Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1889 — THE PUBLIC PRINTER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE PUBLIC PRINTER.

Numerous Candidates for Mr. Bened'cl's —Mereditli Believed lo Be the Man. [Washington special to Detroit Free Press.] The position of Government Printer is one of the most important places that tho new President has to fill. The Public Printer has charge of about 2,500 omployes and superintends the expenditure of OA T er $2,000,000 per annum. ’The office lias important duties and extensive patronage.

The Public Printer himself receives a salary of $4,500, and his principal assistants from SI,BOO to $3,600 per annum, He has fifteen or twenty g rod places at his disposal and hundreds of subordinate ones. The woods arc full of men who aspire to succeed Mr Benedict. Col. W. M. Meredith, of Chicago, is apparently the most formidable candidate for the position now in tho field. He Avas formerly a member of the Seventeenth Indiana Regiment, which was commanded by Gen. Harrison during tho rebellion. He was a candidate for the position of Public Printer in 1881, Avhen Sterling P. Rounds Avas nominated. Among the names on his petition was that of Benjamin Harrison, then just entering upon his term as Senator. Col. Meredith’s friends naturally figure that Harrison’s influence ought to be a little more valuable this year than it Avas when he got left seven years ago. Col. Meredith is receiving the indorsement of the Typographical Unions all over, the country, has strong political backing, and it is generally conceded that his chances are first-class. [lf'rom the Decatur (Ill.) Labor Bulletin.] The announcement of the friends of Col. William M. Meredith that they will urge upon Gem . Harrison his appointment as Public Printer has met with a warm response from many of the leading labor organizations of the country. The Colonel is a master in the profession, both ns a business and as an art. Ho was a printer and a soldier by inheritance as well as bv practice.