New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-07

"REMINISCENCES OF
S. s. cox.
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE rRIBUSr.l
Washington Dee. 6-Thc passage OF the Copyright
bill 10y the House Of Representatives must proD"N DO
considered the legislative event OF the Wcc"' II c'
70 forcsladow the enactment this session OF Ia"
which sense of justice. not to say dcccn'N' should
have brought about ycars ago. TO what extent the
oppo,tion went In pcrpciuHtug CONDITION "i dailN
Of which IA a nation have every rea'on u w
ashamed history will doubt record hereafter.
candid critic however, foreign ~ wei ~ "n''''h'
is compelled Ia admit that the hoatihN ~ Wv '''''
cmhodyiuC the principe that the author shfH u per
mittcd 10 control the product OF his l'por "h'h al
ono tlmc or other have been submitted for The con
sidcrnou Of Congress was not In any sch'c rhc'u"~
pnblc sentiment on this question II WIZ ~ "'"'H
every body know. who has i"lo"c" Wv '"'"N
fortune, Of different copyright bills co"'''' ~ " %
paraivcIy snail. but noisy. band oil u'er",N P'N''N
who for wear, had flttcncd upon the labor Oh o'c
state Of affairs which only Indifference ." NV pau -
the public a, tc the outrage pcrpetia'ru "io" ~
ot man too modest perhaps 10 indulge IN NPo""' pr"
tests and too frcoucntly also ignorant oil inc P"o
methods Of securing legislative ""'o'' " ~
wronc, could have permitted to 'NI'''
t idi,fe,,c, =, avalon a healthy pnDll' sch''h'
ON the question. to arouse the coh''''"'' "
h,.t NJ C,ugre,s has been the task Of the american
formance Of this task with All energy anu
deserving Of the highest praise "'''' ,. -
o,rc seemed almost within sight Of the e'a' oh' i"
m it, homes Of reaching il disappointed pN rt'''""no
trlcrerv and species Of sharp Pra','' ~ 49,
encr,ios I'm Congress were adcpt'' Nu " nus ~
said IN the credit and honor Of the L'as'' nav '
"a ,i, If welded 10 the tcmV1uon 81 F>''H"S ~
,, ,o,,. f,r the attainment Of it, ends
,lou.l il had NOR, than once. believe '"' '''
t,c ~ .ecfiinr prompt Withdrawal of the 'n'"'l''
IT,, Is. -roopinc to methods which others P0s
scrrpuIous have employed without INJURY 10 '"''"
-olyc> or Of seeing the object Of IL h"p'' 'oel''"
.tnoncd for ore Conrr-, 1T least. but with u" con
.clou,rcs, of having retired from the 'o'''' WI" '''
hands and without the los Of III H~ peel ~
>.,r,ir, enough tl.c frioud- Of the Copyright bil'
go. ,.,-,o,e., a, t,c result Of the week, WORK. Inc
,r,,t If tbc battle outside II the halls ~ ''hF''
,,e horne hv Robert Underwood Johnson '''"''''"
,,,ltnr Of The Century Magazine ana se'','"'S "
tho League. who has been uuilins ]" H'' '.'',
hiring about this result. Hi> share nv" "'"'
- thc Loaguc In the victory is great h"t ef'"'
,rough however that either should Jos" ,ifhi 81 the
,uc .oufirneu, which supported their demands ana
,,lrout which u would have been impossible 4" WIN
~. hattie II was necessary only T." convince p'"p'
~ ,h. Justice 81 the demands mad" hy author ' "'u''
that their claims should De- granted. The ''t."'N',
81 fine League Convinced the people American love q
fair play viii DO the rest
Pcpr.,cut,,.ye urrokuridgc. Of Kentucky. doe, not
often treat the House 10 story on N7ih'N"'''
however lu the debate the Cops rfht ilIi IT, 81
lvcuc-I the proceedings 9Th Kentucky h'n'"'' ~
>tatln. that he did not believe That cheap BOOKS ''u
ID. obtained uudcr tie biz hut that tn, con Iteration
houd not bcar weigh, against justice ga honesty
he said tina, II rcmindc- him Of the old argument he
had heard II iu Kentucky:
",am." ou" coloNd man asked 81 another nov" - u
Won sell Your broom, ohcape.n me when 7icaI' th'
straw
auh that Amt uothln7 VAS the r,ply; Il steal
nay broom, r,.,d, made
Th- assignment by Dot last Nonday Of the i"o
wyoming senator 10 three year and hv"'cai terms
hes occa-one.i tho usual amount % TAR "b'1' '"' '
cougruify II such a gam" ~ haIiN wiz" INV P' '''
= $50 -.lomu and dl.fin~i hody a 20" o"n'i"
compliant is often made Dos urlu'Ry statesmen nat
their senatorial lives sh'uld J." on' down in -"'h
grab llg7 manner. and hints arr thro"" "i' "'''
ne wisdom q IN" father Ih h'''lhE 81" "'''
for the d-tr.Du'l.u - senators JOY" '''''' '"''' ~
successfully improved upon. lA>i Dr''ihi'r wiz" I'D"
* new senator from NDr'h plio'a south Dakota ana
Wa Ellington v,r. or' 'Arr" % item Nor i'T'
Moody and squire. drrw two year. "r rather fifteen
month toms, ard two other. Nc--r, Allen and ''i'',
-rrrcd lease. ~ JOS Than f'Ir Nra'' Only one VT
PctuIroa. % south Dakota was lu'"F on'"-" t. -''
INTO the I-", ,li-,. Ia-' Monday hf. Warren ere"
~" term ending 30 l-'' d." '''' ~ ' '
lu I-''. ana IH' 't'''''' '''
been uuu ,lly fortunate 10 ''''dH- inc '''', ""''
would have ended Du" Of th" ne" term lh ~. '"'
IN" number left in the bottom 81 - ''',
wooden lottery box Wa the u'N''N' VI '''. ="
either senator "iAcII NI' A'' po"' 80. "'"" ~"
March, the -!'ung Legislature N"'n nav ~" '''
to elect f'r the term ehu'n- j" ''"' INV
Warren nor Mr.. Carry would nave "'p "'"'" u'''"'F
IN securing an Immediate return" '"' ''"'' 'n'
m'tce on Privilege, and Election" h''d' ont ''Fo,SN
for continuance 81 the "d hl"N HN',c" anu UNIV
T. every probability that wien INC wv" '"'''' "'''
are chosen they VIII also nave u wv '''' i' O'''
with the slip, 81 paper ia Inc walnut u'A'
.o,,a,,, rt,,dc-.ou OF Illinois, who was re-.
,.,, :, . ,.,.,,r ,,dpced majority cXplalns how
a., 1T, a., tire, ,ye,k after the election by
- ,.,,
o., ,o,. , ,ci,,,or - saId he with whom I have
,, 49,, tr,,,s ~, ,rr,, friendship since We were boy.