, 1875-05-06
Money Spent to Keep Out Competing
Proposals.
Tho Collnslon Between tic "Journa1 ,,
aud Register ?" Offices.
4 Democratic Editors Grub of R28. 900
from the State Treasury.

hi lie Legislature has expired. aud tde accounts
Aaro bcen settled, brief history, drawn from
official and other reliable ho,lrccs Of tho public
i printing. about which 60 much ras aAid during
; the adjourned seahIou Of the General Assembly
OF tho WINTER OF 1874, may not bo uulnteresting.
TUE CONTRACT
to execute the public printing from Nov. !,
1872, to Nov. !. 1874, was awarded 10 William Il.
uahachs and Edward L. Merritt on the 7th d.y
Of September, 1872, by Gen. E. Z. Llppin-
cott. Auditor Of Public Accounts, Gen.
Essatus y. Dates, state Treasurer, and tho Hon.
Edward RummoIl. Secretary Ut State. They
executed bonda duly approved by tho Governor.
Tlio rates wese those fixed By tho Law Of 1868.
!; Soma time afterwards, 1t leaked out tt1ht
j NcssEf. Datlhache aad Merritt had used, to hire
OF other printers aud annbio themselves to
eecnEo tue contract at tue MAXIMUM ra:cs allow
Cd By iaw. abou: slo,5o0 or 5,250 each.
Baillaehc, upon tho payment by ths Journal
Company. Of which no was tl1o Secretary and Goil-
ernI Manager, Of the Hurn Of $3.50. aahigned
his interest TO that corporation. In November,
Hrayman, then President OF the .journd! Com
pany. antl u. II. Uaihacho Secretary, executed
I contract with L. l.. Mosritt BY whic. tho Jour
no! Company undertook TO execute al tho RtAts
) printing under the contract, aud to give Merritt
who MAS
i Arsof rTELr 70 no NOTHING,
29i1 per cent of all moneys received from tho
:ta:e for vorx dons. 10 mako everything sAfe
LOT Nsfflt' al attorney scnuls 10 have teen cin-
i!osci who drew the Contract, aud provided
sh11cin. that trustee, Who uaY na.hcI. ellou!d
draw frotE the Sia!e hl mourrs cer.,:ie,1 from
time to sl:ta 10 Ls due lilo canlrncuss fer riHt
!nE. ana deposts IL tie 5Prsngteid Savings Bank
! III per cent Of the sl"L su1ls 10 drawn to the
! credit OF the Journal Company, aud a1l< per
cant to Z. /. Marritt. It will b. soen that none
Of .ts parties nom In eontrol Of the journal Of:
Inv nj IN r. 1lobs t,As1
beea, IN tho spr1ng ct 1877. turned out Of tho
journal Board Of Directors hv Ernyman aud
Dalhache, sud D. L. Phillips. the third momber
Of the Duar3 Of Directors had stsayed OF after
dead BY Dravrpan aaa Dsilbhchc. who seeni to
! haso proceeded to adm.n;e:cy on his estate.
without consulting hs somsahst lively corpse
1t all.
! TIL" JOURNAL" PEOPLE,
during tho Ninscr Of 1873, nefe not happy.
Phillips and Baker held large majority Of the
ntoek Of thu Company. but bsAysnau and DA,!-
w ~ aoi so sGss lsa
"sura thug" On tie othsr fellows and did ~
tAey pleased. But all good thinga have thci.
dsawbacas, and that hold BY Draymsn and Dali
hachs had its dus share. THO aunua1 election
Juno tim LIT. or thereabouks. Of each
year, and DrA7mhn and Hailhache clearly foro-
haw that they wo,ld ba retired At tho anuual
meeting. So they shse"diy proposed TO Dakor Il
price. They had rasl for most Of It par ninr
months before. Their proposition was 10 sell
ths *io5Oo they held Mt siso per share. or At \
printing contract. Baker i Phillips. on bsi,als
Of tlls 1ourna! Company. werc compelled to pay
this enormous prizes for the stock, tho premium
boing $3.50 on tho State printing contract,
They paid of Mossrs. Be4yman and Daiihsche.
who evidently chuckled oyor their good luck and
STEPPED DOWN AsD OCT.
Thua It will b eoeu that, 70 far, the Journal
ottca had bosn made to bieed vi account 81 this
printing coutract s10,5 500. Then cams tbs dis
caarge Of the Obligations Of the Merritt Contract,
by which the Journal Coupauy nad to blesd to
tho further tuts Of 22}1 Per cent Of, klI it, bts
FOR State printing, for the benefit soiafy Of T.. L.
Icrritt. who Was to do nutniug aud has dons
uotl,iue except draw LIS por cent.
Mr. Merritt has been for two years past vary
loud IL hls
rao7EsrAr,oxs or HONESTY,
and hsk n,oat oitttr1y aseAad tl.o wh1le Ropnb-
I ilcau party. aud yearly esery leading membsr Of
It by name, A. thie*ea, tcouudFo!s. sa!aFJ"grab-
bots, public robuers, oud every o.Ler vile eepitet
Ut which he 10 master. lie las assaltcI iIr.
cu!om, Gov. peysridse, Gen. Logau, everybody
without stint. Now, let us REQ hoN he htAnds
about ".rsbs and "steals." fle patd *5,25o,
~ shown ~ ihe Dradwe,l examination, to hire
ptlnsera not to bid asaiuA. him and HatEhacho It
tile letting OF tho contract. Then he nau,pu-
Lated out ut tho .iour,..! Company a contract BY
Which he has drawn Nlt!Iout EohhcEinE the State
aesxees 20 the Sh'ae u s'uste eoatt 10"
n'uGn. Wv Let si ~ re-. ,.7,.,.,. h,.. re-,
W saasnns Lne hnto' , oos, ana tus1
.us na.e 1.h ue, nue ann nao 1T pft-
!of Auuautn ~ % euean", u'.' Eios'uov Aol t"o
9eais' saa'ng sosempe' a, !as', sna OF thas sim
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moro snAu -o;uo' a.s'e! i.o9 tns asa.e 4Eeas
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