Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-17
'EVscmty-tl,ird Congrcss---sd. SCI
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tuesday, february 10.


l1r Evans said: 1t seemed obvious TO him. tina the
resolution proposed by the gentleman from Al INA,
ought to pass at all, it should pass in the shape r.
proposed. If not he would inquire of the rable
mover, by and under what authority the Uo, could
undertake TO go into the election of printer at br the
next Congress- There was none exccpt TN 'rivcd
from the resolution of 1919 rs amended by TN, reso
luton of the 9th February 1890 Now Tho |intro-
ducton of the resolution by the honorable m from
Alabama, recognized the force of those res ns. 1t
was by virtue of those two Joint rcsolutioy hc that
one Congress had the r0ht To for the
succeeding one, and the phrascoS( by Mr.
H. was the only phrascology that q nty be
used. He begged leave also to REM hsc that
such was the phraseology adopted e former
JOINT resolution was adopted. The always
been made and agreed to- that on sue e House
wonld proceed TO the election of pr der the
authority of the joint resolution of thsI ych, 1919,
and to cnttc the House to do so, on. Sent occa-
sion, the same phrascology must be n bf.
Gentlemen had said on former when this
subject came up incidentally for CO. that the
resolution of 1919 was temporary ID and limit
ed to two years. AS an answer to L only say,
that 1t was never considered so nett hen nor by
the succeeding Congresses, each arded it as
binding upon themselves and upo ding Con-
gress. Even lately as 1899 In the House
show this wherein it was stated use proceed
cd to the election of printer in the joint
solution of 1919, and this was Il bgy for
raj years after the adoption of y pm. Then, if
that resoiatien-be in force, an Zen repealed,
we derived the only autRority< Dose printer
Tor the next session from these ions.
Then, as TO the mode of ell At was the Ian
guage OF the resolution? That III tment of prn-
ter should be made by ballot. n gentleman
solution proposed to dispense with DIVISION, but Mr.
Il. thought one portion of the rel was us obligato-
ny as another, and that the au nder which the
appointment was made den inc resolution
alone, the mode must be in the M ereln lald down,
and could not be set aside. 1t alleged that the
resolution of 1919 was virtual or rescindcd by
that of 1899 but how could thu HE latter repealed
only so much of the former consistent with it,
and what was that Why the time to within
thirty days of the terminal session. aud
CURED u majority instead of 81 votes These
were the only alterations an her particulars the
resolution of 1919 stood uni The nature of the
contract, the prices to be N PC mode OF appoint
ment, unaffected
The next question that r consideration was
whether the printer was The House not.
Mr. Il. would not 90 init length but it
enough for the justifcat wn vote to say, that
lie did not consider the in officer, within the
meaning of that cnuse Institution giving each
House the right to appq crs, no more than the
person who supplied 18th stationary, or fuel
or furniture. In MIR lent, II stood upon the
same principle Sill t with the gentleman
from Virginia mir hat there much pro-
priety in leaving 10 20 select its own printer
if it was practicalS 7lis could not be done
But we had the lesi ience to SHOW its iInprac-
ticaby In the le to the House on the
Sd of March, 1919 snencc of that mode was
closely and ably and II was shown, by the
experience of for that the work was badly. !
executed and of 30 long seyond l----7--v---e
per time as TO be hen completed. Mr. E. read
an extract from d question, and showed that
it would be inn, e furnished with the requisite
material, types tc., unless he wai enabled TO
provide for the md, by having been elected the
printer to the ngress. He also Sdduced one
fact to show u nlence of the mode proposed by
Mr.. Robertso oeument, providing for the or
of Department, had been DELAYED
upwards or Fe printing Office, till the army it.
self beca state of dsorganization. He
would h, ection that the subject should have
been co elect Committee, proposed some
time since man from Tennessee, (Nir. Peyton9
and if any Ide than the present the former
one could Mr.. Il. would cheerfully support it.
But let il ned by competent persons, convers-
ant with d public business. lie thought they
would be great hazard by repeating the Joint
resoluto Ing the present mode in any way, at
this late kl present, he believed the existing mode
the bes vents he was not assured that Il better
could There were no complaints made. The
prices Fcently low, and the work was promptly
exccu fthe second session o. the 10Th Congress-
a prnI had formerly had the contract. sent me
moriaE House, offering TO do the work for ID per
cent he existing tariff of prices, but Congress
wa and refused to disturb the resolution fixing
thy se, then, were the reasons why he thought
Il 5on should be amended as he had proposed.
T. pm TO the question of Uira uoce voting Mr. e.
Idy opposed TO it in this case because he
icy had no right to adopt it, and because he
ID to it in every election for officers of that
lon most other occasions He knew it was
question, and he had intended to have sub
remarks on the subject when the resolution
zzI tleman from fiir DIS (Mr. Reynolds) was un-
- tsderation. lie should now make but n few re.
on the subject 1t had been advocated there ON
found of the responsibility of members to their con-
nts, who, II contended, ought to know the OPT
<NS anu Sentiments OF tncir representatives.; but he
3uld ask how was man opinions and sentiments to
known by his vote for officers of that House? Had not
be people opportunities enough and better opportuni-
les, of knowing the sentiments of their Representatives.
his Judgment they were TO be best Judged By the pub
&c policy they advocated and pursued and not by such
otes as those OF what possible consequence could it
to the people of this country to know how their repre-
entatiyes voted for A b. O. officer of tie House?
iesides, Mr. T.. opposed 10 it, breaking down the
Independence Of private judgment and the right Of OPT
ion in individual members of the House and making
M N he uttl,un t,1..
lie much struck with a remark made by a gentle
nan from Georgia. who said he thought the ballot very
roper for the people, because they accountable 10
MIR. T.. would undertake say that the prncip
# the ballot established that ground Ii al
Ways stood the ground Of personal Independence and
uch that assigned by the gentleman he ven
ured TO say, entered into the head any legislator
Every reason every argument went To- show that was
established TO tho right of private judgment and
Independence. As to responsibility 20 constituents Mr.
admitted fully any one and respected their wish
and public opinion much any one; but there was
very great difference TO what constituted public OPT
non II should be calm intelligent deliberate iudr-
nent not opinions got mp and forced into circulation by
he intrigues of designing persons gentleman from
New York used great many phrases about the duties of
hc representative; that he nothing more than the
niuion of the People and talked about the creature and
Use creator the principal and the agent why none Of
hcsc phrase
Mr.. Crockett here called for the orders of tho day
which prevailed
ThursdaB FebTuarg 10
IN SENATE.
The Chair communicated report from the Depart-
ment Of War enclosing list Of the contracts entered in.
to by that Department during the year 1884.