Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-12

.ccn,dog l., law or the usuges your predecessors has
hce, ordered aad paid for out of the public funds cer
10 the editors ot The Giooe, OF 70 any o'"e' P'''
3rsfser do not -,
!; cues,ion Have any Of the oficess of your De-
nastmsnl been fairfield required TO raise fnnos 10 pay
for public documents speeches to be puo'sheu a. VIC
Office Of tho Globe, or elsewhere!
4gs,rer. Never. far as know or oehe'e.
Question State generally whether my Change
ms TO the mode prices in the execution '' t p 80;
Tor your has been s~.,ou,ry
Won have been at ITS memo, une'''S "o $50
uader your predecessors .,,o,s,, ,re
yv-,esr fine only changes, as Tar as recohec.' are
Tho roowinr: II customary ior PRIMERS "i posi-
,fca hanks 10 furnish the paper Mt hxed price. In
neanence Of complaints to the quality OF The paper
n,rnished by s. Penn, Jr at Louisville, kentusKy,
ordered suitable paper /" be furnished Inn ny me ne
,,r,men He then complained that the pces oil print
mo p,st Office blanks were too low 10 ahoo just re-
mnncraton to the printer in that quarter OF the Unon,
wi,hSn, profit tho paper, On investigation, was
satisfied Of the fac and ordered an adequate increase Of
tho prices II believed that the Department gets better
blanks than before and at cheaper lale, ihciuu"s
printing and paper
twss customary prinr TO 1920 10 publish the large
annual Post O!ce advertisement in two newspapers 10
this city, and prior 10 1885, it was customary 10 nave
inserted in The daily and weekly Impressions OF e
same paper, and pay for in both, at The same the'
permitting the printer Tn divide II and Puosh !. pre-
meal different days during the wee"
he published twelve times entire IN Inc III 10Y!
psper ony thereby making it necessary LOT tue Pfnrf
10 send ont an extra sheet for each OF the Twelve publ
cations increasing his expenses and largely olninsnng
his profits No addition was made TO Inc price, ana 'ne
ararrpae cost to the Department Is ihuch ess '"'"
would be under the old plan.
These are the only changes as to the moue or prices
in The execution Of the ptinung done lor h's depart
men since have been at its head so far as recolect
No, having time to look into these matters IN DETAIL
these are made true 10 the best OF my re
collection.
Thi, answer would have been given sooner but Tor
severe ndisposton during The last two days
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
AMOS KENDALL
Hon. j. j. MCKAY, Chairman, &c.
There are d4i clerks in all the Departments vi these
large majority in opposition TO the Administration
and to the press which supports IT. and yet, win perfect
unaniry they bear unhesating testimony 10 The utter
aroundessness the charge made by the members IRON
Tennessee fMessrs Crockett and Carter II appears
there was the slightest circumstance TO countenance
it-not pretence TO found it on 1t made on this
high authority to do mischief To the Administration IN
tho approaching elections, under the h1pe mat nqu''
nv mirh be baled during the remnant OF the session. or
that the committee would not be able TO examine Inc wnoe
subject submitted 10 it, and that it could not report IN
full the evidence would not come out IN time 10 correct
what nigh, call fabrication, until 1t had done It's work
for the party. To defeat this Ubiquitous scheme, iet
myself called seek from The same quarter the same
evidence which the committee has obtained, and use IL
10 put in proper light before the country those who
would abuse their high station to destroy the regulations
Of innocent men for party Objects
II appears from the official and Vered statements OF
the DEPARTMENTS that increase OF price on any JOBS
executed for them by the Globe office, has IN any IN
slaac. taken place. on the contrary tho. great Ieduc
lions haye been made serera and on inquiry learn
that the printers ard others who appeared before Inc
committees who measured the work, and made The re-.
0usie calculations In ascertain whether 1t had been wei
done by The Globe office, and charged for according 10
lar proved far they progressed that all was right
To enable the public Judge Of the excess OF profits,
which my colleague, Mr.. Bund] BY his aggregate OF
S220O0O would make The impression had been made ny
the Globe office, have obtained from Mr. klves who
has The entire management OF The cslaolsDHeht, c oi
lowing statement:
1e prices which Congress pays for lis printing were
fixed by three dsnleresed practical printers ioi9 re
siding in different sections Of the Union Two weeks
inter- the Globe Office commenced printing Tor Congress
(,hc II,h December, 1850 the wages Of jnurneyncn
printers raised by the Typographical Society oil TINS
CITY, 10 per cent on former prices That rate has con
timed since but The price paid by Congress has
remained unalirrPd
"rhe Globe office and materials cost $40 900; the
wear and Of materials is about $5oOO year the
interest $40 000 is 50 400 the hands in The Globe
Office have been paid IN six years Sl4"oUo me paper
used in printing for the Departments and Congress
cost SG9,O00"
It will be seen, therefore, from the foregoing state
ment that The actual expenditure of the CLIQUE Office IN
connection with the public work, is SOS ,oOO; sun
greatly exceeding the amount received from The lrea
sury YETI 'iS.;:n"be prof. has been made upon n
public work. because seals s al public employ III
performance IN tnS H. IS enabled by publishing newspa
n assocato" sr members of Congress jobs Tor piVa'
come.
now turn to the public printing executed at TIT
newspaper Offices of the Opposition in this city O.,
would suppose from the outcry that they, at esr
Been prescribed as they pretend the almost
sans OF Federalism have been was rion in
ing Tor patronage, while heeaSrue~wbo has been Amos
pesis %S' nope a, the extravaganza of the Adm
nis,ros'1ns which with the command Of the Depart
menls aud maori,ies in Congress) hare, in a course
six years allowed the only press in this city advocating
the Republican policy, to derive reasonable profit or
work and materials furnished 10 the Of 1920 Out
does not think worth while to mention the trline
amount which has passed through the mills of the Intel
lgenccr and Telegraph during the same six years,
when both were devoted 10 the Of the Opposition
Every body in Washington knows (it is Of record) tina
The National lnteigencer Office house and lot, types
presses profits due and 10 become due, decided to thu
Bank Of the for facilities granted it at various times
amounting to between 90 and 100 900 dollars. This il
prima aee proof that i, has been starved a, the rea
sury during the six years that the Globe has rolled il
such abundance. have looked 10 the record and fine
that the editors Of the National ln,egencer have drawn
the following sums from The Treasury during tho s,a
years Of long abstinence ta, the Globe nerfred will
it's incamp
Gales IL Seaton received during the six years beginning
the LIST October, 1881 aud ending The 3Oh September
1887 Sl;}2 3i5 Il
Duff Green received 1853 293 o.
Together, S79o 6l2 II
For the extra session, in the name of Allen
nPlo this time 9th Juy) Gales and Sea.
t"n have received for printing 10 the
House ......:....... $4,000 90
In addition 10 this, is an appropriation Of
$40 GDO which has just passed, for the
purchase Of Gales and Seaton's Register
of Debates, (volumes made up from The
parcs of the IneilipenceI) and other