The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-12

day til they can get bill passed and hope that recog
nisng the constitutional fact that there ano'ne eouy
that has this bill under consideration and the fact that we
have tried long and done 50 ltte lha we WIN DC con-
tent 10 take up this matter after the House mas acted upon
and, with view TO that course move hat tue whoe
subject be laid upon the table, and upon that question ask
the yeas and nays;
YEAs-Messrs. Poots. Hale Shields, and Tarney-i
NAYsMssIsa Badger ssdwcln cI. ss ne ssase9' sssna
Davis Of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge OF
S~i uDe Deass King q Maaga Raon M Moso aor
rs Pearce Phelps, Rusk, Sebastian Seward, Smith,
Spruance, Underwood, Wales and Whitcomb-3S
So the motion was not agreed TO-
The question recurring upon the amendment submitted
Mr. BRADBURY said Mr. President the vote upon
the amendment Of the honorable senator from Indiana
would be regarded think either disapproval rat-
fcaton OF the of the Census Board in procuring the
printing OF the forms and schedules That act was re-
garded BY the COMMITTEES appointed by the Senate as
hey their power; and before we by rejection OF
the amendment shall approve oil the contract made by the
Census Board, think ought 10 have some knowledge
OF what SOFT Of contract they have made. ltseems that
this board have gone forward without warrant OF law,
and made contract for the printing OF the forms OF the
schedules, and now called upon, by mpcatlon to
approve OF that contract without knowing anything OF
the terms OF it, think that is due TO the Senate that
the friends of the should here what
the TERMS and give that information 10 the Senate that
they may understandngly to whether il is pru
dent and discreet contract otherwise Ii may be that
is such will meet the appreciation o the
Senate SO far the terms concerned think they
never could, however, approve OF the usurpation by
which the board who are limited in their expenses TO
$40 OO0 should go into contract of so great magnitude
have heard this morning II any senator is in pos
session OF that information. would ask that he would
inform the Senate what the terms OF that contract for
i am unwilling to approve OF it, by implication, without
the information. think can be safe only in adopting
the amendment Of the senator from Indiana and even
the terms such might be regarded reasonable,
would go further than the senator from Indiana does
and that to accept that portion OF il which is already
done, and submit the rest 10 the lowest bidder.
MIR L will civ the fha AFR
that he desires II IS in the report o the Census Board,
ordered to be printed BY the Senate on the 10th OF
March, 1850. IL reads as follows:
understanding that, by the law duty not on.
ly III. schedules, but them be printed
and further believing that suitable paper could not be od
actuted for the purpose. He entered into contract for
saw 10 5000 reams. a. The price Of S6 per ream One
Thousand have been delivered and paid for by
order, out Of the fund appropriated for the purpose
SO much for the paper The ordinary paper is 81 per
eam and the expense OF printing is per ream which
is less than one-half what il cost in 1910.
The question upon the amendment offered by Mr.
WHrTcoMB was then put. division was ordered, and
upon the division there IS yeas; when
Mr.. PEARCE rose and said would suggest to the
mover of that amendment, that | would have OBJ.
lection to vote for i, ii he will conhne i 70 all
the other printing except the forms and schedules.
think that is required OF us by law. the senator will
amend his amendment, would vote for it with great
eheerfulness.
MIR WHITCoMB That is about all that there is Of il,
| think
Mr.. PEARCE They will amount to but about $780,
600 at the funniest They have contract for 5000 eams
AT So per Team with the right to extend to 900 reans
which would make $4,000. The whole amount OF
printing will, ! dare say amount to near $3.50, 900
Now il the senator will amend his amendment to
take all except the forms and schedules, will vote for il
Mr.. WHITCoMB declined modifying his amendment
Mr.. MILLER. Ii is not too late, call for the yeas
The yeas and nays being ordered, were taken and re-
sulted-yeas 2o, nays ls-as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Atchison, Benton, Bohand, Bradbury
Dodge Of s Wisconsin. Downs. fec6 Fooe Ha@in Hunter
King, Mason, Norris Rn.k, Sebastian, Shields, Tumey,
NAYs-Messfs Badger. BALDWIN. Bell Clarke, Clay.
coopeS corsin DAYS Of Massaehs.s: Gsssns s Man
ance, Underwood, and Waes-l9.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. WHITC0MB. MIR President, for the purpose OF
making the bill OF the committee correspond TO the amend
ment OF the senator from Georgia, amended, now
offer amendment 10 the original BILL that the SEN
ate may afterwards choose between the two. After the
words ito contract in line three, section 81, move TO
insert the words "wlih the lowest bidder"
The question being taken upon this amendment, IL was
agreed to-
the Senate in reference the compensation oil marshals
therefore strike out Of the amendment OF the
senator from Georg the 9th section, relation 10
pensaion 10 assistant marshals. My object in making
this motion is bring 10 the consideration oil the Senate
The different modes oil compensation for marshas and
the Senate decide between the plan OF the committee
and The plan OF the amendment ] therefore to
strike out all after the enacing clause in the 9th section
o the amendment, 10 leave blank. Ii IL be the
pleasure OF the Senate 10 strike out this section, shall
then insert in the blank the plan adopted BY the
Senate committee.
| only wish to make very short statement, and to
give you results instead OF Arguments. ! have taken
county twenty miles square, and have male estimate
according the plan OF the bill offered by the gentleman
from Georgia, [Mr DAwsoS,l in order 10 show the
amount OF compensation which will be allowed, at all
the steps grades OF compensation provided for IN that
bill and the result is as follows
With 10 inhabitants TO the square mile, which will be
population OF 30 400, the compensation OF the
shal will be S6os al "a TO the square mile. with popu
laon Of 2Q60O, the compensation Is $40: thus the in
dvidual who does the least work gets S32 the mos,
money The next step IN this process Is that Of popu-
laton OF 81 TO the square mlle 20i0O in all when the
compensation is 5000 with ~ to the square mile, or 49,
500 in ALL the compensation " S5sS In that case, the
one who does the least work gets s2s2 more than the
other, which is nearly double. The next jump. so TO
express H. in this SCALE Is from population OF 26 TO the
SQUARE mile, population OF 1O400, Ia which case the
marshal receives 32 to population OF - to the square
mile, population OF 260O, where he gets 1884, or s72
the most money with the least work. The last - the
case OF to the square mile where The marshal gels $3.50
and the population is 5000 whereas when there are 20
10 the square me the marshal gets but S32 For doing
one-third OF the work. he gets almost as much compen-
saiion the other This system of injustice and ine
quality is such through the whole amsndmen and there
Is remedy for u, except 70 take lutte schoomasler
arithmetic Ii il was question OF science might look of
a different result know that has been repudiaed upon
knocked ont Of the bill. But this is nothing but
piece OF old-feld sch0olmaser arithmetic hope IT will
be taken notice of.
The question being taken upon the amendment, il was