New-York tribune., 1872-02-28
STAMPS AND PERCENTAGE.

RECORD OF CUsHMAN AND TRRWILLIGER-RED
POSTAGE STAMPS AS REVENUE-HoW MIR.
CUsHMAN MADE THE BILLS INCREAsE-TEs-
TIMONY OF THE POsTMAsTER-MR. rEkWiL-
LIGER TAKES A HAND IN.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUSRl
ALBANY, Feb 27-The Senate Special Con-
mittee on Postage appointed on motion OF senssN
Lowry met this evening, Senators LOWRY Falmef am
rhnaon hain0 present. Joseph Davis testDed Deess
Postmaster In 1906; CushnaH The HOus
and Terwilger OF the Senate I furnished pos.ase
stamps to the Clerks Of both Houses; sOmetna
they sent orders for them and sometimes ny
called themselves Cushman generally called there w
q memorandum of them kept In a small pass book, SheA
wasafterward destroyed; think Cushman went out
Office at the end Of 1906; received the pay for ts
stamps from the Controller; never received centfr
Cushnan for them never had orders for anything es
than postage stamps TO be charged TO the postage 70
count during Cushman's Administrations | furnshH
revenue stamps Terwiiger three four OCCASIONS
In 1897 can't state the amount exactlynOt more thss
$50 worth at any time, and not $50 worth eans
tims; I don't recolect whether they wero furnishes
on written orders not; think they weo
mostly twO-cent revenue stamps; don't think sa5
were above ten cents; was not in the Post Office wa
TerwigeI 3 term expired; furnished Armstrong wiz
postage stamps in 1858, but never anything else far
nshed UDderhill with postage stamps, but never wa
anything have Of the orders sent for
stamps now; charged the revenue stamps in the poe
L
then; went outgand bought them and charged them
the postage account which was atcrward collected tu
the Controller; the account made out in gross im
postage Of documents, newspapers ETC. the COntroh@
had no knowledge from the bill that any revenn
stamps had been furnished to the Clerks the vOuchsa
were certified by the Clerks every month"; 1
have an impression that furnished rcuenue stanpk
Cushman, but not positive about it, can't tel 10
average number of stamps bought by any CLERK pw
Cushman got more than any other.
The witness here produced statement Of the postage
expenses of the Senate and Assembly from s2 70 ~
inclusive. always presumed that these stamps wac
used by tho members did not know they were SOL"
them; no money returned for any stamps'ak
out of the office, Cushman got high as 80 sheets"
one time; he sent for them certainly once MONTH p%
hsps Oftener; should think about $1,000 Of the nsn
postage for the House in 1868 was actually sent
the House; Cushman got az denominations, I -
higher than scent; the documents we stSmtS
at the Post-Oiice some of the documents
more than "a cents but thoy We're not stampo1I pIos~
fore they came down; years there were more
ments than other years which made difference
been told that the clerks sold stamps other RerscS
think VIM. Wendell OF the firm OF Mulford mSao
jewelers. told me he had taken stamps from s nv
payment for goods; he wanted me to redeem cen ~
Impression is refused that was in 1861 afier
OUT think the amount was about wv l u"'0
the same thing OF others, buG don't know II.
Isaac McMurdy testified was Deputy Pos tars
In 1906 Cushman then Clerk Of the House, taar
nished stamps to the Clerks OF bOth Houses -. "A
think ever furnished anything but postase sSt re
Cushman any ese, but Terwilhge5 s uon sra,r
leo. the year; think gave him revenue ssnL: y, $50
two cents up to 81 believed that smg9hsSS g tsSS =
was only once think IL was ia 1856 anu ged hemW
on a written order; bought tnem au 70 the COnr0n
ths fem of revenue stamps did not py had yerea
certified that the bill was oorree. ~ reyenae stsn
oTder from Terwiliger for $50 worth 1 ion,menceeas
%6lsh did not t that was at the eSoSpandun Of a.
of the present session; he maze a ar the offs, az
vii produce at the next meet!nS; TyeSsed a.
Gmythe the postmaster about ~, % mrEs get sOmein@
a.. sheef contains 100 stamps; the CeIhs 81 qg be ~
sSeets sometimes lO Terwiliger nsaaSf Sfsslmsn lets
that about month tntA a. clcTk would be "
a4se never heard OF any case tlu oreoSs AJJurnso
where postage stamps were taken lo' e'V"~
10 Thursday evening.