Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-09
The Hearing Wednesday
Afternoon and Evening.
Facts of Interest Relative to
Growth of Reports.
Large Attendance at Hearing in the
Hall Of the House.

TIL" hearing lafore the special com
| mite or STATE printing was resumed
,dresday afternoon and evening. III
| the hail of the House and the crowd
Of spectators who filled the hall To it's
| capacity attcst."l the general interest
| iii thi, matter. There vas nothing sen
eatiol II in tn testimony. however, and
nothing Srprilll: ne" vas elicit ID
| II WIS nearly y, lock. instea.i
| e ). the hour set. w1cn the hear
| ing began. ana the crowd was ne
ginning to think the committee
lad given W its task when ii
members finally appeared. At the out
set thairman lI"selt1n announced thu
the committee lad ;-ot"d To limit tn
subject matter of the afternoon hearing
| to tn" VOLUME of printing rather th4n
along IN" lin" of the previous hearings
First. however. stat Printer Bur.
| loi"h vas called and senator Potter of
the committee asked him about som,
| f3,Ir'e which hc had complied from tn.
state trcaSurnr'S report covering th,- l.
vars rom 1893 10 1904 inclusive rcla
| tive t. the prices paid for printing. NJ,
i,url" 2f said that. ne was inclined RI
mink ;lat tn" figures ccm,.iled by Mr.
Pottt: covered other matters beside:
the Uniting. He stated that the mo-.
cham II and clerical details Of th,.
~ intirg had be',n IN charge of Mr.
FlYnt W no from mis- experience couIl
answf T. thcs" questions with more de
tail than was POSSIBLE. To himself Sen
.tor I'ottcr'S figures showed an annuo'
aN"r:i'.e of about $42.DoO Il year fo, til.
ri oi- This did not include the amour,
Paid for the Revised Statutes
Jad.9" Enoch Foster. nhn was pres
ont. he said. as Il citizen Of the state
thnn tarted in to question Mr. Rur-
leigh r"lativ" to certain items i'll th,.
state T'eaSur"f's report His first uI"s-
ION. however. showed that he had II.
irt"r: on nf confirming himself to tn,
V"lun" Of business which was the or
der Of inGui:y determined upOn by the
| rcmr';ttne. The chairman called his at
IGNITION to the matter and after som.
discus ion the judge was permitted bv
vote IF the committee to ask som,
questions out of orti-" on the noint:
covered by the inquiries of Mr. Potter
FrGn! the start il appeared to he thu
| purpo:e of the nudge to race Mr. Bur-
leigh rv-r th- appropriali ions of iii,
would acknna-le,lgc most Of them a
| havin'; been paid for printing: but NJ
| l;urlci Sh frankly admitted his inability
| I" cary the Sfa;e Treasures reports.
Of l decade o.. moro IN his memory.
Moreover he stated that His partn".
| Mr.. Fiynt. who had handled the work
IL de tail Was present for the very pu"-
''"se 'of answering these and oth"r
questions. The judge affected great sur
| iilSr It Mr.. l'ulci@h'$ inability to PEI
| conn The modest stcnt he had set ia,
him but did not ask Mr. Flynt any
| questions.
1t "; not perhaps surprising that tn.
| :apid tire nisction of such items a.
| these INTO the cross examination BY tli;.
| judge was Il surprise to Mr.. Burleigh.
VINO promptly stated that h. could not
tell o. hand concerning them: and
mat he hal anticipated this turn to
the inquiry he would hav- taken tim.
| IN hay" prepared himself on these fig
ureS. The judg" thought the people Of
the stat" were entitled to definite in
formation regar iine III" work. and Mr..
| Hurl Ugh replied that the member o.
the firm who hal hai immediate charge
~ the work Vas present for the pIirpn-a
IF giving it: but the judg" declined 10
| Ghesllnr Mr.. rlynt on the matter
| IN answer to Il question hy .Judg.
| F"st"r. Mr.. Eurleigh stated that Daily
| Jnurl"lS lad been billed 10 the state
| 'HIcidiS ut precisely the same price at
| which they We're billed to local citizens
| Of Augusta SHOW ing that the state
| ment published in the Bath Times To
| the contrary was absolutely withOu.
| Foundations
| While journals are now furnished t,.
citizens of Augusta at S. a year, the
subscription price in 1909, the ye;:r the
bill WAS made out for which was re-
| produced III the Bath Times WAS 81 a
year.
Insurance Commissioner Carr was
| then called and in response to the uueS-
| tons of the members Of the committee
| testified as follows: "There were 200
copies of my Irport printed for 1901. BY
! law the number printed shall not ex-
ceed 3o90. There are 100 unbound copies
which go into the public documents.
Copies are sent to agents. companies. IL
| brarieS, insurance papers, depart
| mentS in other states ana to individ-
uals asking for them. Could not eliini-
| nate any part Of report without detri-
| mcnt to work of department. Size of
| report has grown with greater amount
| of Insurance business. There ara more
| comp" MES and more agents ia make
| returns than a few years ago. Probably
| Il mai ,rty of the reports are diStribut-
| ed out SGe the State. The State treas
| urY receives annually about $4,000 in
| fees and licenses from insurance COM
ranies and agents through the insur-
ance department. The old reports are
in the hands of the State librarian and
the reports Of former years. | deter
| mire the number of reports to be print
ed and have always received from the
printer the number asked for and paid
for
On cross-examination Judge Foster
attempted to lead Mr.. Carr into a dis
cussion of the merits of the Standard
poi,-. but the committee could not
see that this had anything to do with
the size of the report.
State Treasurer Oramandal smith
was the next witness and testified as
f,,Ilo>vc. s,rlare are 300 copies of my