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Irelsl.lng the gFoYislgn foE the Hawaii
an cable "a agreed .. rs confer
ense report ca tic diplomatic and
eonsslar appropriation blu was pre-
seated @ad agreed 20 oa ths pensions
appropriation bia the eonferrsss re-
ported that no agreement had been
reached he senate refused - recsSis
iros. ia position and farteer eoa1er-
eaee was asksa The conferences re-
pert On tie sasdry slal appropriation
bill VAS taken up and agreed -
The conference report On the copy
right bln was presented. explained by
Senator Platt fCoan and agreed 20
There were two io.ats. however. ON
" aieh no agreement had been reached
the sherman amendment allowing
the Importation lon payment OF tar.f
dutiesj of foreign copies OF copyright
books and the Ingalls, amendment a.
lowing the importation OF newspapers
and magazines. Being satisfied that
no copyright bill could become IA law
with these two amendments, Senator
Platt moved that the senate recede
from them. A lengthy c cscussion fol-
lowed. A division of Senator Platt's
motion having been called for the qnes-
ton was taken. first on the motion to
rece,.e from the Sherman amendment
The motion was defeated--yeas, IS;
navs, So. SO the Sherman amendment
was insisted on The same course was
taken with the Ingalls, amendment
without division and q further con-
ference was ordered.
The senate then proceeded TO the con-
sideration of house pension bills on the
calendar. After passing about sixty
such bills the business was laid aside
temporarily.
When the senate met at o'clock in
the evening the passage of the house
pension bills on the calendar was con-
sidered. All the house pension bills
that were on the calendar were passed.
their passage not occupying much more
than an hour.
The conferrees on the diplomatic ap
preparation bill settled the only re-
manning point in dispute by striking
out the proposition for cable between
the United States and Hawaii. The
conference report on the post Office ap-
preparation bill was agreed to.
The conference report on the copy
right bill was l. en- presented, read and
explained by Senator Platt. He said
it was the only agreement that could
be reached, and that failure to agree
to it would be equivalent to a defeat of
the b |. If the report were agreed to
it would provide that books which
were on the free list under the
Mckinley bill two copies) could be i'm
ported free of duty. 1t left out SEN
a.or Shernau's amendment. 1t left
everyone at liberty to import two
copies of foreign book by paying the
duty on them, and it left newspapers
| and magazines to be imported provided
they did not coa..in copyright matter.
Further discussion followed. and the
vote was lnally taken, the report being
agreed to-yeas, %; nays, 10.
The conference report on the agri-
cultural appropriation was at 1875 pre-
sented and agreed 70. At l:l5 Wednes-
day morning the senate proceeded 10
executive business
Senator Pasco (Fla.) at 2:25 a. n.
"Wednesday, moved to reconsider the
vote agreeing to the conference report
on the copyright bill AID also moved
that the house De requested to return
the bill TO the senate. The vote was
taken on the latter motion and resulted
yeas, lS; nays, 22-no quorum.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The senate
was IN session all night. At O'CLOCK.
a. III. Senator Allison Qa.) presented
the conference report on the legislative
bill, the senate receding from the
amendment as TO senators, clerks and
session committee CLERKS and leaving
them still at per diem compensation.
The report was agreed 70.
The conference report on the ag-i-
cultural appropriation bill and n partial
conference report on the deficiency hill
were agreed TO and further conference
ordered on the latter At e:l5 the SEN
ate took a recess until Q a. N.
The senate resumed its session az a.
n, the vice president in the chair. A
quorum was not obtained until 9.9o. In
the meanwhile various matters OF rou-
tine came up AID were disposed of.
On motion OF Senator Sherman 10 J
the senate went into executive session
When the doors were re-opened the
clerk of the house appeared and an
nounced that the house had agreed
to the conference report on the
ge neral deficiency bil. Immedi.
I ate ly sfterwasd Senator Hale NE.
presented the same conference
10 the senate and moved It's
adoption. Senator Stewart New
asked what disposition had been made
of the amendments that were In dis
pute- He was informed By Senator
Hale that the house conferrees were 50
firm in their resistance 90 those
amendments that il had become
question of giving up the amend
ments or giving mp the bill. In
consideration, mainly OF the large pen
sion appropriation which the bin con-
tanned. The senate conferrees had re-
eeded from the amendments and the
sracndneass were now cut of the bill.
After a vigorous protest by Senator
stewart the vote was taken and the
conference was agreed %.
Senator Ransom N. c. offered reso-
lu.ion. which was agreed 20. tenderinE
The thanks II con <ress 70 the vice pres-
ident for the eourteoHs. diraisea and
able manner ia which ae had presided
ever the deliberations Of she senate
A resolution wss offered by Senator
NiteheI. lOrs inssruetinx the Judiciary
committee to inquire snss report ss re
date when the Isws relating 81 "a
. Chinese restriction expired whether n
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