The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-18
In the Senate.

of William A. Feffer, Senator elect from
Kansas, and Voorhees, from Indiana, for
the term beginning March 4th next, were
presented and placed on file.
The finance committee reported back
adversely Stanford's bill to provide the
government with means sufficient to supply
national want of sound circulating m edlum.
1t was placed on the calendar.
Diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill taken up, pending question being
Dolph's amendment to increase the salary
of the minister of Portugal from $1,000 to
$4,000
On the point of order by Hale Dolph's
amendment was ruled out and subse-
quent amendment by him to make the sal
airy Of the minister OF Portugal $500, was,
on motion of Hale, laid on the table
| Mcpherson moved to reconsider the vote
adopting the Hawaiian cable amendment
so that he might move to reduce the annual
allowance from S250,000 to a150.000.
On motion of Edmunds, the motion to
reconsider was laid on the table, 80 to 25.
On motion Of Sherman, the item of Sc, 800
for the minister resident and consul gen.
erals to Greece, Roumania and Servia was
changed to make it read for envoy extra
ordinary and minister PARLIAMENTARY.
The question OF the Hawaiian cable came
up again. Carlisle urged that the Hawaiian
cable amendment had no proper place in the
diplomatic bill. BY placing sugar on the
free list, under the last tariff bill, the act
of 1876, admitting sugar and rice from
Hawaii free of duty so as to carry out the
treaty, had been repealed by Congress
, without notice to the Hawaiian government
Allison said when he agreed to the con-
ference report he understood from source
which had fully examined the question, that
the omission Of the clause originally in the
bill (that it should not repeal the existing
! treaty. did not affect the Hawaiian treaty
, at all.
Morgan criticised Carlisle's opposition,
imputing it to be an unwillingness to en-
trust President Harrison with the ex pendi-
ture of quarter of million a year. He
denied that the cession of coaling and re-
pair station at the harbor Of Pearl river In
S the Hawaiian islands, gave the United
States the right to land a telegraph cable.
as asserted by Carlisle. The only oppor-
tunity to land cable there was the conces-
y sion made by the King of Hawaii to an
American citizen (Mr. HartwelD That party
. might, if the United States did not make
use of the opportunity, make arrangements
with the Canadian government to have the
American end of the cable landed on the
shores of Canada. Morgan believed an &C
9 tive movement on the part of the United
n States government to define it's policy in
9 relation to Hawaii would save the United
States a great deal Of trouble in the future
. He did not know more significant way Of
q expressing the intention of the United
i States than by making actual communities
t ton with those islands more complete ant
d more direct.
y Carlisle disavowed any reflection upol
= the President
r George declared himself opposed to tn,
D amendment as another step In the fats
d policy Of subsidizinR private individuals.
. Daniel Also declared his antagonism b
t. the amendment on the same ground. II
q SO, 1t was improper that it should b
owned by private individuals But ia
whole scheme new was q speculation on tn
part Of enterprisinE men who wanted t
, make money out Of the United States gov
eminent
d The diplomatic and consular bill wa
at then passed, yeas, 33; nays, 10. German
d Hampton and Morgan voting aye with tn
a. Republicans, and Pettigrew no, with tn
Democrats.
The copyright bill was then taken up, tn
opening question being on Daniels amend
ment to insert in the proviso requirin
er copyrighted books to be printed from typ
le set in the United States, the words 'or I
It be otherwise produced in the Unite
States from processes executed In th
United Statesn After much discussion
was rejected.
Edmunds moved to amend section Il
A. providing that the act shall only apply I
Id the citizens or subjects Of foreign STATE
:. when that state permits the citizens Of til
;s United States the benefit OF copyright o
- substantially the same basis as its citizens
T. by striking out the remainder Of the sec
ton and inserting, existence Of the cor
situations aforesaid shall be determine
in by the president of the United States
=. proclamation from time to time, as til
- purposes Of the act may require" Agree
u to without division.
lie Power offered an amendment drawn L
lis by Sherman and Carlisle, providing tn,
IL all books, maps, charts, dramatic or music
ed composition, engravings, ETC., the autho
ss inventor, designer or proprietor of whit
We is citizen, subject or resident of foreie
lcountry, may be imported into the Unite