The substitute was accordingly adopted.
Pending the call of the yeas and nays, the
following explanations were made by mem-
bers as their names were called :
Mr. ABBOTT. I shall vote "no" on this
proposition, as I have an amendment which
I desire to offer, and which I very much pre-
fer to this.
Mr. BELT. I think the secretary ie the proper
officer to represent this convention after it ad-
journs; and the proper officer to have charge
of this matter, whoever else may be under
him. I would like to pay him a more liberal
compensation: but as I believe that this is
the best that can be done, I shall vote for it.
I vote "aye."
Mr. GALLOWAY. I am in favor of having
Mr. Tatman with the secretary to perform this
work; and therefore upon this proposition I
vote " no."
Mr. NEGLEY. As the house has refused to
insert the name of the folder, who I believe
should be the one to have this work, and have
manifested a determination to give it on these
terms to the secretary, I vote " aye."
Mr. PETER. I believe the folder is the proper
person to do this work. He was selected
for this purpose; and believing that this is
throwing him out of what properly belongs
to him, I shall vote " no."
Mr. TODD. I have no personal feeling
against any officer of this body. But sim-
ply upon the ground of economy I shall be
compelled to vote in the negative upon
this proposition. I have been informed
by the chairman of the committee on
printing (Mr. Valliant) that two forms a
day will be struck off—that is, two thousand
copies a day. I have been informed by Mr.
Tatman that he could fold and send off those
two thousand copies a day, which will be at
acost of five dollars; whereas, by the adop-
tion of this order the convention will pay
eight dollars a day. I therefore vote " no."
Mr. MILLER. I move to reconsider the
vote by which the amendment of the gentle-
man from Charles (Mr. Davis) was adopted,
striking out "six dollars" and inserting
"four dollars." I voted for that amendment
without properly reflecting upon the extent
of the labor to be imposed upon the secretary
in folding, directing and mailing this large
number of debates. A few days ago a book
was passed around to members of this body,
requesting them to write in it the names and
addresses of those persons to whom they were
in the habit of sending copies of the journal
of debates. Now, if the secretary, under
this order, takes a book of that kind, and
addresses these debates to each individual
named in that book, it will certainly be no
easy task for him to perform the merely cleri-
cal labor of directing a thousand copies in
that way. You could not go into a count-
ing house in Baltimore city and get a clerk
to do it for one dollar. The folding will be |
three dollars a thousand according to the es-
timate made here. The only compensation,
therefore, for doing this large amount of
work will be but one dollar a thousand co-
pies, which is certainly a very small com-
pensation. The printer, I understand, is to
furnish the wrapping paper and fold these
documents.
The PRESIDENT. That paper will be fur-
nished by the State.
Mr. MILLER. The gentleman from Caro-
line (Mr. Todd) spoke of the number to be
sent offeach day. We are entitled to but ten
copies each of each signature of these de-
bates, and if two signatures a day are printed
then the sooner the debates will be completed.
It is only four or six dollars a signature, and
the printing of two signatures a day will
only be getting through the matter sooner.
1 make this motion to reconsider for the rea-
son that the merely clerical work of direct-
ing a thousand copies of these debates in the
way in which we direct them here at our
desks every day, to be sent to our friends,
will not be properly compensated by one dol-
lar. I would not ask any person in the
world to do it for that.
Mr. DAVIS, of Charles. I will explain to
the gentleman how the thing is to be done,
and he will then see that there will be no
clerical labor. The directions on these wrap-
pers will he printed before these sheets are
folded, and when the folding is done all the
directing is done. just as the directions on
newspapers which one sees every day, and
one dollar a thousand is, I think, anample
compensation.
Mr. DAVIS, of Washington. I will state
another thing about this folding. I am sat-
isfied the secretary can employ a boy to fold
them for seventy-five cents a thousand, and
any boy can fold two thousand a day. If
the State furnishes the paper, and he can em-
ploy a boy for seventy-five cents a thousand,
I think the balance of the four dollars a
thousand will pay him very handsomely,
even if lie should use a pen for directing
every one of them.
Mr. PETER. I will second the motion of
the gentleman from Anne Arundel (Mr. Mil-
ler) to reconsider this matter, with a view to
retain the folder as well as the secretary; to
let each one of them finish up his respective
labors here. We have selected them for
that purpose. They have been with us all the
time. They understand all their duties.
And even if it should cost a little more, let
it be done right. Let us be enabled to
look with certainty to receiving these
sheets of: debates, which are important
to us, and also that the files we have
attempted to keep here shall be made
complete. Therefore, if the matter is re-
considered, I shall move to keep the secretary
and folder both.
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