Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-04-04

ton If tie printing of Ike HOUSE tfading
all ,nqterials) al reduction Of Twenty
PR CENT. from the prices fqed By the
JONI resolution Of March, $, 1872"
Well, the people thought they would
try the wings who wanted to save f50enfy
JiOe per cent. when theslelnocrats would
save only fifteen. 50 they elected a
wing Congress and a wing President
The wing Congress met in Washington
on the 1st Of June. l841. Their econo-
lnical proPensites had already cooled a
little. Before they got INTO power they
thought that twenty-five per cent. might
be saved in the printing, particularly as
IT would still. according TO their own
story, leave their printe: profit of fifty
per cent; but they concluded to give
their printers ali they had asked the year
before. thinking. perhaps, that the pub
lie work would be done better if they
were satisfied. They eontented them
selves. therefore, with prescribing TO
Thomas Allen and Gales & eaton,
whom they elected. the precise terms on
which the same Gales & Seaton had Of
lered to do the work. but little more
than a year before. The records Of Con
9ress show their action:
1t appears By the Senate journals of
June Is. 1871. list session eth Con-
sress, folio 49, that the following resoiu
tons were adopted:
=" Resoived, That the Senate will NOW
proceed to the election Of a printer for
the Senate.
"ReSoIoed, That the compensation of
said printer be the same as established
BY the joint resolution Of 1919, deduct
ing therefrom twenty per cent"
1t also appears by the journal Of the
House of June II, 1871, the same Con-
sress, folio IS, that the following resolu-
ton was adopted by vote Of yeas 178,
nays re:
"Resolusd, That the House row pro-
coed to the election Of printet Of this
House for the eth Congress, whose
compensation shall be twenty per cent.
less than the prices fixed BY the joint re-
solution of Passed,
Here it is. See how much more ecoao-
mical the wings are than the democrats.
They mean to save fire per cent more in
the printing of Congress than the demo
Gratis did! See how they have gone to
work upon "retrenchmeut and reform, :"
| as they promised the people!
| Wait:-i.et US see the end! The prin.
tiers proceeded under this contract to
perform the printing Of Congress. The
last day but one Of this economical wing
| Congress bad arrived; no complaint had
been made by the printers; there was no
allegation OF pretence that they were not
amply paid; no investigation, ITO new
facts, nothing whatsoever to change the
attitude Of the subject as it stood when
| Messrs. Evans and Garland made their
minority report IN 1910. Yet. on the
/ I'd day of March, l843, an appropriation
bill! being under consideration. the fol-
lowing proceedings appear on the Senate
Journal, page 271, viz:
"On motion Of MIR. WIood5ridee to a.
mend the bill, page 2, line 49, by insert
ing the following:
"Frooided, That nothing in any reso
Luton Of either House of Congress SHALL
prevent the settlement and payment Of
the bills for the printing OF the two
Houses of Congress ageeab!y to the
prices established by the joint resolution
Of March s. 1919.
at was determined in the ALTERNATIVES;
Yeas 81, Mays 49,
/ On molten of BIr. Allen, the yeas and
nays being desired by one fifth of the
members present, those who voted in the
affirmative are
Mtssrs. Archer. Barrow, Bates BAY.
ard, Berrieh, Choate. Conrad, Critten
den. Dayton. Evans, Kerr, Mangum,
Merrick. Miller, Morehead. Phelps.
Porter, Rives. Simmons, Smith of Indi
ana. Spraeue. TaIImadge, White, Wood
bridge. All wings.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messers. Allen. Basby, Benton, Buch-
anan. Calhoun, Fulton. Henderson, King
Linn. McRoberts. Sewer, Smith Of Com
necticut. Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker.
Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury., Wright.
All democrats but one.
The bill went to the House Of Repre-
sentatives, where the amendment was
rejected. 1t came back TO the Senate.
which insisted upon it, and sent it TO the
House for reconsideration; and there, on
the Sd March, l843, it vas agreed to bv
the following vote viz:
Teas--80. All why's but one.
,Nays.-79
Here as beautiful specimen of ,ohig
profession and practice, retrenchment and
reform.
In Match, 1910, taey were in favor
of reducing the price of pr, ting fjosnfy-
fee per cent.
In June, l84l. they actually reduced
it tlceniy per cent.
And in March, 1912, they reinstated
the prices according to the standard of
1919, making their act retrospective 10
he commencement Of the whig diaosiu!
They thus added twenty-five per cert.
to the prices which their printers had
offered to do the work FOR, and had CON
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