The true Democrat., 1855-03-14
The Public Printine

The Whig in attempting to throw unon tho Governor the responsibility of the failure of the Legislature to provide for the public printing does him very great injustice.
 The facts in the case are these: Tn tbe early part of the session, the Legislature adopted joint resolution letting the public printing to the lowest bidder. This policy had worked badly the session before and the Governor conse- qucntly vetoed it. His veto was sent in to the House In the curly part of the session. It was silently acqulesced in and approved, and the policy of letting the public printing to the low- est bidder abandoned Nothing morc we be- heve, was done with the matter until. abo,,t ten days before the adjournment, Col. Hagein introduced bill in the House requiring the Secretary of State to have the public printing executed at certain prices by certain time This bill was referred to the committee m nnh- hc printing, reported back and its passage unani. ously recommended. The House then passed the bill and sent it to the Senate. The Sen.+o refused to act upon it, but adopted resolution to go into the election of public printer As there was no law authorizing such action ex- cept the law of 1886, which allowed enormous prices tor the public printing, the House re- used to concur in the Senate's resolution 1bns the matter stood until the last day, when sev- efai ehorts were made to pass the resolution to go into the election of public printer; but as the House regarded the election of printer with out just law for him to act under, as an out rage upon the public treasury, it refused
 we leave It to the public to judge where the blame should fall. The Governors veto woc Tn the carly part of the session. The Wbio says his explanation was unsatisfactory Wbv then dld the House silently acquiese in the veto thus affording the highest evidence that ;ts explanation a0as satisfactory. The House me- yer acted upon the Governors objections at all they abandoned the system of letting to the lowest bidder, in accordance with his recom. mendatlons, without murmur.
 he editor of the Whig was ma,nbor of the Legislature, why did he not call un the uovernor's veto, and, if it was unsatisfactorv Piaoe the seal of condemnation upon the Co., vernon by passing the bill over his head? Why dld he sit there and silently permit the Cover nor to play off what he is now pleased to treat aS all outrage? It only required bare maio- Iity to overrule the Governors veto. The same vote that originally passed the bill could have passed 1t again over the Governors head
 The truth is the Governor did bis d,tv a gave the Legislature ample opportunity to act in the matter We think the blame rests with the majority of the Senate, who, at the last hour' killed the House bill, by obstinatelv ip- sisting upon the election of a pnblio nr;ntsr when such an election would have been an act of great injustice to the taxpayers.
 The Legislature made an appropriation for printing the acts and journals The Governor has made provision to have them printed No evil consequences from this failure of the Te. slslature will be felt by the public. The Go. vernon has taken all the necessary stems to bave the laws published and they will be ready. in very few weeks, for distribution amono tho counties.