The daily union., 1852-04-16


The prices which made in public marketbds made
to the country by the competitors for the public printing
II this House proper upon this OCCASION to do any
thing in the premsesto give any direction TO the COM
meet shall be my pleasure, IN respect 10 the House.
and in respect TO myself and my position to do anything
they may desire me to do but will not be charged by
the press having been connected with coalition, for
never in my life Gideon & Co. until since This
tion OF the committee took place.
Mr.. BOCOCK. find in the law 'that the committee
shall have power TO take such measures may be deem
ed necessary to remedy any neglect or delay upon the
part of the contractor 10 execute the work done by Con-
gress." | wish to know if the committee has gone sim
ply to the extent OF making contfNcts with these gente
do the work which has beea already neglected
delayed by the public printer, whether the committee
have actually made for the work hereafter TO
be dones
Mr. GoRMAN The public printer has not been dis
missed The law requires that II heiails to comply with
his contract. shall let the printing, and make
the contractor upon bis bond, rsspsnsibis That is what
are going 70 do yoa Leave ihs matter M M o u.s. we
can do under his contract when be will do according
10 the contract When he fails to do il according that
contract, will give it to some one else. Now, the
gentleman asks me whether it is TO be the printing al
ready ordered that which is hereafter TO be ordered
Il is the printing which has been ordered. We do not
Doneson & Armstrong, and Gideon Co., of such
work to hands BY the order OF this House,
which the contractor will not do promptly according to
his contract There large portion OF the public print
ing which has not been given into the hands OF the pub
lie printer because he has failed 70 comply with his con-
tract Then just so much we find be cannot execute
according his contract just that much and more,
Mr. BOCOCK Is it the intention of The committee to
give the Presidents message into the hands OF print
ers and TO have all the types up anew aad the whole
work done over again, or will IT remain IN the hands OF
the public printer
public printer unless he shall fail to comply with his
contract Il he fails comply with his contract, in or
der to remedy his neglect we may be compelled TO take
out OF the hands Of the present public printer and give
Mr.. BoCocK: Has moi the public printer already set
up sFFfA 81 %a'f q knas No. not for on. third
of it.
Mr. GORMAN Not more than one third of il; and
what he has done is disgrace TO the country say
hestatngly that there not three gentlemen on this
floor of any party who will look at the contract and
then examine the character Of the work that has been
DONE and of the materials that have been used but who
will say that has fallen far far below the contract IN
Mr. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, tinterposng) / see
il stated in this circular which has been laid upon our
desks that all the copy the public printer has received
for the business he has executed the printing Of
and that he is running through the press, at the rate OF
hundred pages day, the Presidents message and
companying documents. Now, want TO know II that
be and if il is true, whether is designed 10 throw
all that aside and make contract Tor this same mat
ter ask the gentleman 10 give me the information
have looked at the volume of the Presidents message
which has been already printed and have compared II
with the work Of the kind OF last year, and think
MIR GORMAN The message last year was printed
paper weighing thlry.eght pounds TO the eam. and
tN~pSs
weighing City pounds to the ream. sA,g
Mr.. STEVENS Well. it is vastly superior.
Mr.. GORMAN. IL is very little. II any. superior, for
the paper used weighs forty pounds to the ream Mr.
Hamilton shall have injustice done him. Let me say
TO the House that the bills and reports and other papers
that laid upon desks done very WELL and done
in such that have received that part OF The
work We do not design TO take from him part that
he executing according to his contract The first and
fifth classes he has executed well need be- and, /,
consequently, we have made complaint But IT is the
heavy work which he cannot do, and he must lose
$50, 900 If he undertakes 10 execute it, Ea
| MIR. BROOKS, QnteTupting) As | understand the
contract with the public printer the paper on which he
TO print the Presidents would cost thirteen
fourteen cents pound, depending the state of the
paper market The paper upon which he has printed the
Presidents message can, OF it, be bought for eight
cents per pound and OF for nine cents per pound
so that, in that respect there has been great variation
Mr.. GoRMAN In regard to the Presidents message.
the printer would produce the IMPRESSION by the paper
which be has laid upon desks, that he has had all
set up Now, i understand that he has got five hun
dred pages of set up and that the whole OF will make
two thousand pages
The gentleman from New York [Mr. BRooKsI is right
TO the price Of the paper fou can buy paper such as
that upon which the Presidents message has been prnl-
ed for from eight and hall TO nine and half cents per
pound, while the contract required il 10 be printed upon
paper that would cost from fourteen and halt 10 sixteen
cents per pound. You cannot make this man execute
this contract under his bonds for If he did he would
lose $4,000 and. let tell you, his bonds only
$780, 600 There is bond for $1,000. for g., ,O0o
one for Sl5 900. and perhaps, another for $1,000.
the Presidents message set up. That statement made
upon memorandum handed to me by gentleman wbo
presume, knew all about the facts There may, per-
haps, be a few more pages set up.
Now, sir, say to the House and to the country, there
is report what do you want us TO dol II have the
power, shall attempt carry out the law, and have the
printing done al cheap possibly be done
at cheap rate any printer in this country, who
is responsible, and disposed honestly 10 comply with his
contract undertake to do IT; and will be respon-
sbe 10 the country, and my friends from Kentucky and
New York Messrs STANTON and HAvEs] will be espon
sibe to the country that il shall be done. We intend
TO have the printing done upon paper weighing fifty
pounds to the ream Now, thing in conclusion
The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. STEvENsl has
made the remark here that this House has not chosen
Committee Printing. Then sir, do declare to You
that sincerely hope that the House, in choosing,
will select somebody else but me; for OF all the
mtees have served on, either in the Stale legis
laiure here, the Committee on Printing is the most
burdensomc and the most thankless. II the House
will select some whom they deem more compe-
tent than to fill this arduous post, they will re-
ieve Of much Of the labor which have been ex-
pec,ng TO perform here. We have TO go into every little
report to calculate whether the prices are exactly right,
and to sign every account before II goes to the Commit
tee Public Accounts We have TO inspect every item,
and examine the weight and quality OF the paper, and
the character OF the binding With all these aruous du
ties attached to it, do not envy the who desires to
he SpeakerD proper to place at the head OF the
that committee the Speaker exercised no power that was
not delegated TO him by the rules
Mr.. DUNHAM The Committee on Printing was ap.
poin tod un.let rpsolution of fhs Eouae