Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-04-19

I The evidence as TO who is rssponsihle for
| this excessive cost Is absolutely irrscun.
ciisble, snd We therefore sgvss synopsis
! of the testimony bearing ON his matter.
/ The section OF the act of 1855 which re,
! iers 80 the printing snd btniInS of the
! roster IL IS follow:
"rwJ thousand fvs hCudred copies OF
| ss q roster shsu be printed snd bouud in
/ two volumes by the state printer, in tbs
! same geueral style rs the roster of Hi
nols volunteers now in the library of the
scjutant generals Off 'e."
! Gen. c. P. CnspmsR, then s6jutaut
( general of the sIste, testIties that he CD.
tslneda estimate sS 10 the cost If the
book from G>orSe Raymer, one of the
members of the DEMuCBAT CONS psuy, the
pGblc printers. NJ. Rsymer submitted
| an estimate, which Is IN evld nee, base d
ON the llnOiS roster, showing that the
binding would cost 20 s 10 cents per
ooos. The price charged for binding
after he books were delivered was ST Snls
Ference OF Sll0 per book, ur
s. 80 for the edition of 5,uoO book.
lt is also in evidence that
the order given TO the state printer
through the secretary of states = fl ,e wss
for half morocco" oindtug. Under the
stature schedule which does not specify
the difference in she price between full
aud half morocco b ndrur, the priuter is
entitled TO receive 81 SOia for this style
of binding.
Gzu. Chapman says that his under
s'anding was that the binding would cost
20 2-1Oth cents per book, the style OF
binding costing that much being the
nearest TO the style Of the Illinois roster,
and that ne was very mucn sstoulshed
when he subsequently learned that the
price charged was 81 SOl2. He adds that
the understanding was that the binding
was to be pssteboard cover, and
thst the printing clerk in the
Office of the secretary of state
also estimated that the cost
would be 20 $40 cents per book. Gen.
Chapman was asked by the committee
whether the printing clerk based his
estimate on the same style of binding as
the public printer did. His answer was,
mo other style of printing was talked
about"
Ou the other hand Secretary of State
Timme, through whose office the order
for the work was given, testlties that Gen.
Chapman is responsible for this adoption
of the more expensive style of binding.
He says Gen. Chapman WAS not deceived
as to the price, that while the order was
given by the printing clerk for "half
morocco binding" that style was desig-
mated at the instance of Gen. Chapman.
Mr.. Timme says: The adju'ant
general came into my office and
he told the printing clerk (M.. Leith) to
make out statement for him of the
probsble expense of the nding of that
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to the same kind of reports made by the
state of Illinois, which was half morocco
binding. | suggested to him that under
our statute it would come pretty high,
and suggested to him that half sheep
binding with martleized sides would be
fully as good binding "a the half mo-
rocco, and would cost considerably less;
and gave him an itemized statement of
the probable cost of that work bound in
half sheep with marble sides. He wanted
book similar 10 the Illinois book, and
wnnted half morocco binding. The order
was given accordingly and the books were
accepted by him, and we hold the recei pts
for them in the office. After they were
mpleted he certified to them as being
satisfactory"
One of the bills herewith submitted,
tee based upon the evidence, as to the
number aud size of the Volumes and re-
ports required 10 satisfy the public de-
mand, aud as 70 the distribution thereof
Its passage will save the state between
$25000 to $4,000 bennialy as follows,
according to a table furnished the com.
mittee by the secretary.
Annual Report-Number OF volumes
(present lau) rs 900, cut down to 37,OnO -
saving of 80 900 volumes; also number
of pages cut down from / $50 to l 200,
saving of $50 pages; also numo-r of
copies bound in cloth reduced from
"a, 500 to 0C0.
These reductions represent a saving TO
the state annually OF Sll 900 to Sl2 900
as coutem plated 10 sac ION OF the bill.
Biennial rerorts-Number of volumes
(present law. 81 000) cut down to 80 $50
a saving OF 3 $50 Volumes; also numb
pages reduoed from 2, 800 70 2,l95, saw
ing of 7O5 pages. Od these rep.r rts the
saving TO the eta,e would be $1,000 svery
two years, or total On both class OF
reports of bstween $27 900 and $29 900
We present herewith the testimony and
all papers connected with the iuvestiga-
tion. Respectfully submitted,
Gro. w. PBATT,
HENRY E LEGLsR,
j. b. MCCOY, Cnm.
Assembly Committee.
j. W. W.DEGR FE,
G. A. PETI IBOHE,
II. A. CoOPEr, Chm.
Senate Committee.
April Is, 1889.