The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-18
The Cincinnati Enquirer make. the following remark

"We think Mr. Rltchie could have discovered before he
had been month work under his whether
would be losing to him not and he should then
immediately have asked Congress release him. As it
was looks the low bids under which Mr. Richie has
been working were put in on purpose to break down the
system hoping the that Cong
might be induced make up losses by voting
compensation Even as is Mr. Richie gets but onshaf
the price that used be paid Gales Seaton and Blair
x Rivos and in that particular, the treasury 10 that
extent
'But what is the indy nation expressed by
the wings this plundering Of the treasury. they call
it, Their pain is intense that they really under
II is horrid affair in their The pain mostly feel
arises from the fact that Congress- in what has done for
Mr. Richie, did but follow very bad example by the
wing Congress of lsD. The wings, some how other.
DO brought how bad of their
looks how offensive really is uatil democrats subse-
queniy do the same thing"
We understand the Cincinnati Enquirer to mean
that if had given such notice we should
have been released from the contract, or Con-
gress should indemnify In every other case
where indemnity has been granted, no such notice
has been given and yet the other public printers
have been relieved. During the first session Of the
last Congress considerable additional appropriation
was voted for the benefit OF Mr. John c, Rves to assist
in his engagement for printing the proceedings of the
House OF Representatives There was no hggng about
granting him relief He sent to a committee to
have single item sfted; bu, very heavy appropria
ton was made for his benefit in the House, without the
slightest scrupe in his case. During the very las,
sion handsome additional compensation made TO
another printer for printing volume-a compensation
considerably beyond his contract price, and allowing him
thirty five per cent oil the prices OF 1919 No difficulty
about his but was only when "the bull gored
OK that every other precedent forgotten-hai the
esorbance Of the relief lat fifty per cent of the prices OF
1870 refused to by wing senator, and esiopped
too, by the previous movement OF Mr. Senator Turney
But still this is not the main point OF the case. The
Cincinnati Enquirer has not watched the game on the
chessboard as carefully as it might have done, or it
would no, have made the remark which /, suggested
We have virtually complied with the requis,ion which
it prescribes We did offer to Congress, almost within
month from the commencement, OF our contract, to sur
render it into their hands. We requested them TO
make a new arrangement" for executing the public
work, because we found IT going to prove losing
concern to us for had been stripped OF all benefit Of
The printing of the census, which hal hitherto gone to
the public printer and by which its last printers Messrs
Blair Rives) had cleared at least sl25.ooo We con-
tnued through the Of the las, long session to
lay our contract the feet OF Congress; but we were
tantazed from month TO month and from week to week
with some prospects OF a change-wiih some
ement-wih some hope OF relef-uni the very
who. the first blush Of The matter had proposed give
twenty-five per cent of the prices OF 1919 hggei the
other day a, giving us fifty per cent.
One remark to friend OF the Cincinnati En-
quirer No bid was put TO break down the contrac,
system. We have and over stated tina, there
no colluson-no coalition formed to abolish t-but that
every exer,ion was made to execute the work with all
possible promptude, and work kept back for the
purpose Of breaking down The contract We have stated
all these things often, that amos, ashamed TO
repeat them. We cannot suppose tina, the Cincin.
matt Enquirer would have made the remark which it
has published. il il had known that pamphlet after
pamphlet and paper after paper had been published to set
ourself right before the country.