The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-18

Mr. WENTWORTH sAid he would like 10 have it
.,sied ON he face Of the resolution
M McLANE suggested TO the gentleman from
New York and the gentleman from Illinois, that
if this 10 be made the occasion for blood Lettings
80 far the present printer concerned. be proposed
thar The public printer should be suhonzed 70 PRINT nls
pamphlet in extra style and for extra compensation
have the effect Of taking away this work from the public
printer upon any such av0wa had been made that the
printer 10 b. held to his general contract he were
to be held, he lMr Mel had idea OF taking this prof.
liable part OF the printing from him. No gentleman
could suppose that the fact Of this letter being read b the
honorable chairman OF the Committee on Pruning.
part OF his speech had any bearing upon the contract
But il they go out Of their way and make OF
effect upon the contract he was Tor doing Justice
for enforcing the performances OF this contract by the con-
tractor ard if they wished done in extra STYLE let them
give extra pay There had been enough upon this
humble printer; it was not, however, upon the printer
Mr.. McLANE Yes, upon Mr. Richie the security
MIR WENTWORTH Win the gentleman allow me
to that MIR Richie, in the committee person
ally stated that he the responsible person or the pub
Mr. McLANE said he had no desire at this time to
enter into argument with the gentleman from Illinois
upon ~: Roln i had been a a slas pa,
had 70 spoken of him. He was the security, and, being
such. his having become the assignee for his own pro-
sSis sutsc The case Of Mr. Richie the editor Of the
Unionhe contractor if they pleased but rather the Sc
curty for the contractor-was at this time before the
special committee Let il rest there He had nothing to
do with it, He did not wish to make any alluson to the
labor. OF the committee, or to the statements OF MI
Richie before the committee But he did protest against
favorable action the part OF the House upon the amend
ment of the gentleman. from New York, which went
out Of the way take up this matter of the general print
Mr. DUER said the committee had applied to know
whether they would be permitted 10 have this done BY
contract Mr. Richie said, consent but have entire
hat thu ovutl altouo frnrn
hard contract" Now he asked, it Congress accepted
this Offer if they did bind themselves release the
contactor' He need not ask the gentleman from Mary
lease from individual accompanied with the statement
that he should expect favor from him, and. having
cepted it, claim that he was not bound to comply with
Nj McLANE said he should have very little respec,
for himself, OF honor, if he expected that Mr.
House, other than he had said All he had said was
that be took it for granted that Congress would be gov
thing I, 10 hat ssct0hs Mr McL5 did not remember
NJ BROWN, Of Mississippi. interposed. and suggested
previous question. and not further continuing this dis
cussion relative 10 the public printing at time when
they were called to do an Of respect the departed
President This subject would up for discussion
hereafter:
MIR. McLANE replied that he had not introduced this
question: had he any desire to dean the House upon
It but action being proposed preudcia to the rights and
interests OF the public printer, he had et himself bound
to resist 1t.
ira style, for taking from the hands of the regular
contractors but the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk
o. me House were 70 DC 10 anew ,o
or his contract
In conclusion, he moved the previous question. but
Mr. EVANS, of Maryland, who said he thought the
remarks OF the gentleman from New York [Mr. DuERl
pertinent and thai CONGRESS was likely TO gss .hemsslse.
the proceedings relative to the public printing under this
conrac and the printing itself, had been from the be-
ginning the end, of extraordinary character.
The contractor who had bound himself in proper n
ner, and according to prescribed specimen 10 do for
this great government the printing OF the Presidents
constituting the materials from which the future history OF
the government TO be writtenths contractor came
fw.;d and n The letter which the chairman arm q ine
cared that the in which he did his work too
bad for the printing OF the remarks made in both houses
Of Congress upon the death of the late President, and
recommended that this printing be let out by contract 10
somebody else, that might be done in better
He said the contract to be faithfully executed, and
style OF printing would be abundanty goodt needed be
no better: The provisions OF the contract Qor he had
taken pains to look into - sufficiently stringent. if
they were faithfully fulfilled, TO the printing AZ
wen the reports Of the British Parliament print
ID. Their printing coat more than did yet il
executed for Congress. Congress had 90 long submitted
to this system OF cheating the govenmentof furnishing
paper Of inferior qual'ty-oi dong work unfit 70 be
ing everything the corrupt MANNER tina, The pub
I've printer forward and said, il you want
little pamphlet, containing the proceedings relative to the
death OF the President printed proper style get
body else to do IT; my style is not good enough He
hoped that this proposition would be voted down. ii
they to have the system he for stick
ing TO It-for holding the contractors the u6lmen oil
thar contract. He would leave them to CHEAT the
government no longer. IL of the GREA TEST
SWlNDLES that he repeated, 1T WAS A
GROSS SWINDLE.
Mr.. HOLMES Che floor being ylsded> cited the case
oil the contract taken by Gales IL Sea,on during the
twenty seventh Congress, at prices which not ae-
quaie and OF Congress al the last night Of the
making additional appropriation make the
pensation equivalent to what would have been unde
fair rates.
Mr.. EVANS said he had not said that the present
contract prices paid Mr. Richie were sufficient. He
had said no such thing for aught he (Mr. T. knew,
he might not receive enough by hundred per cen
But he sAid il was A GROSS SWINDLE, after entering
into 4 contract TO do the work in certain stye-which
style was good enough, and good proposed
BY the chairman OF the Committee Public Printing
for the contractor to forward and say he could
do the work well enough, and that Congress must send
somewhere else to have the work done
A another Illustration OF the manner OF proceeding
under this contract he referred the statement made by
the chairman that the second part OF the Patent Office
repor-the agricultural part of tin which the agricul-
tur1 portion OF the country felt deep an interest had
NOT been touched that nothing had been done about IT,
He wanted this fact 20 the people OF the country
Mr.. McLANE tHr. L. yielding for explanatory said
he understood his colleague present charges against the
contractor. in . manner offensive than that
which hAd been employed by gentlemen who had pre-
coded him. He knew his colleague bad no desire TO do