The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-13
.lTISHIATRITAGlNCES
Unearthod by New jerseys In
vestigating Committee,
MONSTER BILLS FOR PRINTING.


Twenty Thousand Dollars a Year Paid for
Translating and Printing of Certain Re-
ports, Not a Single Copy of Which Have
Been Distributed.
TRENTON, April 13.-The senate investi.
eating committee resumed its sitting yes
| terday, Counsel Corbin opening the ses-
sion by exhibiting the minute book of the
state board of arbitration in which no en-
| tries had been made since March, 1898.
The minutes exhibited showed in one case
the authorization Of the president of the
| board to put in a long distance telephone
in his private residence at the expense of
the state. Lewis Robertson, one of the
members Of the old board, and ex-senator
Martin, of Hunterdon county, were put
on the stand Mr.. Robertson admitted
| that he had secured his position through
| Martin, but he denied that he had ever
given Martin any compensation. Martin
also denied that he had received any
money from either. Both Robertson and
| Martin were examined closely as to in
terchanging and cashing of checks, but
no proofs of Robertson having paid Mar
tin any money was adduced
Mr.. COrbin next took up the case of
county clerks who have not returned to
the state treasury certain judges fees
which belong to the state He went over
a list of the counties showing list of de
linquents. They included County Clerk
Barber and exClerk Hollingshead, of
Camden; ex-Clerks w. A. Smith, j. Ed
ward Vandever, Samuel Smith and James
T. Wrightson, of Essex; Joseph Arrow
smith, James H. Patterson and Charles S.
Patterson, of Monmouth; A. B. G. Haven,
of Ocean, and Dennis Mclaughlin, of
Hudson, had paid within the year over
$1,000, and only owed for the present term
of court.
a number of county clerks were put on
the stand. James II. Wrightson, who owes
fees for six terms of court, said that there
was litigation with respect to the fees due
to county clerks of Essex, and he did not
feel that he should pay the money out of
his own pocket while much larger sums
due him were tied up so that he could not
get them. Clerk Barber, of Camden
squared up yesterday, and said he had to
pay out of his own pocket $3.50 which he
has not yet collected from the lawyers. He
suggests a law forbidding county clerks to
file papers until the lawyers had paid their
state fees
Ex- Clerk Hollingshead testified that the
S645 owed by him represented the amount
of fees he had been unable to collect, and
he did not think he should be made pay it..
Samuel Armstrong chief clerk to Quar-
termaster General Donnelly, was ques.
toned as to military transportation fur
nished to state officials and employees not
connected with the militia. Mr.. Arm
strong said that this transportation was
issued by orders of Governor Albeit, com
mander-in-chief of the militia. Mr. Cor
bin then read a detailed list Of the persons
thus furnished with transportation at the
states expense.
Mr.. Corbin, after Mr.. Armstrong left
the stand, brought up the matter of state
= printing. The state treasurer's report for
last year shows an expenditure of $4,000
under the head of printing, and $4,000
under the head Of advertising. This by
no means included the total amount paid
as items which properly belonged under
these heads were distributed through
twenty-six different accounts. The total
expenditure fol the past four years, as
shown by computing all the items, ranged
from SLIT 900 in 1891 to S191 900 in 1894
Even this sum- Mr.. Corbin said, was not
, the full amount paid out as some of the
state boards receive their appropriations in
lump sums from the seate treasurer, and
} incur their own printing debts.
Mr. Corbin also showed by figures from
the state comptroller's office that for the
f past four years it cost the state 800, 900
! year to have certain reports translated anC
, / printed in the German and Italian Ian
! guages, and proved by witnesses that il
the case of several of these reports not
5 single copy had been distributed
I Otto Heinz Of the Heinz Lithographinl
and Printing company, of Newark, whicl
drew large sums of money from the stat
treasury, was put on the stand. Mr.
Heinz said that all work done by his firm
had been obtained by bidding in opel
competition or by authority of legislatlv
resolutions designating the firm to d
certain work. The books of the firm wer
submitted to the committee, and will b
examined by Mr.. Corbin before the mex
meeting.
Mr.. Corbin questioned Mr.. Heinz closel,
as to what disposition had been made b.
him of the cash proceeds of certain stat
checks he had cashed in Trenton, and n
. corresponding record cash deposit ap
s peared in the firm bank books. Mr. Helm
: said he had paid bills with some of it, an,
' presumed the rest had been deposited. TIL
firms cash book not being at hand tn
statement could not be verified. The casl
book will be presented at the next meet
Z | ing of the committee, when the investiga
tion into printing extravaganza will b
4 | continuad