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

accurate bat believed il to be Inaccurate ahd report
ed against The printing and that is all there was about
thai.
la the House OF Representatives resolution intro
ducsd and referred 10 the joint eommii!eetor senator's
viii bear 10 mind that the Committee Printing Is a
JOINT eonritleedfecng the committee 10 inquire into
the expedieney oi having absac OF ,he present cen
sus printed The Senate gave the resolution thorough
investigation They called before them the SupefInien.
dent Of the Census. Mr. De Bow, and they compared
with him The various tables OF the large work which
bad been prepared and after spending several meetings
upon II, they came unanimously 10 the conclusion 10 or
Der abstract TO be printed which should no, contain
over four hundred pages, and which sh oud contain what
IN their judgment, would be the most useful matter IN that
volhne And lei say, that when IL is printed hlnk
II viii be vastly useful than the larger edition, be-
cause tpresenls in condensed form, facts and figures
which are useful, and which 10 be obtained from The
large volume would require an addition OF dleren, Ia
bles yxethe This "a my Judgment, viii render u very
much more valuable than The Large one. twill contain
quinng The printing Of that document emanaled from the
House. The House committee considered j, first, and
made up their minds precisely 10 what they would do
Ii was their matter and afier they had acied the
miee the part oil the Senate took the work, and
reported il, al their very next meeting, TO the Senate
That IS the whole history OF that mailer. That is the
long and the short oi H. II was, therefore, PROPOSE
ton which originated in the House, and which was
ported Erst BY The House committee because il
their proposition. Then the Senate committee look Their
resolution, because, from The investigation OF the com
Diltee they the conclusion that that the best
compilation hch could be made, and for the additional
reason, that if We took that work, the cost o compost
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oluion ordering the printing of that work had emanated
from the Senate, and if the committee bad been directed
BY the Senate 10 investigate, and report upon the expe
dieDcy the pIopriey OF having such work prepared
and printed they would in that have reported first
TO the Senate think the senator from Virginia, If he
had been member OF the Committee on Printing, would
have done precisely what did. As matter OF econ
Gmy, felt 1T, member OF the committee, TO be my
duty TO recommend The House proposition, alter they had
maiured and reported upon it, instead OF making new
document which should be substantially The same thing,
with perhaps the difference Of page or two.
And let say that thai resolution meets precisely
what understand 70 be the objection OF The honorable
senator IRON South Carolna which IL, that ihe compen
dium does not include certain tables which he deems
valuable. Thai resolution authorizes The inclusion OF
ICES the Superintendent 10 add notes WHICH shall convey
other iacs thai may be deemed essential Any modhca
lions which may be suggested BY senator's will be con-
sidered and If thought necessary, viii be put into the
work, under the resolution as il now stands The eso
uon thus drawn for the purpose OF accommodating
as many a. i was possible 10 accommodate though. oi
course II IS impossible accommodate every body. So
much in relation 10 that work,
In relation to printing tie Paien, Office report can
only cay hat know nohiGg about il. was not ia 1he
Senate when either portion OF thai report sent here
came in when the mechanical portion about being
ordered to be printed. think the senator from Calof
MA Mr.. WELLERl made the motion TO print it, and
cane m just as he Offering II, and made sugges
ton 10 him 10 The form in which be should present 1t
Thai is all that know about that
Now, sl, let us what is the proportion OF matter
which has printed BY each printer One thousand
hundred and nneiywo pages have been ordered 10
be gnied by The Senate which to be executed Tor he
Seaan md ihe Houses in other words, We Have. al This
session. ordered the printing oil documents containing
thousand one hundred and nineytwo pages, which
printed for us and are also printed by The Senate printer
for the House The House has ordered the printing Of
three thousand I'VE hundred and pages which
have been executed by the House printer for and also
for the Senate, being the proportion, about three TO one
of The pages thus far ordered to be printed find, by
statement which has been handed 10 ifom The Super
nienten OF Public Printing, that The aggregates Of ihe
two brsaehes, At he last session OF Congress bear about
The proportion oi two 10 or, other Gotds, the
Senate printing cost 50 500, while the House printing
cost Sss092 thus the proporonais eOE Ci the printing
ordered b. each House j. about Two 10 one The extra
documents which have thus far been printed BY The House
printer ior The Senate are about as three one repes
again. however, that when The session shall have closed
doubt not lha the portion printed By the tao respective
printers viii be relatively equal ibeeve they VIII bear
about he relation 10 each other that The cost OF the
pint NJ Of one house does 70 thai OF the other The
cost Of ne Hsqse printing 4 Twice as much as The Senate
/ Mf. WELLER Why does the senator give the
Der OF pages ana the number oi copies OF the
dccGmsnis already printed
/ SIR HAMLlN. Because am speaking now only Of
the cost Of the composition hold ID my hand con-
munieSiion from The Superintendent OF Public Printing
which, last evsAng, the adjournment OF the Senate,
requested hn 10 make L . nearly eonpe'e although
perfectly II i could be made ptriecl and accurate
embrace the entire printing OF Congress, i olld
swell the amount beyond what he has stated II based
hat printing IN regard 70 which be had the details be-
fore him, leaving out little 10 regard 10 which be bad
Wish 10 have the Communication read but, teigfe
il Is read, web 10 state. ht, hai shows hai the con-
poson ot the last Congress would have amounted 10
sl6,582 he whole printing had been done under the
present aw Daring part OF thai C0ngress, ihe punt.
ling done under contract, Al very low rate Ibis
Communication also shows ha, ibe cosl Of composition
for this Congress, up 10 this date, amounts 10 $500
That l. The cost OF composition alone-one single item IN
the OF the public printing. lar below what wall be
the aggregate The Superintendent tells that the az
gFegale cosi o. composition wlI be al least $4,000
Congress How be 70 that conclusion / coniess
do understands for he shows BY figures, that At
tbs sesion, no 10 the ume, Il amounts 5000.
hat al
Congress II cost lhe same, IL would make the whole
amount for composition $4,000 de estimates the
hole amouni Al $4,000 and probably, increase
ihs psnlns every session Of Congress- will up
Eearef 10 $4,000 than sl5,o 900.
Mf HUNTER That IL $4,000 for both houses
Mr. HAMLiN Precisely; and il is jusi one compost
ton y both houses. NoE you repeal that portion OF
toe laE, yoB double this
Mf HUNTER Does not the seBaor perceive that
wo-tbds of that Is for The House. and only double
the composition on one third iof the Senael
Mr.. HAMi.lN. | repeal, tue sum Wn b Just double
hat which i here stated because this Reudes Only he
documents which already ordered to be printed, and
which are printed IN both houses. To illustrate The
viii take the Patent Office report. and will assume that
one potion Of II i 6fst ordered 20 he printed in the
House; then The House pfinlsr 10 be paid for the
composition. The work comes here, s9d order Il
70 be printed; but the printing - executed BY The
House printer, and have not 10 pay fol s compost
uon the law stands Now, what - The oosi OF the
that The mechanical portion OF The Patent Oflce
report will be tour hundred paxes, and the OF the
composition viii be $500 and the cost o the agricultural
part VIII be 500 SuFpose the other portion o IL FIRST
ordered 10 be printed the Senate and lhen goes 70
the House The Senate printer does the work under The