Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-08-07

j HOUSE OF REIhESEN AL ES.
E On motion of Mr.. HEM, by unanimous consent, Sc
nate bin three additional land districts in tn
State of Iowa taken up read three times, and passed
PUBLIC PRINTING.
; On motion Of Mr.. STANTON, of Kentucky, the Hous
then proceeded to consider the bill to abolish the conac
system elect public printer, and fix the prices of the
public printing heretofore reported from the COMMITTEES
on Printing
Mr. STANTON said that the Committee on Printn,
and the select committee the subject had hae
several conferences and after great deal of debera
tion and after consulting the intelligent and expe
printers in this city of whose services they could
avail themselves they had to a conclusion as the
provisions which should be Incorporated in BILL They
had drawn up bill of this description, which the chair
man of the select committee (Mr MARSHALL, of Ken
tucky had in his possession and which the proper
time that gentleman would substitute to the
bill under consideration
1 Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, moved to amend the
bill under consideration by striking out all after the first
section and inserting in lieu thereof several sections
which had been agreed upon by the joint and select
mtees printing
He remarked that the committee proposed strike out
all of the bill under consideration except the first
ton which provided for the repeal Of the sys
tenn. He was perfectly satisfied from the experiments
they had made in that system, that should be repealed
IL had been entered upon under the idea thaboh
nomy and fairness in competition would be secured by
but neither of these objects had been effected The
amendment submitted by the committee proposed the
election Of public printer who the print
ing not only Of Congress- but of the Executive Depart
ment In addition to this for the purpose of protecting
the interests of the Government the amendment provided
for the appointment of superintendent of printing, who
should be practical printer acquainted with the bust
ness and whose duty it should be to inspect the work.
and TO that it always executed with and
dispatch Thus this officer would stand between the Go
yernment and the public printer In regard to the rates
proposed by the committee the prices for composition
nearly great in the bin they had reported as they
under the law of 1919 But composition was very
small part of the expense Of public printing and he did
not know any good reason why journeymen printers
wages should not be as high now they in 1919
He supposed that the prices for composition in the
amendment proposed by the committee would probably
fall about twenty per cent below the rates of 1919 The
amendment also provided that the Government should
furnish the paper.
Mr. CHANDLER said that he thought that the propo-
ston submitted by the select committee the best
that could now be adopted; but he convinced that
time they would have to establish Government print.
ing Office
Mr. CLINGAIAN alluded to the delay in the printing
and said that those documents which they most needed
had not yet been furnished them by the contractor They
had now before them three proposons-the bill reported
by the Committee Printing, the substitute offered there
for by the gentleman from New York. Mr. JRSKISs) and
the proposition reported this morning by the chairman of
the select committee In his opinion it would be better
to pass any one of these propositions than leave the matter
in its present condition and he thought the House would
do well to vote upon the subject at once
Mr. ORR said that from the debates it would be seen
nlt for the last three the gentleman from Kentucky
for the enforcement of the contract system He believed
at first that that system could succeed but he had be-
come perfectly satisfied from his experience during the
present session. that il impractcabe in consequence
of the circumstances which surrounded it. Ii was now
apparent that change should be made and he should
cast his vote favor e the amendment reported from the
select committee.
The question being put said substitute il was re-
jected Yeas 49, nays SO.
The bill then read the third time andpassed BY the
following vote:
YEAS-Messrs. Aiken, Willis Allen, John Appleton VIII
liam Appleton, Thos H. Bayly Bocock, Bragg Brecken-
ridge Briggs Busby, Thompson Campbell Caskie, Chandler,
Chasan, Churchwen, Clark Cngman Cobb Colcock Daniel
Dawson, Dean, Duncan, Dunham Eastman Edmundson
Gentry Hamilton, Isham g. Harris Sampson W. Harris
Hendricks Henn Hbhard Houston Howard, Ingersoll Jack
son, Andrew JGtrson, George w. Jones, kuhns Kurz,
Landry, Leteher Loekhar Humphrey Marshall McLanahan
McMullen McNar Mcqueen, Meade Milson, Henry ID.
Moore, John Moore Murphy, Murray, Nabcrs, 0ds, Orr
Penn Phelps Polk, Richardson Riddle Robie Ross. Savage
Schermcrhorn, Scury, David L. Seymour, 0rgen s. Sey
mour SHELTON, Smith, Richard H. Stanton Abr r. Stephens
Stone st. Martin, Staton, Stuart Thurson yenable Wal
lace Ward, Watkins, Alex White, Wilcox Wiiams-gl.
NAYS-Messrs. Abercrombie Babcock Barrere Bennett,
Brcnton Albert g. Brown, Burrows Cartier Chapman Ceve,
land, Disney Dockery Doy, Edgeron Evans Fitch Floyd
Fowler Giddngs Goodenow Goodrich, Grey Harper Haws
ascal Haven, Hebard, Holadny Horsord John W. Howe,
Thomas NJ. Howe, Thomas Y How, Hunter Ives, johnson
Preston King, Mann Martin, Mason Miner Molony More
head, Newton, Outlaw Sam w. Parker Pennman, Perkins,
SHOEMAKER Smart, Sany, Benjamin Stanton, Alexander
H. Stephens Townshend wabridge, welch, and Addison
White-56.
The House then adjourned