The record-union., 1897-03-10
A BLISTERING EPISTLE.

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A BLISTERING EPISTLE.
After the witness was excused, Chair
man Dickinson announced that on the Sd
of March the committee had instructed
that certain letter from it should be
forwarded to the Governor, and it was
! so forwarded. No answer having been
received from the Governor, the COM
mittee directed that the letter be again
sent to the Governor and be delivered to
him in person by the Clerk of the COM
mittee this morning.
The letter, which is a very long one,
sets out that as the session is near it's
close an early answer is desired. That
in his message vetoing the printing Of
flee bill the Governor charged the State
Printer with miSmanagement and ex-
travagance in the conduct of his office;
that the message was supplemented by
certain general statements and certain
hgureS concerning the management of
the printing office and the appropria-
tions therefor, and that such statements
and figures purporting to be taken from
and based on certain evidence in his Ghe
| Governor's) possession.
the joint committee to examine into the
charges made by the Governor and gen.
orally into the management. of the
printing office and report the facts and
conclusions to the two houses of the
Legislature concerning the necessity for
the appropriation asked for by the Su-
perintendent of Printing.
1t is then set out that the joint COM
mittee is informed that the Governor
has in his possession a large amount of
valuable evidence concerning the
charges made by him Che GovernoD
ana the committee not being possessed
OF such knowledge and information, and
1t being of highest Importance and for
the best interests of the State that all
the facts possible to be adduced be
brought out and placed before the COM
mittee; and whereas, it is absolutely es-
sential to the proper performance of it's
duties that the committee shall be
placed in possession of all the facts pos
sessed by the Governor relating to the
matter in hand: and whereas, the COM
mittee, on the Sd inst, did ask the Gov
ernor to appear before it with such pa
pers and proofs as he might have re-
garding the charges made against the
State Printing Office management, that
the committee has received no reply to
such request communicated to the Gov
ernor by letter duly delivered
And it is further set forth that whereas
the committee is powerless to compel
the Governor to appear and give testi-
mony if the Governor chooses not to do
so; therefore the committee, in view of
the gravity of the charges made by the
Governor against State Printer John
ston, and because the integrity of that
officer is in question by reason of such
charges, it (the committed again earn
estly requests Governor Budd to coop
crate with it in the investigation to ap-
pear before it, and to furnish it with any
evidence he may have. or of which he
may think he is possessed, concerning
the matter before the committee, or any
or all of the charges made by the Gov
ernor against the State Printer.
The letter concludes that the commit
tee will hold itself subject to the conve-
nience Of the Governor and again re-
spectfully requests an early reply to it's
second communication.
The committee adjourned till 10
o'clock this morning