The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-13
TmEnry-sEUoND ooN CREss.

! IRST SESSION

WAsHrNGTov, January i2, 1852.
DusF,As gESTgoy--rFrrtoN NEW YORK, Erc.
Er Gsw,up, Gree Foii} Of ", presented ~ ora
from i've hundred citizens Of New York city calling th
attention Of Congress to the Intervention OF Russia
the erairs Of Hungary Referred % the Committee
Foreign Relations
hr. sTocETov, (dem) OF N. J presented petition
against logging in the navy
1HK LouayutE eAs,r.
hr UrprRwoop, (whig) OF ~, presented petition.
from Tennessee praying that the Louisville and,Portanl
Ca1sl may be Inade free
7rr coaiafucr Or J,ris
tIr sswapp, from the Committee on Commerca. re-
ported resolution dischargng the committee from the
further confederation Of A. H. Pslmers book on the
commerce Of Japan 50. Adopted.
sfscrtI ANXIOUS.
The bill for the relief OF Thomas Snojgrass ordered
to be epgrossed.
Mr. UssuIs, (dcm J of Ne repor,eda a bill for a ma
rine hospital ut Portland, Maine.
Mr sninIns, (dem Of IN upon rf1uest, wa, excused
ifom serving on the COMMITTEE or Public Landt
Nr. lIsH, (whig) of u, introduced bill increas-
log the saa.y of the Judge OF the southern District OF
florida. Read twice and rsferred.
The private bills passed BY the House Friday,
taken UP andietsrred.
THE crNsrs PRINTING.
Mr. fnicHr. (dem) of Pa moved thet the penae tax
M tie Joint resolution providing for printing the
turns Of the seventh census. Notion adopted
ME sMrn, twhig) Of Conn, addressed the Senate in
opposition TO tho resolution lie moved to amend by
eEihiDg out all after the enectng clause and providing
that the printing o the ICturns shall be done
der the direction q the Secretary c he Interior under
thc provisions of tie act ci Mey 1889 lie opposed the
ro.ouon but had objection to the parties named
printers II the resolutions personally or politically hs
woud as soon tLey should have it Others bu. this
resolution proposed 70 give work which was OF vast
anount On tie principle Of fsvortism. II ordered
pcremp:ery that tile work should be given to Donaldson
and Armstrong with No condition annexed except for
prices te be deemed reasonable bya committee
posed q minority Of the party vho'e organ Armstrong
and icnaljson lie contendei that the eject of the
fesoutoa wholly to give work TO the proprietors
tho political organs Of the minority Of Congress II. did
not think toe committee would DO anything mp roper;
bat all otherF except Donaldson aud Arms rony
excluded and nothing was aid in the resolution about
the number OF copies t. be printed III. commit
tee should know how many copies arc to be
printed before they cen determine the price.
The vast magnitude Of the work might be supposed
when i known that there hundred and
sAtyoue persons employed in the Census bureau and
!hey are necessarily employed 10 execute and bring UP
would be rcaropsblc allowance when they knew no.
thing of the number OF copr, nor the zs Of the work
nor till they had seen the work knew Of its extent
How could they determine whether Donaldson Arm
strong bad the ability execute the work? Congress,
ought not 70 order The printing OF any work til it had
been seen examined and sortinzed carefully and its
accuracy known. All these things excluded now
and because - he supposed the Union Office pressed
Ter supIlet Congress cauldnot wait til the census
cent ~ the senete and examined but NUT break ro
the Census Office and carry OIL page here aud pa,c
there, ana theu demand the money from the public
treasury he had great respect FOR tie democratic organ
ard regretted that il necessary hurry through
this lob to give il aid He thought II would extremely
jmpiopor to order the printing OF tb, document until
It had been examined, ana IL accuracy a.certlnei.
In 1870 discovered. and in the
ordered Il be ret8scn. The final examination
q he to be by the Secretary Of the INTERIOR
but ~ The passage Of ths resolution the whole thing
vii b. placed under the control the Supcrintendent o
the Census Bureau. who might and who might MOI. be
qualified 70 perform the duty. Could not Senat ors wait
months longer by which time the returns viii he laid
tffore Congress ard then bl Tor IT. printing be
pazss undcratb Gdngly lie that This printing
vas rot Congressional printing but altogether Depart
mental printing C2ngrtss had, however, to ~ the
number of ccpe. and stJ e of printing but ~ the law
of lS2 II being Depart entail printing proposals were
to tc advertised fr By the gecrefary ~ The Interior
no power, by its committee otherwise e make
traot for prn'irg woSiorthe xscliive Department., II
thCn the Committee Post 0fiGss could bu directed
to make tracts i0r carrying tie mai, and the Com
mittee On Naval hilaiss could contract i1r bpuling
steamers aud rgaes The policy pursued b. Congress
ING to competition and break un the system Of reward
ing political iavoe' hy giving II to political prctse. OF
tbs city, lie read TIE law II i5f1 nnd argued clearly
that this depsi mental printing. Why not iet that
Ian stand The was the onion oaicn 70 be
benefited H9exsmin0d The system Of giving the print
hhited lai works published under that system, and
declared Il had failed IN any partcuer yhe
trDGl system for Congregational printing has been TALL.
No contractor hsd complied with his contract, aud
INC Work furnished Conse, was almost worthless lle
pointed out oil the particulars wherever contracts had
been violated. and thought The evils could be greatly
rcmedied foonractors had bid low ior competition aud
pres wcrk leaving themselves large margin to cheat
On pepper lie alujed 70 the great abuses praetisel On
government fn' 70 ~ greet increase in expenditures
Ie thought reform AMI te,teuchmcDt much
needed and Old not consider it necessary PRINT
tbun Ten thousand copies of the censue roturDs.
ar BpfCHr connie need replying but yielded the foori
oud the senate adjourned.