Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-01-26

| qWIeu III Nay I64O. Whether the printing was
done by Blair & Rives at that reduction, we know
not; wo have our doubts about il, to which The
fact, that no time was specified for the resolution
TO take effect, gives strong colour. Having been
elected .as printers to the Goth Congress before
that vote, we have our suspicious that they claim
ed that Congress couldn't violate tho contract, and
therefore took the additional Is per cent. Ter that
entire Congress- At any rate, it is clear from the
reports, that for the Gath Congress and for the 26h
down to May 1910, they look The whoie sum ailo@
ed by Ms resolution Of 1919, and their representa-.
ton above, that they have always worked at a
duced price, is thus proved by the record to be
faIsehood The reduction, if made really a, all,
was only from May, lSi0,-it was on the House
printing only and lasted, we shall see, to June
lS4l-or trilc over one year.
Here let us remark upon The dishonest praise
bestowed by the Globe upon The locoiocos. Dur
ing the time OF their aScendancy, rom 1923 TO
1870 they puid the rates fixed in 1919, which per.
haps, were tolerablc at the tine, but by reason Of
the Improvement in the art of printing, had be-
come altogether too high. In 1910, they were
forced by the wings to make an investigation; and
in The course Of il, they found that responsible
men, already fully prepared for the work. wiz.
Gales s. Se0tonl would do The printing at re-
duction of 20 per cent; but they refused the Of
Ter, aud by party vote care Blair s. Rires fire
per cent more than Gales s, .Seaion asked 10 do The
same oo,k We find the average printing Of the
House for years from 1886 was SIS AGA per year
. per cent. CT which is Sl,i2O; so that the gift
of II Iocoftco House to Blair and Rivcs for party
services, was at least 4,42O year. AT TIE same
time other patronage was given to them 20 per
cent. a53re the c65r Of Gales s Scaton, which
would swell the sacrifice from the treasury
to the Globe to the sum Of $4,000, aud probably
10 nearer $4,000 n year,-the sum we stated Mt
random in our first article. Glorious economy,
that The Globe after all ia not so very dsinter
csed when it accuses us Of ialsehood, and strives
to cover The rotieuness of locofocosm.
But to 20 OH with the facts. The Wing Con-
gress commenced in May 1911. On the lllh
June, 1871, being very soon after the commence
ment of The session, the following resolution was
passed by tho House:
Rt8olrea, That the House now proceed to the
election OF printer Of this House for the 9Th
Congress, ,ohose compensation shall be TN ENTY
| PER CENT. Less than the prices fired by the
!
House journal, page o5. Gales & Sea,on were
elected printers
Again: in the proceedings Of the Senate, June
Is, le4l after ordering the election of printer,
find the following:
ReSoired, That The compensation Of said prin.
| ter he the same MS established Ivy the Joint rcsou
ton of 1879. DEDUCTlNG TIlEREFROM
| TWENlY PER CENT Senate JournaI, puge
| 40. Thomas Alien was elected printer.
Here, then, we prove by the record that our
asserted reduction of 30 per cent in the printing
by The Wings is true and the Wholesale charge of
iaIsehood made by the Globe is itself false We
are rot unminIlul of The qubblo on which Il o
Globe relies, viz. the resolution of May, 1910, as
to the House printing, Grant that il was obeyed,
which we doubt it was, at The most, but a tenn
porary and partial exception to that general rule,
under which the Globe had been filling its purse
by extoricn upon The Treasury The Wing
Congress applied the knife of reform honestly, and
the rhole length. LEGO locoisln could vote five or
ten or twenty thousand dollars to Biar & Rives,
in The (ace Of an offer 10 erery dollar of 10 The
treasury. Tie Wings cut down both the House
and the SenOte printing to the 90 per cent. rate
and This was followed by provisions requiring
The printing OF the Departments, so far as praciica-
be, TO be let out by to the lowest bidder
The average OF the printing in Tie Senate, llouse,
and Departments, per year. from '3G TO 40, was
Si66 $50 and the Wing reduction, therefore, of
90 per cent an annual saving OF $33 800
The ocos have again come into power, in the
House, and of their first acts is TO increase The
Spols Of The Globe per cent. The above resolu-
lions, aso show The insnnaiun OF the Globe, that
Gales 81 Seaton received the additional 20 per
cent. for The printing OF the 9Th Congress, to be
despicaby mean and despcaby false. Whether
the charge of the Globe, that they now receive 10
per cent. more than is paid Tor The House printing
is equally false, we do moi know; but in the face
of these resolutions we choose not to take the
word Of The Globe AT any rate, according TO The
Globes reasoning they ought TO receive more for
While they must invest an equal amount of capt.
tai and keep very near an equal amount OF force
The amount Of the Senate printing is very fur be-
low that of the House.
One item more, to illustrate The dishonesty OF
the Globe, and we have done. Mark lis parade of
fgures-of The sums paid for printing for the 24th
25h 2Glh nHd 9Th Congresses; and the infer.
ences which it attempts TO draw from the differ
ence between the cost OF the 24.h and &c Ii Con.
crosses VIXEN Blair s. Rives were printers, and
of The 25th and 9Th, when others were primers
Now, three historical facts will so stamp the die
honesty and meanness Of this the acknowledge
ed organ" of locoIocoism that neither rivers Of
water nor gold should ever cfIace the damning
characters. TIE 25h and 27ih Congresses had
THREE SESSIONS EACH, and the Oath and
Aftt
rs ihese for a comparison, without explanation, g.
attempts TO deceive the public with differences
thus iraudulenty drawn The third fact Is that
the 25th, whose cxtravsgan' is set down to tho
Wings by the veracious Globe, WAS A LO-
COFOCO CONGRESS! We might more par
iicularIy trace the quibbes and evasions and lasi-