Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-13
The Government Printing ONCE.
REPORT OF THE INvEsrIG ArIyG COM
MITTEE

In the House yesterday, Mr.. Vance, from
the Printing Committee, made q partial
report on the Government Printing once
The report states that the Conversational
snn,,. mas charged for the work of the ex-
~ 70 10 per cent. beyond the regular rates;
tnat ne has been lying more than the ordi-
nary retail market prices for many OF the
ARTICLES purchased for the ONCE; that he has
invariably purchased supplies from middle
men, allowing to them a handsome profit;
mat The prices paid for lab r are greatly In
excess OF those of other establishments and
that, as present managed, the printing and
binding for Congress and the DEPARTMENTS
costs more than IL would be done for by
responsible private parties. The waste gold
leaf for the last seven years, which has been
appropriated by the superintendent of the
birding department, Is estimated at sii COO
The report declares that a system of un-
paralleled extravagance pervades every de-
paTtment OF the Government Printing OH &c.
In regard to the printing of the Congressional
IL would be in the interest of economy To
remove Its publication from the Government
Printing Office, and give contract to Mr..
Franklin Rives.
The report describes the bookkeeping To
have been Of so loose character as to be
entirely unreliable, and says that the Con-
gressional printer demonstrated fully to the
mind OF the committee his utter disQualifi
cation for the proper discharge Of his duties;
and that his subOrdinates are very little bet-
ter in that respect than their chief. The
internal management of the office is repre-.
sented as worse, If possible, than the book
keeping, and as being of such a character as
would ruin the most substantial private
establishment in the country. This man
agemeDt comprises the lending of IA achinery
and material to private parties, the employ
ment OF men on account OF political fofiu-
ence who we've totally unfit to earu their
wages; The payment OF employees while alb
sent at elections; the selling of records aud
documents on credit, in violation of law:
the execution OF work for private parties
forcing md ha fol n
or accounts. In conclusion the committee
expires ses the opinion that the work at the
government printing office costs half a mil
lion year more than 1t would cost IL doue
by responsible private parties under proper
contract system; and that it is wise TO take
Immediate steps for the discontinuance OF
the office.
The committee also recommends that the
proposition OF Franklin Rtves, of May 2.
1876, for the printing and binding OF the de-
bates OF Congress be accepted, and a con-
tract entered Into, to take effect at the be
ginning OF the next session, and that the
printing and binding for the departments
shall be under the control of the heads OF
those departments, and shall be executed
under contract. the report closes with reso-
lutiOns fnstructfng the Speaker to certify
the testimony TO the District authorities to
The end that the Congressional Printer may
be indicted and prosecuted, instructing the
judiciary Committee to inquire whether he
Is an officer who may be impeachet, and in
structiDg the Committee on Appropriations
tn report In the sundry civil appropria ton
bill sections for the abolition of the Govern
ment Printing Office, and providing for the
printing and binding for all the departments
OF the government.
CORRUPTION IN PROVIDENCE The Prov
fdence board OF aldermen has begun an IL
vestgation of the police department upon
charges made by the Sun, a weekly paper of
that city. These charges have been made in
partial detail In several issues Of the paper,
and have aroused storm OF indignation
Ihey allege that women prisoners have been
subjected TO the grossesI indignities while
being searched; that the station is made q
house of. assignation; that prisoners are
treated with great cruelty; That property
taken from prisoners at the time OF their ar
rest is not always returned; and finally, that
20 'itlons on the police force are bought anc
sold. No official notice was taken OF these
accusations at first, but the popular clamor
aRalnst the police force has beco ne So grsa'
ttat thorough investigation is now 10 b.
made. Mr.. Ross, editor of the Sun, appeared
before the board of aldermen aud name.
about twenty witnesses, who will be sum
moned 10 appear next Tuesday.
THE GIFTED DAUGHTERs OF e. L. DA
VENPokT-The daughters of E. l.. Daved
port form bouquet OF beauty and tals1r
Fanny Davenport" says New York let
ter, "the leading lady OF the New York FITth
Avenue, is one OF the most beautiful. versa
tile actresses on the American stage; Blanca
has acquired an enviable Continental rap1
tation On the lyric stage; May, now Twins
WIN her mother, Is Leading stock actress
showed in the brief time she was on the
boards that she could hold her own In THU
gifted family; and now, last and youngest
(aDd most attractive girl), comes Florence
whose ripening, rich contralto voice, under
the care OF Mrs. Behrens, already has llade
her name seriously to be considered by the
kellogg troupe for next year."
PENNSYLVANIA NEW APPRENTICE
LAW.-Any person who shall, either in an
Individual capacity or as a member OF any
association, attempt by any unlawful means
whatever to prevent any mechanic, EN-.
ployer or person having charge of any man
ufacturipg business from taking as an ap
prentice any minor whose parents or guar
dams are DESTROYS OF apprenticing said mi
nor, or where such minor is without parents
or guardians, and desires to apprentice him
self or herself, shall be guilty of misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof in the
proper court OF quarter session, shall be sen
fenced to pay tne not exceeding 800, or TO
imprisonment not exceeding three months
or both, or either, at the discretion of the
court.
EXECUTION AGAINST TWEED. Mr.
wheeler III. Peckham placed in the hands OF
the sheriff OF this county yesterday an exc
cuiion against the property OF William NJ
Tweed. The amount which the executor
calls for is Se,65219, with interest from the
date OF entry of Judgment. A similar exc
cution was forwarded at the same time 10
the Sheri fl OF the county of Monroe, which
II is understood, is intended to reach some
interests In corporations, which Mr.. Tweed
siderable real estate held under ATTACHMENT
issued against Tweed. but what amount
is likely to be realized on the executions
cannot now be estImated.-[N y Herald
l2fh.
MAGUIRE AND MCKEE HoPEFUL-A
special dispatch to the New York Times
nom st Louis, May II, says :-Ex Collector
Con" Mcguire started for Washington this
evening to seek q conference with Secretary
Brtstow and Attorney General Pierrepont
Before leaving, Mcguire said If he could &c,
an audience with Mr.. BIistow he could lar
before him such facts as would induce thai
official TO join in the Recommendation for
executive clemency, both in his. case and
that OF VIM. Mckee. The friends of Mckee
and Mcguire are confident that they will
escape imprisonment. The time allowed by
the court for the presentation OF their applf-
cations for Presidential Interference expires
next Tuesday.
Elk COMMISSIONER BAKER CONrRADICrs
MISS SWkET.-General James II. Baker, for.
merly commissioner of pensions, In an in