New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-07

day night after harm oniCusly uomlnahog Speaker,
Clerk, Sergeant az Arms, DOoIkeePsr and Post
master, baked and broke up in q row on the noni-
nation of Piinter. There il Q chance that the ma
cbintry may have been re- oiled and got in working
order durpg the thirty six intervening hours, but
we cherish joyful hope that it will be found this
morning to have broken down irrepNably, aud that
no Printer t, the House can be elected under the
system hitherto in vogue. In that care, We urge
all friends Of honesty and economy in public sfirs
TO ..i Ike at once AID deterninedy for the resfora
tos of the policy Of advertising for bids and award
ing the Printing Of Congress in classes to the lowest
bidders VITO prefer ample security for the prompt
ard faithful execution Of the work.
This plan combines simplicity with conformity
to usage in other well administered departments Of
tie public service Everybody can understand it
no OLE can di.pute its fsirness There can be no
cheating nor extortion under it except through the
cornivance and completely Of those public function
aIies who are appointed and paid expressly TO guard
sgairst such robbery of the Nation; and not
great deal, we presume, even with such completely.
Any competent printer, with the contracts and the
orders of the two Houses before him, backed by
the certificate Of thu proper fanctionary that the
documents ordered have actually been printed and
delivered can readily determine TO fraction just
bow much the printer is entitled t. receive from
the Treasury. 1t might be advisable to appoint
all the practical printers in both Houses Joint
Committee TO scrutnize the accounts Of the several
Congressional Printers and see that they obtain
Oil their due and not one fsrthing more. If
these should ever run Bhort-as We trust
they would not-the PresideLt Of the Senate and
Speaker of the House might DO required t. desg
tate three practical printers FROM the cities OF
N,w-YOIk, Philadelphia and Baltimore respectively
TO sctutiuze the accounts OF the several Printers Of
Congress and report the exact amount payable to
each. Up5er this ,ysttm-wbich is substantially
that under which the Government supplies self
with Pork, Flour, Powder, &c, for its Army and
Navy and about everything else but Official Service
sne Pfinting-ihere is little doubt that 800, 900
per abnum might be saved to the Treasury Why
any one who wishes to save the Public Money
should object TO il, we cannot imagine.
One Of our contemporaries proposes lieu Of this
q National Printing Office, in which all the Public
Printing shall bo executed by public stipendiaries
tu " pes dDu pIcbeCS Onuru W bHo " ''ShhuVhb
1t barely necessary to say that the author of this
notable project, though an owner of types, never
made months livelihood BY handling tbem Sdch
a National Printing Office would inevitably become
great National Hospital for all the broken down
tarty hacks who ever dabbled 10 ink. Every Mem
Der of Congress would have two or three OF these
ipcurable invads who must be provided for; and
the inevitable result would be an army of Foremen,
Proof Readers, Superintende OF this, that and
the other department of the business, most Of
whom will have sought and obtained their places as
reward for party services and save for personal
dilsp:datien with clear understanding, at least on
TIER own pant, that they are to do little or nothing
and receive generous s.ipends The Printer-in-
Chief who could make places for the
largest number If this class would be emf
nently popular with Congress, and might expect
to retain his situation till the defeat of his party,
when one Of like facility would naturally be chos IN
by the opposite party, and q new aud hungry swarm
would replace the old one. We appeal to every
practical printer-Day, to every man familiar with
the manner Of working fer Government. aud for
individuals respectively-in support Of our aver
ment that every evil now experienced would be
aggravated by the establishment Of National
Printing Office. TEE expense would be far greater
than that now incurred, heavy as it lie; for the
naked fact that the Government has large army
of printing stipend aries to pay through tie yesr,
whether they have work or not, will be urged as
reason why jobs of printing should be given out
BY Congress to keep them busy throughout the
recess.
We beg the Members not familiar with Print
ing to be assured that there ia no dlficulty-1o
shadow Of dfliculty-in so preparing specific
enc contracts as sbsolutely to insure the prompt
aud faithful execution Of the Public Printing at the
lowest cash prices Letanpe security BE- exa,tei,
to be deposited in the Sub Treasury at Washing.
tor, and the Superintendent. of Printing authorized
to reject all work badly or not seasOnaby executed,
have the same work well done elsewhere, AID draw
| On the contractors deposit FIR payment Ii tits
proper that the Government should supply it's need
Of Beef or Brandy in this way it cannot be wrong
TO puuue the same cour'e with regard to Printing,
And If il is to resort to the opp9site policy aud
establish National Printing Office we see not
Why it should stop here. Why not have y ,tionL
| Pspu-MiIl, and National Slaughter. House we
mean no aTusion to the quadrernial Democ rstc
| Na'icrsl Convention, bat grand establishment
for packing aud picking the meats required for the
Army ard Navy 7 If there be any need of the
Government which it is a1vi,able to supply BY
contracting with the lowest bdieu We hold that of
Printing 10 belong to this category.