Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1905 — Landis Stop Another Graft [ARTICLE]

Landis Stop Another Graft

Representative C iar'es B, Lind s, as chairman of the house oom rn t'>-e on printing, has turned dowu »he pro.'O-itton to have the government priut fi.r fr-e distri button another s ipplv of Jefferson bib es. Two resol ut ons % were intr dui-d, one providing for 10,000 copies and one for 20.000. Representative Lrniis maintains that the pnblioati >n is not of 'Uoh character as to warrant its pub icat ou for ointfibation by congressman. Qn’er'he administration of Representative Lindis’ pre it-c-ssor as trie n-ai of the printing co nmi tee 2 ),000 copies of toe ho >k were pr nted The supp y was-o in xhausted a"d constituents of members have be n insinteut i_. iheir demand for copes of the publication. The plates are owned by a private concern in Chicago, which printed toe books under con raot with the government printi g office.