The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-12

knowledge, We presume lha when shall h. circulated,
il will be produetse OF good effects, instead 81 being o
duclye OF no elects at all, o. ~ mlscheyous theew
II The HONORABLE senator agrees with lhai We have
right to presume that this parueuH BOOK, wheh pup
shed will be attended with wholesome Jnenee, ne =
bound. in my opinion, TO support The proposition no" o.
! hut says the honorable senator. be eanno, trust -
much TO our Secretary Well. ar. can aod the mem.
beers OF the Senate generally viii that hey can Hus
that officer TO any extent ia the performance OF such
dulles, and the whole country knows u, Tie certainty
did not intend any assameni OF That particular cHhcst
but ee bound 10 FAY with regard 10 suggestions thfoW
out that will TO the country and may be misunderstood
that no man has occupied seal ~ this body ot ~
lhe other House OF Congress wao does not know ihal
the individual who would be ntrlsed with the printing
OF thus document is not only highly competent to the pet
iormancs OF the duty but that Is certain that The
and Judiciousiy, Upon what ground, then. does the
senator's prohc fancy conure up such bugbeafs 10
irgh'en senators into propriely
The gentleman says that we have not limited the az.
preparation. was just the Of stating that l
had, in puttng my proposition IN writing, the senator
from Arkansas mir BoRLAsDl knows, Included such
dsay % So senator's G hs hoa
orable senator from Connecticut is known 10 be pot
cally omitted it have now requested my honorable
friend from Arkansas 10 prepare that very limitation and
believe that he has done TO restrict the Secretary Of
the Senate from giving more for the printing OF thus vol
ume than'tha which would amount TO one halt OF The
prices OF 1912 That, | hope, will satisfy the senator
That TO be his own iavorlle idea. 1t was The
very idea imbodied in the amendment proposed by
me, and withdrawn this morning i is proposed
to avoid unnecessary controversy, and hope that
we understand each other, | have undertaken, as he
well knows little responsibility in estimating for
proposition involving large expenditures, as believe
proper, however where knew they would benefit persons
politically hostile TO me. Here the honorable senator
became unwilling TO vote for this expenditure because BY
possibility some individual 10 whom he is not particular
~ friendly may get the contract do not know who will
get H. believe that ii is TO be let out udiciously and
honestly, and am satisfied with giving the Secretary
full power spon the subject ..r
Mr. SMITH shall not take any notice of what the
honorable senator says abou, my exploding speech upon
the Senate. not in the habit OF necessarily cxpiod
time Of this honorable body. Now, Mr. President, the
printing OF this document has been ordered by the House
OF Representatives, and believe that most enormous
quantity OF 1t has been ordered by them. cannot
now say what the number that has been ordered BY
the House OF Representatives but believe that of the
reports OF the first session OF the late Congress less
than hundred thousand copies were ordered BY the
House OF Representatives, and presume very large
quantity was ordered at the late session-so that this
document is TO 20 before the public The whole country
is be flooded with the document, and believe that
further publication Of that document by the Senate is
perfectly uselessis wholly unnecessary. But if my
honorable friend, the chairman OF the Committee on
Printing, OF which am also member, had had OPP
portuny make his report at the late session OF the
Senate, should have been willing to vote for
able number OF thi. document but | should not have
been prepared to the extent that is proposed by this
resolution And If ii be the pleasure OF majority of the
body to order the printing OF this document at this extra
OF the Senate should propose greatly reduce
the number. must confess that have become alarmed
and greatly alarmed at the enormous expenditures which
the sessions of Congress in the habit OF making
out OF contingent fund. know that hitherto have
concurred member of this body, and also as a
Der of The House OF Representatives in sustaining prop
ositon OF liberal character, of this knd but il does
seem 10 that when the aggregate amount OF these
expenditures has become enormous, it is high
time for pause, and consider whether the exPend-
lures under the head OF printing and variety OF other
forms, not altogether greater than they ought to be
and il mainly for this that did in
the proposition that submitted the other day vote
not less than twenty thousand dollars IN the form of
gralues officers OF the Senate at the late session
voted with other members OF this honorable body
opposition TO il. have tax my ground upon that
subject intend TO resist now, and at all herea
ter, all these propositions Tor printing these enormous
quantities OF public documents to be thrown upon the
country, to which there is end The print,
the may print; the throw upon the
country. the greater will be the demand. OF this very
document when first came into Congress, were in
the habit OF printing not more than some five, six, eight,
ten thousand IN the House of Representatives They
have up 10 hundred thousand-by- by ii
will be five hundred thousand We have now come up
to thirty thousand. proposed to be printed and disrb
uted over the county. 1t would me that it is
absolutely necessary that should arrest this OF
prodlgal expenditure, and for arresting il. As
most enormous quantity OF the Document, is TO be dis
trbuted by the House OF Representatives submit to
The Senate that any publication by unnecessary
Every district OF the country represented the House
OF Representatives every single congressional district
will get all of this document that the public interests
qure. therefore am utterly opposed 10 any further
publication OF this document II II be the pleasure Of
tne senate 10 Order Tor lew Thousand Tor
distribution TO members OF this body do not know that
shall particularly object TO IT but do object TO the
printing OF this document at the discretion of the Secre
tary
The honorable gentleman says that he is willing TO
come down 10 one. half the pnces OF the resolution oil
1919. Can the honorable senator tell how much profit
one half the prices OF 1919 will put into the hands
OF the printers OF this document A most enormous
profit, venture TO say-more than fifty per cent profit
nay, hundred per cent. ! informed by practical
printers this city that one half the prices of 1919
would give profit OF one hundred per cent What the
OF the document is TO be at the OF one.haf the
prices Of 1919, the honorable senator from Mississippi
than hundred per cent above the actual OF the
document utterly opposed 10 any such proposition
as this. move amendnent-
blr FOOTE. Will the senator permit me, IN the first
place to accept amendment drawn up by the chairman
OF the committee
Mr. SMITH having yielded,
Mr.. Fo0rE modified his amendment by adding the
following:
Pordsd That the cost OF the printing shall not exceed
the public printing
! again congratulate the county that the honorable
senator from Connecticut has announced himself the
champion OF pecuniary reform.
MIR. UPHAM rise to a question OF order | should
be perfectly willing al another time TO hear the honorable
senator but at thus late period OF the session wish TO
inquire whether speaking three times on question
ought not TO be sufficient
Mr.. FOOTE | am now about to speak upon the
amendment which have Just accepted which Is a new
proposition | know my friend will bear with me, az
not in the habit of exploding speeches AS often as
sometimes charged with dong SO Indeed, / have
become very parsmonious OF my speeches OF late; for
having heretofore spoken undoubtedly very often when
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