The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
At'hssIina Rraister.
THE pUKLIC PRINTER.

THE tUhLIC PRINTER.
The House OF Delegates having, afte
a protracted investigation. dismissed tn,
charges against the Public Printer, Mr.
GRASTHAM one of the JACOB commits
sion has introduced the matter int
the Senate. This introduction was &C
com panied with rather an ill>temperec
.pe,ch claiming that the Printer hat
made experbi aid charges in the worl
OF that body this winter. To this Mr.
WALKER replies:
ale Senator Grantham) ia confuted
bv his own report 10 the House Of Dele
gates. JOHN FREw charged IS fol
i've hundred copies OF two page bills
(.ee the JACOB GRANrHAA report and
the Senator sxonersted him. WALKER
chsrges 81 10 Tor six hundred copies o
the same sized biil-more work for less
mcnev-and the Senator denounces
him This we suppose is an illnstrs-
tinn Of the Senators doctrine, Euery
thing for principle /; nothing for men y
The JACnB-GRA>rHAM commission al
loved $l2 % ror FIVE hundred copies OF
q tour page bili WALKER charges
sl2 25 tor SIX hundred copies Of q bill
o. the same size, aud thereupon Senator
GRANrH.N srralgns him for fraud. Is
tlrs lhe Senator'S plan OF preserving
the beauty, sympathy aud strength
Of the Democratic party. Is not the
spirit OF hsttl ed malice too manifest to
be doubtedf
The alI,dged discrepancies in the
charges for journals, rest mainly upon
,uch suppressIous Of tact, as we have
EXPOSED. The journals are prin ed in
fwo editions The first of three hun.
ed copies is delivered each day; the
'orms are then lifted, and the type
-,snds tor corrections, and when these
art ma ie according to the directions OF
the c ERIK, the second edition, tor deliv-
ery at the end OF the session is printed
For eight pages or less. the price 81 'ow :
Il for printing two hundred and fifty
{ pies OF the journal, 10 the same as
taat fixed by the committee for the bills,
except that tn rty cents per page is al
loved upon all j Durnals for making the
corrections referred to. In the first
ediinn, the press work and paper on
e. sht pages, or less, ss the case NAV be.
is charged beyond the two hundred
and Il ~ copies specifically provided
tor. Should the journal exceed eight
pages, the Code rates are adopted as
provided bv the committees rule. 10,
the secord edition, the corrections,
press work. g., are charged. Com
position, although liable to b.
charged against tue second
edition, iu accordance with rule re-
cognizei in every printing office in the
couutry, is not so charged. The labor
aud expense OF printing IN two editions
instead oil one, makes the cost OF an
eight page jourusl something more
than the cost o. an eight page bill, but
the rrce charged BY the printer is les
tnan that allowed MIN under the rule OF
the Senate Committee. The Senator
furnishes no data by which to sustain
DIS Insinustion that the work charge 1
at book rates, il improperly estimated
w thout a sir gle exception, so ar as we
can ascertain, the bills for this class OF
work are under the proper charges -
The letter heads nf which the Seuator
speaks were made OF beet quality medl-
um ledger paper, costing III CINCINNATI
SIS per ream, OF n edium sheets This
w,s cut down to letter siz- on special
order. A man who ia email enough 10
claim that paper OF this quality ia worth
90 more than the pr ce stated In the
Senators speech, is inst sbout the style
ol person TO make a six pence the basis
OF a ,ubhc scandal.
We regret exceedingly that the Sena.
ator- pressing duties elsewhere did not
permit him to remain here to witness
I reeulls OF h IF ,rts He need not
be told that after making his sp.ech
be declare! to several Senator'S that his
res,luton wss only introduced to give
nm an opportunity for It's delivery.
II ( need not b. told that, at the meet
ius OF the Seuate Com nittee, held on
Monday uignt, he wa unable to estao-
l-h a SINGLE one o. bis iurious accuse.
tions He need not be told that his
hs-ty retreat from the odor OF the filth
be had thrown was as dissgreeable as
the -urpresson Of testimony taken by
the Jacrb Commission. and a. unmsn-
is SIS the s'sr chamber proceedings OF
that Commission in excluding from lts
pre-ence III. person most interested IN
is deEteratIor
We have now to task the Senate
Committee. to whom the Senator's reso-
luton ba- been referred. give 10 1t
prompt and thorough examination.