The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-07-31

The publishers OF the Age received $4,000 only in
Stevens Blaine got the printing in 1857 the cost
leaped from $4,000 1000 the first year. and contn-
ued to increase until it reached 10000. That is the
way some of your taxes go. The journal is "loyal"
Maine Standard.
The Maine Standard has made the above
assertion several times during the past four
years, Its attention has been called to the
utter falsity of the statement. Eben F. Pills
bury knows it is false. In 1874 it stated that
on another Democratic year the cost of print
| ing was $2S00. The PRESS called attention
to the fact, and without recourse to the rec
ords, showed that three times that amount
had been paid out. The Standard made no
correction or reply. Now it re-appears with
the above story.
1t is not our purpose to devote our time to
exposing the falsehoods OF the Standard.
For the next six weeks one could do nothing
ese.. But to show how brazen lie the edi-
tor OF that organ can get up, we have OBJ
tanned from the Office of the State Treasurer
the amounts Of money which Fuller & Fuller,
the publishers of the Age, receipted for as
compensation for printing in 1S56-the last
year vi DemOCFdtlc rule IN Name:
Amount paid Fuller s. Fuller from the an
preparation for "Roll of Accounts for leg
isiauve printing done during session OF
6n. 1895; o;; 4,557 SO
1856, from the appropriation for printing 24s5 16
Amount paid same parties March 25 1851,
from the appropriation for "Roll of Ac-
counts" for work done in 1866. -. ....,, 5000 II
Amount paid same parties April II, 1857.
from the appropriation tor additional
Amount paid Fuller & Fuller out of appro ''''' "
priation for "Roll of Accounts for 1858,
for printing done in 1856 and first four days
Total for the year 1856. .........S2O, $50 40
Cost St,,ot Of printing for 1856 as given by the
flllSDury organ. S3. 600 %
Difference between actual cost as shown
by official records and Pillsbury's as
se1tlon'''''... ...................S15, $50 40
The above is sample of the correctness of
the statements which the Maine Standard
has been publishing the past half dozen years
respecting state expenditures. Because the
paper is published at Augusta it is understood
that its information is from official sources.
Indeed, there are instances where It has stat
ed that statements like these were based upon
official reports. Nor is the fact that these
statements are glaringly false the most dis
ASPuoaoiO tAihS COuucCIcu lueTeWlLQ. Inc
editor of the Standard KNOWS THAT THE
STATEMENTS he has PUBLISHED ARE FALSE.
He knows it, because the falsity has been
proved to him by the publication of the
official figures. Mr.. Pillsbury's organ will
probably continue to repeat the above and
similarly outrageous falsehoods. They will
be copied by the Bangor Democrat, Anson
Adcocate, Rockland Opinion, and similar un
scrupulous organs. The notorious DR.. Jor.
dan, of Bangor, a correspondent of the STAN
dard, when cornered recently respecting one
of his infamous slanders, coony declared that
man writing for newspaper has liberty
to write as he chooses and express himself as
he chooses without any censure. This must
be the policy adopted by Mr.. Pillsbury, the
chairman of the Democratic State Committee.
As attention has been called to this subject.
it is proper to give the cost of state printing
in the Republican administration Immediate
ly preceding and those which followed the
Democratic year of 1856 previous to the war.
The following figures, embracing all of the
moneys paid out for state printing in those
years, are taken from the State Treasurer's
books: