The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-08

Two vols. Sup Ct. decisions, o'00O w
lo76pnges i{ S4.s6 per pnge. 1906 %
Five vols. StnIutes from vol 10
to Ia, 4.45!pages, At S43e., -.
per page. 5, -. 1o,4lo 72
ves,igating ommit,ee Report, 1000 90
ooOo X. Is. trials u. 81 90. $500, 0O
1000 copies Reports and Reso-
lutions. =, ,, ..%.n:. 1900 90
otthe executive departments,
allow same as pail by tho
State Of. Ohio. MS shown fy re-
port of tho State printer for
1872, 6.257 90
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Total. Sol. 70. ~
"Wc have no 'dcnbs that ono mr. do Of
arranging the; bills for II swindle in
all these documents WAS to assume
that tho contract meant so much per
page for each thousand copies. Every
one VIII, IL familiar with printing cx.
penses knows that it is tho first oupies
which cost most. After the tyne is
set up and the first edition is printed
OFT, extra copies can always be had ut
large deduction from tho price ol
the first.
lat as now constr uct new table
going 'idto all the sw,udling Tweed.
'isms. The vouchers will thcn read
as follows:
The TwEEDED VOUCHERS.
Three thousand fvs hundred
copies Revised statutes 1862
pages, NJ 5 36 per pago for
each 1000 copies. SlG,2O6 a.
supreme Cnnr, decisions, 2 vols.
Ho10 pages, ut S4 36 per
page. 1865 90
Statutes at Large, S vols, 4,752
pages at S4.36 per pages 10,4lO 90
Ku Klpx Trials, 5000 copies,
at 49 per ynYc for each
l,010 copies. l4.755 90
Report Of Joint Investigating
COMMITTEES, 2l8 pages Mt
$3,48 pc, rnge for each ,0pO
copiv'. 1854 20
Reports aid 1ciLt Resolu-
tions, 2,l4l pages at $3.4S
per page. 1880 6s
Snndry executive documents. $4,000 90
Total, S9l1ll 90
According to the fist account, Mr..
Cardoza has paid $250,o0o for work
which Mt contract price aud a liberia
price for extras, should have cost
the State, only S5l ,40l 72.
According to tho second account,
Mr.. Cardiac has paid S250,O0O for
work, which at even the most cxor.
bitant stretch to which the contract
with the Republican Printing Com
pany can be subjected, can only be
figured up to SOL, l,lll,OO.
1t will be seen that allowing for
bills forced by fraudulent c6nstruc.
tion of the contract to the highest
point, that there is still $l5S,SS9 to
be accounted for. We do not hesi-
tate to say that Mr. Cardozo has no
vouchers for the balaice save Il
simple order or receipts from Wood.
ruff and Jones. lie cannot plead that
he was duped into paying no man
knew beltor than he the character Of
the printing swiDdlc. He paid the
bills knowing them to be gross frauds
fIc defends his actioh. lie decliucs
to aid i'll bringing tt G facts TO light.
There is but one inference. His pro.
fessions Of honesty are as false as tho
bill he has paid.
The enunciation by Mr.. Cardozo
in his controversy with Hardy Solo-
mons and the Comptroller General,
that he knew it to be his duty to ex.
anime and verify the vouchers for
claims which have be,n passed upon
by the Legislature, and for which he
had the same kind Of an order to pay
that ho had in tho oase of this priut-
ing claim, encouraged for a moment
the hclief in our minds that he would
not stand in the way Of n Thorough,
investigation Of such an cncrmou
swinule. But sc found thai his &C.
tlon III tho Que case WAS directly tho
reverse uf Iii, action in the other
How eau it be explained in any othe,
logical way than that while he was
pretending to protect tic treasury
in the certificate case liz was ,neekly
putting n screw on Hardy Soivmohs
for his own gaiD. and that in the cas-,
Of the Printing Company no screw
was needed all difficulties having
been "6xed."
Again 80 ask Mr.: Cardozo to &c.
member that 1usersol |, in tie Al
bany prnitentiary for making out
fraudulent bills, aud William NJ.
Tweed is ia the Blackwell l>land
County prison Of New York city, iol
auditing and allowing frauuuich,
bills.
The Last Dodge Of our Pious Governor
Our readers will temtmber the
cArd published by j. NJ. Barrett, II
agent Of Baltimore house, giving