New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-18
JOSIAH QUINCY'S quill"
,,,.prHER SHOWN IN THE PATENT OF
rIcE GAZETTF"' INVESTIGATION.
..o>.vv rND TO THE NATIONAL LITHo-
cprHING COMPANY FOR EMERGENCY
WORK" APPARENTLY AT MR. Q'lNchs
ALTON.


,..,,ng to-day continued its inquiry into the letting
Tt,''' o,tract for the photographic work of The
o. , Once Gazette" \. Morton Bailey, Of New
, ras the first witness. He was in the employ
&C. Kenney OF the National Ithographins Com
He had number of Government
P@I, Including the Secretary OF the Interior.
,tssioner of Patents and Assistant Secretary
-.., Quincy on business connected with the
,.arbic work He had a,so seen Mr.. Quincy
80 ac,r1 70 A voucher. the ''rm Of which he did
-. understand Mr.. quincy had set him right in
-. ,na,,ar Mr. Kenney was not in the city at the
lime He had never asked any ene outside OF the
,,a,t Office TO use his influence on behalf OF the
company. lie hau never ' ' ~ ~ ~
company. - ,,, -
said he became acquainted with Mr. Kenney IN 1872
u. met Mr. Quincy about month later during
tho Presidential campaign or that year lie came
. u-shirr,on NJ the request of Mr. Kenney. He
.a connections with 1.-THE National Economist,
.Tbo American Industry and the National ldtho-
eraphlng Company. He did not Know or Mr.
Quincy owning any stock in any OF these concerns.
Nr Quincy had advanced money 10 Mr.. Kenney.
Mr. Rarev said he did not approach Mr.. Quincy
~ tho subject of indorslng any OF Mr. Kenneys
n,,or The 5000 note of Mr. Kenney. indorsed by
Nv Quincy had not been all paid yet 1t had been
extended.
senator Henderson wanted to know about the
earces OF the National LithOgraphing Company. and
,ben The witness recalled two notes. each Tor
e. 600 signed by Mr.. Kenney.
Put don't you recall another note OF the Ma
t,onal Lithograph Company made by Mr. kenney
and Endorsed by Mr.. QUINCY asked Mr.. Man
derson.
..%, sir do not the answer.
u,ra injuries by Mr.. Henderson failed to elicit
much Information
Don't you know" said Mr.. Manderson. that the
proceeds Of the first two vouchers went to Mr.
Quincy
NO, sir: my belief is directly opposite to that"
.Wil you swear they did not go to Mr.. QUINCY
81 will swear" said the witness after some hest
tatjon that to the best Of my knowledge and
belief they did rot
Mr. Bailey said the account Of the lthographng
company had not been definitely adjusted. but he
thought that $1,000 $1,000 had been paid In by
the stockholders Previous testimony was that only
500 had been paid in.
Taking each of the three original incorporators
and stockholders of the lithosraphing company in
turn, Mr.. Henderson endeavored to ascertain how
much each paid IN Mr.. Bailey said Mr.. Dunn gave
him check for $-5.
But did he say when he gave you that
check" said Mr. Manlerson. that $500 was TO pay
for his share of stock?'
"Substantialy-yes."
The witness did not remember whether or not
Mr.. Cook the third stakeholder, paid in any money.
Every dollar for running the plant had been paid
a question from Mr. Henderson. ne said that he
presumed Mr. Kenney got the money on Mr. Quin-
The witness said he could not remsmber ever
bu. he was not quite positive on this point lie had
casually , met Mr. quincy in The Paten, oGe
you made the statement that the powers that be
Il don't remember ever having said anything Of
the kind ! know felt much annoyance over The
Gazette l remember distinctly that Mr. Marvin
che discharged chief Of the draughtng division OF
no Pa Sai1 10
your pull to get this work through and said the
we could Sd have fair change in trying 70 get the
contract. / may have made some threats that
had no authority TO make, for l was much annoyed
The witness had no recollection Of having taken
part in the negotiation of any Of the Quincy-kenney
Interior Department. testified that the first KNOW
edge ne had that the National Iithosraphing Com,
through payments made in his office, was in the
latter part of July, 1893 voucher mad bee IN pr pre-
no Enowledge Of the Contract and had declined 10
some informaiites in the contract that had to be
remedied, but that II was practically all right ne
from the National Lithographing COMPANY one Of
whom was Mr. Bailey che preceding wi{ns b co ma
not pay the money without the authority OF me
f r6m tho acnr Frst Controller telling him that
''Mr Josiah quincy. Assistant Secretary OF state.
91 Wbic on left nothing in the way Of payment
This brought to him by Mr.. quincy ana
r. " bowler the First Controller OF the Treas as
uy sase na Under The incomplete contract He
:ad Mr. quincy to his Office late in August
ana early in September last and asked MN aD T2
he form Of bond REQUIRED for the contract Gi e2
amjned and went away Some time later he came
back and said there was some question aDouI ue
nS at Mr. OF Sney on r If the
had written note 70 DisburS.ny Ohcer hVdn ni,
Mr Manderson questioned the witness with ref,
%
himself Mr. Quincy said the v ;tne-'s nan coi IN
interested in some work before. the Interior De-
rartment. and asked the Controller to let him see
some memoranda OF the form and went away
Mr. Man1erson referred to The Paient o Once 1S
laugh had subsidized apoosized to the committee
AIr Henderson. looking over vouchers Of paym,enj1
o. the Gazette" work. said they shovel that $3.50
asked Mr. bowler II he did not think this very
large sum 70 be paid o1i week after wsrE a lII
Mr henderson said he could not understand how
statute relating to THE Patent once Gazette
at ap' Mr. Qnincy's nsigation ii am Simply trying
to show the tremendous power OF JOSIAH quincy
Daniel Frazer photo lIthographeIr and mem Sbc
Der of the firm Of Norris Peters company, VINO
were the unsuccessful bidders for the Patent Or
flee Gazette" contract against the National Iitho-
,ae 9''t that While The Norris Peters company had
the contract had never been paid In advanSe Oh
er Seymour of the Patent Once. asking the not,
ris Peters Company If 1t would make a bi anu l. y
SO how much, and another letter containing M,
answer that the bid would not be less than IL mao
been i'm previous years. Mr.. Frazer said ms mrs.
knowledge that the contract had been given 10 .he
National Iithogra phing Company was In "A lettei
dated June A. The letter telling the COMMISSION
or that the Peters Company's bid would not DE-
less than before was dated May 81 MI franr 49,
said The National Ilthographing Company weie
not in condition to do the work properly %n n =,
they took -they needed at least $4,000 or SJVDo to
M mn their establishment. He said the NorrlS
Peters Company believed, up 10 the time the COZ. t
tract was granted TO the National Company, u li'
no other than the photo-lithographing process "a'
permissible in printing THE Gazette . .,o oos
The witness was closely examined about tiie CO
Of doing the work and about matters pertainihE, q
the contract and ~ gave II his opinion tIiat y
was a strange thing that the bids OF the Nations
IAthographing Company were so close IN en- ~ ~
stance TO the twelve items OF the Norris Peter
bids