New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-05
Of election.

,,rrpy.r,oyI. COPYRIGHT ASSUMED
After n struggle begun more than hity years
soo thu cause of international copyriRno a
reacbed a stage from which its speeoy TRUMP"
c,n he securely predicted. BY a majority ~
doc;s;ye rs 70 indicate n remarkable change Oh
son,;mant nm the part of many Representatives
thin a.short period of time, the bill prepared
hr tho Committec on Patents has been passed
in the House and now gees 70 the oeh".e.
nearly every particular it is identca' WIN Wv
hill which the Senate passed at the ias' seSsioh'
and none of the changes is such as 10 arouse
now animosities. Ii may, therefore, NC .aMo"
for granted that a measure which mas emusic"
the sympathy and service OF the hishes' III
teIIieence and morality, and which commands
the Presidents heartiest approval, VIII sooh
receive the Presidents signature ana peconio
a law of the United States. -
The American people. whose reputation 1or
honesty and honor has thus been signaily pro-
moted are under great and permanent oblisa-
t;ons 70 the Copyright League. Ihe 'nae-
fatigable representatives OF that ofsahiAa'on
who were charged with the duty OF WHINING F"
majority in Congress to their size nave oeen
Subjected to many revelses and dlsappo'n.-
ments. but they have never lost latin III 'heir
cause. Their temper and spirit from hrst 20
last have been admirable. They have wasted
no time on rhetoric, but have made SOLID areu-
ments their allies. They have met every sue
cessive phase OF opposition with conclusive
facts. have aroused no unnecessary an,aso-
nisms. have always been ready ana aee ~
answer sincere objections with sinceflty' al"
skiIful to expose and counterfeit iailac1es anu
MISREPRESENTATION. II is a satisfaction 10 re-
Hect that In this prolonged and dlfhcult WORK
they have had the assistance OF the American
nress. almcst without an exception worm
noting or regrettlng. 1t is also a satislac"oh
70 know that the cnal result in the House was
not a sectional or a strictly party Victory
though It is permissible to take pleasure III the
fact that three fOurths of the aflrmau'e 'ooes
were cast by Republicans.
The debate of Wednesday served the valu-
able purpose of making clear, at the maj cfisis
in the career of the measure, that 1t Is sustained
not alone by considerations OF honesty, but
likewise by sound commercial sense. 1t is adj
vocated by authors, publishers and printers.
# il ouposed by individuals who fear that in
ternafional copyright will generally raise the
cost of books. and by combination OF purely
SELFISH INTERESTS. us GIN hho" 'hu' ~ WIZ
give American authors more readers, American
printers more work. and American publishers
n larger and safer field they firmly believe,
narrower. that it will not, except in unusual
cases. permanently make good reading more
expensive. If the law serves in any measure
to diminish the production of demoralizing rub
Dish having the outward form and semblance
of literature, that will be an incidental mercy
for which the country may be justly and pro-
foundry grateful.
The provincial spirit which fiouts foreign
criticism and despises, or p%retends to despise,
the good opinion of the world, happily grows
less prevalent and obtIrsive in this country
year by year. A great majority of the Ameri-
can people. we believe, will rejoice to know
that their representatives in Congress have re-
moved the most conspicuous reprcach from
which they have recently suffered in the
estimation of Christendom.