The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-06
House Of Representatives.

mouse O9 representatives
WASHINGTON Feb. g. 1858.
PRIVATE BILLS PASSED, ETC
The House passed three private bills and proceeded
the consideration of the joint resolution providing for
printing and binding the returns of
SEVENTH crysus
MT GoRsAN, (dem) Of Ia, commenced explaining the
bill when
Mr. CAMPBELL, (dem) of H., asked whether, If the
Census should OF be printed during the present Con-
gress, the members now here would get anyP
Mr. GoRMAN replied that the present members wcrd
not get copies, unless they shall be printed during the
present Congress- He said several bids were made fr
the printing Of the work. The last received from Lin
pnSot @ Co. was four hundred dollars under the prices
Philadelphia three Thousand dollars less (bu deductsag
payment by government of the freght) not than
twelve hundred dollars under the prices OF the
public printer. But, considering that the public
printer has made outlay in material Of fifty or sixty
thousand dollars do the government work. and Con
gress has provided superintendent printing would IL
be to accept bid at only four twelve hundred
dollars lessY The committee have fixed the prces that
there may be no dodgng The work is to be printed in
compact quarto form, of thousand pages BREWER
type without the benefit of fat For thousand copies
dred and sixty three doarthe former little over ten
thousand dollars An effort has been made by the Demo
this is two hundred thousand dollar Job but IL cannot
by any kind of calculation exceed the before named
The bill proposed to print nothing less than the
returns ordered to be taken under the census law throw
ing out the historical preparation Deducting all ex
penses, and wear and tear the public printer cannot
make more than twenty five hundred dollars on the thou
sand copies.
Mr. STANTON (dem) Of KY, remarked he had received
intelligence that Lppincott 4 Co., or Parrish 4 Co.
would print the work at much less cost than pro-
posed to be given to the public printer.
Mr.. GoRMAN said Lppncott Co. would perhaps pub
lsh it for nothing for the purpose of having the ex
elusive sale of the work. BESIDES the prices printing
were much less in Philadelphia than in Washington
Mr.. BROWN, (dem.) of Miss, offered An amendment,
that the work shall be done in style similar to the spe
cimen volume laid before the Committee ON Printing to
be embraced in two volumes of thousand pages each
the cost of the printing not to exceed the prices paid
under the act regulating the public printing the paper
to be purchased now by government the binding to
be done in the style of the Congressional Globe and ap
pendx for 1882 and not to exceed fifty cents volume
Mr.. HAVEN, (whg) of N. Y, opposed the amendment
Mr. McMU1LEN, (dem.) of Va, for the resolution as
introduced
Mr.. STANTON of KY, said Parish Denning Co.. offer
to do the work thirty cent under the bid Of Lip
pincot Co.. and twentyseven per cent below those Of
the public printers He had thereforeprepared amend
ment, to give the public printer the work Ave per
cent above Parrish Co bid and If he should take
ii at this to give it to Parrish l. Co.
Mr. STANLEY, (whig) of N c., offered this amendment
Mr.. ORR (dem OF s. c.. offered some remarks, and
moved the previous question: under the operation of
which, the amendments voted down, and the joint
resolution was passed, by yeas III, nays a.
The House then adjourned