Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-05

l ana secretary OF STATE declared tnal
! "Quayle had the best facilities and
that later the contract was transfer
red to Charles M. Winchester and the
J. B. Lyon Company. This contract
| was for work amounting to 100000.
Justice Andrews today signed an Or
der upon the state treasurer to produce
forthwith all cancelled checks and
vouchers and other evidences of pay
| ment to the Albany Journal Co. as pay
m.ent for printing or publishing the ses-
sion laws as a state paper" and as a
county paper
An order upon the secretary OF state
instructed him to produce forthwith rec
ords showing the appointment and des-
ignation of the Albany Journal as the
state paper for the years 1925 to 1914
| inclusive and affidavits Of publication of
printing required by law to be done In
the state paper"
Mr.. WINS Objects
Mr.. WINS objected to the evidence on
the ground that it was immaterial, but
Mr.. Bowers called the attention of the
court to the fact that Mr.. Barnes wrote
to Colonel Roosevelt that the project
of a state printing house would be dis
astrous to him financially and that. q
witness had sworn that there was but
one Job press in the plant of the Jour-
nal Co.
The court ruled against Mr.. WINS
Records We're produced which purport-
eed to show that the Lyon Company
was awarded contracts for printing when
Il was not the lowest bidder. Figures
compiled by the witness showed tnat
each year for many years since 1899 the
state Dad for legislative and depart
mental v ork total of more than seven
millions of dollars on contracts, and a
large sim which ne said he could not
compute upon orders for additional
printing. Nearly all the work done un-
der contract was, according to the tes-
timony, done by the J. B. Lyon Com
pany.
After briet cross-eXamination the
witness was excused and Mr.. Plat was
recalled To tie stand. He said that from
1880 to 1876" his father appeared to have
received 134 letters from Mr.. Barnes. He
then produced the letters selected by the
Roosevelt attorneys from the mass of
correspondence he brought to court in
answer to subpoena
There were seven from Mr.. Barnes to
Mr. Platt and one from Mr.. Plat to
Mr.. Barnes. The letters were admitted
and the reading begun.
In the lrst dated from Nantucket
Mass. July IA, 1895. Mr.. Barnes COM
planned about an insulting dispatch
which he enclosed and which he said he
had received from Lemuel E. Quigg, who
was backing John A. Mccarthy. who
was bidding for printing in Albany
In his reply Senator Platt said he had
talked to Mr.. ouigg about State print-
ing contracts and that he sincerely
hoped the matter could be adjusted
without going into the courts.
Three letters were dated in 1894 and
were from the plaintiff 20 Senator Plat
Mr.. Barnes wrote about printing and
an investigation which had been made
The second said that the writer had
requested Colonel Baxter to give the
Journal Company the work Of printing
stationery and other matter. Mr.. Barnes
said ne did not believe he would get
the work.
The next letter discussed politics and
said: "Mr Baxter wants to deprive me
of a legitimate piece of patronage be-
cause l supported Mr. Merton for gov
ernor"
The Baxter named was Archibald Bax-
ter, clerk of the Assembly
In Ole of his letters to Senator Platt
Mr.. Barnes criticized an appointment
by the governor Gsoosevelt) which the
governor had explained was ito satisfy
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can organization and the Albany Jour.
nal We're ignored.
Proceedings in court were disturbed
by q large number of Syracuse Univer-
sity students marching around the
courthouse and cheering for IT. R." I'M
til dispersed by the sheriff.