Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-04
III " " VI LII Whit u q
From ALI Quarters.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Passage by the House of
the Copyright Bill.
1 HORRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.
New Explosive Adopted by
the Navy.
Two FiREMEn BURNED IN DETROIT.
Conviction Of an English
MurdereSs.
A HORRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.
TWO FIREMEN BURNED IN DETROIT.
THEFIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS,

Discussing the Indian Situation In
the Senate-COnslderat1o OF the
Election Bill-Passage by the House
of the Copyright Bill.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. BIN pre-
senting petition for an amendment to
the tariff bill in relation to the rebate on
manufactured tobacco, Mr.. Allison said
that the conferees on the part of both
houses had agreed to that section of the
tariff bi1l-as the conference report would
disclose-but that it had been omitted in
the enrolment. He had no doubt that the
matter would receive early attention.
Mr.. Cullom introduced bill to reduce
letter postage to one cent and it was re-
ferred.
A resolution offered in the senate yester-
day in relation to site for the govern
ment printing Office led to long discus
sion. 1t was finally referred to the COM
mittee on printing
Mr.. Hawley, from the committee on mil
itary affairs, reported and asked to have
put upon it's passage a joint resolution
authorizing the secretary of war to issue
arms and ammunition to the states of
North and South Dakota.
Mr. Henderson moved to amend it by
also including the state of Nebraska, and
he referred to the threatened uprising of
the Sioux Indians on their reservation
there.
Mr.. Voorhees, said that if the PROPOSE
ton were one to issue hundred thousand
rations of food to the starving Indians it
would be more consistent with Christian
civilization.
Major General Miles, he said, had stated
in public interviews that the Indians were
driven to revolt or rebellion by starva-
ton, and it was in his judgment an mex
plicable crime on the part of the govern
ment to stand silently by and do nothing
except furnish arms to the whites. Gen
eral Miles had stated to the public, as he
had previously stated to him, that the In
and that they preferred to die fighting
rather than be starved to death. He (Mr.
Voorhess) looked upon the policy pursued
in the administration of Indian affairs as q
crime, revolving to man and God. The
Indians had no newspapers to make known
their suffering and privations. They had
been suffering for years in silence. There
was blood-guiltiness somewhere in con.
nection with it. He had intended to in
| troduce resolution asking for an in
vestigation on the subject, but he had
| an entire respect for the committee OF
Indian affairs personally and collectively
| and he had no right to assume to instruct
that committee. But somewhere or other
| there was blood outlines that would have
to be answered for. The hostilities into
which the Indians in the northwest were
being starved would result not merely in
| the destruction of the lives of many Indi
! ans but of the lives of thousands of Amer
| lean citizens and hundreds of American
| soldiers. = :, ---.
The discussion had not closed when the
| hour of o'clock having arrived the vice
| president laid before the senate as the
unfinished business" the election bill.
| Mr.. Hoar said that as he had made
| few comprehensive remarks to the senate
when he reported the bill near the close
| of last session he would not now open
| the discussion but would reserve wha,
| he had to say as a reply to such objections
or criticisms as might be made to thu
bill.
| Mr.. Gray said that he did not discover
in the speech of the senator from Massa
chusetts when he heard it how the senate
amendment differed from the bill as il
came from the house.
Mr.. Hoar explained that the house bill
in the first place contained provision fol-
the revision of the laws in relation to the
I
though he supposed that every senate
thought that the present system might b.
improved, yet it was thought by the senat
committee that it was not wise to incorpo
rate a provision on that subject into thi
bill. The provision, therefore, had bee,
stricken OUT In the next place this bill
contained very careful provisions to pre-
vent excessive fees On the pNrt of loca
officers. In the next place the senate bill
omitted great many minute regulation
in regard to the officers. These were tn
main points of difference between tn
house bill and the senate bill.
Mr. Turpie opened the discussion in op
position. The substitute measure, he said
rested for its support on what was calle
the suppressed colored vote in the south
The returns of the election showed an ali
| stinence from voting-an abstinence muc
| greater in Massachusetts, and other north
ern states than elsewhere. The extremists
with meagre majority in both houses
said that this was proof enough of tn
suppression of the colored vote and there
upon proceeded to revolutionize the Who'll
method of congressional elections. Their
had been suppression-a suppressio
patent, well known, undeniable and wide
ly prevalent. The recent census woul
show that in the states of Pennsylvani,
1 esDoe
zoe, 900 colored people; yet in these state
no colored man has ever served as COVE
nor or been elected to any department {
the state government. There had bee
net only no proportional division of til
ofices-there had been none at all. tt
suppression of the colored vote in Il
south was a thing manifestly in questic
affirmed on one side and denied on IL
: other, but the suppression of the colort
vote of the north was thing witho'
question, actual, absolute, unconditiona
: Mr.. Turpie then made constitutional a
gument against the power of congress
resentatives in the lower house of congress
!. At the conclusion of Mr.. Turpie's speet
!. the senate at 1916 adjourned.
r After the reading of the journal t
I speaker stated the pending business to
It the further consideration of the copyrig
J, bill.
il Mr.. Simonds of Connecticut Gin char
of the billy stated that the friends of t
bill were willing to have a vote taken il
r mediately, but expressed his willingness
10 yield any time that it's opponents mig
~ desire.
'r Mr.. Springer of Illinois criticised t
first section Of the bill on the ground tt
it placed no limitation on the life of
= copyright.
Mr.. Simonds replied that there was
change in the law SO far as it referred
the life of the copyright.
Mr.. Springer argued that the bill chang
the tariff law in so far as the importati
j.. of books was concerned. So that the Fl
effort after the Mckinley bill, and Of
4 the election was to make it more impof
, BILE to import articles from abroad, n
withstanding the statement of the pre-
dent, that importations were increasing.
7 Mr.. Peters of Kansas expressed his
position to the character Of legislation
I volved in the bill.
After further discussion Mr.. Peters
\, Kansas moved to recommit the bill W
instructions to the committee on pate
. to report it back with an amendment Il
\ iting the life of a copyright to fourte
years.
Mr. Breckenridge of Arkansas moved
| IL s~.4-rotiopo 1ou in at