The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-19

Q.-D0 you f0eOllect undor wnat clroum
which is now before the court In evidence7
Al don't recollect.
9.How did you arrive at the totals 3, 4, o. y you
Q.-Dn what dstaf
Al made calculation right there.
| Q.-pid you swear to that?
Odd you write an affidavit across the state
ment In writing that you made as an expert be
A.-No. sir. There we're more ems Above,
to you In the statement offered In evidence be
fore the Third District Court than before TN
Q.-Then the statement to the court and tina,
to The grand jury. ss to the total OF ems. arr
.A.-No. sir. And when you get copy o
that statement you will find two thousand more
ems.
4 Odd you charge me before the grand jurI
with having purposely used long primer In
stead OF mnion type2
Q-,Dldnt you furnish the evidence upon
which the grand jury requested the district at
torney to file an information against me?
A.-Tbere were other witnesses there besides
me. testified about rule and figure work and
that testimony is correct. The State OF Louisi-
ana has
NO BUSINESS TO PAT ron TRASH LIKE THAT.
/ Q.-Do you cay that should have printed the
Attorney Generals report In minion type.
| A.-Yes; think miniontype is proper.
OFF you had performed the work as State
|
| Ayes: and charged for 1t gs such: My Idea
q the matter is that the work should be con-
O., Explain to the committee your idea Of the
A.-Ths book should not be as large as It is..
and conform WITH S s3is g specdo s a
art p No. 70 q 1877 For al reports documents
or other matter In book or pamphlet form In
long primer type. twenty four ems plea In
width and forty. three In length. including head
copss shs not Juaer Pc
provision for printing reports In long primer.
would you have printed them In minion2
Ayes. You would have got at that rate
s5A PAGE FOR 300 PAGES.
Q.-How much would you have charged the
sta,s If you had made your bill under that Sec
A.-About $4,000
Q.-How much would you charge the State per
page for minion type2
Allow May copies?
Q.-For the first hundred copies2
A.--About "a. There are about $500 ems OF
Q.-When you are allowed 81 per page for
long primer as specified In paragraph Of act
No. 40, you. would go to work and set It up
In mtniOn. the same matter which would cost
you " more and
CHARGE THE STATE ONLY s32
A.-Yes; only %.
.,Q.-Thereiore. ron would charge the State
sent The did rence Of The cost 81 doing the
work with different type7
OFF get "a for page Of long primer. and
get % fol. a page OF minion. isn't tue differ
ence IN dollars equal to the difference In the
k.8Certainly not.
Q-What relative proportion or disproportlon
Of value Is there between work executed In
different n r, type-as. for instance. long premier
A.,-About Is per cent. The law is bad one,
.Q.-Mr. Green, don't you agree with Gen.
Grant. that the best way to get rid Of bad
TO RraIDLY CARRY IT ouT2
A.-No. sir: not By stufing book like that.
IN Sooh has eos hs satss the
A-Well, there's about $50 pages. Take the
report OF the Superintendent. Of Public Educa-
,ion ior Instance. and you'll ind plenty OF USE
o.-Please point out some Of it2
,sa Aw wv, here page, 2a. think that's use.
ct the bottom Of page 22l and had no back fly
O.-Do you mean to say that ron would have
printed the book In that way2
Al think would
Q.-you say SO as job printer
Q.-Yet you were foreman Of the Republican
Office 10 1879 and you didn't do III
Al wasn't foreman OF the JOB ONCE.
A.-Yes; at st. Louis. In 1860.
Q.-Didn't you say you were foreman OF the
Republican office. and had charge OF such work
A.-Yes. sir.
Odd you bring your charges against the
State Printers job printing from your expe-
rience acquired as Q job printer. or from your
experience acquired IN newspaper office?
A.-They are both the same.
Q.-Do you mean that the foreman OF a news
room is
QUALIFIED AS FOREMAN OF A JOB OFFICE?
A.-Yes. You thought was qualified.
THEY ARE THE SAME. Cd
One works at night and the other In the day
time. "A printer is printer anywhere.
placer tou 'n'nA 'ne' arc competent LOT eltner
H.-Certainy do.
Q.-Dont you know that the functions are
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
,A.-They make up matter differently. that's |
IT REQUIRES NO SPECIAL
training %: as rule it's one class of work. |
Q.-Don't you know that foremen of news |
rooms are. as a rule.
: UTTERLY INCOMPETENT
TO b6 foremen Ia job offices2
A.-No sir.
Q.-Heye you ever been foreman Of job offices2 |
A portlon OF your report to the Legislature on |
the metropotan police was done in my room.
Q.-Who made VI the report
Al mace up some of 1t.
Q;-Did you ever, as foreman Of a job Office
make up book yourself2
o.-You think that the
PRINTING Law. AS IT STANDS. is BAD Law?
Ayes. sir: it's humbug. and entails I'M
necessary expense. The book work costs $24 600 |
q year: 1t could be done for $1,000 If the WORK
was done solid and the proper amount OF
OF all the work was jammed in and
printed solid-no space left-and no margin at |
all the printing would cost less?
Q..And that's the. way you would like the
orlnung act amended, because you think it
would cost less to the State?
Ayes. sir.
Q.-Now this book documents, 1879 contains
'1S7 pages. and IL stuffed" to the extent OF 1870
pages, Do you know the proportion between
80 and 2.137?
Ayes, sir. About per cent
Q-And that is the extent OF the stuflng?
BY NE. LANDRY.
Q-Mr; Green, want to get at the cost OF this
BOOK; What would be your estimate Of the cost |
d this book under act No. 40 OF 1877, as per
contract of the Printer?
5000. ~" ="
Q.-For how many copies
A thousand copies at SIS apiece that would
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