The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-22

ISL. the printing estsoshment Of Weed Parsons
year appears the following paragraph
In adjusting the between the said Weed rs,son
f o III sss ar Scs ~S. S Ss
Secretary q State other officers who were e receive
% ~ ss's printing asa =
had been delivered The sss
Weed Parsons Co hereby authorized and directed
ysss he cospSS.r ssif allow % s sasssc
ss'sSs ss %aSs
ana; anal Ss after The
IN h IN: .SSye
madeor to be made for Legislative printing.
This appears to open the door for an unlimited
amount OF extra claims, and as the present Comb
the present year closely for iursher spolia-
amounts set form In last years supply bill
BOLD ATTEMPr AT ANOTHER BIO JOB
s q "a
"Ring" resolution was conc0cted between GER
s per Of cSea of an S s oSk 10 %
buted among lac school districts OF the state. IL
was .9ig y.hlng,m IN which well known law book
and would have made fresh dip into the Treasury
to the amount Of forty or fifty Thousand dollars ls
only failed. finally, about quarter Of al hour be-
fore the hnal adjournment.
The members-or at least the new ones-may not
be aware Of one artful dodge by which the no.
MANUAL AND CIVIL LIST swINDlEs
Wien the members o. the Senate ana
vote themselves certain numoer OF manuals and
civil lists the same number are held to be appro-
rnliag the State officers are made to ln-
cludo all the canal onlcers, appraisers, &C.,
double the number that many OF the members sup
pose There rs q general belief among the initiated
reporters &c. the books are not received at all from
the printer, buta
accented instead. THUS person entitled to afty
REQ Books receives say $50 instead rom the printer
'Ss s C s sa sSS s case &c
true or false. It ~ certain that the publishers make
Sss psse that
supplied by Legislative order. The excuse generally
civil lists is that they contain information cheap at
the price ana valuable Tor school district libraries,
&C. bTt considering tnad the books contain tne
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO THE STATE
since the job was first concocted every school dis
trict library and every junk shop in the State Is
now completely flooded with them. The present
reform LEGISLATURE may be expected to put IT'S foot
special who Is regarded as warm partisan and
protege OF the republican State paper; the Eoentn0
hve am m 70 sSow as
pendence and honesty by ruling all resolutions
ordering extra printing or books out of order. He
sw I Of the w ~ ~
EXTRA eLsaKs asD 0 saGE rich,
n 20 .uar one Collar OF expense the way Of
pioyes beyond the amount to which the law limits
them Now the Legislative printing Is supposed to
be done under contract inc contract IS held by the
Smiths ruling the Legislature has no right to order
O dollars worth OF printing or single book not
decide one way i'll the case OF the poor messenger
boys and another In the instance Of the wealthy
printing firm who have received hundreds OF tnOu-
sands OF dollars from the State already for their
worthless trash. IL would be well for
AN INvEsTI0 ATING CoMMlTrEB
to be raised at once TO inquire what amount OF
actual value was received by the State for the
$lso,ooo appropriated to Weed, Parsons co. In the
supply bill of last year, and also to adopt resOlu-
ton without delay declaring that
NO NOTIONS TO ORDER BOOKS
or pamphlets or for any extra printing whatsoever
shall be received from members or from the Print.
ing Committee this session. Already one manual
resolution has been introduced, and this will no
doubt be the entering wedge for the old scneme OF
plumber unless the honest relormers take stand
AGAINST IL Qt once.