The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-21

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bid for it was so little below Denny's,
that it, was not worth noticing. i
will do him the justice to say, how
ever, that it was his ingenuity which
propagated the idea Of publishing q
radical paper if he could get the
printing to do, and eventually forced
Mr.. Denny to give @ similar assur-
ance. a .it a-ts sdts.,,t
Mr.. Selby has fine establishment;
has done the work for years, to the
satisfaction of everybody, and would,
undoubtedly, have been the man for
the place, had he not been Demo
erat. When the Committee we're
entertaining propositions-not bids,
for they declined to call for them, for
very obvious reasons-he submitted
o proposition, with Denny and
Pierce, and now for the sequel. His
proposal was never brought to the
notice of either House; the Commit
tee reported favorably on Denny's
offer; it passed, unchallenged, in the
Senate, and when, in the House, an
inquiry was made whether the work
could not be done cheaper, debate
was gagged by the operation of the
previous question. and Denny was
elected-although Selby offered to do
the work at two-thirds what was
charged by Denny. I speak by the
card, and give the figures, in order
to prove it, and show how you NAV
expect to be taxed to death to sup
port party now in control of the
State. The calculation. is made on
the basis of what the work has
averaged for many. years past, it
being thought likely, however, that
the session will last sixty days,
instead of twenty-three or four as
heretofore.
Denny's bid: journal work,
"a pages per day, 60 days,
at SITS per page. SO, 96O. 90
Bill work, 25 pages per day,
80 days, at SIS per page. 100000
Permanent work, 4,O7e
pages, (including Resolu-
tions, &c.,) at $4.36 per
Permanent work, $50 pages;
figure and rule work, at
$S.72 per page. 80. 49,. 2,1SOOO
Making total Of. :. s2s, 1886. 20
Selby's bid: Jourhal work,
"a pages per day, go days,
ut SI.S0 per page. 80, 500. 90
Bill work, 25 pages per day,
60 days, ut 1925 per page. 1875. co
Permanent work, 4,O7O
pages, (including Resolu-
tions. &c. at So per page. 12, 21O. 90
Permanent work, $50 pages,
rule and figure work,
same price, So per page. $4,000
Making a total of. .. .S1S, 927. 90
Or 50, 45S. 20 less than what is charged
by Denny, and yet Mr.. Selby ex-
pected to, and would have, made q
profit at his own figures. What
Denny will make, the public can
easily conjecture. The work may
not be as great, though it is likely to
be greater, than I have estimated;
but, IN either event, the disposition
of charges is unaltered
This is the way "little Jobs" are
fixed up for South Carolinians, and
THIS Is the way that the tax gatherer
Will compel you to sustain radical
journal. 1t is only the beginning,
however. There are several other
"nice little jobs" on the carpet, and
when the figures are rolled up at the
end of the session, and you are
allowed, on the eve of the November
elections, to study them at your
leisure, think very many of you
who have alphabetically disregarded
the ballot-box since the inauguration
of the reconstruction measures, will
be likely to deposit your votes for
Seymour and Blair.
The President has ISSUE his pro-
clamations announcing the adoption
of the fourteenth amendment by