The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-09
THE STATE PRINTING.

Promising that our able and respected
contemporary, the Aberdeen Examiner,
does not advocate the election of THE
CLARION as the State printing establish
ment, but has expressed decided prefer
ence for another party, we copy below it,
remarks in reference to the mode. of per
forming the service.
We will repeat what we stated in
recent number, that both parties
sanctioned the law creating the of
flee and electing responsible
party to execute the work at prices
fixed by law, before the war, and the
operations of the system under Citizens
Rule, was held up in the canvass as a
standard of honesty, economy and excel
lence.
The lowest bid system was tried at one
Time In this State, and abandoned. The |
cost IN the end was double the fixed price
and elective plan which was subsequently,
adopted and adhered to- In the variety of
work bids may be delusive, and can be
made deceptive expressly for the practice
IL extortlon and the presentation of
claims for extra allowances. In one ofl
he Western States two years ago, a party
nd OF the work for less than a cent ,
nd brought suit against the State for ,
200, and collected the full amount
The lines, Notwithstanding its preten. E
ons OF economy, struggled hard to keen 7
power the Radical party which has ODD n
ressed the State with burdens in all the !,
ranches of its service. 1t was BROUGHT 4
ere by It's proprietor, Mr.. Musgroye. Il
no made large fortune while HOLDING q,
e office of Auditor, during the first four n,
Ears of Radical misruIe, for the purpose =.
$ 1t was understood of competing for ci
e public printing, and it never limited =,
advocacy OF the contract system until os
Radical party was defeated. The NJ
ct then flashed upon it that the h .
Owest bid" dodge possessed rare love- r.
ess and beauty, and was precisely 81
thing for Democratic Legislature to Co
'pt to give a wheeling concern lilo abb
Elf ga chance" ma,
But we set out to copy what the Abor- exl
IN Examiner says: {" t
We are emphatically opposed to abol-
ng OF the. office of State Printer IF
letting the work out to the Lowest {" f
Ter, and cannot see that that wo,,1d &c -
lit IN economy. >,
he usual plan, and, in our Judgment l
only proper plan, is to establish y who
or prices for first class work that hast
yleld fair and reasonable profit pref
'hen elect such man or firm to do war1
VIII be most likely to give us nabIe
journal at the CAPITAL 10
the matter of bidding, if that plan weel
lld unfortunately be adopted. we lies,
- no right to exclude the Pilot Tor assa,
L INES ),or any other Radical concern 49,
Inc arena Of competition; and as il 'l0
I'll known that that establishment = posir
amply provided with all of the ma nor
ana machinery necessary for the strait
, II Is reasonable to suppose that if attac
d enter the field with more than or. - T'''''
y chances Of success, and possibly hepo
rom Democratic Legislature the mas /
s OF war essential in the campaign he Wa
ST US next fall, or if it failed to So So
the prize, it could afford to hid 90 CO.
$ TO rum its successful competitor '"io0
lat the Democratic candidates g.. ,r,.o
position ask is only the ordinarr
for good cork, and the adyanta9eS ~,
office, and the large circnls nGnn HarpC
n ne: to any paper that may be the sation
iil0i'i journal for pu