Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-03-22
Some Examples Of "Rooseveitian
| Fair Play"

Journal to have "Rooseveltian fair
play" In the hearings held before the
| legislative printing committee the
present session is nowhere shown with
greater force than i'm its notable re-
| port of the testimony given at the
| hearing of Feb. "a. by the four expert
printers summoned from Boston. Cam
| bridge and Portland at the request of
the Public Printer. Something less than
third Of a column of it's valuable
! space was devoted to the testimony of
master of the craft-and in this space
| was also included the cross-examina-
| tions by Judge Foster.
No more important witness appeared
| before the committee at any of the
hearings than Lewis A. Wyman. an
| experienced practical printer, a men,
ber Of the firm of Wright & Potter Of
Boston, which for 3S years has done
the public printing for the state of
| Massachusetts. and of which he is the
| treasurer and manager. Mr.. Wyman's $
| testimony. AS taken by the official stem
| Oeraphic reporters made /. typewrit-
ten pages. Of which nine pages repre-
sented evidence brought out by the at
tOrneys for the Public Printer, and
three pages the evidence brought out
on cross-examination by members of
the committee and Judge Foster, the
| attorney for Mr.. Nichols. AS reported
i'll the Lewiston Journal MIR. Wymans
testimony made all of l75 words, of
which II words were graciously devot-
| ed to the testimony elected by the at
| torneys Tor the printer and 1oG words
| to the evidence brought out i'm cross
examination by members of the coih-
| mittee and Judge Foster. This 1t VIII
| be observed was the Real IhihS'
| The Open" the very quintessence OF
"ROoseveltian fair play. The full re-
| port Of Mir. Wyman's testimony. as
published in the Lewiston Journal, Will
| be found on the first page of this issue,
and along side of il, for the purposes OF
co.n;,a rison. we have published the
stenographic report of the same evil
| dence.
| At the same hearing at which Mr..
Wyman appeared. Mr. George d. I-or-
| ing of Portland. was present and tes-
tilted before the committee. Mr.. Lor-
practical printers in Maine-a gentle
man whose integrity no man will ques-
ton. Mr. Loring's testimony. as taken
| by the stenographers, made 81. type
| written pages. of which 3E pages were
devoted to the direct examination by
the attorneys Of the Public Printer.
ard ~. pages TO the cross-examination
| by Judge Foster. In its report of the
hearing the Lewiston Journal, mindful
70 doubt of the just demands of
| "KoOsereltian fair play" accorded his
testimony sc words-26 being devoted
| to the direct examination by the attor-
neys Of the Public Printer, and 60 to
the cross -examinatio by Judge Fos-
ter. It's full report of Mr.. Loring's di
rect testimony WAS AS follows:
| george d. Loring OF Portland. said
he was printer and bOolsbnder. He
! testified as TO the cost of producing
J printing matter and customs of the
| craft
This was certainly coming out in
| The Open" 1t WAS the "Real Thing
with vengeance. What Il wealth of il
lumination il threw upon the facts
brought out by Mr.. Loring's testimony!
and how helpful it must have been in
assisting the readers of the Lewiston
Journal to d full and fair understand
ing of the printing Matter" The Pub
lie Printer is unable to account for
such distinguished consideration, save
upon the ground of that personal and
political friendship professed by the
editor of the Lewiston Journal in the
early days of the session.
The direct testimony of Herbert II.
White. one of the best known printers
in New England. is covered in the
Lewiston Journals report us follows:
Herbert II. White of BrOokline.
Mass. treasurer of the University
Press of Cambridge. Mass. testified in
the same line as the preceding wit
ness
And the Lewiston Journal readers
are still wondering what Mr.. White
really did Say.
Equally complete and equally salts
flying is the report of the testimony of
Charles f. Williams. u prominent
Portland printer, whose direct testi-
mony is reported by our Lewiston con-
temporary as follows:
"Charles f. Williams of Portland.
job printer. testified on same lines rs
other witnesses"
The direct testimony of Arnold II.
Jones' manager Of the Rockland COu-