The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-04
INTERNATIONAL ooPYRIaHr.
"a Eouse Passes the Bill After g
Lively Debete.

ga Rouse Passes the Bill After =
Lively Debate.
u.sH1xGroN. Dec 3.-In the House this
J morning after the reading Of the journal
-. snsaker stated the pending business
- further consideration Of the copy
right bill
IN c+ated that the friends of the measure
80 Willing 10 have the vots taken imm a.
,'s-slv INIT expressed a readiness TO vie Id
.". fins tuat It's opponents might desire.
IL Snringer argued thas the bill changed
.he teriff law in so far as the Importation OF
hookS was concerned. 30 that the nrst
-, after the Mckinley bill and after the
80 eio,t;on was TO make it more impossible 10
;-,r0rt articles from abroad, nOtwithstand-
- tba statement of the President that i'm
citations we're increasing.
PETERS OPPOSES IT.
,Ir Peters of Kansas expressed his
,,,,ositi,1 to the character Of the legislation
.lFTFolyad in the bill. II was in tie nature
~ ouasi-soecial legislation, and as a matter
~ let was tie very legislation that had
10 largely condemned by the last election.
Tbe kiud of legislation the people wanted
.gae snch legislation as reached the masses
- the people, and such legislation US was
NOT in favor of any special class.
Nr Breckinridge OF Kentucky said that
I. ,ves clearly inconsistent with any idea Of
A.. downright to make it anything but ex-
| oIrsiva The idea of a copyright was that
he who ow ned the copyright had the ex-
ninsive right Of the sale OF his book. H9 who
owned the property bad a right TO sell it
according to his judgment. The copyright
1ras nothing but a legal title under the
statues to the property OF the man who
nroduced the book. Being his, he had a
prigbt to dispose Of it. 1t was dishonest to
deprive him of that right.
Nr Oates of Alabama inquired as TO the
clause recurring the book to he printed
from type set within the United States.
4 MATTER OF CONCESSION.
Mr.. Breckinridge replied that all legtsla-
,;on was practically matter of conces ioa.
The question was not whether the remedy
could be IN lde absolute. but how nearly
absolute it could be- made. There were di-
verse interests involved-the interests OF
the author who furnished the brains; the
interests of the publisher who furnished
the canital: and the interest
OF the wozkingman who furnished
the labor. Al these interests must be COM
bned in this bill, and all were combined in
il. He did not believe that cheaner books
could be obtained now than could be OBJ
tanned under this bill; but even if they could,
this was a matter OF justice and honesty.
IL was inc Oiu 10 ldI uoot u VI AL
Kentucky when one old colored man asked
another: Sam, how's you sell your brooms
cheaper than me when steals de straw
ION. that amt nothing" was the reply
81 steals my broons ready-Inade -"
Laughter He believed that uIan's
dollar belonged to the man that made it,
and it was society's highest duty to protect
tat man in the possession Of his dollar,
whether that man was a foreigner or not.
KERR CALLS IT PRoHIBITIvE.
i lir. Kerr of Iowa opposed ths bill, char
sctsTzing the ideas as something intangible.
aud referring 80 Inc pending measure as a
II great tariff law. 1t was law for the pro-
tecdoa of printers. 1t was not protective
tariff, bu5 prJhibitive tariff.
The debate lasted two hours. The other
seekers in favor of the bill were Messrs.
q Fagqubar aud Cummings Of New York,
NcAdoo and Butterworth.
II Mr.. Peters of Kansas moved to recommt
the bill with instructions TO the committee
l on patents to report it back with an
amend nent limiting the life OF a copyright
Il bi0urteen years.
II nr. Breckinridge of Arkansas moved to
sne ID the Instructions by instruetipg the
Wmmttee TO provide for the importation
i books of foreign authors at the rate now
Fovided by law. This was lost-yeas 95,
H nays lao.
Mr.. Peters motion was lost-yeas 9S,
nays l3S.
The question then required TO the passage
81 the oil, and the vote resulted Yeas l39,
nays %. Without reaching action on any
ether measure. the House adjourned.