The daily union., 1852-09-08

unds is con rac He pelends now that he refused my
oer 70 give hun premium TO LET me take the burden com
dence 10 my doing the work well offered give him
bond aud good security, and ake the IN MS
ofh la whose he tRche) held the contract 10
and well done. Knowing that this was
100 shaow be adds aaa es aas every
aguiast has claim for relief"
Mr. CLEMENS. desire to ask il there is any proof
attached 10 that publication
Mr.. PEARcE. No; it is the statement of John c:
Mr. CLEMENS. Then it is mere personal conro-
versy
Mr. PEARCE, There is something more than that
There is nobody here prepared 10 give account and
show how much Mr. Richie lost. What does the hon
orable senator from Connecticut propose That we
shall pay Mr. Richie $4,000 over and above what be
woald receive from his contract
Mr, CLEMENS. Mr. Rlves is of the very
who have executed the printing for Congress Did he
ever do Tor less than thirty per cent below the prices
OF 1912
Mr. PEARCE His contract some years ago was for
% PEI per 6 cent. !, under gse, these prices. :.
Mr. CLEMENS. Aud now propose TO reduce it
Mr. PEARCE. Mr.. Richie made contract of diff
erent Sort under the law of s46 which required it TO
be let 10 The lowest bidder. He made with iull expe
ence for part OF the public printing for the prior Con-
gress under this same OF 1916 had been executed
his office; and because Mr.. Rves made contract
years before under different law, prices rather better
Than Mr. Ritche's. therefore to disregard
the contract and the law, and put fortune into the
tractors pocket. / hat seems 10 be the argument.
confess do not understand the force OF H. said that
the honorable senator from Connecticut. in spirit,
think, of libetaly, proposes to give Mr. Ritchie
more more than NE ,sn contract Pess but that i not
but 1t is not enough seems My honorable friend from
Arkansas, who IS not usually given TO extravagan
beaIity, if understand his proposition proposes give
him $50 600 more than his contract allowance. He has
more OF practical knowledge of printing than have, and
perhaps more than most OF us have, and he thinks that
these would be very good terms for Mr. Richie. am in
formed that the added that by giving the $50 OOO
Mr. Richie would have $4,000 clear profit Ii seems.
then, that In this although refused indem
nty heretofore 10 give more than indemnity TO Mr.
Rchie We indemnify him for all his losses and fill
his pockets, when as said BEFORE he is entitled by
merlioous services 10 any particular favor at our hands
heard the statement denied that the long numbers
OF the documents contained paper vastly inferior to that
of the sample which his contract bound him TO furnish
He made large sums of money by using that inferior
paper. This fact is not denied, and yet called
upon to give him indemnity for his alleged LOSSES and to
put at least 900 into his pocket How much the
proposition Of the senator from Illinois will yield to him
Mr. SMITH. will remind the senator that the sena-
Tor from Name says that the amendment will give Mr.
Richie SkOO,OO0 over The contract prices The
from Alkansa. says II will give him S2l4 900.
i Mr.. CLEMENS. We want The proof OF that.
i MIR. PEARCE. These opinions which am glad
10 have We cannot al way have proof and it behooved
those who introduced this proposition bring the proof.
fhey who maintained the Affirmative OF the proposition
those who are ieady as measure OF justice" or hb
eray. 10 pass this anendmenought 10 be prepared 10
show the amount OF the lberaliy which they intend TO
besow. II for them bring proof, for Who OBJ
ect 10 at course aud SUCK 10 the Contract They have
ailed 10 produce the proof. We have the opinions OF
two Senator'S OF whom is chairman OF the Print
ing Committee, as was The other al the beginning OF the
session, and of whom, believe, once connected
with the press They tell us what they think The amend.
ment will give TO the We entitled to look
10 The opinions OF those gentlemen, instead OF that proof
which ought TO be furnished the other side. Ii
has been loss they should show it,
j Mr.. CLEMENS. desire to ask the senator ques.
ton feeoeel that pfoposiion was introduced by a
senator IRON Missouri, who has a place upon
this hoor Mr. Beaton TO elect pubc printer and pay
hun twenty cent les. than the prices OF 1919. My
recollection that the senator from Connecticut and the
senator IRON Maryland both voted for H. 1t matter
OF recollection with me merely. Now we propose 10 put
II al 80 per cent less than the prices OF 1919 ask the
senator u he DID not vote for tnat propostoni
j Mr. PEARCE. III the gentleman audes 10 any
tract, all nave to say Is that remember nothing about
II he aludes TO proposition some two years ago 10
make compensation to Mr. Ritche, or extra allowance to
him, did not vote Tor II.
MIR. CLEMENS. do not refer 10 that. refer to
| Mr. Benlon's resolution
Mr.. PEARCE. have not the slightest recollection OF
any such proposition. ! do not know when il made.
/ FMS do known, that just before Mr. Richie made his
contract endeavored 10 obtain this Senate The passage
oi RESOLUTION by which should suspend the operation
OF the act OF ls46, and delay the new contract then
about be made. uul could 80 arrange its terms as
10 make It's faithful execution certain. Many OF
were dissatisfied with The working oil the contract
ten. Members oil the Senate who now present will
recoec tnai produced samples OF the miserable paper
and execrable printing which furnished under H. l
ie under The dispeasure oil some gentlemen the other
side Tor the course which pursued particularly
aof from Pennsylvania charged ne with endea avoriBg
put end 10 the contract system, and 10 the
pnces OF 1919. OF course entertained such design,
but desired TO something done by which the public
ptnIng might be compelled 10 be furnished according 10
The eobhat IL was thought that my resolution might
interfere with the contract that obtained
/ by Mr. Richie; anu so. though think the resolution
was passed, II was reconstructed and resented; and
tnen The contract was made by Mr. Richie, who was
eager TO get as eager he rs 10 throw of, and
demand more than II allows him.
shall not consume any more OF the time OF the SEN
this suhjsct but mean that the people OF this
country - ali know that although it has been
practice give gratultes 10 those who enter
tracls, and suffer osses by them and when have
fused 10 indemnify one contractor who brought before
statement which we had every to suppose to be
tar, showing loss; Yet now when another contractor
who does not show the of his expenditure
losses, but urges general osses which may be- and
dou0t sfe, large extent losses upon his newspa
per publication, instead OF leaving hlm be coneped
WITH bis losses, as Dogberry was, intend that he
shall be gamer by them that he shall have "for
buck led upon back and treat and the
law as If they nues. IL is right and prol'er thai
this tng should be discussed, thai may know
that what Justice and beraIy" TO accord to
losing contractor o the government is readily and pro-
iusey gran ed to another, and ior good that
any assign.
Mr. TOUCEY have not been involved in any ques-
lion with regard 10 the pubic printing, the
md, OF the heat OF any controversy o that KIND think
the proposition that made fair and reaaonab
one. committee OF the Senate and of the House have
inquired into far prces that should be paid for the
pubic prntng. Now SIR, there IS nothing certain
Iuan The general prices paid Tor printing throughout this
country. We have not gone bindy ino that inquiry,
but have inauifeJ of the most experienced Doth