Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-12


House bill for the relief Of John r. Converse Of Ohio
Joint resolution for the relief Of Thompson Barnett
And the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House then proceeded consider the Joint resou
ton providing for the printing and binding Of the
Of the seventh heretofore reported from the
Committee Public Printing, the consideration Of which
was postponed to this day.
The bill was read as follows:
Resolped by the and House Of Representatives Of HE
Uned States Of America an Congress- assembled That the
reuns Of the Seventh Census required to be taken
der the provisions Of the act entitled An providing for
taking the seventh and subsequent Of the United
States de-, approved May twentythd, eighteen hundred
and fifty and the act supplementary to the same approved
less than the ordered be aen printed
the public printer and that there be printed in addition
the number of public documents usually ordered by each
House, thousand copies for the Of the House Of Repre-
sentaves and thousand copies for the Of the Senate
Provided That the composition plain matter shall
exceed Of sixty two and half per thousand
the Of composition for tabular statements shall not
the seventy cents per thousand and the
Of prcsswork shall not exceed the Of cents per
further That the entire work hereinbefore ordered
shall be printed in compact uao FORM paper measur
ing not less than twentysx by inches weighing
fortyeigh pounds to the of Ar hundred and eighty
sheets and of the quality used for the extra copies Of do
ordered to be printed by Congress- the type TO be
used to be BREWER except for the headings Of the several
columns of the tabular Statements the notes. and such tables
as will not appear to advantage in BREWER which shall be
printed in nonpare and that in all ether respects except
those herenbefore specified the work shall BIO executed
cording the provisions Of the entitled actprovdiDg
executing the public printing, and establishing the prices
thereof other purposes
eighteen hundred and ffty-two
esoved further That the binding of the work hereinbeore
mentioned shall be under the direction
tive committees printing for each House, and shall be paid
out Of the contingent fund Of the two Houses Of Congress-
| as is now prescribed by law.
Mr. GORMAN said that If no gentleman desired to sub
NIT amendment to the BILL he would move the previous
question.
Mr. BROWN, Of Mississippi stated that he wished to
Mr.. GORMAN said he would yield the floor to the
gentleman for that purpose and would then demand the
previous question
not think it right when committee made report
that it should be forced upon the House without discus
sion. Such a course was disgraceful to the House.
Mr. GORMAN hoped the gentleman did not mean to say
that he doing any thing disgracefu to the House.
Mr.. TOOMBS replied he meant that such course Of
legislation was dsgraceful.
Mr.. GORMAN said that the subject of the public print
ing had been under consideration before the House again
and again; but if any gentleman did not desire him to
move the previous question he would not do
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Illinois, desired to know whether
members now here would receive copy Of this work,
should it be ordered be printed during the present
Congress?
Mr. GoRMAN replied they would not, and proceeded
to explain the bill He said founded precisely up
the prices fixed by law that there could be goug
ing. These prices below what proposed by Lip
pincott Grambo Co., of Philadelphia, the time the
resolution passed directing the Committee Print
ing to inquire into this subject This morning, however,
he had received another bid from that firm four hundred
dollars below the prices of the public printer and Parish
Co., of the place. after seeing the bids of Lppn
colt Co. and the prices fixed by the committee had of
fered do the work less by three thousand dollars
than the public printer But he desired to know if it
would be proper after the Government had appointed
superintendent of the public printing and elected public
printer, who had made outlay of some fifty sixty
thousand dollars to enable him to execute to
cept bid four hundred dollars twelve hundred dollars
less than the prices of the public printer He stated that
the cost for printing ten thousand copies at the prices
fixed by the committee for thousand statistical pages
would be nine thousand and seventy dollars for pa
per and ten thousand and eghysx dollars for labor and
that the public printer would not receive from this work
than two thousand FIVE hundred dollars profit clear
of all expenses.
Mr. BROWN, of Mississippi moved an amendment to
BILL this should be done in the style of the
specimen volume supplied the Committee on Printing to
be embraced in volumes Of thousand pages each
that the thereof should exceed the prices
paid the public printer Robert Armstrong for like print
ing that the paper should be purchased blythe Govern
men it is and that the binding should be done in
the style Of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for
1852, at not to exceed fifty cents per volume. He
said he satisfied that the cost Of the printing under
the prices Of the public printer less than those
which Lppincott Co. proposed to do the work, and he
therefore perfectly willing that Mr. Armstrong should
have it at the prices fixed by law but he not willing
to vote for this bill with its provisions about BREWER &C.
of which he knew nothing
Mr. HAVEN opposed the amendment of Mr. BRowN,
believing it to be rubber proposition by which
the size of the work could be indefinitely extended
Mr. McMULLEN made few remarks, stating that he
should vote for the joint resolution reported by the Com
mittee on Printing.
Mr. STANLY then obtained the floor, but yielded to-
Mr. STANTON, Of Kentucky, who stated that Parish,
Dunnng, Mears Co.., Of Philadelphia, proposed to do
this work Mt prices thryone per cent lower than those
of Lippincott Co. and twentylseven per cent below
those of the public printer 1t his intention, when
he could get the floor to offer amendment prescribing
that the public printer should execute this work. the
position press work. and paper not to exceed than
five per cent the prices embraced in the proposition Of
Parish, Dunnng, Mears Co., submitted to the Commit
tee Public Printing and if the public printer could not
execute the work these terms then Parish Co. should
be authorized to take ii at the prices for which they offer
ed to execute It, upon giving good security.
Mr. STANLY, with the permission Of Mr.. STANTON, Of
fcred the amendment and hoped it would be adopted,
stating the saving which would be effected thereby.
Mr. ORR did not think either Of the amendments should
be adopted and supported the reported
by the committee In conclusion he demanded the pre-
vious question.
The previous question was seconded; and, under its
operation both the amendment of Mr. Brown and that of
Mr. SrANLY were rejected
The resolution then rend the third time and passed
Yeas III, nays a.
The House then adjourned.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1858.