The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18
THE STATE PRINTERS MANDAMUS
EXAMINED AND THE CASE
SUBMITTED TO THE COURT.


Treasurer. to compel defendant to cash certain
warrants. came up before Judge Monroe yes-
terday for the examination of witnesses.
Mr.. Dupre was called to the stand. After
speaking In general terms of his compliance
with the law In printing the documents OF the
Legislature. Mr.. Dupre said:
i told my foreman TO carry out the pro-
visions of the law, and to make some extra
copies Tor any misprint; In Q printing office
printers, and II is only for cause that managers
interfere between the printers and the foreman
One day Mr. Green told me that the foreman OF
the pewsroom was defraudng me. In this that
he had his son and other members of the
family employed as subs IN the. Office; that he
kept boarding house. and 70 induce printers
TO board with him be would employ them to
work at the DEMOCRAT office. provided they
Tonld stay sta ar At his house. l found out that Mr..
He lett. On the streets he told Mr.. John W.
Fairfax and Mr.. Barrow thatI had made u con
tract with him to work as foreman and had
to Se G asked to BE- ebsr asP o
the company. saying that he could command
evidence against the State Printer. / had that
propositions were made or from persons
whom know to bs reliable.
The Attorney General objected to any ev-
deDee but what the witness could furnish from
ITO Judgevoorbies. j / was unacoualnted with
the provisions OF the Revised Statutes under tho
tary OF State called my attention to section 1918
All States print the same kind of documents
and the vartous Secretaries Of State interchange
the same books or. volumes. which are pre-
served In the State libraries. as can be proven
in the case. Of the state OF Louisiana. by a
to II W b9sr a wsch hun
from the various. States. OF the Union. as. for
instance. those I examined. and of which /
PsH 81 New 9or hs se
On the thirtieth day Of July last the clerk OF
the Superior Criminal Court told me that there
the grand jury for defraadins the 81 state. ats I
ascertained that the nature OF the report was
similar 70 the reports usually made by grand
alton is filed. and therefore to be kept secret
pending an investigation or the filing oil
IN information. The report was sent to the
/ asked the Governor not to show IL to the
press until an Investigation had been made.
The Governor said he would not offer II to the
| effect requested him to have summoned five
members OF the same grand jury who had filed
the report two lawyers and two experts. all OF
his own selection. to form tribunal to investi-
gate the charges against mel to appear with
my foreman. the Governor refused, and told
me that there was no legal authority for such a
commission. then requested him TO convene
meeting OF the Printing Board, and that an
exnnminetion be entered into by the board.
bers Of S sgafG ssn sh
with himself could have constituted a quorum,
told me that there was no authority at law by
dicial functions. and. for this reason. declined
to convene the board for the purpose OF investi-
eating the State Printer; Upon my suggesting
the board might check public opinion then set
ting against me. as conceived. the Governor
buntly answered that 1t was no part OF his
On that report OF the grand jury alluded TO
formerly. an action In chaneery was brought
against me as State Printer. and against the
Aud hi md Trn AD
auditing or cashing any Of the warrants Issued
to the State Printer from the first OF January,
1879 to December 81. 1873
Mr.. Dqpre was then asked In what type were
the tabulated statements printed. and he an
swered that the tabulated statements were In
nonpareil and minion,, He continued:
raj Assembly shall, after having been printed
The state Printer is allowed 50 much per
and when the book Is printed he is entitled TO
so much per page. One Of the charges brought
assDs me bz the Grand ran Jury = based On
should be printed In minion type
The grand Jury was led to believe that by
printing the reports In long primer type and
Leading the pages. | could get more money
thereby. The grand Jury misconstrued the law.
They thought that ought to have printed the
book IN ,hs the type the j9grns To
fifths more than in long primer"
The next witness was
HON. W. A. STRONG,
tho Secretary OF State.
The evidence OF the Secretary was the same
as elected before the investigating committee
OF the House and Senate yesterday and will be
published In full In Sundays paper, together
with that OF the Auditor and of H. w. Green
the original informer.
After the, evidence, Of the Secretary of State
was closed Judge A. Voorhies. Of counsel for
the State Printer. began his argument, which
Will be resumed tomorrow. after which the
Attorney General will be heard and the case
taken under advisement by the court
The above is a mere skeleton OF the evidence
court having 50 far failed to transcribe his
notes. we are perforce debarred the pleasure
we would feel In publishing what Is an abso-
edition OF the DEMOCRAT, however, will contain
mass OF evidence now being transcribed by
our own stenographer.