Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-14
Candidate Davis on the State PRINTING

In re- ent campaign speech Mr.
Davis is reported by his personal organ
to nave spoken as follows:
1T Was brought out in (the state
printing hcarinEs) by Judge Foster
that Mr.. l:url"igh was paid s@5 600 for
printing in 1904, and that he hadn't a
single voucher on file to show that the
work was ever done. 1t was also
brought out that they had offered to do
private composition for 20 cents per
THOUSAND which they We're charging the
State Il cents per Thousand for. The
result of the Investigation WAS the
abcishing of the office of State Printer,
apd the work is now done by COMPETE
tiv" bids. and | have class 'B' State
printing to do At approximately one
half Of which the state has heretofore
paid"
w" submit that the above statement
was intended to convey and did convey
to the public the following differences.
I. That Burleish 81 Flynt did tn"
state printing for the year 1904 without
furnishing the State any vouchers
therefor. as they were required to do
by law.
2 That they offered to Il" for a
private party for 20 cents Il thousand
ems the sam" class Of composition for
which the state paid them 4 cents q
thousand ems, viz. book composition
made up into pages aud justified into
forms.
,. That Mr. Davis Is now doing a
portion Of this work for halt the
price. Or approximately 50. which
was paid Rur"igh 4 t'Iynt for doing it
under the old law.
We ask our readers to go carefully
over these statements of Mr. Davis and
see if we have misrcprcsontcd him in
claiming that his statement before
the Democratic County Convention at
Alfred carried and was intended to
carry the foregoing differences. Now
for the facts. The law establishing
tn. office of state Printer was passed
by the Legislature of 1895. 1t was re-
ported unanimously from the Printing
Committee of the Legislature, being
.irpod nv the Democratic as well as
the Republican members. In hS
passage it received the vote OF ever!
Democratic member Of the Legislature;
il being the general opinion oil
the Legislature. at that time, that the
state would secure better results II
handling this work to fix its own price,
and elect a printer to do the work a
the established rates. Section O
this Act read as follows:
The State officers and heads of de
partments shall give the State Printer
upon the delivery of any completed Jo'
of printing. receipt therefor, whicl
shall lie attached to the sample of tn
job submitted to the auditor. and which
shall be the printers voucher for tn
completion and delivery of the work
Printed sheets of book work shall b.
delivered promptly into the hands o
the public binder. and after such de
livery the responsibility of the printe
for such printed sheets shall cease
IT will be noted that the State Print
or under this provision could not re
ceive a penny of the States money un
Il, he had delivered to the State audi
for a complete sample of the printe
lob and receipt therefor from tn
state official to whom it was deliN
erad When the state Printer ma
.5 those vouchers over to II
auditor as required by law. his Re
sponsibiIity for them ceased 1t 'h'
rested entirely with the Governor al