The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-27

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Pehsatlon they now received, would be Mo- CON
sivc than the same officers appointed bv II. Apeh
keeper II was an aLsurdlty, an inconsr,,,, uoor
solecsm that he did not assent to- He ,Lyi ana
would be much better for these of6csrs ~ sa
pointed by the House; and il the door.Ine.Oea a.
other officer, had an unnecessary numb,rope
ana subordinate officers under them, Len th.n,
missed; ourlet not the public service suif, W
an additional expenditure were incurred S'hf
Mr.. RATHBUN looked upon the matter !,
this House as trsding business. The een,s,'a
from indiana had gwen the clue to all this moaa
ment; II was war on AN appointment, bv n. a o'e
keeper, as avowed by gentlemen AS he nnSs e 700.
II was war on messenger who received % "a y
day In this House. They were to spend a., vH
two in determining the grave question, who n, y y
be tie lucky man TO receive this SO so ner
messenger of this House Now, II was small "a
ness, in his opinion, for House of Dos ma pu's
and receiving SO per day, II be delbe,a,1o"a'Ve
question of this magnitude. Mr. R. referred 70
supported the arguments of the clerk in ii ", Jug
muncaton just read, arg,ing that the estahIi1 eo9
Of another department of service would ea,e, aN
and needless increase of expenditure, and wN'S
ly result in mere change OF a suhordn,,o oS VI
The man IN the folding room had the mislortna.
understood, 10 come from the extreme vs,,ss', @
Of the State of New York; man WHOM ~ luz
never seen until he came here, and whom h. ~ laa
knew by sight; and undoubtedly il was Tho a..
New York should have single messen,. aG' ' ~
fodng-room, that had raised the Ire oC ssn,,' ~ ue
who were so anxious to turn this man ont 'N''"ea
MI. PETIT explained, that he did No,
the IN the fodng-room lie did moi kpov A., ~,ow
he was from-whether from New York tro,, NV" Ws
lucky, or from Indana--and he did not -. neo
he discharged his duties He wished n .a, NV
word further: he had no unfriendy leenos ,o,,. Vt
the State of New York, nor never should he sa,a
tain such feeling until he forgot The pncs If Z
nativity. Any allusion Of this kind to him h...
teman mu t see was 'far-fetched
Mr.. RATHBuN resuming, said he was d.
to hear the gentleman state that he did no, know
man at whom all this fury was aimed II ~
showed how blindly the House were epya,.a
this proceedings quarrel with the door.keeps,
cause he had not appointed the right man for 4 nv
sengeri and yet gentlemen said they did not kn0,
the man who was. appointed
Mr. r. concluded with remark or two n-L,.
enforcing the propriety of allowing the force n H.
House to stand as at present organized, and h. I
expediency of visiting the punishment of auv ,s
which might be considered by any gentleman A., !.
indiscreton on the part of the doorkeeper, upon n
heads of his subordinate officers.
MIR. BOYD had few words to say If mps,
ton of the part which he had taken in originally 4
Producing and supporting this resolution. IN 4.
first place, he would state to the gentleman fran
New York, Mr.. RATHBuN,1 and to the geu,Iemn
from Indiana, Mr. PETriT,l that he knew uo,hi,
of who was engaged in the folding-room until sew,
raj days after the resolution was introduced AMI
adopted. He knew nothing about il. He voul
tell them further, that il was not on acceun, Of N,
man being in, or the other man being out Of M
little Office, that he favored the proposed action
the subject. He spoke of the importance Of hsyIs
the business Of the folding-room placed under /,
charge of some one who would insure punctuaEr
despatch, and precision in the discharge of the ~
ties there performed; and he referred to the d.
that, under the present arrangement, this busiuu
had failed to be transactedin this manner Hell
received information from officers who had beeus
gagged in this room, and who were converas
with the business, that the election props
would not result, as was estimated by the cid
in an increase of expenditure, but on the corrr
in a reduction of something like $4,000 per annu
He hoped the House would 60 on and elect lid
officers, and that they would follow up this asdl
by something like the resolution of the genlenI
from Tennessee, decreasing, if necessary, The nd
Der of pages and messengers, and reducing to "
tenn the whole business, as they were now ah
without any law except the mere law of usage
A message was received from the Seps.,
nouncing the passage by that body of the bin oa
tend the laws of the United States over Texas,
for other purposes; and also the election Of ds
lain.1 -------.
Mi. GEORGE w. JONES obtained the aoega
Mr.. G. s. HOUSTON, who appealed to lhr
tleman to give way, that, by general consent
House might take up and dispose Of the bill Just
ceived from the Senate.
Mr.. g. w. JONES not yielding to this
quest, proceeded to say that he could use
same language as others, and say he did
know the individuals referred to in the busins
before the House. When he offered his resoluta
he did not know who was superintendeni Of y
loldmg-room, or who was doorkeeper for seven
days afterwards. He even did not know il nov
But he believed that the door-keeper had atpresed
no authority to appoint a messenger, pages, or an
other persons about that building Ii was ru. lh
there had been resolutions adopted by The 9th Ca
gress IN l64l, authorizing the door.keeper oappoi
"a certain number ofpagcs and messengers that ~
luton, he thought, expired with the House VIII
adopted it. The door-keeper Of the last and
present House had, perhaps, urder that resolus
taken upon himself to appoint those officers
his opinion the House ought to elect the numba
messengers and pages; and that the House Of
resentatires were as competent to select them
door-keeper. Why, then, was the opposition ons
to its doing so, from the State of New Yolk'
SuuSS AhC SeUlctIdH- WHO -nhpPtneu " W 80
ofice3was from the State Of New York.
Mr.. RATHBUN explained. He had als'
said he did not know the man-that lie only
him once. 1t was all one to him where he ca
from, so long as he was fit for his Office. !.
Mr.. JONES continued He asked them
gentleman now holding that office were eomFi
to show it to the House, and then the House Coy
act on it. If there was a majority OF the 10,
against the appointment, or against the man, nN
one, would say he ought not to remain. Nov
the subject Of expenses. As he underslo@
question, it was not debatable one but 'pas
was drawn out from the clerk of the House
the probable increase of the expenses. NOV
withstanding all the experience Of that olhcer ID
tiers about the House, il seemed to him that
argued from false premises, TO show that We
pcnses would be increased, by the Adoption
resolution, some four or five thousand dollars
would 1t follow as necessary consequence
House elected superintendent and assistant
folding-room, that there should be an inci'Tr
four to five thousand dollars in the expenses,
should his salary be greater when appoln'eu
House than when appointed by the door
Then, if they did not make an increase III =.
the whole argument of the clerk fell TO the sw
The gentleman who had addressed them,
the custom Of many members Of that hou@
pealed to their sympathes in favor OF me Po.
phan boys employed there. For his part, the u
est sympathies Of his heart were IN favor o.
who were cast uponthe world, bereft OF then
and he would be the last to do them an Tps
But, still he would ask, was that House %
an asylum for all the orphans Of the country
he was prepared to bring whole host Of msp
his district, as worthy of sympathy, and pau