The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-14

printers e Do, branches Congress when the census returns
printing q them Blair kves, according law hsa Nj
ssSs he Census nos ssmp'sssS SSss Forsyth
once % Thomas Alien law, Bia Riss
The law Of 1885, 10 which Mr. Riyes aIludes, does no,
differ in any respect except as 10 the number Of copies
ordered. from The preceding census laws The public
printers received the printing OF the returns sI
oco. under the law OF 1920. section and under the
law OF 1880, IL and under the lawho 1882 sec M
hey Were printed ot Ins use g a1d
the Census OF 1910, which Mr. Rves says = seas aot
completed aghen M. Forsyth usnf OUT Of Office there
Mss 90 es ass s;a2s n Sss sa
pertinent General Harrison was inaasura,ed ON the 4h
Of March. 1871, He appointed Mr. Webster Ssere-
tary oil State On the first day OF September, 1Sil.
Congress passed act amendatory OF the law OF
1899, from which we make the following extract, ~
Tia, the sss,s. q STATE be- aud he hereby authorized %
seIdsmsa, q The ss, esn.a. BY counties and
%sns d State Inc use : p'sp''sa . me depart
Mr. Webster had been Secretary Of State six months
before this &C. was passed yet Mr., Rves endeavorstc
commenced the printing OF the compendium and that il
was taken away from them unfinished by Mr.. Webster
and the resdae-a portion Of MSgivea % Ms Thomas
directed TO cause the compendium 10 be printed. The
law did not say that he must employ the public printers
a1s M Ssss Rse. claimed
Virtue o6ieii. because i was printed TOR me use Of
Congress; and. although i had been given not =
ting hold Of copy. and printed il in defiance Of Mr.
Allen was paid, and Blair Rves were paid, and thus
the treasury suffered twice for the same work. How
will Mr.. Rives get out OF this demmai Will he. say
that he meant that the manuscript OF the compendium
had not been completed when Mr. Forsyth retired Per;
haps So. His mastery distinction between deduchonof
onetbird and deduction OF 33t per cent proves that his
genius is equal to any task. 'FHelhM
MT Hives next endeayors 70 prove that u the census
have area been taken out oil the cOntractwe would
have lost on them Ii order 70 make this appear. he ~
The fifth class Of printing Mr. Rivss gives no reason fof
this assertion, and of course have no argument 70
answer on that point We therefore content ourselves
with saying that the returns do not come under
letter Of the fifth class OF printing Letter Of the
fifth class applies only to resolutions and other docu.
ments from State legislatures, memorials, pettions and
all other papers documents not included IN part and
c.. Pan does not. but part does include the style Of
printing required for the census returns. 1879 ~,
We come next to the bunders mistakes. msreptesent
atoms, 1--WE will not use harsher terms,) which Mr..
Rves and others have circulated relative to the price
charged for printing ten thousand copies of . opin
Of the contract. entitled TO receive 8s7 260
for this job and we actually received $i2,o Mt.
Rivess argument upon this point Is based on the
pin & S'feepers contract and the bill was rendered
under part Of the fifth class Tppn Streeper printed
~S other os
part A. We ordered BY the Senate to print them in
ad6sren, STYLE to use different sized page. and make
uOCUUieutS nxHeT
style of printing not enumerated any item Of congrss
sion printing But will not present any argument Of
our own on this point. We prefer 70 meet Mr. Rives
have examined contracts attentiyely--we mean Mr.
Badger OF the Senate Mr. Walker late Secretary of the
Judge MsGaI S late C0npGisI q he Treas
On the 23d of September Mr. Badger said in the Sem
ate while the proposition brought forward by Judge
Bright relative 10 the public printing was pending .sa
word e g $ q y % ~
ssns,s c Of &. u case
only agree what has been stated by from
. s Y e ~
son assigned that the price wa. estimated By as Secretary q s
dsode upon
s ass ~ sy hs q me a sesss sas
have heard good s.d upon thai subject. MANY
charab suppose without examination of ti. saseeL q de-
Examined have looked into the hive examined
viii, have carefully scanned q and ny upon ny
exposition By oce senate
was no outrage in ii was fraud charge
ssSsd % @ . had ss. sas
would have been gwen = nos The question
desire from the ground TIA. gave s5.sr
made and we understood the time Me estimated two
"a a. s ss:
tanned under the terms Of the contract Tben sr what was The 81
portion Or what according
.e, terms o. ue between h ana ne noase ne w.
Indiana Bgf proposition particular
resolution 1919, proposed
this b that there soihng unreasonable unjust
In any part Of the arrangement" t stfigfsg 1855
To this high authority we add the opinions OF Judge
McCulloh, Mr.. Fendall, and Mr.. Walker !:
x'ouLLoH, cohrrRotLKs
wAsHIssros, June is. 1850.
Sra compliance with Inc which made the a
OF Mr. VIM NJ Belt printer fof the
United States, would professionally FORM and
opinion about what compensation he could justly
passed 90 copies Opinions Of the
Supreme Court Of Norris the city of
pamphc form In the same style and
the Supreme Court usually erecuted according 70 hs trims
his eorta with The United State. for printing ofe A ea 20
pi6ed document numbered e6, o The ID
Of the ooh Congrete said cenfra having been made
s OF said documon: numbered g. By Asbuy
Diekns Secretary OF the Senate, and Thomas Campbell
ofe In acccrdaase with tho cist
supply Senate and House Of
spcve, with the printing for each fo ths su Congc
ma forth IN foos ~ and Is Of said document
numbered have the honor 70 state si ser having
s as Ss on Spy eoS q @ senate
dated May D. 1850 md the aforesaid adver
een proposals. and contracts and likewise compared document
numbered CO. published IN The d voun. Of the Senate Msce
I'd OF the 3oth Congessbcng the
opinions Of the Judges t Supreme Court IN the aforesaid cases
printed BY pPn s,r.spe, ,he os and style q ae
said opinions printed by Mr. Belt under the Aforesaid order
the Senate nud this pamphlet has been pnied - % s
ihe Aforesaid also differing from me pager
prescribed for Of the aforesaid pruning me W.a a
he pages q ssd enn ap, number ems u *
eire win differently arnnged headings without MEMBER
and upon no 2" s sso
peror o e paper contract 81 Mr. belt r either