Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-02-22
nrv,pvs nv wM f. M. WORD, ESQ.,
ny surt,oukr AND C6Aiu

! Nc wOxD .sii:-ir SPE,hsK. MN D.; !" '''-
haui; q: pUtiic speak NJ, ana !, az ~" IVY ~,
| 10 s.y wore. on this sut)=r'' ou, Ma i,'s IT.
n.n,.J 10 f,y friends every side ot ti- l!eus"'
nav. c,,,su:.. to sunit 10 their consideration "
few n,sj:. suggestions which have Influenced ~. !.
INV action in regard IL this matter. In me u'S
place, i; may hs proper tor me l" sly, ,n"' gu.
printer ant yrs engaged, practically, IN ths ou7sA
Ia, more ,kan seventeen years In TACT, am mo-"
cd TO the printing Office and tia Types anu siato"'
| for considerable portion OF tue educa"o' 30,
| Ii my schonl horse aud my eoiitgr' a - -,
| the whole of tbs early part Of my lie was spc"
within ita was. For the les; ten years, ho"e.e',
have had nothing 10 do with the printing ou''ns rs
| aud never expect 10 30 engaged IN II ag'.', i
subject ia nevertheless one OF interest 10 M, ny a.
ISOLATION only, aud shall always tGRe ptiu7 i" '''
ring to il my dina Mater. .,;s sr,
Xii the gentlemen VINO have spoken on this sue.
! cc, seem to have forgotten that the MAJORITY .eppi
recommends only the usual price among printers u,
Richmond for blanks circuars, &c ana as laey o.
p-intad nv IN. guire ard kundred, and moi oy '',e
thousand ems the saving OF % per cen. VIII DO
on that work. if other printers il Richmond o.
cd by my friend from Stafford Work Tor ,TeEy nisS
per cent. less than tho public printer ne Ana
| dow to ,iloss prices by the majority lepo. To- ,hat
the Legislature will make as nucn ni"ioS
operation, if they were to eoeepL 49, Wonts
| Rut;p, Macfarlane, Clemmitt ana "yahe. D'" -"
sra ma rcon,derabs item III the bills loi pruning Us
will bs eeen by reerelcr to thUse oil's. cne i.e.
alone is 81 900 Tor blanks furnished the commissioners
of The revenue, and II you deduct % per CEN, d
duciion in other blanks. The chapter IN the coae'
which propose to adopt in the place OF inc one re-
pesrd sill be so plain, that he VINO runs may iuau
| and understand thoroughly. Future Les's'a.u,e
will have no difficulty in hscerain'hg ~nal WIZ @
nnh,ic rnt,r PERFORM end wha. pay he gets. Inc
uin, committee which 10 proposed oy Tue uloo'y To-
port will Gu composed OF printers rs ''l 90 posso,
| aud there has not been Legislature mere 'o ."ey
ysars to my Own knowledge, which h"d n"' 'nree OF
| four printers in il. This cotnmit'ee WIZ eAaune
your public printers hills and certify them 10 the
Auditor if necessary They can tell ny en- insptc1n
OF the work (which must DC iad before menu .ao
charyes are too high. ii necessary, there IL an easy
aad quick rule by which they can ascertain que nuhi
Der Of ems in every particle OF book or pan'Pu'e'
! work done for this State ...r.,h
There has been great deal OF cotnP'o'n. "Uous a9
oumbsr of BLANK pages, and was, at first, disposed
| 70 comnain about tho same thing myself out %nen
| saw row the work had 10 be done Oy oTdsT ~ u.'
House, pece.meai by piece az ths anG .lI,',
(re.errnr to small documents win e'anS paees'la WOO
s,t;ssd that il was not the fault Of the pnoo PRINT
| ar but O: this honorable body. 1t this work WIS
placed in the public printers hands, mote q! lime,
| so, that he coud make tbs proper connections o'
subjscts he would b, able to ill out ha forms Ter lhe
nr.ss witbon. resortns 10 30 many blank pages Tbs
custom now prevailing is, that your oincers eve Nun
| only one thing tine, consequently ne % compeH'
ed 10 use ANAL title pages and blank pages to I'LL out
lis form Of eight or sixteen pages IN "rusr tn"I
| may be properly bound or stitched, Tor you cannon
bind or stitch single leaf. There mast DO j0a.
Thersi is another matter, which wish this House 10
| be informed Of 10 order that my position may %
clearly understood, AZ 1t was referred TO- Va ,Is
| uusnt and ab,s speech of the gentleman from EiLa-
| oeh CITY. sude 10 that portion oil II, III |h'cn ue
stated that Mr. Rtchie had consented 10 90 .hs Ho,h
| for the price named in the report OF Tue hhJot"y
| Committe. Mr. Speaker, the composition OF tiat
| Commttee. was a strange one, and in this REMARK
do not mean 10 be 10 tho least oifenSve Tor an warm
IL attached 10 all the gentlemen Tor 'ne'r e1"ens
| Kindness to me. | mean, elr, that al VINO acteu
| assmsd excited on tho subject, aud only haa one
| irpd
| he srcu,sa himself IRON lie dttinga, upon the
| ground that he was newly married man -
| fla did I think, at that time, nor even ~hen
| wa mads tho maior:y report that my young trl5nd
| from Nonongaa, (Mr. BARBoURl would come before
| ,bia House with minority report. by ME seetnihS
indfsrence after thu subject was under invesga'lon
he has since enabled, by the nareh ne sole up
On u.s." while the majority were iaoorne' 10 eIeci"y
this hou,s by a speech Of marked ability. Although
we differ widely facts, congratulate MN on h,s
frat effo-, here, aud no man in this Conm2h"es!'n
will watch HE future progress 10 'ne po..ea, rs W.
