The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-24

pxcused upon the ground that have been
inhaled and induced to make a false report
by designing man Sir, ! spurn such
pTofers, and am not willing that the
crimes Of others should be covered up by
accepting the mantle Of charity for my
self 1 heard the evidence, Judged for my.
self, and am responsible for II. as are the
Hon. John D. Lewis and W. G. Barclay,
whose honesty and uprightness, Ike
Cnsar's wiie's, are above reprOACh, and
the "designing man." rs he Is termed,
was disposed at all times 10 be
at least as lenient, II not more
leniGnt, than any other member
OF the committee. II appearb, also, from
the report that the printer who furnished
additional copies OF the daily Convention
journal TO the Senate and House, charged
each body with the composition, when
really the type was set up but once. The
committee allowed this, although all
agreed that the charge was not properly
made, but technically he possibly was jus,
titled by the usage Of the craft and so all
the way through. :,
The code says tho book printing shall
be done or estimated as octave. Now, by
reference to the House Journal oil 1872, it
will be seen that It contains nearly double
as many signatures" As that Of 1871, al
though much smaller book. The sigma
lures are marks to designate to the binder
the number Of forms" The same marks
were used as guides by the committee in
estimating the number Of forms, and mul.
tiplying the forms by the number OF copies
printed, and dividing by the number OF
240, ascertRined tho number Of tokens OF
press work. Itthis plan was followed out
by the public printer In the Journal OF
1879, the number OF tokens OF press work
must have been very heavy.
But, Sir, j will pursue this part OF the
subject no ftrther. l now ask the aLtcn-
ton Of the honrable Senators from Mason
mot in his seat and Preston to subject
in which they are interested, aud, II my
statements are not correct, hope they
will set me right. In the early part ofthe
present session the Senate Committee on
Printing was called together TO consider
and fix price for the printing Of the Sen
ate during the session. The classification
agreed upon was as follows: For page
bills and journals, 50 IS per page-to in
Clude composition, press work and paper;
all bills and daily journals above @ pages,
10 DO estimated as book work, and to be
paid for at the price fixed in the code Of
1868. This arrangement not meeting the
views'of the printer, at his instance the
committee met again, he being present.
He stated that VIC should allow him 1926
per page up to ten pages, and something
Tor correcting the journals. It was finally
agreed that he should receive 50 % per
page up to eight pages, ian octave FORM
which was understood by the committee
TO include composition, paper and press
work, and thirty cents per page for cor
recting the journals, In which arrange.
ment understood Mr.. Walker cheerlully
acquiesced; and l think there was not q
single member who did not so uEderstand
1t. Mr.. Peyton informed me that the
House paid the sane as the Senate. /
also called Mr. Walkers attention to o
ream oil paper furnished the Clerk of the
Senate, having the letter heads printed
for which he charged sixteen dol.
lars, which bill the committee cut down
to eight or ten dollars, do not now dis.
tinctly remember which; but no replied
that It did not matter about That.
Now, sir, II further proof was necessary
to establish the truth Of the report Of the
Printing Committee appointed last ses-
sion, the Public Printer has been kind
10 furnish it. On examining the
vouchers for the present session, / find as
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