Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-29


traoted to be paid, for services never rendered,
IN connection with legislation, while soldiers
and the widows and orphans Of such soldiers
went unpaid and unprovided for. Under any
circumstances he regarded it as public scam
oai tnat vast sum of money should be
agents for Votes to Be- even in aC CSsg1es 9t
states idea ea Gd paying out Of
receive public condemnation, and Mr.. Cali de-
sired, from his place in the Senate, to give pub
services" to be rendered, Mr.. Call said. In con-
nection with such bin. The question in
VOWED was one we'll settled by the history of
new. He believed, however, that the govern
ment of the United States should pay interest
on the claim Of the state.
TO CONSIDER NOMINATIONS IN OPEN SESSION.
Mr.. Platt submitted resolution for reference
10 the committee on rules, and it was so re-
ferred, providing that executive nominations
snall hereafter be considered in open session
MI. flatt said he would not care to speak on
Inc resolution If 1t should be favorably reported
on by the committee on rules, but would prob
on.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL SURVEY.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Edmunds was
agreed to, directing the Secretary of the Navy
70 transmit to the Senate copies of the draw
1ngs and report of the recent survey of the Nj
MenOcal.
MR.. EUsTIS' SILVER INQUIRY.
resolution offered by Mr.. Eustis was agreed
10, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to in
form the senate whether any instructions had
been issued to the assistant treasurer at New
orleans to refuse to receive silver dollars on de-
post and issue therefor certificates, or whether
ne naa peen instructed to receive only limited
amount of such silver dollars, and if such in
structions had been issued to inform the Senate
the reasons upon which they were based.
SET APART FOR GARFIELD'S STATUE.
The Chair laid before the Senate communi.
cation from the Secretary of War, reminding
the Senate apropos of Mr.. Morrilps resolution
OF yesterday that the circular space at the in
tersection of Maryland avenue and LIST street.
at the western end of the Capitol grounds, had
already been by law set apart for a statue of
been made with J. @. A. Ward to erect a pedes-
tai on the spot selected for the statue.
The communication was laid on the table
until MI. Morrills resolution should be brought
up.
THE SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATION IN DAKOTA.
Proceeding to the calendar, the Senate re-
sumed consideration Of the bill to divide the
Sioux Indian reservation in Dakota.
In the course Of the debate Mr.. Teller said he
had recently met lady who had built and or
ganized free schools among the Indian tribes
one OF which cost SIG, 900, and she kept up the
schools by private contributions furnished by
phlianthropic people. Mr.. Teller thought it
BURNING SHAME
that individual citizens should be required to
contribute to Indian education while the gov.
eminent had itself undertaken that task. If
the Secretary of the Interior were empowered
to take Indian boys and girls and put them
into manual labor schools whether their
would have constituted hostages, and would
have prevented further Indian wars. Fifty
Apache children placed in such schools would
save the nation millions of dollars.
Mr.. Logan said that II his Mr. Tooon 20, NM
position of ten years ago in the Senate had been
agreed to there would have been no Indian
that 1t be made penal offense for anybody to
sell gun, or powder or bullet to an Indian
affairs.
THE DAKOTA BILL.
At two O'Clock Mr.. Vest took the floor on the
Dakota bill. He disclaimed any hostility, per-
sonal or political, to the people of Dakota and
claimed himself to be western man and proud
of the western country and its magnificent
development.
House Of Representatives.
f.. After q few private measures had been re-
ported by committees, the House at 1920 went
into committee of the whole (Mr. Hatch. of
Missouri, in the chair on the private calendar.
THE FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS
The first measure on the calendar was Mr.
McMillan's bill, providing for the payment of
the Fourth Of July" claims.
Mr.. Geddes (Ohiol explained that the bill
comprised 943 claims, distributed among
eieven states ana one territory, and called for
an expenditure of $229,OOO
international Copyright.
AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS BEFORE
THE SENATE COMMITTEE-vIEWS OF Ex-MIN.
IsTER LOWELL AND OTHERS
The Senate committee on patents resumed.
at 10 O'Clock this morning, the hearing on
the subject of an international copyright law,
thors, publishers. printers and others interested
In the question.
Mr.. Gardiner G. Hubbard of this city. was
first heard. He opposed not only the bending
bills, but any international copyright, believ-
Ing the effect would be to increase the price of
books; that 1t would restrict production and
prevent the publication of books at prices that
enable the masses to procure them. He believed
VIEWS OF Ex-M1N1sTER LOWELL.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell, ex-United States
minister to England, took issue with Mr.. Hub
bard. He said that the latter had fallen into
the fallacy that there can be no property in
pie would prevent patents and under it the
Bell telephone could not have been patented.
right law ON materia. and on moral erofnGs.
he believed that a book honestly come by was
better than cheap book, and he expressed the
make books cheaper In this country; that it
would eventually result in transferring to this
country fIom England the great bulk Of the
book trade; that the trade would come
here as the best best market and as having
was positive in the opinion that an
international copyright would be beneficial in
every respect; It would stimulate authorship
and would elevate the standard OF literary taste
and production. He believed 1t would be for
the good ofthe whole country. Mr.. Lowell said
there would be no necessity to stipulate for re-
ciprocity from foreign countries, as that would
follow at once. He was sorry TO saw that the
United States was the only exception, among
this subject; that in all other Countries opin-
ion favors reciprocity In the matter of copy
right privileges, and he hoped that Congress
would place this country in the same line. MI.
Lowell was confident that the effect of the law
would be to benefit rather than injure the
printers and all others employed in the manu-
facture OF books. There was no class who moro
sincerely sympathized with the printers than
the authors.
ATTITUDE OF THE PRINTERS.
Mr.. Welsh, of the Philadelphia typographical
Union and representing the National Union,
urged that Il any act be passed IL shall require