926 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



July 6, 1882— House. 



Mr. William M. Springer reported joint resolution (H. X44) 

 oflfered by Mr. Herman L. Humphrey, February 24, 1882. 



Mr. Samuel J. Randall, I hope the gentleman reporting this propo- 

 sition will tell us the probable cost of this printing. 



Mr. Springer. I will; I have the ligures here. 



Mr. Randall. One of the greatest abuses connected with the Gov- 

 ernment is this unlimited printing, which is not only done under the 

 action of Congress itself, but which permeates every department of 

 the Government. 



Mr. Springer. I have here an estimate of the cost of printing these 

 reports for several years past. 



Mr. Frank Hiscock. Is . this matter privileged over an appropria- 

 tion bill? 



The Speaker (Mr. J. Warren Keifer). The Committee on Print- 

 ing has the right to report at any time and to have its reports consid- 

 ered. 



Mr. Hiscock. I call up the sundry civil appropriation bill. 



The Speaker. The Chair thinks that the report from the Committee 

 on Printing is in order now. 



Mr. Hiscock. Then I raise the question of consideration upon this 

 report. 



Mr. Springer. This matter can be settled sooner than the ques- 

 tion of consideration can be disposed of. I desire to state to the 

 House 



Mr. Randall. The question of consideration is not debatable. 



The Speaker. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Hiscock] raises 

 the question of consideration against this report. The question is, 

 Will the House proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution 

 which has been read? 



Mr. Springer. I have no desire to press this matter against the 

 wish of the House; I withdraw the report. 



July 28, 1882— House. 



Mr. W. M. Springer, from the Committee on Printing, reported 

 back with a favorable recommendation the joint resolution (H. 144) 

 authorizing the Public Printer to print reports of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and National Museum. 



Mr. William S. Holman. I wish to inquire of the gentleman from 

 Illinois [Mr. Springer] whether he thinks it is good policy to make 

 this permanent appropriation for the publication of the works of this 

 Institution without any further action of Congress? And does he 

 deem it proper to extend the same principle to an}^ other department 

 of the Government? 



Mr. Springer. These publications of the Smithsonian Institution 

 have become so well understood and reduced to such a system that it 



