The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-18
CONGRESS-.
THE SENATE.
The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
Bill Passed

The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-In the Senate
this morning the credentials of William A.
PETER, Senator-elect for Kansas, and Voor-
hees, from Indiana, for the term beginning
March 4th next, were presented and placed
on file.
The Diplomatic and Consular Appropra-
ton Bill was taken u p, the pending ques-
ton being Dolph's amendment to increase
the salary of the Minister to Portugal from
5000 10 $4,000.
On a point of order by Hale the amend
ment was ruled out, and a subsequent
amendment by him to make the salary Of
the Minister to Portugal $500 was, on
motion OF Hale, laid on the table.
On motion of Sherman the item of S65OO
ior the Minister Resident and Consul
General to Greece, R0uInania aud Servia
was changed to make it read "f1r the Eu-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenip0ten-
tiary."
The question of the Hawaiian cable came
up again. Carlisle argued 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
Tree OF duty, SO as to carry out the treaty,
had been repealed by Congress without
giving uOtice ID the Hawaiian Government.
Allison said when he agreed to the con-
ference report lie understood, from a source
which had fully examined the question,
that the omission of the clause originally in
the bill, that it should not repeal existing
treaties, did not affect the HaWaiian tre atty
at all.
Morgan criticized Carlisle opposition,
lmputlng II to an unwlllingness to entrust
President Harrison with the expenditure of
S25OOOO year. He denied that the posses
sion OF coalng and repair station at the
harbor of Pearl River in the Hawaiian
Islands gave the United States the right to
land telegraph cable, as asserted by
Carlisle. The only opportunity to land
cable there was concession made by the
Kiug of Hawaii to au American citizen (Ar.
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 the active movement on
the part OF the United States Government
to define its policy in relation to Hawaii
would save the United States great deal of
trouble in the future. lie did not know of
more significant way of expressing the in
tention of the United States than by making
actual communication with those islands
more complete and more direct.
Carlisle disavowed any reflections upon
the President.
The Diplomatic and Consular Bill was
pasSed-ayes So, noes 16; German. Hamp-
ton and Morgan voting aye with the Repub-
licans, and Pettlgrew no with the Demo-
Gratis.
The Copyright Bill was then taken up,
the ouening question being on Daniels
amendment.to insert in the proviso requiring
copyrighted books, printed from type set in
the United States, the words ''or be other
wise produced in the United States from
processes executed in the United States."
After much discussion it was rejected.
EdmundS moved TO amend Section 13, pro-
vding that the act shall only apply tn citi-
zen or subject of foreign State when that
State permits to citizens of the United
States the benefit of copyright on substan-
TALLY the same basis as its own citizens, by
striking cut the remainder of the section
and inserting The existence of the con-
ditions aforesaid shall be determined by the
President of the United States by proclama-
tion from time TO time, as the purposes of
the act may require"
This was agreed to without division.
Power offered an amendment, drawn up
BY Sherman and Carlisle, providing that all
books. maps, charts, dramatic or musical
compositions, engravings, etc, the author,
inventor, designer or pro .'rlet0r OF which is
citizen, subject or resident of a foreign
country, may he imported into the United
States on the payment of the duties, If any,
imposed By law.
Without disposing of the amendment the
Senate adjourned.