New-York tribune., 1872-02-01
ALBANY.
THE STATE-PRINTING RING.

THE STATE-PRINTlNG RING
,s or THE COMMITrEE-THE WAYS
'hh IN MEANS OF THE RoBBERs-lLLhDAn w., = :.
Tre,sIATION IN PRINTING AffAlhSmnrn SS---I,rl = :,
TPICks OF THE TRADE-Ihb ,sC,iiSIor,
LEFT TO THE CLEhhS-SN'N
a. ON THE PRINTING.
rRy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNkI
Ian 9t-The Senate Special lnvesti-
a. ror,n,ttee will meet tomorrow evening 10 take
t,s.noe on the charges made against MI Ierwhhsei'
reetincs will be public, and 1t Is prohseu tnae .uo
..,,gation will be thorough MT Gracle VIII Oe VIC
,,noss called and the books Of Weed Parsons
- viii he producedthat Is, 1t lies IL INC po"ei VI
,sA comminee 10 get at them
e,roe the matter OF the public prlnunk S's""
.,a,ed several important facts have come 10 hen -
S~ ,no tonovinc is brief summary: Two separate
40 made bv the state one for the printing OF
,s.,,,ve documents and the other for pruning io'
40 ao-tyneDts The contract for the legislative PiinF
r. as given 70 The Argus Company IN 1863 OF s'oVoV
and extended for three years by threehe cl'uSo >"
,ne sunny bill Of 1870 The extension Is mahhes' VIZ
I,,on Of the law Of 1916, which requires the OohIo
IA secretary of state TO advertise for proposals ana
award the work to the lowest bidder once IN every wv
years At any rate whether legal or lHeea' INC eN
,ou Of the contract with The Argus company was "'
,omplisbed bv a trick Weed, Parsons q TO- nave INC
department printing. ,.-,s
"a ,, toyv words in regard 70 the contract ITSELF
osolption is introduced for the publication say OF
, comics Of report on the State library for the use OF
The LEGISLATURE and 900 copies for the use OF the Regents
of the University The first 200 are covered by the con-
tract while the other 200 separate Job ior "ncn
the state pays independent work Again II the reso
luton by any accident gets through with clause IN IL
proydng that the printing be done under the direction
Of the clerk OF either House. the clerk is at liberty
20 take IL where he get the best terms for
himself No mputatOn is intended to be put on any
clerk but there have been clerks Of the Legislature VINO
were not above accepting commissions In return Tor the
cooperation in swndling the State. Very little. indeed
Of the printing ordered by resolution OF the Legislature
Ia for the use OF members Of the Legsature-probaby
not oneffth II cannot be doubted that there is per
feet understanding between the three employed
bv the State 10 do lis printing. MI Parsons has shown
that the public printing is 80 profitable That
ne prefers 10 pay commissions Of 20 and %
per cent rather than surrender a small proportion
of it, In his testimony before the Insurance Investi
eating Committee yesterday, Mr.. Persons said that The
Aroas had an interest of onehaf in the printing of the
Insurance reports. In short there is thorough com
munity of interests between The Argus Company and
The Journal Company. The same fOsns" not
frequently used by both establishments while the State
IL charged for double composition. II matters cannot
be managed better than they have been the state will
have other alternative than TO do its printing.
discussonsn the Senate this morning illustrates the
confusion Wlch CAstS III the minds OF senators IN
70 the public expenditure for printing Mr.. Bowen had
moved 20 take from the table a resolution 70 print 900
copies of the report of the Trustees Of the State Library
for the of the Trustees, with pendng amendment
TO strike out Trustees and insert Legislature" Mr.
Benedict for snubbnG the Trustees by
fusing to pass this resolution first offered. Mr..
Bowen explained that the only printing falling IN
der the contract that ordered for the Of the
Legislature. Mr.. Madden asked under what rule
extra printing done Mr.. Bowen said there no
rule but extra work printed agreed npon. Mr..
WoOdin had certain information that all printing not
ordered express terms for the Of the Legislature
was done at an extra cost 10 the state. Mr. Murphy
thought there was this resolution than appeared
ON the surface In former years printing had been done
for the Trustees because they in communication
with literary men throughout the world. Legislative
printing was done for certain amount. and now
20 claim that such work this was done "for
the legislature" aud thus avoid extra payment was
not entirely fair MI Palmer said that until it was de-
cided in way what extra printing was to cost he
should against any printing except that which was
legislative Mr. woodn said that contract was for work
for Itbe Legislature work II might order II the
present contract hardship the state would cheer
fully surrender il. But it not hardship the
con ract was at first for only year and had since been
extended 10 three years The subject then dropped
without action Oh the resolution.