The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-05

LAND to strike Out all after the enacling clause" and
insert the following:
That The contractors the printing OF Con-
ess either them, be released and discharged from
execution oil their contracts under the provisions ohe
directing the manner Of procuring the printing Of the Two
houses Of Congress" upon their relinqulshng all claim
tracts and that for all ye delivered and paid for
they shall receive the same compensation as shall DO
s s o s o he
prices hereafter be paid shall exceed those authorized
per from the the form and manner Of the print
Ing 70 couptm 70 every respect e the .Pssa''ons con-
| dad BE- Il further vssoivsd. That - and $500 be
y s sG . 9s v ss printing a.
with sureties, 20 the satisfaction OF the Secretary Of tho
the pronp accurate and neat execution q the work and
ia any nconvenient delay should be any time expe
Secretary and ihs Clerk respectively. shall be authorized
employ other printers 10 execute any po
excess il any there be, in the account OF sach printer
printers for executing such work. above what Is herein al
lowed to the printer printers guilty Of such negligence
or delay
be done for the various executive departments be paid for
athe same rates as congressional printing 10 authorized 70
And be- further resoiud, That all laws and parts ofaws
now 10 orce not IN with the provisions q this
Mr.. HALE wished to know from the chairman OF the
Committee Printing what would be the difference in
the price between the printing to be done under the ar
angement proposed By the committee and the existing
Mr. BORLAND was not able to answer the question
Of the gentleman from New Hampshire with any accu-
racy The committee had no! thought necessary %
make any calculation OF that sort. The difference, he
could state, however, would be considerable II was
found that the present rates were entirely inadequate to
pay for doing the work either in proper manner or at
seasonable time. To make Investigations to ascertain
precisely how much more il would cost in The az
grega.e 10 do the printing Of the Senate. under the
proposed arrangement than it would under the ex-
stng contract, would require extensive calculations,
and could then be only partially accurate. The COM
nveseaton Thew deemed 4 bad economy 6a. an ar
rangement should continue by which the printing
could not be done in proper manner nor in proper
time.
Mr. HALE wished to know il the honorable SENATOR
the chairman of the committee, could not give general
statement OF the difference OF price, II he could not give
towards it, He thought the Senate ought 10 know some
thing about i before they acted on the subject:
ne bOhLAND. Inc same dlifcuity mat suggested
precision but my opinion is that the difference in the
price will amount to something like IS or 40 per cents
proposition is have done at reduction Of the prices
paid under the joint resolution OF lsl9 BY an average OF
Mr. HALE am as anxious as anybody 10 have the
public printing done well; but must say that feel.
der my present CONVICTIONS constrained 10 vote against
the resolution OF the Committee on Printing.
Mr., BoRLAND. Will the senator allow the resolu-
tons and amendment to be read
The resolutions were accordingly read
MIR. HALE. The reasons why shall vote against
the resolutions are these In the FIRST place, want
information before can adopt them. 1t is pretty noo-
Iious mistake not, that the printing done under the
last Congress by contract done at higher prices than
what Is paid to the present contractors believe am
correct in this Placement Well sir. il was equally
Jet the printers made complaint and said they lost
money by their contract Then the present contractors
came in, knowing how wrechedly the work done
BY their predecessors and how poorly they paid Tor
It, undebid them, and took il at considerable amount
less and as soon they had gone TO work, there
an outcy raised that they could not do what they had
i Kan ant tn rntr 4 hay
knew when they began that they could not do the work
at the price they agreed and have very strong susp
cions That they did not mean to do the work
Mr. FOOTE, Gin his seat) You make charge OF
fraud
Mr. HALE do not care what you may choose to
else say have these strong suspicious. and for the
very reason that the printers who had it before them
found that they could not do at the prices and the
that they could not take it for less than what their
predecessors lost money at From this fact presume it
was that 50 very soon we heard them make complaint
that this contract could not be carried out fear there
is some management about this, though do not know
i, and for this reason desire information. should
like to know, in the next place. who the ndyduals TO be
inserted in these blanks are to be- understand that is
pretty well known all round the Senate that the propre-
tors OF the Union and lniegencer the persons who
resolution, would like to know definitely whether the
printers OF either of these two papers directly nd
recty interested in the present contract am told that
The printing is done at OF these offices, with their
types and by their workmen; do not know the fact
positively; do charge IL; only say have heard il
said suppose it viii be found. by reference TO the bids
OF last session. that there Others besides the one that
took the contract who competitors for the printing
and do not know why ought the present
contractors do not to give up the contract and let
the next lowest bidder take IT, and il they do it.
give il TO the third fourth lowest bidder do not like
the looks OF this thing Here is law require the con-
tractors 10 take the printing at the lowest sum; and
soon as they have taken it. they come here and say.
I'VE have taken Il at so low price that II cannot be
executed" and then go back at TO the old sys
TEN.
AS regards this deduction OF 90 per cent, suppose
IT Is the same that paid for years before the
think not many years before the 20 per cent.
was deducted These OF the points that labor
in my mind, and must compel me TO vote against the
resolution of the committee and the amendment OF the
honorable chairman OF that committee.
There is another difficulty in my mind suppose that
this third section. repeats all the laws that we have
passed compelling the heads OF the departments adj
veise their Iriong All OF this required by law
Well this third section likes the price at 20 per cent less
than The price fixed by the joint resolution OF 1872 This
does away with the whole system OF advertising be-
cause the price is fixed for the printing that be done
The heads oil the departments can give il to whom they
please These Of the reasons that will oblige
me 10 vote against the resolution and the amendment IL
they be removed shall be happy to have il DONE.
and be able TO vote for any system BY which have
our printing done in a satisfactory manner.
Mr.. BORLAND MIR. President. | do not feel called
upon TO answer in detail the objections of the honorable
senator from New Hampshire The resolution and
the amendment offered by myself have both been before
The Senate for several days They have bad an opportu