The record-union., 1897-03-15
EXPERTS WERE NOT READY.
But They Will Put In Their Report
To-Day.
1t is Said to be a Complete Nindica-
ton of State Printer John
Ston'S Acts.

st am an American and / speak the
American language, and you can't DIS
tort that into any such meaning as you
try to suggest
I'm Just as good an American as you
are. and l understand the language as
we'll as you do, and l can make no
meaning out of this other than that
you performed work in the Forty-slXth
fiscal year and paid for it in the forty
seventh
well. if you can't you don't under
stand the language" was the retort.
The first speaker was Eugene 5. Had
ley, Bookkeeper of the State Printing
Office, who had been baited for nearly
two hours by the second speaker, An
thony Caminetti, Assemblyman from
Amador County, and the scene was the
Supreme Court Chamber, where the
Joint investigating committee of the
State Printing Office was in session
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Hadley had been questioned
closely about the amount expended in
the forty-seventh fiscal year to COM
plete the legislative work Of the forty
sixth fiscal year, and Mr.. Caminetti in
sisted the following passage in the
State Printers report showed that his
contention was correct:
In addition to the above amount,
used for legislative printing in the
forty-siXth fiscal year, the further sum
of 81 800 10 was expended from the ap-
preparation for the forty-seventh fiscal
year, as follows: Miscellaneous print
ing (Senate) $15 05. journals S614, APP
pendices to journal S1,619 %, statutes
(pamphleD $5,5S2 40. Total $3.50 10.
Making a grand total of SII,oOS 63 as
the cost of printing for the thirty first
session of the Legislature"
After a long wrangle General Fore
man Harry Rodgers was sent over to
the State Printing Office and shortly
afterwards he returned with the gener-
al order book, which showed that the
work was not ordered from him until
the forty-seventh fiscal year had been
commenced, and was not completed I'M
til three months later.
Mr. Caminetti looked at the book and
said there was no need to put Mr. Rog-
ers on the stand in connection with the
matter He was satisfied, and retired
from the consideration of the matter
The expert bookkeeperS were to have
presented their report at O'Clock, but
it was not forthcoming, and Senator
Dickinson said: I'VE are paying $500
a day for four experts and it is cost
ing too much for all we are getting out
of them. I'll go and see if l can
make them hurry up
When he returned he said the report
would be ready by l o'clock to-day
CMonday), or at least that the experts
had so assured him. and he would in
sist on having the report at that time.
Secretary Markley of the State Board
of Examiners, was on the stand for a
few minutes. but as the investigators
had not before informed him of the ma
ture of the information they required,
he was excused till he could look up
the data.
The only other witness was Mr..
Hadley, and the only matters on which
Mr.. Caminetti questioned and reQues-
toned him We're with regard to the al
legged shortage of sol 900 to which Gov
ernor Budd referred in his veto mes
sage. and the use of money from the
forty-seventh fiscal year for legisla-
tive work that should have been print
ed in the forty-siXth fiscal year, had
there been enough money.
w nile TINS line VI dhFSN4o4iiA4S " tAN
going on. Mr. Caminetti said: Then
the Governor was right, and did point
out that you had used the money OF
the forty seventh fiscal year to pay
for work for the year previous?'
Mr.. Hadley replied. why, the Gov
ernor pointed out nothing that we had
not already stated in our report before
and he simply echoed our own state
ments"
But you admit he had cause for his
statements"
"Oh. pshaw!" said two or three mem
bers of the committee at once, What
are you trying to get at?''
And there the matter dropped. The
committee will meet again at / O'Clock
to-day.
1t is said the work of the experts will
show that every dollar Of the money
appropriated for the State Printing
ONCE, has been properly accounted for