The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-02
vnxkor some ocsE sYNpArRrzE WITH TEE
HERALD

oniae flourish 10 made in Thursdays issue
q he Herald. over the proceedings ct the
Csnaon Council ON Tuesday evening" IT aP
p~ars that the cisy printing was the susJect o.
d;scuasiaa The Council discussed IN detan
tAis sabiect. aided BY tho ever ratehful and 20,
s<.1 defender Of the public zeal, Dennis Maho.
~. Dir. Mahoney iabored manfaisy to prove
hat HE bid Of las, year was just one /; ana ne
Aeoue nsly reminded the Council Of the specific
eAs,seter cf his bid then under Discussion. We
know nothing about the character Of Mr.. Ma
Aaoey ! bid this year; but we do know some
,Aipe Il the one last yesr--and we are free to
ssy, that tak;as me bid a. it was read Al one
ns+sine, and the bid, Is it was construed before
she Council the following week, by Dr.. Holt,
wAs 4 rassa!ly cheat. But il appears this time
that they have put in specific bid. We are
hath sarprised and rejoiced to learn the fact.
We had expected nothing ofthe kind So much
indeed, are we rejaiccd over this unexpected
,esult, that we could almost have said, give
the printing to the Herald. Dennis complains
tha, he vas not permitted 10 publish our Did,
after having submitted written petition asking
the psivasre which was favorahly passed upon
Nv the Council. This was really tough Dennis,
espccially ~ yea had calculated 50 largely upon
making capital against US. But where does the
Council get he authority, let us enquire, tor
gratifying the ambition ola "sisaniAroPe to make
nublc bid, which Aas been rejected BY that
bodyl !,
What viii you eiv~ Der mis-. if we will furnish
you with a copy Of our hid for publication =
~. A., bv NO means anxious 10 speculate on
Of Cur ovn productions, or preserve them ifo"
the eve Of the public. A request from any one
di,eornected with the Herald Office, might
readily be answered, BY an insertion in our col
umns. II the much talked Of bid
But let US say few words as to the principle
;rvolved in the case. That contracting for
public printing, is the most expensive and IN
s.tistaetoxy mode, which can be adopted to'
urocur;ne such work, we firmly believe. All
.,ner;ence shows, both in national and State
LEGISLATION, that whea competition of this
hind : invited, the public interest suffers Al
~e,l in the character Of the work, as In the ru
;nou, delays which always attend lis execution
Look a, the Congressional printing done BY
contract Il IVES disgrace both 10 the govern
ment and the craft, 70 put out such work. The
result il, that The ssstem is now generally con
demued all over ne country.
The true theory. isto pay fair compensation
for work. There - noveason why the city o
Dubuque, should procure specific amount o
labor performed, fora less sam, than the same
amount Of labor would cost aud individual
and upon the ZANE principle Of equity, there II
no reason for the easy,s paying aay larger sum
than IN individual.
The case in Po;.t. involved, we suppose abou
hundred dollars. The pro6tsuron this amour
Of work would be. say fifteen or twenty dollars
where was the objec. in exciting competitor
which would prove both detrimental to the pr'n
=, and the citys We do dot believe majority
ef our citizens are N faver 'dfmy such ons-eyes
seesomy, and We are rejoiced TO learn, that the
Council ON Thursday evening. viewed the
matter in the ssme light and dismissed the
ssbieet from any further confederation.
They elected this Office 10 do the city printing
for ths present year.
In The language Of contemporary, uttere'
abeat year since, ssI i a source Of much graf
;fesessa to ", ikst orr paper should b though
,ssssky IF sis psrsssgs.