The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-14

part OF the committee have nothing whatever TO do in
slon to what is what is ordered be printed in
The House. nor have the House committee anything to do
IN relation 10 What Is ordered IN the Senate We are
separate committees for that purpose made SO by the
law,
Mr. BADGER But how az 10 the time of making The
Mr. FITZPATRICK The senator from Mary land
MIR PRATTJ has INDUCED ia an argument upon the by
pothesis that The committee the part OF the House OF
Representatives are anxious to give the printing to the
printer OF the House
Mr. PRATT. They might be,
Mr.. FITZPATRICK. And he describes my honora
bic colleague on the committee MIR. HAMLISl and my
self 10 be perfectly Indifferent to what is going
endeavored 10 correct the gentleman, and TO impress
upon him that had ayowed no preference Tor either
printer; but on the contrary, said had regard for
both those gentlemen, did not say whether had or
had not preference for either may have preference.
but deem II improper and perhaps uncalled Tor here, 10
express II though If were necessary TO do So should
do IT think the argument in which the senator from
Maryland has indulged does injustice both TO the honoa
BILE chairman oil the committee and myself for lar
am concerned, and bear testimony that far as he is
concerned, we have endeayoedt do ample justice the
printer OF the Senate as well as the printer OF the House
Mr. HAMLIN. wish TO reply 10 suggestion of the
senator IRON North Carolina, which did not my
Mr. RaMLS has Sesn 's stated sodu 40 ms By another
senator, who did hear it understand that the senator
made suggestion as 10 the time when the respective
committees reported
Mr.. BADGER | will give the senator what | said :
Questions Of printing referred TO the Committee
Pnnnng OF the two houses Under the law, as il now
stands, the printer OF the house which first orders the
printing gets the whole printing Of document II s,
therefore, very manifest that the question who is to
do the work depends upon which house first orders the
work to be done, and as the question which house will
first order the work 10 be done depends materially upon
the Committee on Printing of which house first makes
the report and upon its being made, OF by the
mode OF making the reports and the time OF making
them the public printing may be thrown altogether into
the hands OF one printer, and out OF the hands OF the
other. That is what meant TO say
IN 80. aLaN
Mr. BADGER Il has been done in the instance cited
by the senator from Virginia
Mr. HAMLlN. The senator is mistaken entirely. In
relation to the ordinary printing of documents, all ques-
lions Of printing documents ordered in the Senate 60 to
the Senate committee. The House members OF the
mee have nothing TO do with them. They do not meet
us they do not know the fact that such questions are
referred 10 When printing is ordered in the House,
and extra numbers asked for the proposition goes
the House committee, and we know nothing OF It, When
resolution from either branch of Congress is referred to
that committee Tor It's JOINT action, then il would depend
upon the report OF the committee. Before the question
OF printing is referred in The Senate the Senate
mtee, in the House 10 the House committee the
printing is ordered, and is only the question of print
ing extra numbers tn goes the committee and there
fore they only report back in separate committees
the numbers The House having ordered the print
ing the question oil extra numbers goes to the committee
OF that House There therefore, except when
a resolution goes 10 the committee directing them to have
work prepared where the character Of the printing is
determined by their report That has only been one
at this session, and that report was made to the
House OF Representatives, where The order had its origin
The question being taken by yeas and nays upon the
amendment OF Mr. BADGER amended, resuted-yeas
~, nays l3--as follows
YEAS-Messts Allen, Atchison, Badger, BaYard Brod
FooI Gsys ion,er' Mason Morton, Peace T Ps P Psn
Rusk, Sumner, Thompson of Kentucky, Weller. and
NAYs-Messrs Bell, Dodge OF Wisconsin, Dodge of
Iowa, fessenden, Fizpauick; Gwin. Hsmiin, Jones of
So the amendment was agreed TO.
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