The Delta independent., 1890-12-09

CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

SrNATE.-There was an unusually
| large atten dance of senators present al
| the opening Of the session Monday. The
| seats on both side of the chamber were near
| " all occupied and the galleries were fill
| ed with visitors The chairman and sew
eral senators were the recipients OF hand.
| some floral gifts. The greatest cordiality
seemed to prevail between the senators Of
the two parties, who greeted each other as
the best of friends, whom no political sue
| cesses or reverses cotld estrange,
Immediately after the chaplain's prayer
| the credentials of the two senators-elect
from the new state Of Wyoming were pre-
/ sented by Mr.. Hoar; and when they were
read the two senators, Messrs. Carey and
| Warren, were escorted to the vice-presi-
dents desk by Messrs. Stanford and Hpar
and took the oath of Office. a drawing by
lot, to decide their respective terms. took
place-the shorter term. closing March 3,
1888, falling TO Mr.. Warren, and the longer
one, closing March 3, 1885, to Mr.. Carey.
After the reading of the Presidents
message the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-At noon Speaker Reed entered
the hall, and a rap of his gavel instantly
restored order.
After prayer by the chaplain, the clerk
! proceeded TO call the roll of members by
States. The roll call disclosed the pres
ence Of 227 members,
The Speaker stated there were various
credentials upon his table which he would
present to the House.
The credentials were then read as fol-
lows: MIR. breckenridge, Second Arkan-
sas; Willis Sweet, Idaho; c. W. Stone,
Twenty Seventh Pennsylvania, and Clar
ence d Clarke, Wyoming.
Ihese gentlemen then appeared at the
bar OF the House and were duly qualified.
Brecke nridge receiving a round of ap
plause from his Democratic friends.
TUESDAY. DEC. 2.
SESATE.-Mr. Manderson offered a reso-
luton, which was agreed to, calling on
the secretary for information as to the
steps being taken for the disarmament Of
Indians on reservations in Nebraska,
South and North Dakota
AT the expiration of an hour devoted to
| the calendar, MIR. Hoar moved TO proceed
to the consideration of the House bill to
amend and supplement the election laws
OF the United States and TO provide for
the more efficient enforcement of such
laws. BY strict party vote the bill was
taken up, and the reading of it occupied
the time till adjournment
HoUsE.-In the morning Nr. Simmonds,
from the committee on patents, called up
Tor consideration the copyright bill.
Mr. Payson of Illinois raised the Ques-
ton OF consideration.
The House decided, yeas I32, nays "A, to
consider the bill
The Speaker then recognized Mr.. Sim
that the act shall go into effect July ], 1891.
A motion to adjourn having been voted
down, yeas 81, nays 100. the question re-
CURED on the demand for the previous
question. The previous question was or
dered, yeas l32, nays "a.
The House then adjourned leaving the
bill as unfinished business
The proposition Of the bill is to pay for
eigners to take American copyright on the
same basis as American citizens in the
three cases, first, when the nation of the
foreigner permits copyright to American
citizens on substantially the same basis as
its own citizens: SECOND, when the nation
of the foreigner gives TO American citizens
copyright privileges similar TO those pro-
viued for in this bill; third, when the
nation of the foreigner is a party to an
international agreement providing for
reciprocity in copyright by the terms of
which agreement the United States can
become a party thereto at its pleasure. A
subsidiary but important proposition of
the bill is that all books copyrighted under
| the proposed act shall be printed from
type set within the United States, or from
plates made there from.