Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-04

THE EFFECTS OF THE TAHITI Law
TO sr AscEarAlNrp.
Provision for the Payment OF $780,
900 Eonds Of the District
az cofumbia.
mills Passed and Busiue-s Transacted
Yesterday.

ment ptoviding payment 10 tho fhrlnr
RAILROAD was agreed 10 without divi'
sion.
The next reserved amendment was
that for the payment Of tho French
spoliation claims. The discussion was
carried ON ut much length 10y Messta.
Stewart, Hoar, Evarts, sherman, I'd.
monds. Spooner, Morrill,, Daniel, Blair,
Hale, Reagan and Hawlcy. Finally,
German having appealed 10 the sen
ators TO stop discussion and 10 pass the
hill before II was too .late, a vote was
taken and the French spoliation claim.
amendment agreed to-ycas IL, nays
IL.
The last reserved amendment was
that striking out OF the House bill tiic
paragraph giving month'e extra pay
10 officers and employees Of the Senntc
aud House borne on the annual or
session rolls. The amendment was
disagreed 10 and tho paragraph was re-
tained.
Faulkner moved 10 add TO the para.
graph the words and official reports Of
tho Senate aud House. Agreed 20.
Stewart offered an amendment 10
reimburse California, Oregon and Me-
vada for moneys expended by them In
suppression OF tie rebellion, g., ijl 900
10 California, $4,000 TO Oregon and
SO 40 10 Nevada. The amendment
was agreed n without division.
Carlisle offered mn amendment 10 the
extra months pay paragraph, no as t0
inclnlc employees Of the law depart
ment Of tho Congressional Library.
Agreed 10.
A paragraph was inserted directing
the Secretary u the Treasury 70 sottlc
anl pay the claims OF New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia
mud SOnih Carolina, and tho city OF
Baltimore on account Of advances
made In the war Of 1872; and npprO-
priatlng g., 500, 900 for that purpose.
The 6ill was passed and sent back 10
the House with the Senate amend.
ment.
Tho conference report on tho diplo.
matte aud consular appropriation hill
was presented aud agreed 10.
Oa the pension Appropriation bill the
conference committee reported that no
agreement had been reached.
Allison explained that the disagree
ment wa over the amendment adopted
by the Senate that tho provision limit.
Ing the fees Of pension attorneys 10 81
s'in case Of Increased pousionsr should
not apply TO existing valid contracts.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill, which was
presented and read last night, was
takun up aud agreed 10.
The House amendments 20 the Sen.
ate hill 10 establish certain ports OF de-
livery In Alaska Territory, reducing
tho amount from S25, 900 b. $4,000, was
concurfed IN.
THIS report on the copyright bill was
presuntcd, explained 10y Flat and
agreed TO. There wern two points,
however, ON which no agreement was
TcAched--thc sherman amendment
allowing tho importation on payment
OF tariff duties Of foreign copies OF copy
right books, and Ingalls, amendment
allowing the importation Of newspapers
aud magazin,r.
being satisfied that no c0pyrighi OIL
coum become n law with those two
amendments, Plat moved that the
Senate rocede from them.
sherman argued In support OF his
amendment. and said without II he
wouldnot feel ut liberty TO votoior thtbill
He would not give the publishers Of
the United States absolute monopoly IN
the production OF any book. He woulI
give TO them tho privilege Of protect.
I've duty that would securp employ
mcnt To printers and TO cal lital, as in
the case Of other products OF the coun.
try. II the bill became u law without
amendment, he believed II would be
the most unpopular law ON the statute
book. II was the spirit OF monopoly
and desire for absolute prohibition that
lay at the foundation OF tho opposition
" the amendment.
Hiscocls, ono OF the conferees, sup
plcmented what PIatt said about thc
fsilurc Of the bill unless the Senate re-
cedcd from those amendments, by
saylng that II the Senate dbl not re-
cede In tho matter II was or no con-
sequence whether the bill JAILED or
not. He asked sherman what he pro-
posed 10y his amendmonD TO give the
authors.
Sherman replied that he proposed 10
give them exclusive right In the sale
81 their books Ia the United suites.
Hlscock remarked that II would he
no esclusive right when the purchaser
could Import books under tins present
law, paying duty OF 20 per ceut. lie
asserted that no foreign author would
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