New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-20
nnch latitude 70 the holders

IT, thereby leaving too much latitude 70 holders Of
the contract to Judge whether printing OF eertan
char acter and amount within or wihot the
lave contract OF 5000 for executing tne sainc a I
creroDary with them to charge for extras when ieg-
matey Ouglt 10 come within such contract o. tMt
partly in consequence Of the abuses hereinbetore spe
| with the exception OF two years, steadDy
increased until IL now amounts TO more thah donDe "
The matter Of clerical pecu'aon and malappropria-
ton, Is reviewed considerable length ana TIE part
performed bv Messrs TerwIliger Cushman and others
Defined saws the r, port: The Clerks OF either House
mentioned by Mr. Parsons having received percent
! f. UnderhiH Luther Caldwell and william Richardson,
and he thinks the total amount paid Mr. Terwilger our
ing all the years he Clerk Of the senate would reen
5000 $4,000 having been paidihn in 1862 Mr Cnderb
received from him the same year over " 600 IN ne same
Richardson being stated from loss OF memory ana
destruction OF his books but 20 or Is per cent was al
The Committee declare that Phelps the jaunty lobby
ist, who voluntarily confessed his disreputaDe cahg
and his reception OF $4,000 for pushing quesu0hapie
bills through the Legislature refused 70 esty whether
ne divided the with Committees before wnch n
measures came. Tie diagram buslness-exp AZ :
explained in The TRIBuhE-the comm ttee Delieves d
needless expense the Stae On this point they agree
6hat seems, from ne aye &C. tabeh anu 'uc '
ton gained by this invest g.- % ne Wel-estaOlsneu
fact that the Albany printer I'd photographers nave
largely in secCrng persons TO offer reso
lutions for printing and uthoeaphng IN Dotl branches
Of the legislature, that tuey might thereby QUAIL
HOrx FOR their various e. -ah alments."
tie Committee indlcat how one fagrant abuse '1ay
checked " IL may Je generally undersOoi ahd
We will state II for the benefit Of members OF the l.
ature who desire TO the expenses IA this particular
matter kept basis, thaf RESOLUTIONS
printing peculiarly framed IN when Is mssrea me nc
brief words, extra copies or the clause, under .ae
Legislative for executing the printing at s6s
ana make extra charge upon the state. Numbers OF
such resolutions, framed, doubt have been offered
thoughtlessy aud without understanding on the part
Of members Of their Jul import and thousands OF dol
lars indebtednesshave in this manner been incurred,
even without securing any greater amount OF print,
ing than they might be really entitled TO, which would
otherwise have been saved TO the Over-Ourdened tax
payers OF our State Clerks OF either branch OF the
Legislature under the custom OF percentages which has
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happily dispeed and destroyed have been directly m
thereby realize their percentage OF gift upon thein
The positions occupied by them have become SO
term the emOluments therefrOm would. WIN
proper economy, place them in coIniortaqle
tain them. With salary according TO statute or s@OO
IN Iel Mr. Armstrong Clerk or the Assembly that year,
according 10 his own evidence, realized FOR ms OWL
laDOrs OF six months, including gfts ant.
items inserted in the Supply bill OF Last year, ABOUT
$1,000 Nineteen hundred dollars additional has been
placed In the Supply oil VI 1872 which will swell his re-
ceips for the Office TO about $4,000 This may not be
considered strictly proper matter for discussion dnGer
the resolution by which the Committee are acting, Dut
incident TO the ordering OF the printing Oh various dOc
ments which the Clerk has IN charge mas induced Us 70
bring the subject 10 your attention.
The expenditures Of the last ten years for printing are
recaptulated, and the conclusion announced tDat the
figures. or the present printing contract the COMMITTEE
recommend IN conclusion: "Whle We are not prepared
disposed TO recommend abrogation OF the existing
contract with the Argus Company yet We 90
deem IL proper 10 suggest that at It's eXplra-
ton, or whenever another one shall be exc
cufed that the proposals for doing the
state printing be advertised upon the basis, and
that each bidder shall be allowed put in an entire
y different proposition based upon different calculations
which seems to De necessary order that the work may
be procured moderate prices" They are further OF
the opinion that the results VI this examination III Do
highly beneficial 10 the state and Will have purify
ins effect on the public printing for years 10 come