The Washington herald., 1908-02-26

Former Public Printer Charles A Still
ings. whose fond and gentle heart was
wont 10 pulsate lovingly when the merry
voices Of the weIl-paId and happy clerks
OF The Audit System, cavortlng FOR the
good or the service" about the stately
halls Of the Government Printing once.
permeated into the 'bombproor' and
smote upon his not inattentive ear. viii
not jump high or crack his heels to-
gether from mere high spirits when the
Rossiter report peeps out into the world.
StiIlings viii not be held blaneless.
Il now considered probable that
SalIings viii not be held TO have com
mitted any ofense IN contravention OF
law, but that his ideas Ui the ethics Of
the government service have not been
quite up to the standard and that his
regime has been wastefuI and expensive
VII not be denied.
Has worked Deep.
William s. Rosslter. chief investigator
for President Roosevelt. after many weeks
or work. in which he has delved into
the strange and intricate wIndings and
deuations Of the odd Audit System. will
some day this week. possibly tomorrow
or Friday. render his report to the Presi-
dent.
While Mr.. Rossiter has steadfastly re-
fused to say what that report will con-
tain, and while its contents viii act he
made public until the President has
glanced into Il. IL is believed that there
VIII be found therein modicum of praise
for the system. perhaps a rare bit for
Shllings; and the rest-well, the rest will
not be balm for either The Audit System
or Sullings.
While the Rossiter report may be held
generally to end the probe into the
strangely muddled conditions which have
existed in the Government Printing ONCE
under Stilllngs, It is predicted freely that
the Printing Investigation Commission.
which started the inquiry will not stop
It's labors with the Rossiter findings.
The commission. It seems certain. has
not only found some things In its investi-
cations Of the Government Printing Office
itself. but encountered a few other
strange things before it undertook that
investigation to warrant its going deeper
into the whole sorry affair.
No one knows Just what the commission
viii find in these trips which will start
at 81 Duane street, that place which COW
ers multitude of companies. all out for
I "a nj 81 n
ment Printing Ofiice. which has covered
part Of the people who sometimes hang
about old o.
VIII Find Some Things.
That If the commission goes into the
relations between the various CORPORA
tions, co-partnerships. supply companies.
&C., which flock about Duane street, and
which hover more constantly about old
81, it Will find things which may reveal
something rotten IN the vicinity Of sup
plies furnished the Government Printing
Office. no one doubts.
The testimony adduced at the hearings
of the commission before the Rossiter IN
vestigation began were in themselves
sufficient to convince the committee at
that time that there was something
strange in the air OF 81 Duane and the
Government Printing ONCE.
In fact, it was the revelations made by
officers of the various supply companies.
audit concern, printing corporation, &c.
ct al which is believed TO have started
the R0ssirer investigation,
That the commission with a report
from Mr.. Rossiter covering the Govern
ment Printing Office end of the case. will
end the matter, which is certainly held ia
be a serious enc, is not believed. When
the commission will continue its hearings
is not known, but it will certainly wait
until the Rossiter report is IN the hands