Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-20
rY. VIRGINIA. FEBRUARY 20; 1855.

| to be tie .laA, it is hard toseuess, even. hpy
many pages it will csafalii,- Laughter
! Now, sir, refer TO page 80 vi the sam,
Ivclumc, v.hertc re s<11odlnitsoc Ja plIstns
made thor rcpbrt1upon the same su9,iect :
..Mr. GEAGis also, ffcng thcs4onnni
to whom WAS referred q resolution. Of tlt
House Of March l0, 1896 instWctig ths
committee to inauiro iAto hcSeSr4dici)gy o
printing twenty thotlsaiRs copies extra 0
the message and accompanying -d4eument'
from the President Of the United States, ii
referetne 70 the 'gqmmereial relations u The
United States with III foreiet.s stations, and
into the probable cost pcr volume Of print
ing the same, presented u rc>uo,t that the
committee k;;a made in4liir,; aaa had arriy-
ed at the conclusion thai the probable cost
Of printing tue same u&.eld be 81 50 Per
yoitn.o aud ia rcla8 .Ntosfhn V&{ra eVIes
tho committee report the following rcsolu-
ton:
..RcsclTel, That ten thousand copies ex-
TIA -of tie message and accompanying docu-
mcnts from the President Of the United
States, in relation to the commercial rela-
tons of the United States with all foreign
nations, being the comparative tariff and
conn,crcial statistics Of all nations, as pre-
pared by tie Secretary of State, be prin ted
for the use of the House, and five hundred
copies additional for the use of the State
Department, and that the same be printed
in quarto form.
'.AIr. JcNEs, Of Tennessee I wish IL
inquire whether the 81 so per volume in
cludes the binding 4
Mr.. CEAGlN. 1t does. ] call for the
previous question.
''Ihe previous question was seconded,
and the main question ordered; and under
the operation thereof tic resolution was a
loatsd.'
Air STEPHENS, Of Georgia Right
here | wish to ask a question. 1t is, wheth-
or the resolution authorizes tie publication
Of any matter othcr than that then prepar-
cd /? As5-6 a af 9F Ha
Sir: ,IETCHER les, sir; it provides
that Che information subsequently furnished
shall be published.
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of rr,ccrg;a. IF 81
lerstoed tie resolution just read, il author
ICES the publicationsof nothing except the
matter then reported, aud before the House.
Dir. i ETCrl4ilR. The, first resolution
directed that The report should BE- printed,
and provided that all subsequent matter
which should be furnished should be print
ed, with what was then before the House
When the resolution went to the Committee
on Printing, after consideration they repor-
ted back that the extra copies should be
printed. The committee reported that the
printing would cost S 80 per voluse. -
Whether more than one volume or not was
Contemplated, | leave the House t. infer.
MIR. STEPHENS, Of Gecrgia. l say
nothing about snbsceners nlattsr. --..g
Mr.. 4ETCHER. What is the meaning
'of the declaration 81 50 per volume, il
there was not 4 doubt about the number Of
volumes? si4
Dir. NIGII0Lss ! say, sir, that the re-
port for the printing Of that document was
based upon an official communication from
the Department Of, State to the Committee
on Printing, IN which thewotk was estial;l-
ted at four hrGded ard fifty pages, and the
exact nnmber ofwores in page. ygq ss
Mr.. IstT CHER, Then It's on5y sur-
prising to ne that when the Department
had estimated it at three hundred and Fifty
pages, and when the g5ntlen'an who intro
duced the resohdticn, and the Committe OF
Printing Subsequently estimated it at foul
hundred and Fifty they should not hav Gin
CURED into the discrepancy.
Mr.. STEPHENS. Of Georgia. The Dis
crepanoy is caused BY the fact that addition
al matter was supplied,
MI. IiiTCIEllR Grant It to be SO but
will the gentleman from Georgia undertake
to say that THIS Ilorso lad the most distant
iGea, at the time it ordered that book to be
printed, how many volumes it was ordering,
or what the cost Of printing would Be?
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Georgia / think
We did. The gentleman says have walked
up late recollcct the facts; and | will
say that never contemplated, by my vote,
to order anything to he publisl,el except
that embraced by the report Of the Commit
tee on Printing And, sir, | will never
sanction the going or and gathering up 9th
CT material to make Four Or five volumes.
Mr. LEGCHER These volumes were
published at the last session Of Congress, as
we'll as ut this session CT Congress. When
the deficiency bill for printing was up here
last year, why did moi my friend from Georgia
the nraise his voice against this outrage Of
writing books and publishing books beyond
the number submitted to this House fer con-
sile,ation Then vas The time TO have stop
ped i, and then the time to rebuke the ex-
travagauce Of the House.
Look at the manner in wlic this thing is
done. Here are the fist, third, and fourth
volumes, leaving the second yolcme 70 be
written last, in order that when it is print
ed, tie work will be complete. The first
volume Of that book cost S2S, $50 96; the
third volume, 543, 263 CT tic fourth $780,
III 46; aid when TIE SECOND is done, at
the averaae cost of those which have been
printed already, il will amount to the round
sum Of Sl4S, 926 81 for aka Goa,eercial Re-
lations That book was ordered al The first
session of the Thirty Fourth Congress.
Well, sir, [ will go to. another set Of
books. The mechanical poftion ef the Pat
cnt 0a-ea repcrt for the year 1886 ana
the last one printed cost Sll0,G5S 20.
and tie agricultural portion $i47..lAo 81
| say nothing about the .ilpStrdtiona to
which MS ffrrse;.yd flom Kentucky has rcferr-
Cd, because lie has superseded the necessity
Of my doing SO. Let as -scc. what amount
these few books foot up | hayc uot incl'!-
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