Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-03

duties on glass the Senator from Missout,a
had no right TO assume that the Seh''N
would agree TO them. IL,
Mr.. Vest had no faith in that sueges',,on.,
He knew that whatever action WON'T u,,,d
taken by the Senate on thetarih bill wou our
be in accordance with the platform Oh Ille
Republican party. on which Harrison W.
elected. and that was 10 increase the ~ ~
ties UP 10 the point necessary to cNclu'.o
every article that competed with Ike ~
ticle made in the United States. ,r,o
Mr.. Vests amendment was rejected. lno
discussion was interrupted in order TO IT,
ceive o message from the House az
nOuncing the passage of the Senate anu
trust bill with an amendment.
Mr.. Sherman wished to have the ainenIi.
ment concurTed IN. but Mr.. Vest though
il should be referred TO the Judiciary OOu-
mittee, and that was done.
Alta o'clock the discussion closed ann
the Senate commenced TO vote on the OIL
and pending amendments.
Mr.. Gray's amendment was rejected
yeas. q: NAYS 37-M-i PAYNE being the only
Democrat voting in the negative.
The next vote was on the emendmeht
offered by Mr. Evarts 70 add TO the de,
scription Of what shall constitute RECORD
in the Circuit Court the words Together
with such evidence as the Court may
deem necessary 10 the ends OF justice. IL
was reiected-yeas, q; nays, 81. Mesrs;
Allison, Blair, Evarts, Edmunds. ana
Spoonor were the only Republicans voting
in the affirmative. All the committee
amendments were agreed 10 and the biil
was passed IS; NAYS, u, Mr. Payne
being the only Democrat voting IN the 81
frmative.
The bill is practically unchanged from
that reported 10y the Finance Committee
on the 18th of March, the only change OF
any importance being the insertion OF
provision in the fourth section that tne
Secretary of the Treasury may make reguii
lations by which books. magazines ana
other periodicals, published and imported
IN parts. numbers and volumes, ana en-
| tered to be imported free of duty shall re-
quire but one declaration for the enthe
| series. 4 conference on the disagreeng
votes was asked, and Messrs. Allison, AID
rich. and Mcpherson we're appointed con-
| ferrees.
On motion of Mr.. Jones. of Nevada, the
| bill authorizing the issue Of treasury hQles
| and the deposit OF silver bullion was tax Il
up aud made unfinished business rom
/ Wednesday next until disposed OF.
Executive session. Adjourned.
House of Representatives.
Mr. Davidson. of Florida. presented a
/ Drotcst " citizens Of Key West against the
! tobacco schedulc of the tariff OIL: lie
| tered. On motion OF Mr.. O'Nelll, OF
| PENNSYLVANIA, a resolution was adopted
| setting apart Saturday, June 18Th, tor me
! delivery Of culOgies upon the late Sanuei
! Randall, Of Pennsylvania. The House
| then resumed consideration Of the copy
right bill.
Mr.. Hoskins, Of Illinois, said that the
ostenIble purpose Of the hui was 10 insure
/ the richts of American authors to foreign
/ /. l..ff tltA meant NN-IIA
more than this. An inevitable result OF IT
would be to create gigantic publishing
/ MONOPOLY, which would raise the price on
every book and periodical printed III tins
country and would impose a tax on every
dealer of books. from the boy with ms
primer TO the college professor with ms
scientific work. II would affect Inc
reader Of every periodical. ana even the
reader Of the rural newspaper would suffer.
( The argument that the foreign author was
robbed of something that was his Just due
when his works were published here. aud
/ that the American author was subject u
/ the same species Of robbery abroad, wa
based on the idea that an author was III.
debted 70 the State and people for nothing
and that his works were not the creation
of his surroundings and his associations
/ The most casual observer knew that TINS
was not true. The State and people had
done for them. The American author wa
protected in the labor of his brain for q
| period Of 43 years. Free schools and free
| libraries had given him a constituency OF
over sixty million people who lejotced II
his success and paid him willingly the
price he put-upon his work.
Mr.. SimOnds. of Connecticut. argued IN
| favor Of the bill. The American people
were beginning TO understand how great q
| wrong was being done to the authors, and
| they were determined that stop should
| be put TO this wrong-doing.
MIR. Bland characterized the bill as 9
scheme for monopoly.
The bill was further opposed by messrs.
! Mills. CulbersOn, Peters OF Kansas twho
| held that the bill would strike blow at
the patent insides), Anderson OF Kansas,
Stockdale, PaysOn, and Lind; and was adj
! yocatod bv Mr. McAdoo, who said the
copyright-law was placed by Moses IN the
stone tablets. in the words, Thou shalt
not steal" by Mr. Moore, OF New Hamp-
! shire. who said he had been newspaper
publisher from boyhood, knew all about
! patent insides, and asserted that the pend
ING bill would not affect them IN any way
by MIR. Carlisle. who said he would vote fOI
it on account Of the general principle IN
| volved; and by Messrs. Lodge, Covert
Farquhar. buchanan of New Jersey, and
! BulltIWoItH.
Two amendments offered by Mr.. Payson
were adopted. but on the vote on engrOss-
ment and thrrd reading of the bill 1t was
defeated-yeas, %; mays, 126.
Before the announcement of the result
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, who voted
in the affirmative, changed his vote to the
negative for the purpose of moving arecon
sideration. Mr.. Hopkins. of Illinois, moved
to lay the motion TO reconsider on thu
table, and Mr.. Adams. of Illinois, to take Z
recess. 4 vote was taken on the recess
motion and it was defeated but as the
hour Of S o'clock had arrived the Chair de
clared that under the rules the House was
in recess until o'clock the motion L
reconsider and to lay that motion on thu
table TO 60 over to be acted upon t0-mor
row.
EVENING SESSION.
The House Mt its evening session passeC
seventeen private pension bills, and a
I 40 1 $50, L tss.tql 90