Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-16
Edition
FOUR O'CLOCK. p. N.


Below We give the names Of tho seventv-,.vsn
members Of the House who voted to pay Charles
Lanman two dollars per copy for "the regular
number" Of a compilation Of "obltuary no.
tlces," and other useless mstcrial--the two
dollars on each copy TO be paid TO Lsnman ex-
elusive OF the expense Of printing and binding
tho book We have before stated that this
Lanman has bcen the correspondent Of the
New York Journal Of CoHmsres; that he did all
he could TO abuse the Republicans of Now
York State, and Gov. Morgan In particular, in
his correspondence TO that copperhoad sheet;
that he employed his trcscherous pen to abuse
the Government because gallant colonel Of q
colored regiment was promoted 10 brigadler
general. We defeated his attempt 10 get his
book Job through the last Congress. He
presented Il in the House under a false
name, as "a work prepared BY The Li6ra-
ridH, 'ohfeh he eGsrI as an appropriate In
der 10 nIs p,sbhc documents IN ne Librayy.' ~
We quote the language OF the resolution. This
statement was understood to be made by Lam
man himself, and OF course was supposed to be
true, but was shown on the floor of tho House,
In the debate on that subject between Messrs.
hutchins, Allen, Stevens, Baily, Holman, Nor
rill, and Clarke, to be a deliberate lk! Accord
ingly, the resolution, lie aud all, was laid upon
the table by the decisive vote Of elghty.two
yeas 10 thirty-fye nays.
To the surprise Of every one, the present
House Of Reprcscutatiyes--many gentlemen
voting In ignorance Of the facts-havc agreed
to give Lanman portion OF the public money,
which he Is not by any act Of his life entitled
to, by adopting his resolution. We applaud
the act OF tho Woods and Brookscs, and other
copperhcads, who voted for the "book Of obit-
uaries." For, besides seeing their names in
print, thoy manifest a sound consistency In
adhering to a copperhcad writer, and show q
commendable gratitude for the numerous puffs
they have seyerslly received in the Journal OF
Commerce at the hands of Lanman. But tho
Republican members Of the House have no
good excuse for the votes they gave in support
Of Lanman's job. He deserves nothing at
their hands except such treatment as all cop
perhoads should always receive. They have no
right to rear q serpent in their midst.
The names Of tho sevcnty,seven Representa-.
tlves who voted TO give LanmAn two dollars
each, for every member, (tho same to be paid
out Of tho contingent fund, and not out Of their
own pockets, and to print tho obituary notices
at the expense Of the Government besides, y
arc as follows;
Messrs. James Z. Allen, William J. Allen,
Alley, Ancona, Anderson, Baily, Augustus G.
Baldwin, Bliss, Brandcgee, Brooks, Broomall,
James 9. Brown, Clay, CoHroth, Cox, Crayens,
Creswell, Dawson, Dcming, Dennison, Dixon,
Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, Flnck, Frank, Gan.
son, Grider. Grlswold, Hall, Herrick, John H.
Hubbard, Hutchins, William johnson, Kalb-
ileisch, Keenan,, King, Knapp, Law, Le Blond,
Long, Mallcry, Marcy, McAllister, Mcdowell,
Mckinney, William H. Miller, Moorbead,
Morrison, Nelson, Noble, John o'Neill, Perry,
Radford, William H. Randall, Alexander II.
Rice, Rogers, James 8. Rollins, Ross, Scott,
Smith, spalding, Starr, John B. Steele, Stiles,
strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Thayer, VOORHEES,,
Wadsworth, Webster, Whaley, Joseph W.
White, Winfield, Fernando Wood, and Yea
mAn-1I.