Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-10-10
How HarmamsOn Voted!
BATON ROUGE, oath Sept, 1849.

S1R-Tn both of the speeches made by you IN
this city, you took an occasion to state, ina IN
order and with a hope of alternating the demo-
cratic party from you, it had been "mal,caous'y
circulated. that YOU voted against Thomas
Richie for Printer of Congregation was uh-
derstood to admit distinctly and unequlVocaii!'
that YOU did so vote, and gave as Justl1aple
reasons for so doing, "That Thos. Richie was
a relation of yours, and although you were on
terms of friendship with him, and regarded nm
as an ornament and the organ OF the Democratic
Party, vet your sense of proprlety,, OF that
which aupcrtains to the disinterested discharge
Of vour public duties, impeIled you to sacrifice
Peiot;oushiip. Friendship, and your known devo-
| ton to your party, to entertain a proposi1on
then pending to put out the public pruning 10
the lowest bidder" $3.50.
As you eloquently portrayed the patrlotlc
emotions that swelIed your noble bosom, Whlie
sacrificing kindred, friends and party, on the
altar of disinterested duty, | thought to myself,
if all this uas hwe-truly may it be said, IN the
person of John II. IIarmanSon, Democracy, In
this selfish age, has ONE JEWEL ofthe purest
watcr-and when the etfulgencc of your benign
countenance, shot forth with beams of res
plendent light, and your cant. and impressive
intcrroeatories, sdidm lido right?' "What think
ne of tha?' "WHAT THINK YE OF HAT "
SWHAT THINK YE OF THAT !,!"were
responded to with three such tremendous cheers,
thought if "Biack Dick" rs you call him in
derision, had been present, the brllliancy OF your
meek and charitable mien, would have rendered
him tenfold blacker, than nature herself had
Jlacked him.
But let us examine TRUTH, and let facts
speak for themselves-1 quote from the Con-
eressional Globe, Volume Of the 26th Session,
beginning at page 18th.
TUESDAY, Dec. Cd, 1916.
PUBLIC PRINTER.
"Mr. Baylv moved that the house do now pro-
coed TO elect a printer for the House of Rep
rcsentatives for the goth Congress.
Mr.. Garrett Davis moved to amend the motion
as follows:
Strike out all after resolved and insert the
words: "That a committee of five be appoin-
ted to let the printing of this House to the
lowest bidder, after ten days advertisement IN
the newspapers printed in this city; the per-
sons to whom it NAV be let, being required to
give bond, with sufficient security, for the
proper execution Of the work; and the necess-
ary printing, in the meantime, the Clerk OF this
House is required to have done by the printer
for the last House"
After a lengthy discussion between MIR.
Bayly and Mr.. Davis relative to the merit OF
having the printing let to the lowest bidder,
Mr.. Davis being entitled to the floor, the
House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. Sd, l845, page ii.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
"The speaker announced that the business
first in order was the resolution offered yester-
dav by the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Bay
lyj providing 'that the House do now proceed
to the election of a printer for the 29th Con-
gress.' And the pending question was on the
following amendment heretofore offered by Mr..
G. Davis"
Strike out all after "Resolved," and insert the
words, That a committee of five be appointed
to let out the printing of this House to the
lowest bidder, after ten days advertisement In
the newspapers printed in this city; the per-
son or persons to whom it may be let being
required to give bond, with sufficient security,
for the proper execution of the work-and
the necessary printing in the meantime the
clerk of this House is required to have done
by the printers of the last House"
The mlin question (being, first on the mod
flied amendment of Mr.. G. Davis, and then on
the resolution of Mr.. Bayly) was orderedto be
now taken"
The question on the amendment was then
taken and decided in the negative as follows:
Yeas sO-Nays u.s."
SO the modified amendment of Mr.. Davis was
rejected. HARMANSON voting in the mega
tive.
The question then required on the adoption
of the resolution of Mr.. Bayly, and the question
was then taken on the first resolution to wit:
"That the House do now proceed to elect a
printer to the House of Representatives for the
29th Congress-" and decided as follows: Yeas
1875. Nays 81. HARMANSON voting in the
affirmative. And so it was decided that the
House do now proceed to the election of a
public printer.
ELECTION OF A PRINTER.
Mr.. Bayly nominated Messrs. Richie u
Heiss.
MI. Davis of Kentucky nominated Messrs.
Jefferson & Co.
Mr.. Foot of Vermont nominated Messrs.
Fish e. Dow.
The Speaker laid befor the House the fol-
lowing communication.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Sd, 1845,
Sir-We propose to do the printing of the
House of Representatives for the 18th Con-
gress forty per cent less than the joint resolu-
ton of Congress of 1916, or twenty per cent
less than the prices paid at the last session of
Congress. We will do such printing as may
be necessary at once for twenty per cent less
than the prices paid atthe last Congress.
J. e. Dow& Co.
To the Hon. J. w. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Rep.
We certify that Messrs. J. E. Dow g. Co.
have the means within their reach to perform
the above bid without delay:
J. g. G. S. GIDEON.
Printers, Ninth st. Washington
The, tellers made the following report:
Whole number of votes. 1913
Of which necessary for a choice, 100
Messrs. Richie & Heiss received, 1923
I" Fisk & Dow, SO
Jefferson & Co, 2
Gales & Seaton, q