The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-05
ed by said board, as follows, to,uit:
New ORLEANS, I
Nov. so, 1S77.f

to pay in cash, they prefer to leave to
the judglneln aud discretion of the
| board as whole.
Your committee, in closing their re-
port, desire to return thanks to Mr.. F.
Limet, of the Bee, and Messrs. v.
Mauberret, Lewis Graham, +. T. Han
sell and William j. Hammond, practi-
cal printers, for the valuable iDf0rlna-
ton aud assistance so cheerfully ex-
tended by these gentlemen to them.
Respectfully submitted, s.
Louis LEoNRARD,
! j. NJ. LAMARE.
Your committee find that the State
of Louisiana, through its agents,
"the Printing Board" bas not con
piled with the plain condition Of the
contract entered into with the said
State Printer, to-wit: the strict cash
basis.
/ Your committee find that instead
of $4,000 cash, which he should
have received under the contract at
various times as the work was deliv-
cred, the State Printer has received
only nineteen Aunds'ed dollars in cash,
land hes now in his possession $780,
| 100 of Auditors warrants, issued to
lhim from the twenty-ffth Of March,
IlS73, to the last day Of October,
1878.
/ Your committee find that OF all
the bills rendered by the State Prip-
ter for work duly oriered by the va
Z rious heads Of the Executive Depart
ment and by both branches of the
{ General Assembly, only one was al
TALL questioned, that one being a bill
for printing ard binding Legislative
4 documents Of 1873, in a sepacat1
& volume, under Section 2G1S, Revised
Statutes. This, bill your committee
have thoroughly examined. You
comDittee called in experts, Messrs
Gerard Stith and John S, Wake,
who testified TO the correct measure
ment Of this work.
Your committee find that the Stat
Printer was instructed by the propc
Ihead of one of the Executive Depar,
ments, to-wit-lle Secretary Of Stat
. TO execute said work.
t Your committee find that th
State Printer acted properly in exc
cutting said work, being SO instructe
by the Secretary Of State.
: Mr.. H. W. Green, a printer, al
peared before your committee on
r subpoena.
Every charge brought by this wi
! ness, Green, was disproyed by th
J evidence of the experts, Messr'
! Stith and Walker, as we'll as by til
e contradictions aud preyarications {
:. : the witness himself when subjecte
: to close examination.
q Your committee believe that tbi
! witness. Green, was procured to civ
y the evidence he did, as proof {
which it is only necessary to quot
n portions of his evidence given undo
It oath before your committee.
q Qnestion-Mr. Green, under wh'
!. circumstances did you obtain info
,e nation as to that book "Lagislati,
q Documents Of 1873" about whie
:. you have brought charges Of frar
h against the State Printer before tV
e separate Grand Juries?
Answer-I was there with it.
saw it. ] was working on it.
= Question-So that whatever know
n edge you may have of what was b
n ing done in the Democrat office W
n. Iobtained while you were employ
80 there; you got your knowledge Their
oe Answer-As a workman ] did.
"A Question-As workman you di
N Answer-Yes, certainly; there
n no use denying that.
. Qaestion-How came you to bii
10 charges against the State Print
he based upon the p.ices charged I
u this work2
10 Answer didn't bring aay eli.
~ ges, the bill was brought to me.
MI Question by whom?
Answer-That's a private matt
II Question I insist upon the "
- mess answering the question.
), Answer i can't recollect.
Question Can't you refresh u
memory7
X Answer WE'LL i you don't aoanl
use this against me IN a criminal pr
~ ecution, I'll tell tell you how | got
m Answer have no desire to pr
.rd ecute you.