Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


The SPEAKER announced as the first business in or
der the consideration of the following resolution report
ed by the Committee on Printing on Friday last;
Rolred That the Committee Printing under the joint
resolution Of the Sd Of August 1885, "have power to adopt
such as may deemed necessary to remedy any
neglect or delay on part Of the contractor to execute the
work ordered by Congress and 70 make o-rda deduction
In the conformation allowed or refuse the work altogether
should a. be inferior 10 the Standard and in all eases may
bold the contractor and his securities responsible Tor any in
creased expenditure consequent upon the 81
his contact
The question being on the adoption Of the resolution
Mr. FITCH was assigned The floor II. H 49,
Mr. JOHNSON of Tennessee suggested that, as the
homestead bill had been pending before Congress for some
time the gentleman from Indiana had better yield the
floor to allow the House to 90 into committee and dispose
Of that bill as he understood that the members Of the
Committee on Printing would have objection to the
solution under consideration going until some other
DAP The gentleman from Indiana would not lose the
floor by taking this course rL il ygh ifaea - 81
Mr. GoRMAN said that II his colleague would allow
him. and nc could retain the oor he would move to post
pone the further consideration Of the resolution until
Monday next. III 3oH 81 3t-t'
Mr.. CLINGMAN reminded the gentleman that the Ter
ritorial business the special order for that day
Mr. FITCH declined 10 yield the floor believing that
the sooner this subject should be disposed Of the better it
would befor all parties. 2'l LltHt
He said that his friend and colleague (Mr. GoRsAS
during the conclusion of his remarks upon previous
port Of the Committee Printing reiterated the charge
which had been before made and denied that coator
existed in the House. having for its object the defeat
the action Of that committee and that that coalition was
composed Of gentlemen mostly Democrats, entertaining
opposite sectional sentiments He had acted with those
who opposed the action Of the committee and consequent
l he could claim TO know the motives and views Of those
who acted with him. He would therefore say that no
snch coalition existed outside of the imagination of those
who made the report. Even If such coalition had
isted II would have been in minority, as was clearly
proved by the votes upon the compromise resolutions be-
cause the two extremes between which this coalition
alleged to exist voted against these resolutions notwith
standing which they passed Thus, if there had been
this coalition would have been powerless against the
action OF the committee The only coalition which could
be suspected to have existed which they might
infer from circumstances existed amongst the members Of
the committee Of opposite politics. and those whojusted
their notion in the House. 1854 Nf#tt4
Mr.. r. then reviewed the report OF the Committee
Printing dissenting from the views therein expressed,
and in conclusion summing up Of his own views in
relation 10 this matter and Of the action he thought the
House should take in the premises moved the following
ms substitute for the resolution reported by the Conn
mittee on Printing:
Rored the joint resolution entitled Joint resolu'
ton directing the Of procuring the printing for the
two Houses Of Congress- approved August 3D. 1876, empow
as The Committee Printing provide onty for the exeeu
tom az such printing has been ordered by Congress and
in the execution Of which there any neglect or delay on
The pdrt OF the contractor
Rsses tcrefore That in making contract contracts
with any other party parties for the execution Of future
workwork not yet orderedhe committee exceeded its
Movers md such contract contracts are null and void
Rssored That the action Of the committee WIS improper IN
proposing procure the execution Of such printing,
hereafter be ordered Is be neglected or delayed
AT prices unnecessarily high inasmuch as by procuring s
such prices they would release in part the com
tractor from Liability for aRyncreased expenditure conse
oucnt upon the performance Of the conttact M
Rssored That the committee the part OF the House hav
ing exceeded their powers and having declined obeyng the