The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-04

W. aid No, .,o.ei to aude again 10 THE ind vidual IN
come xion with application now PsndiIs oeo ,h
gIess but article In the Giooe oil os'"'oay 80 a.;
Signature Of Mr. Rives forces us 10 do 90 against our u"
clinaton.
Mr. Riyss was aware that do not issue paper on
Monday; and he doubtless ,noasm. a " consr,.s 70
correct the erroneous impressions winch DC mas en-
dsayorvd 10 make. We therefore issue an extra ONO"
~ eommeniox on Mr. Rives's article, which is oslen.
.by called forth by remark OF the Republic, we shall
6st consider It's closing paragraph 10 IN these words
The Rey~bie believe that Mr. kitcho losing
money hs Tor the public printing while am
out OF my congressional subscription ior The
stating much received on the Senate session ior
Congressional Globe aud Appendix and how much Mr.
Richie would have received he had printed them Tor the
Senate under his contract.
eaob making 2s76 volumes. paid ~ $50 Tor
Under Mr. R,'chles contract no would have received io'
Mr. Rives states that the Senate took from him 744
copies OF the Congressional Globe, and the same number
Of copies OF the Appsnd,I at the last session and paid
him therefor 81 $3.50 He then states that the same
printing under our contracts would have amounted 10
y94O7 Is He should have been specific. and put
fraction after the IS cents, for he evidently proceeds
under the belief that the human mind Is easily deceived
BY the appearance OF mathematical exaciness. The
in which the Congressional Globe and appendix
are printed differs widely IRON the .anner IN which
cong printing executed There be methods
| BY which the difference can'be estimated ga.
But let suppose that Mr. Ryess calculation is cor
rect Let US admit that would have received. under
contract $94o7 Is for furnishing the Congressional
GioJs and Appsndir to he Ssnats But why conne the
remark TO the Senatel
belief that Mr. Rves furnishes the Congressional Globe
and Appedir al lower rates than the terms OF our con
tracts Tor congressional printing The purpose which
prompted this nsnuation was to sustain both Of
the following false deductlonso wit that our contracts
not losing contracts; they losing contracts
Mr. Ryes mus. lose propor'ionaly more than we lose
/, easy expose ,hi. cunning trihing with the intel
lgence of Congress and the country. g
| ThAro ia hranc nj WI
Rives forgets TO remember and we will take the lib
erty Of supplying the convenient deficiency OF his
s that i6s House Of Represenaves took Of The co~
grtsslonai Globe aud .appendir $500 copies OF each
making 1l,iS4 copies OF both, for which W copy
paid, making just 3,552 which, added TO The copies
furnished NE SENATE, make jusi 3S Oss Is this all. BY
no means. MIR. Rlves. by means OF oaths before Mr..
John Wentwoh's committee and by printed statements
placed the desks Of members OF the House Of Repre-
sentatiye induced additional appropriation OF $4,000
for reporting the very matter when he had sold TO the
count stands thus: NJ. +.
Amount voted for reporting $4,000
IA copies Globe oni Appe"dl (sSsnale) a,sss
$500 tHouse) 33,552
3,oss
The first item above for reporting ( ooO) covers The
expenses not only OF reporting Tor tue House, but OF
transferring the reports OF the Senate from The aims
the Union and Ieiiigencsr Il betrayed all the expenses
except paper and work; and yet having nothing ba
paper and 10 pay tor in furnishing 744 copies
the CongresIona Globe and dppenaL to he Senaie.
having 1892 OF eacn as extra numbers Mr. Rves preends
to institute compa between what he Charges the
Senate and what contract, tmbfdtng al expenses
would call for. without extra numbers Surely he has
peyed the government un, be has lost all respect
!, for the intelligence OF his dupe.
20 much for Ms H. Point, There !, another which
Gle that the House pays him only halt much report
ing as he Senate pass Mssus, Gaies y Seaton ana
Mr. Richie for rspo ting, ITS debates. FMS statement
was intended 10 convey the impression that The Union
l. and I1eif,gen~r-hat is, each of hemr-ceved from
the Senate Just tsice much the Globe from
e the House-leasing the Ignorant to suppose that each
ssparasy received twice much Mr.. Rives who has
N grown rich by sinking money The truth just this
The Union and lntatigeneer report Tor tue Senate
a ate 81 81 column for their reports the daily
&c issue; but besides that they required TO fur
nsh the reports to The country IN their tn weekly issues
BY thus means the reports OF The Senate
throughout the country But how is with the Globe
Let us see
The Globe. a newspaper. ha. but limited crcua-
ton and besides II is private cted
IN no manner with Congress After it was commenced the
Senate authorized subscription to the Congressional
Globe and APpend,r for tbs members Of The Senate.
OF 1919, provided that those rates did hot exceed So
volume lo s ss session And here we will remark in
passing, that Mr. Rves terms these rates the Of
Tue rates OF Congress printing; the eec, being to
induce the belief tina, he was limited by the present
a OF Congres, printing.
The House Of Representatives after wards authorized
subscription on the came terms that OF the Senate
hfs Tor Twelve copies to each member, and afterwards
OF twenty iou copies to member, OF the Congre,
sonai Globe aad Appsad,r but neither the Senate nor
the House oil Representatives ever authorized sub
scrlpon TO the DAILY Globe. entered into any
contract, either directly indirectly, with Mr. Riyes
a Congress authorized certain subscriptions to the Con-
gressonai Globe and hppendI, provided certain con
dons were observed; beyond that, entered into no
contract whatever, and into engagement, except that
winch every subscriber 10 newspaper or periodical
ters into by virtue OF his subscription Congress
authorized Mr.. Rves TO report lis proceedings Neither
branch OF Congress conferred upon him such auhor
ny Neither OF Them al any time, has ever in any
ner contracted for the publication OF the DAILY Globe
the Weekly GLOBE, the Congressional Giobs, the hp
pendsr TO The Congressional Globe. Those pubica-
tons were purely and entirely private adventures,
entered into without the nducemsnt of Congress- and
without any contract with Congress Ind vduals sub.
scrbed, and both branches OF Congress subscribed most
literally, and at exobitant terms at Just so per
cent higher than those charged private individuals for
the Congressional Globe and AppendiI, which, according
10 Mr. Rvess stpu aons, TO contain the proceed
| ngs OF both branches OF Congress. And, after Con-
gress had agreed TO Ray just so per more than
House, and LASS copies for the Senate, Mr. Rves
comes forward and demands $4,000 for report
ing the very matter which he is thus exofbany paid
Tor. That $4,000 gratuiy. We do object
III, out " was Rrotuug-srctly and actually a era.
uity--ior Congress made with Mr. Rves
relative to the Daily Globe the Congressional Globe or
APpe~d,1
before mentioned. endeavos TO create the belief that
twice as much as he receives for reporting The Un,on
and InfeAgsaco each receive 81 so a column for re.
porting they bound without charge to nut
their reports into their tr weekly edons. The L,i,be
receives 81 so column aud furnishing only one copy
daily 10 each member OF Congress and besides that re-