Year: 1866

Printing reported in favor of printing ten thousand
extra copies for the Patent Office, and five thousand
Office report for 1865.


Mr.. Latin said that this Government was the great
est publishing house in the world. During the last
year 1t consumed thireth of all the paper pro-
duced in the United States according to the census of
1860 The Government was the greatest competitor
IN the market, and if he were a newspaper publisher
he would not desire any better protection than to
have the Government coming into the market to
buy paper. 1t was better than all tariffs We have
large our printing office With reference to this hook
he would say that it now cost 1886 per volume and
the resolution reported by the Committee would save
the Government $l2S700. The Commissioner Of
Patents, with great pertinacty, wanted the Commit
tee to increase the number to be printed to 15O00


Mr.. Grinnell of Iowa, endorsed the economical
views of the chairman Of the Committee on Printing
and reoiced that the printing of this book was to be
reduced in numbers.


omy, but thought that the last place to commence it
was on the mechanical portion of the Patent Office
Report, which did so much to stimulate the inyen-
tive genius of the country.


The resolution was so amended as to reverse its
operation, giving the Patent Office 5000 copies and
Congress 10000 copies for general distribution which
was passed.


CORRESPONDENCE.


Mr.. Banks, of Mass, submitted the cOrrespondence
between some WOrkmen, of Lyons, France and the
Secretary of State relating to the presentation of an
American flag made by them in honor of the mem
ory of the late President Lincoln. Ordered to be
Affairs.


TENNESSEE.


Mr.. Latham of West Virginia asked but failed to
obtain leave to Introduce resolution relieving the
Committee on Reconstruction from the further con-
sideration of the case of Tennessee and declaring
as the sense of this House. that the people of the
State OF Tennessee entitled to representation On
this floor.


STATE REIMBURSEMENT.


The House then went into Committee nfthe Whole
on the bill to reimburse the State of PENNSYLVANIA
for moneys advanced to the Government for war
purposes.


The bill provides that to supply the deficiency in
paying the army, and to reimburse Pennsylvania for
money advanced at the request of the Government
for the payment of troops in tn service of the United
sum of nine hundred thousand dollars; provided that
before the same is paid, the claim shall be again
examined by the Secretary of War.


Mr.. Blaine (Rep) offered as a substitute for the
bill. the one recently reported by him, assuming the
debts of the loyal States lie urged the adontion
of the measure calculated to quiet ALARM and con-
tended that the doubt rs to what the public debt
might be- and not what il was, kept our bonds at a
deprecated value.


Mr.. Stevens, of Pa, said the bill was proper and
Just, and was based on the recommendation of the
Secretary of War.


Mr.. Myers, of Pennsylvania, also urged the pas
sage of the bill at considerable length and claimed
that Pennsylvania would have been paid ere this the
same as New Y Ork, had not tho appropriation run
out


Mr.. Wentworth. of illinois, opposed the bill and
declared that millions could not pay the people of his
State for the losses sustained in this war especioI
the soldier boys for their missing legs and arms and
the widows with their broken hearts. ~
After further debate the Committee rose and with
out action on the bill, the House at p NJ add.