Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-01

provide that where different printers are selected eac
shall do the printing for the House secng him. and tina
much Of the printing as relates to the several Execu
tive Departments shall be divided between the printers
the two Houses
Mr.. FITZPATRICK opposed the amendment Of Mr.
BADGER the ground that il would involve great addi
tona expense and, though friendly in the main to tn
idea that each House should have the control of its
printing still he unwilling to effect the object at an,
large additional outlay Besides he considered the amend
of place in deficiency BILL which purpored II
supply deficiencies Yet here was measure introduced
that had kindred relation with it. If the amendmen
could be modified to the object which Sena
had in yiew without increasing to any very great
tent the cost, it should have his support. Z.
Mr.. WELLER supported the amendment on the GROUND
that each branch should have the entire control OF its
printing. II there any defect in the present law
they should abolish change it but long the Law
allowed them TO elect their printer, that officer
should be entitled to all its privileges and mmunties
lie thought quite as reasonable to blend the duties o
sergeant of the two Houses those of the prn
ters Let their duties be defined that there should
least be conflict between them.
Mr.. HUNTER argued in favor of the amendment, de-
rying that it would involve any great additional expense
In event did he conceive that it could exceed 900
or -, 800.
Mr.. HAMLN went into elaborate argument to prove
that the amendment should not prevail He insisted that
the present law had had fair chance to see whether
il would work well not END that it should Mt least be
continued until that fact ascertained He had op-
posed the original law from the beginning believing
ne that the ccntfacL
forced was the best and cheapest He Stood however
almost alone in his view Senators insisted that the
system entire failure and on that belief had
the present law been boomed and yet these very Sena
tore the first to forward and seek change it.
So far individuals concerned he cared nothing
about the matter Under the law the Senate had fit
to elect its printer and of that he had complaint
to make lie insisted that under the present law the
profits of the printer OF the Senate would be found to
bear relative proportion to those of the printer to the
House. Mr. ii. went into details sustain his position.
| The debate continued by Messrs. BUTLER,
PEARCE, BAYARD, BADGER, STUART, PRATT, and
others; when the question taken the amendment,
and decided in the affirmative, as follows:
YEAS-Nessrs. Allen, Atchison, Badger, Bayard Brod-
head Brown, Butler Clayton, Douglas Everett Fish, Foot
Geyer Hunter Mason, Norton Pearcc Petit Pratt, Rusk
sumner Thompson Of Kentucky, Weller, and Wrght-2i
NAfSMessrs. Bell Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of iowa,
Fessenden Fitzpatrick Gwn Hamln Jones of iowa, Norris,
Slidell, Stuart, Wade, and Wlians-l3. s.
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Kentucky, then moved to amend
the bill by inserting additional section appropriating
as follows For completing the custom houses at st.
Louis $l00,000 at Mobile $65, 900, at Cincinnati and
Louisville each $4,000 at Bangor and Bath, in the
State of Maine, each $50 600, Wilmington 12, 900;
for purchasing site for custom house at Providence,
Rhode Island, $50 900.
inserting item of $3.50 900 for the purchase of new
site for cusomhouse at San Francisco, and for
tomhouse at Portland, Maine, including for a
courthouse and post Office, $500, 900.
This led TO protracted discussion Messrs. HAMLIN,
GWlN, BAYARD, GEYER, BELL WELLER, and others
sustaining the proposition, and Messrs. HUNTER,
PRATT, and others opposing it. .....
No question taken, and at past four O'Clock p NJ.
the Senate adjourned u.