ts legal srens With anxsty tor hs success tnan
mv.eC The gentleman from Loudoun seemed i't'
Tie COOL bu. not excited and even that cooness may
| nov bc attributed 20 my imagination, Tor aid not
know hin then as well as o. now, nS m NJ. o,
very mach on further acquaintance anc net ohy
respect him for his good quantities, oui nave pscome
very much attached 10 HIN.
| 4, soon as satisfied myself what was right ana
proper TO be paid for the pubic prlnng, anu a. 10Y
, friend the gentleman from Stafford lA'r. SELDOM
.eensd 10 be tbs RIDING SPIRIT for reduction, com
munca;ed my ideas and conclusions TO hlin' WITHOUT
cOnBu ng any other person Whatever, h:u l. o, 'no
same time, proposed 10 make repoH 10 mar eneS'
aud udd the % per cent proportions or 9G', Inc
balance OF tbs committee agreed They DID agree;
and understood afterwards that MI hhcme no
oulesced in that agreement like my friends the gen
tlemen from Loudoun end S'auoroIaequesIeu W 'ne
report Of the majority committee "as gad 10 !earn
| that mir. Richie ss;lsh5d win the roduc'
ton for the work as executed by him, IS auperi'
or 10 any public printing have ever seen and inns
s,.U hQtlY n
any change The printing be,rays the band OF mas
| ter workman in every pags ;bLt We turn: Inc char'
acter and sys ofthe printing indicates The character
| OF your pubic printer.
As one Cf The committee on printing, entered upon
the abors OF the investigation, any regard TO
| persons involved in is results, but with ris'd nten
ton 10 do what conscientously believed 10 De io3
the best interests Of the people and the State. gave
it what little Judgment, penetration energy, INDUSTRY
! and Vigilance possessed, and knOw that every
| member on the committee, from my whole cetduct
while investigating The subject, will bear ms not IN
this assertion ttal endsavored to do ny dirty, TIRE
spsctipe OF friends politics. Alters aeored nvesti
CATION came 20 the conclusion that oU csns per lOoo
ems aud 50 cent. per token, was fair prca tor tDs
work a, executed but from the evidence before
the committees in regard TO the difficulties and e1pen.
SEES in executing the work IN proper une' &c,
agreed with the majority that We ought 10 pay ~ per
cen: more than generally paid Tor private printing
and e.efors consented to the price es named by the
report Of the msOry and felt grntified that in theee
| price nearly l2i per cent. ] thuk that We have
accomplished great deal in this reduction, and feel
sstsna ths. tia enough for the shall there
fore css my vote in favor OF the majority report With
out being influenced by any perso or political con-
alterations whatever. ! have always been taughtto
regard such matters purely of business character
and no. OF personal ar political character am
aent here, by inv kind and confdng constituents To
look after the dollars and cents. as wsIl NJ 10 make
laws for them. and if l. for moment, believed that
the gentlemen who propose to do the work tor - per
cent lees than the price now paid, would not come
befors this House, hereafter, for more pay, wou:a
vo.s for tina: reduction with pleasure. But, from
past experience in THE State, tor tho printing o the
ets reform Convention and other States n. well az
ia Congress- can come to no other conclusion man
that il ia bad policy, we'll as bad economy to pat
out the pubic printing to the lowest bidder. III every
Instance, within my knowledge, whers me public
printing has been given 10 tho lowest bidder, et q:
great reduction a. 25 per cent, the parties nave
! lnvar,sbly, demanded mora pay, ard received III anu
frequently more inoney has been expended 10 JUS
cussing tie proprety OF giving this extra pay than
the whole cost Of The printing Bat say the gen,
tlernen on tie CHAR eide, We will give you oond and
| security that the work will be faithfully executed
Tina, NAV be true but sili that vii! not prevent
ii. n from coming back here. Men ns good IA messrs
Rufiu, Clemmitt, Wynne end M.ctaT.ane, have done
the like before and came back pleading lika clever
fellows for more pay. know it will DO no dspnrage
meut TO those gentlemen for mo tn class fhein win
Messrs. GALES & Ss9,n, OF the Na'iora' !ntelllsen
! CIR and tie .a;s lamen,ei Thomas Richie OF the
Washington Uu,on. Those ate the men VINO gave
security to perform the public printing OF Congress
at a stipulated price, ana ben came !nr more pay
One got upwards Of s5OOOD, and the other upwards
SiOU0O extra pay and learn from geD:!sman who
WA. conversaut with the matter at the time. thai more
money was expended IN discussing The proprlety o!
giving mlhi' 'z.,a pay than both sums amounted
TO. Therefore, repeat. that 1t isecono;ny, on The
part Of thi. House, 10 adopt the majority report
! need not tel! this lious. that am in favor OF ra
t-euchment ard reform in every instance ana
in every particular. Ny position on that sub
iect hes already besn indicated By. my votes
/ will go hesrt end hand with the mos eco
! nomical member. to .rke even few cents OIL the
burden.,m. taxation which ths poor ami worthy PEG
pc Q: ny hills and valleys now grooming Under.
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