Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-23

secured bids few weeks ago, upon work
of the same character, the same public
printer WAS glad to get it at just one-half
the United States price. This compila-
ton act, however, allows him to charge
the full rate allowed by the territorial law,
which IL more than 100 per cent, above
the price at which other competent
printers in the territory would be willing
to do the work."
False again. False in every particular,
either through gross ignorance of the law
on this subject, or preconceived inten-
| ton Oh the part of the writer to wlllfully
| represent matters. The rates are exactly
| the same for the United States and the
| territory, except in the single item of
binding, in which the territorial rate ex-
ceeds the rate allowed by the United
States, which is 65 cents. Would any
reasonable man argue that there is
binder in the territory who would do the
work at this rate.
Enough has already been said to prove
conclusively the fraudulent intent which
inspired the article in question from be-
ginning to end The intent to mislead
and deceive is SO palpable, the effort to
influence legislators under false preten-
ses, and by statements bristling with the
most brazen falsehoods, is SO clear, that
the article as q whole, should have little
effect in swaying the opinions, or guiding
the motives of those whose duty it will be
to pass finally upon the question at issue.
THIS inclination to crooked statement,
which shows in every line of the Examin-
er's article, finds strong and shameful
expression in the concluding paragraphs
which quote an alleged bid on behalf of
that sheet, the same being put In the
form of a comparative table, showing the
| figures quoted on the work, by two other
Il Journals, viz: The NEW MEXICAN and the
Albuquerque Democrat. ..
The star refers the reader to foot
note which says that the Examiners bid,
although the lowest of the lot, was thrown
out on technicality. This technicality
proves upon investigation to be the
"nigger in the fence" by which the
Examiner hoped to profit through a
clever deception. 1t is a fitting climax
for a column and half howl, conceived
in jealousy and spite and city meanness,
and executed in falsehood and deceit.
The Examiners bid was not thrown out
on account of a technicality, but because
it was moon plete, inasmuch as the paper
failed to specify its rates upon tive items
by charging to please itself upon which il
was expected to make up for low quota
tions upon the items specified. Knowing
that it would lose upon the bids submit
ted, as a general proposition, two items
were withheld from specified figures, in
the hope that the catch-penny scheme
would not be noticed and slip through
This would have given the paper an OPP
portunity for charge to suit itself upor
the omitted items, which would have beer
heavy enough to have covered the loss or
other things. So the matter stands
Nothing further need be said In attesta
ton of the unmistakable fast that the
opposition of thetwo newspapers referred
to above, is founded upon spite and
jealousy of the lowest order. Figures
can not be twisted into showing a profit
of more than $500 for whoever does the
printing. Into this small sum dwindies
the Examiners 'donation of $4,000 tx
the public printer"