The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-23
That same keen and cunning intel

,.s fertile IN resources. Ii discovered that there
difference between a deduction OF 33i per cent
deduction Of one-thifd. He knew that he had
% 10 a deduction Of one-third, and he therefore
o1usd Mr. Wales 10 deny that he had ever sworn
ABDUCTION OF 335 per cent. What able and
man is Mr. John c. Rves How remiss he was
Il robbing La yerer Of his lsurels !!
!, bi, is not all After Mr. Wales had made the
.msnt mentioned above on the authority OF Mr.
). who was then and there present, standing between
columns on the right hand OF the Vice Presidents
!, Mr.. gright arose with printed pamphlet in his
That pamphlet was congressional document
At document was House Report No. 754 of the
sOty-ninh Congress, first session. Mr.. Bright read
aets from letter written to MIR. Garrett Davis's
ming Committee Of 1915 by John c. Rives, OF the
| If Blair & Rives The extracts read were these
mink that ii tho Hou,e Of Representatives had re.
ID the prices OF congressional printing Tor the z6th
,..s 10 what they now-20 per cent below the
"a fixed by the joint resolution Of Congress passed IN
/ would have elaborated some time whether Mr.
and myself should take Il and am not sure that the
iteration would have induced me TO take II, THOUGH
- PROBABLE THAT / WOULD HAVE TAKEN
TO HAVE KEPT OTHERS FROM GETTING 1T.
roR NO OTHER REASON. Messrs. Gales u Seaton
proposed To execute the printing of Congress for 70
cent less than the prices fixed 10y the Joint resolution oil
The prices paid, proposed TO be paid by the
Of session. precisely 20 per cent less Than those
med in the Joint resolution OF 1913, aud therefore
cty the same for which Messrs Gales " Ssaton pro
la to execute the printing of the 18th Congress. They
mated hen-and TO their estimate, If reco ect
Ahthat there about II per cent profit only the
:, fixed by the Joint resolution OF 1879 and couse
loly that they would make only per by exc
ng the printing the terms they proposed They
.rl,. ~.
to do the printing 80 low that they did keep their
kmen employed for the benefit of their printers,
o would be thrown out Of empIoymen. otherwise,
When the mex. Congress Che 27h) met, both houses
ed resolutions in advance OF their eectng printers re-
cling the prices 20 per cent below those fixed by the
nj solution Of 1919 As those resolutions passed
allied on Messs Gales u Seaon, aud told them that MIR.
and myself would not be candidates for either house
tina, would not do the work for those prices if Con-
Us should offer 1t to us"
When these words were read, Mr.. Rves shrunk down
disappeared. Even his hardened audacity could not
Fl The indignant look which was cast upon him from
cry quarter We hav. not finished with Mr. Rives
mot even on the point of compensation.
Dn page 46 OF the recently found document, which
ne person--we DO not say Mr. Rives-has taken so
ch pairs TO abstract from public places and conceal
bn the knowledge OF the country, find the follow
from MIR, Rlvrs:
Question What amount OF capital in buildings presses
Sss, Nc, would be required and what would be a fair
npen.aion for the hire OF printing establishments al
Siy complete, capable of doing the work
Aa.rr. Ii would require about $4,000 build and
umlsh with presses, types, and hxtures printing es-
nhmeut large enough to execute the printing Of the
use OF Rel rescnatives l. suppose pc owning
an would tent out Tor less than SO 900
! E would not rent out such establishments for a
year, for less than $4,000 unless with condition
might place in 1t some person with sufficient control
efu keep the materials from being unnecessarily in
J ed or destroyed"
Then this we find on page As:
Qussior. Considering the reduction in the price of
eaSoIk and OF paper, by reason of the Improvements
vered to in a former inierogatory. what per cent
han the prices OF 1919 can the printing Of the House be
senled and net fair Tccompense to the contracorl
Anusr. la my answer to the fifth interrogaory gave
my opinion that he prices paid by Congress would
be more than lair recompense the printer if he ex-
sd the printing with the necessary despatch and gave
asns IN support Of that opinion"
Such are some OF the statements which Mr. Rives has
anes past made with regard to printing These ex-
pets do not comprise all his staemens and it will re.
al least another number, not two or three, for us
! do him lustice-and we are determined TO do him
|aee'h possible But we have at least done enough to
owe that Mr.. Rivess various oa,hs will not stand TO-
hs-thal II he told the truth at one time he mus, have
om to very different thing a, another time
us hardly necessary, after what we have done, 10
fose hr Rives's late attempt TO induce the belief tina,
editor OF the Union would have realized exorbitant
Oh' at one half the of lsl9 if the House resou
p had passed the Senate. We rather think that Mr
Vas credibily, even when speaking under oath, has
Pen shaken on the law maxim, Jaisus m uno, fals,s
omnibus, But there are some persons who believe
Pa'a man may speak fasey-yea, swear falsely-on
Pms subjects yet who is entitled to be heard on others
Z DO not hold the faith OF this latter school The
4 lawyers, we believe, held the right faith. We
eve that a man who will speak falsely abou, one
S val, II occasion requires speak falsely about any
per lhing. We believe that the man who would swear
lssly IN 1910 will swear falsely in 1880 and speak
I~y-being ready to add his oath for sutfcien, in
''sment-n 1851.
Bat we have pressed on our space too far already
' must leave Mr.. Rives and his oaths and statements
acouple OF days But we will return TO our sheen.
We will not leave our sheep until we have PLAYED
part of a good shepherd-un,il we have made our
'mlse good-unt we have shown up the oamp.fol.
yer az he gathers up the spoil and plumber taken from
coses Of the slain who had fallen under the blows Of
very man whom he wishes to taduce and ruin
Florida Senator
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