Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-23
$4,000

SlJ, 900
What has he made Literally, nothing but
old materials. He has made nomipally nothing
but materials, which if thrown into the mar
ket now would not bring more than S25. 600
II 1t should bring that much it would leave
him profit which would beggar any man if
be take into consideration the wear and tear
OF mind, the abuse &c, connected with The
business.
1t Will cost, at least Sl5Q00 to nrepare an
once adequate to execute the Senate printing
Should the Senate printing be no more than
what IL has been, the profits will not be sutTi
clent In two years to pay for the Office, which
at the end of that time will not bring within
thirty per cent. of the original cost.
Inc printing law is defective The iatcn
tion OF the law was to pay the public printer
better price. The Superintendent. how
ever, felt hfnlsetf constrained to so construc
the law that the forty per cent reduction
upon documents Of which more than 20. 900
copies were ordered to be printed shoul,, ap-
ply to all the copies ordered, as well to the
Z0000 as to the exces. over that number. The
design OF the mover of that amendment was to
deduct forty per cent. upon the exces. merely
over the 10000.
Mr.. WENTWORTH (oF LII ON CLAIM
AGENTs.-The resolution of this gentleman
introduced into the House yesterday, was ap.
parcntly aimed at the class of eyMcmbcr
cia'm-asents who enjoy the privilege of going
anywhere within the bar to do their election
eering among the Members, 1t would have
oeen more complete, and perhaps engenuous
had IL limited likewise ut the imrrcrriety of
Efforts on the part of Members themselves tn
get internal Improvement appropriations TO
make saleable fash town site speculations
III Which they are themselves proprietors 1t
VIII be remembered that such a thing Ur1S
done In the Congress before the last so sIar-
lngiy, too. rs to create strong, il unjust
PreJudlces throughout the country against the
integrity of the House at large.
TIE ALLEGED PRINTING BARGAIN ErTwEry
THE UNION AND REPUBLIC.-As the Washing
ION Se"f'"e/ has started silly story about
bargain between the proprietors of the Uuiou
and those of the late Relubfie newspaper. to
enable the former to get the printing of the
last Congress after it was taken from the party
"' ns the work under contract, we feel called
on to give succiHct history of the occur.
renees which 'uperinduccd this story.
Thus, the joint printing committee found it
absolutely necessary to take from the contrac-
tor the work which it was found he could not
execute according to their ideas of his agree
ment Having done that, they assumed au-
thority to contract with other parties to exc
cute it, binding them also to furnish the
paper upon which nearly all the profit, by
the-by, would have been made. Congress,
when these facts came to their knowledge,
repudiated this arrangement, as they had the
iesai rignt 10 do, passing the law under which
the work Is now executed, which provides for
the election Of public printer, and tina, the
paper shall be furnished by other parties
Each Iolrical party voted for it's own candi-
.ates IN the subsequent election of a printer
under the new law. AS for the allegation