The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-17

which the purchase Of barracks, Of lumber at
$500 housand and other similar bargains could have
been avoided He detailed At length the many abuses
and difHcuNies which had occurred for the want Of
proper regulations concerning tho settlement Of
counts In the department. also to the
want of proper classification and modelling Of the
clerical corps in the department hero. He called the
attention Of tho Military Committee these matters
He examined also the system which has grown up in the
departments of making transfers from appropriation
to another He said that many Of these evils had boon
inherited by the present administration but they had
not decreased in its hands
evils mentioned by the Senator for in this
bill.
Mr. HUNTER said no. but he would movo some amend
Mr. UNpEawooD said that tho tone of the honorable
Senatorsmarks to the effect that the present adm
nistraton ponsibe for all these matters when In
fact it not For tho nehicency Of the clerical
corps the gentemans own party responsible for
destroyed the test Of merit in clerk and made politics
his only qualification This the effect of removals for
political opinions. He would vote with tho Senator for
reform in this matter As to reforms in the mode Of
moved for the appointment of committees examine
books of the departments, but without success.
Mr. HALE, (froe so) Of ~ H., said 1t idle to speak
Of correcting any abuses at this time The dom
party might condemn these abuses but would
them now they expected shortly to have the benefit o.
them for their own friends. He then commented upon
the expenditure Of money for furnishing officers quarters
at Navy Yards which, he said was In direct violation of
the law OF 1885 regulating the pay of officers the navy
Mr.. BADGER. (whg) Of N. c.. replied.
Mr.. HALE rejoined.
Mr. BERRIES (whig) of Ga said that this bill was ono
to supply the deciences and to meet the pressing
gencies Of the government He surprised that such
bill the honorable Senator from Virginia should have
made general arraignment of the administration The
conduct Of the administration, he desired say
capable of complete defence and vndication whenever
the proper time and occasion should demand it.
Mr.. HUNTER said that he had not spoken Of tho
duct Of the administration except when it connected
with items in this bill
The bill was then postponed
PETITieNs-ExEcUTivE SESSION. ETC
Several petitions we're then presented, and various
ports were made; after which executive session
held: and then the Senate adjourned till Monday.
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, April 16 1852
THE CONGRESSIONAL PRINrING-GREAr sENsAroN-srRoNo
OPPOSITION COMMITTEES. Erc.
The sPEAkER announced the question pending to be
on tho motion of Mr.. Parker, Of Indiana, to lay upon
the table the report from the Committee Printing
relative to the employment by them the Union and
Republic establishments to execute the public printing
and the failure of Mr. Hamilton the contractor to per-
form the work. The question was taken. and decided
Of tho whole on the pRivate calendar o
inr propositions namely one offered bv M Brown or
Mississippi to refer the report to the Committee the
Judiciary with instructions to report the whole sub
ect and to recommend for adoption by Congress plan
for government printing bureau and the other offered
by Mr.. Florence, by way Of amendment that the
mittee report bn establishing public printing ofaoe
The previous question being seconded the vote stood
During the further proceedings, Mr.. Polk (dem) of
Tenn, made Intellectual attempt to have the whole
subject laid upon the table.
speech, recaptuatng the doings Of the Committee
Printing and justng their action and then proceeded
to notice the charges that the committee actuacd
by party purposes and that they had sanctioned an
arrangement between the Republic and the Union, by
which the treasury to be pundercd" Now the
of the respective editors these newspapers in
whatever they might have done said between gem
tlemen, without the knowledge of the committee
ThA Vurritf tnd dvwh 0fh ErVr
as he knew As for himself he had from tho beginning
to the end until the final vote gone against the Rpub
and only supported that paper then because there
other for him to pursue He denied that the
committee had undertaken to force public printer
ter Of the law If there had been disposition on tho
part Of the committee to make coalition they could
have done so on the proposition Of the Sou, Press,
namely-The purpose or suggestion was foot to make
the distinguished editor Of the Cot,mbas (Ga) Times
the editor Of the Sontaern Press, and he to
declare his acquiescencc in the Compromise and
in the nomination of the Baltimore convention and he
with these words his lips and in conjunction with
vera Others asked whether arrangement could not b.
made to give part of the public printing them! Th,
partnership proposed with the Union but gallant
editor rejected at once the proposal Mr. G. said be had
heard Of what Ewood Fisher one Of the editors of
the Southern Press did in relation to getting slice of
printing until it mentioned yesterday lie referred
to the combination Of the State rights abotonsts
and free soers who voted to lay the report upon the
table union Of extremes-a coalition to break down
the Union-which supports the Compromise a nality
MI VENABLE, (wmg) Of N. O., remarked, as his name
had been mentioned in this connection that If there had
combination between the soers Southern
rights to prevent plundering the treasury
AIr. Polk asked whether the gentleman meant to cast
the slightest imputaon that this done by the other
party. He voted that way and demanded to know.
Mr. VEsABrE replied that he did not impute any ''m-
proper motives to him, emphasizing the word but to
say to Mr.. German to make out coalition between free
solers and Southern rights that he would vote with
anybody to the hard earnings Of his constituents
from plundering operations.
MIR. GoRMAN repeated that it the determination of
the extremists to break down the Union newspaper be-
cause it upheld the Compromise and nduged
in strong and severe language towards the disunonsts
and the other extremists and concluded by saying that
the country would regard their movements designed
Compromise
Various questions of order raised and general
The question being taken on Mr. Folks motion to lay
the whole subject the table, decided in the mega
tiye-Yeas 81, Nays Ss, as follows
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Giddings Goodenow Goodrich Grey, Grow, Hall Harper
ford. Houston, Howard, John w. Howe, Thos VI Howe
Hunter. Ives Jackson Jen ns johnson (of Ca Johnson
Sof 0hiol Jones {ofPs Jones tes w Preston King.
Mcqueen, Meade Mllson Molony, Morehead, Morrison,
Newton, 0ds Orr. Parker tof Pal peaselee Penniman,
Perkins, Phelps, Powell Rantou ir. (of Mass J. Robbins
Scudder Smart Snow. stanton tof 0hio Stevens (of
Thurston. Nenabe Wabridse, Wallace, washburn, and
Woodward.
After further noisy proceedings and discussion points
Of order the question taken Mr. Florences amend
ment fer printing bureau and decided in the negative
By yeas. G1 nays. 105.
on motion Of Mr. cAsrLr Of Florida it resolved
that when the House adjourn il will be adjourned until
Monday
Several motions made TO adourn and being voted
down,