The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20
TIE CONGRESS.
nruavE ONTHE PATENT RIGHTS BILL
I'm TIE SENATE.
a Rfpple az Excitement !" the "o"se
Nobody Hurt.
VOL. IV-NO. 2.

u.surNaTnN Dee lp.-Tha Vice lresideht
laid before the Senate communication lroio
the Secretary Of War covering tho rerort q we
chief OF ordnance Of the arms anu Ammunition
issued to the officials Of tho Treasury anu -
tar,or Derartments since January l, 'W2'
The Woo President appointed Mcests' WIN
dom Dorsey and Wallace conferoes on ne paII
OF the Senate on the consular anu ''''o'''''io
apRr w. Rn,hony reported back and recommended
its massage by instruction from me colnliiii,ese
on Printing Of the onse niss Tdse'@'qP nf Prof Hay
den's Twelfth Report OF the t'o,dg'ofh, ofa anu n
Geographical Survey Agreed 10; lie Haa n,sG ,oipt
paualuin, authorizing an edition of 5000 copies
Of volumes thirty eight and thirteen o. ne ,.e nn.' I'M
report Of the %e ear Of
the Gommittee Printing Agreed ,2, nnn tn9
bin passed The volumes ne are Il ,se ~ 'fn IF Repre-
,ttins as 7so To the Senate a2E for the use OF
the survey, and 375 for the Department q the
iasti'9 NJ Mitchell called up Senate bill Ne i452'
proyement Of Goose bay and hGrhor pfeerai nfegoni
explaining at length It's imporlahce' heioi'o'
IN The Committee on Commerce I'm
The Senate resumed consideration oi NV pi'i
10 a,neno Ia,va seo moved to insert tho word here
after" in Mr. Windows amendment lntbla .,
ding the recovery OF damag1@ III IN pariees pmr
chased from manufacturers Or from estanlisn
mants openly dealing therein nniess !'a, lhIsn-
tional infringement oi sucn p"'on' 80
MI: Mr.. saulsbury advocated Mr.. WINDOWS
"ponding vote on this amendment Mr. Burn
side roae and explained at length the PROVISIONS =
Of the bill fer shs "y be laws relating there
ta " Awaiting particularly upon tho powers re
posed In the Secretary Of War. ,ro
nriations reported and recommenl"d lhe ~
vorahle consideration OF an act maRlns appIo
priatons for deicieneles 10 XIX af NAH mai
iagin fart
ter over railroads during the present ilseni
year atng s.sn"s i%' n the 'a posa ear
sarvica Passed. He also called up the act pro
yidng for tho payment OF interest on the us
tr,ct ot wthara u2uno mov"d but subsequently with
,ray the amendmant limiting tho rate OF inter
eat to b per cent Ihe Dill was theh iop'i'od -
''iT Tbe nen Senate resumed consideration of the
paxtai,U pa Uhto nb Thought tho amendment Of tho Zen
,,nr from Minnesota wholly ut variance with
tho express terms Of the eonAt,tlloh elslnh
natentees the exclusive right to thn produGr1It ~ 81 !,
nhair tnventions for limited periods. Ihif
nrnvision was positive, aud could not pe IN
fringed even by Congress ,ous consent /,
xvithdraw the amendment under lseussippi
and submit another, which he lntenueI i1 sum,
,.aiioya the ppople from vexattpus anu tfouole
aome suits about the infringement 81 phiehts,
which he thought liable to the eonsIhul,,omnii ~
objection urged by the neha,2r ,rttharev " his orig
NM Mr. a Davis. OF Illinois, offered series ESQ o.
amendments to various sectiohS' tsho
.hti, The Gneir announced as the committee to IN
nYis,nh, resolution Meaers. Teller. Cameron z
WW,aannsin Kirkwood Mitchell. Finmb Bayard
Wallace Galley and Sarlana; 10 %t %s and were "x
cuaed from serving upon the committee, lhel
suhstitu utes were not announced a,. wanna
Mr. Chr,stiancy deprecated me loose inhnIe m i,
., Witch under existing laws, patents are i
sued illustrative of which he read q ions'h
iiat of useless articles phtenttf ID iNIo. ~
Mr. Hoar moved mt Il noon TO- !noFrow f, ~ M il'
nresidipg officer adjourn the Senate TIL . ue9
dey 'ahonas noraev and Mr.. Beck opposed this reso
,ution as interfering with business entrus'9a u
them, md Mr. Hoar temporarily Wltnurem ,m,. in
MI WndleiEh moved that the tnrthe. q, cnilslu 7 "a
aration of the patent bill be postponed tiil jan
nary l. at .. m. Agreed T., NJ uo,r =
NaaaSacbusetts in place of Mr.. Mitchell. and MI
Mcmillan In place of Nj Plumb on the commit
tee on electoral outrages-, ,o,,. 20. ol,tfo
oxtandinR the time for the jnint committee o
tba transfer of Indian affairs to report. J.
A. l.a0 o'clock the Senate went into exeeutiv
session, and at AS adlourned
THE HOUSE.
Iob, & Young member eiect to fll the va
oanny caused by tho death ot Judge Leonafh' ,
The Eshih LoTTshiispH This a aver vacancy and tn
Wnnse iIls nas has again its full complement OF y
msmoSslS Mn oSaSel of virginia asked leave to offer
rosnl,t;o rccitine that Il WAS represented tha
Judge AoSansr Rses of y,pgnta lng had trans
inrras fns two men B. Reynolds and lee Rsyn9idhs
onveted q mgdfr from fro he GsssaayD sata Dre =
state c2utviiu tvirginia ana directing the Commit
!s On sudieary III 70 inquire into The aet2n 9f ~
Judge Rives and under r. waht aat1 'nm inee and wha
sstion sth n'tR should be taken BY the House u %
premises. ,.o ord MIR Hale. {
hsire Nh uabeii wanted to know who had / 9befte[ !, &
He wanted to know who had mace TINS os'o'
Mr. Townsend IN. " rose to aues,lont les aontIe
privilege and wanted TO know wnea,helh asohsrge
their of,icisl duties on this floor. Gentlens emu, =
had right to object. and he did ,linia n3t axe VI
manner OF the gentleman from rs als9tnds and clerk
had to Know the names Of objectors so that the
could 60 into the Record.