New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-07
STATE PRINTING.
TIE AIBANY INVESTIGATIONS,

r,,r "BoSSp WITH TIE JOURNAL COMPANY
CONCLUSIVE TESTIMONY.
..o,, 7uE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIN THbuNEl
", ,'a,xy Feb. G.-Tho Assembly Printing Commit
L.l1 a session this afternoon. Daniel Manning
-. witness testified 1 reside in Albany; am
-, and nnblisher; my Office does Legislative
FL Cor the state under contract; it is at various
80 Mr. CassidY's statement was erroneous IN one
Ict. IN December 1865 when proposals were adVer-
"a for made out our bid in items, anu clOSeu ny
.sa;,c \ clause to do all printing ordered by the
.aI,,,ro for its own use for S58000; then, when
- so,troct was renewed, in the renewal TINS
,ors all works in addition to what shah pe
Aone for its use at prices not Ill excess VI
hot ia charged for work zone 10 INC
c,v of Albany hut in no instance shall THESE prices
ovcecd those paid in 1853; this was added oe-
6eve by Controller Allen; tire scale OF pllces At
tocbed 10 orr bid is undoubtedly on file IN the Coh-
troller's Office; can recOllcct the figures now
.;gbt or ten bids were made at The time; have
here copy of the contract, hut the prices are hot
a,,ocbsd our fixed prices for this work were taken
into consideration as well as the proposition for
e,sooo when the bid was awarded us; our hlil
fovs these prices we have never sought to divert
work from the contract. but we do Work 1or inc
LEGISLATURE outside OF it there was an order 10
mint 5000 copies of a work tins session, which was
subsequently lost By motion OF MI Al
yonl: that was under direction Oh le
fIcrk unless otherwise stated in the rcSolu-
fon. 1t comes to Us under direction OF the
Clerk we have never allowed any clerk or any
body else payments for giving MS printing; Inaue
MIR Armstrong present of money! between S@'OU
and $1,000, less than $3.50; when he gave us INC
work he didn't know that he was to receive any
thing; the gift was voluntary on my part nc
never suggested word about it,: he gave us work
that was directly under his charge; have never
allowed any psrson connected with the Legislature
anv cop1peDsation for work ordered by IT, and never
songht the passage of resolution or the making OF
a motion to procure printing; what L gave Arm
strong might amount to per cent on the WORK nc
enve u.s. which was upward OF S3O.WO, during
lis three terms; j made no entry on
our books Of that, nor any charge to profit
and loss. -
A PRESENT TO 4 JOURNALIST.
mover paid any clerks connected with
the State Department anything, nor made them
any presents for given us; there are 10 entries
on our booke Of auy such payment; gave Mr..
Hiram Calkms $3.50; that was present; gave
it 70 him because | felt thankful for what he had
done some influence was necessarily brought 10
bear OH the Legislature to procure the renewal of
the contract ! think we talked with Controller
Allen about it and others, and it was conceded that
the State would BE- saved something by giving us the
printing; there was no money influence about it,
In 1870 we had been paid about 100000 and in 1871
less than that never heard any dissatisfaction
Pressed by our competitors suppose the profit
or contract was under 20 per cent.
The amount paid Armstrong has nothing to do
with the profit; in what paid Armstrong there was
10 idea Of percentage commissions; the same
thing is done at times in private business; news
paper men understand very well that 1T Is done con-
santly for advertisements; there was not an extra
ordinary amount cf extra printing last year: we
printed the Index TO Senate bills and all other work
which was under the direction of the Clerk; the
Legislature authorizes the Clerk to do certain print
inc ont OF fIiendl- feeling TO him; we stereOtyped
or work sometimes for our own convenience, and
charged nothing for it, and nothing for extra com
position when extra copies were ordered ana had TO
be reset $40 is usual editiOn3OO for the State
officers go to be bound with the documents, and 40
for olr own protection; we charge for extra copies
but not for extra composition; the extra copies do
not pay for the extra k but the contract is worth
very little without the extra copies; the whole
thing doesn't Yield 20 per cent-nOt more than
HMls.
g How could you make your books balance after pay
ius $500 without any note OF i'll a. That would Dc
work for our book leeer; printed the Blue Book,
"Cergs' Manual" 1870 and 1871; found at the
Controllers Oi'o that the State had been paid - %
yer volume for ~ put bill at s., and 1t was paid
re print the usual number 1900 copies it cost less
nan dollar.
cALKINs BECOMES INTERESTED.
Mr. Cakius here asked leave to examine the witness
ia regard TO his statement that he had given him
Cskins) 500, which granted
Q You did printing for when was Clerk OF the
Senatel A. Yes, SIR.
O Do you recolcct anything said TO you about the
prices you should do the work for if it to youi A.
gt-- It'd 10
said by You about compensation; you always took
the bills and said You would compare the prices at the
Controllers Office before certifying
Q DID not refuse TO take the mOney you offered
mel A. You debut urged il upon you
q. Have not relations been more friendly than
soiomon and have we not frequently attended
tons together, and occupied the same room! A. Yes,
srl In answer to the Committee the extra printing
amounted IN 1869 TO Sl5OO0 lithOIaphing binding and
all; In 1859 1t amounted to less than sl54OOO neither
nor any person connected with TIE Argus Company ever
offered 70 any person with the Legislature
FOR procuring the insertion any item in the SUNNY
ni; our bill was allowed last year clnIned heard
Mr. Tweed state that Tie journal been abusing him.
he said to me he had been grossly abused by The Journal
ana was not disposed to stand IT, and would retort IL
they dd MT stop; he said he would even though il hurt
some OF bis personal friends said could not help It.
Una mat day told Mr.. Dawson what Tweed had said.
An UNsUsPECTiSG PARTNER.
George Dawson testified: am one OF the firm OF Weed
~7ons Co; was several times approached by per-
IONS VINO Informed me that there a majority dis
posed 70 be very strict in regard TO allowing Weed Par
Nus and Co.'s claim, because Of the conduct of The
Hi they objected 10 the structures in regard to the
sAHFe generally; Of the measures attacked WAS
te NeS-YOrk Tax Levy; was informed that Weed
PARSONS Co.'s bill was likely 10 he sent down in conse-
g~Dee OIL Tie Journals course responsible for
7e articles had nothing 10 do with the printing
s; The two firms separate Institutions although
soek In both the business of the Job Office Is Ia Mr.
hands, The Jo nal is chiefly under my control;
eard Mr. ParsOns's ofher daV