The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEpSEspAY, May 5, 1885:

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-.ls, The journal of yesterday having been read
sss - Mr. SEYMOUR, of New York. presented
: resolutions Of the legislature of New York on the
iiss',. Mr. FOWLER ,preseated resolutions Of the
legislature Of Massachusetts which were not read
aai Mr.. GOODENOW, by. leave. from the Com
m ,ntee on Naval Affairs. reported bills for the re-
ias lief of jas. Finn, Louis K. Simons, and II.
Spaulding, which were ssverally read twice ana
,-ai Mr.. HOUSTON moved that the House go into
Committee 'of,the Whos on the homestead bill,
81, which was not agreed to-ayes 50, noes II.
sig ~ r,s y1ajrHe PUBLIC pkiNriKo. -
',' MI BAYLY, ofvirginia, calling for the regu-,
lar order Of business ...,.,.,
~ 8 The SPEAKER announced that the business
first in order was the resolution reported by the
81 Committee on Printing, authorizing the printing,
" for the use of the House, Of $4,000 copies of the
mechanical part Of the Patent Office Report, and
5000 additional copies for the use Of the Com
4 missioner on Patents.
a5 Mr.. CLINGMAN said that he did not desire
to discuss this resolution, as everybody under
stood it but for the purpose Of testing the sense
Of the House, he would move TO recommit the
resolution to rhe COMMITTEES on Printing, with in
rangement they have made TO have the public
printing executed, and IL any other than the pub
lie printer has been employed, and Il SO, what
prices they have agreed to pay, and that said
nj, comHittee oe ilSuuC.eu " lSet V"' SUI P'.S
lowest responsible bidder, after ten day notice
Is Mr.. STUART raised the question Of order that
it was not pertinent to instruct the COMMITTEE on
Painting IN regard to anythng except ual WIZ, TIa
instructions could not be any broader than the
subject matter committed, for the reason that IT
would not be jermane To the main proposition
auae The SPEAKER stated Ihat az .he mouon maae
g bythe gentleman from NORM oare'!ha was con ~
GscIss wn re- S9Gse , If oraer
Xxx, Mr.. STU RI appealed from the decision. !.
Mr.; CARTEk said that ali th heS instructions
embodied and all that they sought 70 asGsf, !,
~ was % know Homntnse on .L.s nau
done Against this inquiry the gentleman Ir9m q
MAchga4 protested op 1hS glouno t2a' ~ was ,o'
III pertinent to the subject mater under conslaera-
30 flon Now,i his oplnloh, .ness o, h
%ere Jerp!ans, tSt = W. waS H. were
cutting the design OF me r. ouse, Or whe.her 'hey
a,cwere ,trapscepdpgs or dFecty violating IL. Az
the House asked was MAJ tne cpil'l'ee spVu,a
ITS h aa sse Il ths
House 70 what course i should pursue, AZ oca
ncurred % them that y shop g. knoW e oo'
4, ,mittee were dQi2g al b.,,.u!,, Won, X
.ai,, MI saIa thaL %nen nf nppeIasa d I
10 did SO from purely d!snterested MOVES Mu
not think the mouon ol we ~ Iro'', :,
,Carolina e pc IN order. because IL Was nos COM
oo pstsl FOR the TO Insiruc, ]oi.
The House had right 70 declae nov many COPIES
q tins a9cument they aes,Isa Ha.,'se III
this the Senate had ~ lursdlcton.s .atIn,
So for their use BESIDES, the mouon dla no. seek
a to modify Inc numper OF COPIES " oe Ptteu Wv
b It. sought TO inquire into .ne Whole ol
n printing iheretore, the lnstruct,ons haa no'lns
j to 40 with the saplect mas. iaa oss
to recommlt' 1t this doctrine was 10 prevail. no
cher business coola De lransac.ea = ns h
i impossible for genlemen BY waihg these ins'rac,
~ tons, 70 change the Jaw, :, ~, ~ = r.,
Mr; 49, 1T - ~ hS ,ba rsne.
said that as. TO me pony MAGE py the geh.e
man. that these instructions aio not moaIy she
number OF documents 70 DC printed ne heea harofy
a remark that the House could recommt ms rePor'
j, without any instructions AZ an ne rouse hau
right TO recommlt the resolution with or WITHOUT
Instructions making them as broad or as narrow
XIII as they pleased .esl ed. ,,s.s.ol.l
AS TO the instructions changing tne Jaw, lney
merely proposed 70 instruct tne comml'!ee carry
80 out the iawT-that was 10 leu out sueh pruning az
tns conrac;os IGa'% ~ aon,rac,or liable Far
. bidder making the Presen4t contrac'or i'"'e Ao'
bg the dinerence, x,eAb,CO ,oA.., !, L.ga.aoee5 \,
- Mr. SIANLI agreed Wild me views ioi, slf
80 STUART lhe fiouse soula no. inslruG5 .ne oom
mittse On pflnsng 20 cnange me law' he
Mr.. CLINGMAN moved to lay the appeal 81
Mr.. STUART on the table ,pt 2is''',Hi ,
Mr.. STUART ASKED e!i5 the yeas and nays, when
being ordered, were taksr, and tesuted-yeas lsS
noes "a; 80 me apneal was ala on ne taoe: ~
Mr.. GORMAN then reported the cost OF The
printing,-whi ne SAID would be about AZ cents
, per copy. '2 'lRtN VIZ ,Ifl'M
Mr.. BAYLY, of Virginia, moved q, 70 amend The
instructions to put them in the form OF Q
Joint resolution. He did this because he main
tanned that the House had no right to give nstruc
Il ntions to the Commlttee on PHnung IN any other
~ mode than by JOINT resolution, as that committee
had Pepary power over tne who're SUBJECT, unael