The Washington herald., 1908-02-02

Between Audit system and Suffolk
Distributing Company tn Gene Up.
Probe WIZ Likely Go Deep.
Is the green-hued sun" of the Govern
ment Printing Office about to set beneath
the horizon Of Congressional investigat-
ing committee and the happy laugh of the
SL650-a-wcek clerical force of the odd
Audit System no more to ring through
the marble corridors of the Government
Printing Office?
L looks very much that way, for one of
the most decisive steps i'm the proposed
investigation of the big printery The
Audit System of New York. and The Suf-
folk Distributing Company. the alleged
strange relations between any or all OF
these with tEc Others was taken yester-
day by the joint committee on printing.
When that committee meets again on
Monday morning at II o'clock five men,
who are all supposed TO know something
about the relations between the printing
office and the two above-named compa-
nies. are expected 10 appear TO give testi-
mony.
Expected tO lie Present.
no subpoenas were issued for the FIVE
men, bur it was understood by the COM
mtuee that an of them viii be present. if
il is possible TO reach them 10y wire or
letter before Monday The committee con-
sidered the issuance of summons for the
1E,a rT
there was not time enough between the
time of yesterdays meeting and the hour
or II on Monday 10 properly serve a sum
mons the matter of appearance was left
in the hands OF r. Golden Donaldson. who
is attorney for the Suffolk Distributing
Company. Mr.. Donaldson told the COM
mittee that he viii make every cndeayOr
10 have all the men whose presence is de
sired I'm the committee room when the
investigation starts ON Monday morning.
The five men are all connected with.
have been connected with. or are supposed
20 know much about The Audit system
the Suffolk Distributing Company and
the relations between these companies
and each other and also their relations
with the Government Printing Office.
one of the men requested 20 appear Is
J. f. Handy. of New York. alleged 10 be-
the president of the Suffolk Distributing
Company. II was expected by the com
mittee that Mr.. Handy would be present
at yesterdays meeting and Chairman
Landis. Representative Perkins. and Seua-
tor Whyte were all present az II o'clock
10 20 on with the investigation. Through
some misunderstanding, however, Mr.,
Handy did not show up. He is expected
20 be present on Monday
The second man whose presence at Mon
DAYS meeting has been requested is w
a. Root. who has am Office i'm the Muns-y
Building, anT who appears as the WASH
iugtOn agent of The Audit System. Mr.
Root, it has been alleged in The Wash
iugtou Herald. is also connected with
the Suffolk Distributing Company HIS
testimony. 1t is understood will have 10
do with the contracts for supplies. which,
it is alleged, he has secured from Public
Printer Charles a. Stlllngs for the Suf-
folk Distributing Company as we'll as
those he may have secured for The Audit
System.
Roots Predecessor TO Come,
+. A. H0SaCk. who the committee un-
derstands was the predecessor of Mr.
Root as Washington agent for The Audit
System. and possibly the Suffolk Dis
tributiug Company is the third man
whose testimony as 90 deals between the
three concerns is desired that light may
flow upon the Government Printing Office
and the odd Audit System.
Frederick Afford. the fourth man who
is expected to help turn ON the search
Tagf n5- Io baIre9 % fs,r,, 10 ,,-, 7- .,. a -.
stood tn be an official of the SuffoIl, Dis
trfbutfra Cornan,. or s+ laas+ f., 9,..,..
com, l-,,,.,.r..l--, 80 H.. --...-
- l''"S - al
VI AI. ha3hoT. vice president or The
Audit system, who has personal charge
Of the work of installing and fnStructing
I'm cost audit ami inventory gvsrarn d,
viii bo rho ortar ,rft,.e, r,,-,.. 80 .1..
- '''0
'''''' sl''',.' '' '''' .'li'iill''ee.
-. 90 m lf-.-,.f.-..
lima .,, +r,.,t --, 80 s., ~.
s+,,- H. +r,, ,.-,.-rz-.-,.. r......-- 20,
for f,-a rssr. NOR, =. - h.. -.
Mr. pa,.ro- ,Is.. ts s,,roso5 -. 49,.
l.novrclipa os the u.a,. ir ,,.,,5.,, Ma. ..,
..rei5,r.4 .. a.. c....---. -
Once sirc, if nos r., min, mo, l-,. Ma
dor ~ f.,s+ l.... l.,..-. $780,, t..- ~
Printer s+uIf,,o. .o~ .,-e,r,,,.,,,, -,
inc snsciq..tf1,,s r,r s,,,,,1tas
Mr. Ra,-ror,s ,,s,.,. -. ... ,...,-
hoods nv All No. ~.
The Vice president of The Audit system
The name of the president of that odd
concern dld not appear. So that it is more
''l'n I'SS'''e mat MI haynoT IS as well
suzanne" -l7 '.f man 20 give ont htorma-
uJh "'.i'H ."t committee desires.
10 S l'u''slood Ihdt the committee
uo,S "o' '.-,nu 'o 90 'hlo 'he MINOR de-