT has been given
before a Committee of the Senate, and
! have reason to know that MIR. Rlses executes
the Senate printing for So. per cent. OIL ths
, price allowed BY law; | think tails Is too
low, aud do not think he Can save himself
and do the work full justice at that price
he ouly does portion nf the Executive
, printing; there Is portion Of il done BY Mr.
Jewett. Of Buifalo, tuI Mr.. Bowman.
y. What portion is that
Al. lie does the Post Office blanks, A.
am informed. at 50 per cent. oil the prlc'
alo.ed by law.
III Il appeared allerward that the MIR. Jewet
here referred 10 is the publisher d Know
Nothing Or FILLMORE paper at Buffalo, who's
support was deemed essential TO the inter
ests Of Democracy.
Aud now let Us Zee where the money wen
u. From the testimony before the Commit
tee, il plainly appears that there was som
r foundation Tor "ur honurabie President
!. righteous Indignation al the use OF none.
i for influencing elections, as expressed ~ HI
Il nOinriuu, Fort du Qle.ne letter.
] Mr. John Llrcumbe. tie m.nsy clerk an
: book keeper Of Mr.. Wendell, the late publ
4 printer. testifes as follows:
: q. want to ask you whether Won kno'
!. u any pat u the profit, derived from IL
public printing being appropriated towar
> CARRYING am Of the Congressional election
j. IN the Fall Vi 1855; aud il 20, IN What dl'
! uiCts:
4 A. | have made memorandum d s
:. 1850. spent chiefly during The Fall elt'
:, IIon ol loss.
! Q. Fur political purposes:
j a. Ye.. .ir.
S q. IL whose election MAS that none
!. appropriated:
!. A. That | could not tell.
/. q. Vas il appropriated Cor the ele,tit
of the Democratic candidate Or The People
. candidate:
:. A. Always for the Democratic cause.
i. q. How much was spent 10 L,ndy's ID
trict.
!. a. link there we're two draft, mi,
IF Of sl.1Ul; one perhaps for $500. the 9TH
!, for $500.
: O In res,rd to the District represent,
II by !. CLANCY Jones ~ the lat Congress.
was any money sent into that District TO ;
f. cure his reelection:
A. | think some money went into j
in District.
/. Y. How much:
I. A. cannot state how much. ! mere
made memorandum Of the amount Of mon,
!. that vent into Pennsylvania during IL
II time. | have the amounts that we're pa
toward sustaining Tie Philadelphia Penns.
i. sanian aud the Evening Argus.
{. o. Can you approximate 10 II
/, A. II ny memory serves me, there y
4 $500 sent there ~ one occasion. Instead
III speaking o. the 81 1881 81 having been spe
Of 10 the Fall eleetinn u 1883 10 Pennsylyanl
il. | should have said that that amount was Gu
] ,rbuied to tie support % the Pennsylvan
y newspapers. The amount spent 10 penns,
!: yania 10 tie Fall election Of 1858 was ~ %
r.. only.
q. DO you know e money having be
!. spent in any other districts than thuse u
have mentioned.
p; A. There Was money sent into Phlad,
Of phia, but ! cannot tell Intp whase district.
q. By The Chairman. You kept Wendell
~ check book
All A. did.
i. q. Did il appear upon the check boo
that the amounts you have already de.lgnat
~ - having been sent into Pennsy wanna IN d
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