The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-04

OHiscock remarked it would be no exclu.
sive right when purchasers could import
books under the present law, paying outy
of % per cent. He asserted no foreign au
thor would avail himself of the copyr1ght
with the Sherman amendment in itl, be
cause his book would be pirated somewhere
else and would be imported into the United
States. As to Ingalls, amendment admitting
newspapers and periodicals, Hiscock SAID
under it the works of American authors
could be published abroad in special form
and could be imported without even paying
duty. That amendment struck directly at
American authors and took from them the
benefits of their copyright.
After long discussion on PlatCs motion
to recede from Sherman's and ingalls,
amendments the Senate divided and vote
was taken first on receding from Sner-
mans amendment. The motion was de-
feated, yeas, IS; nays, %. The Sherman
amendment was retained. Ingalls, amend
ment was retained without division and
further conference ordered.
Senate appropriating 500, 900 for extend
ing and repairing the military quarters at
Fort Abraham Lincoln N. D., passed.
The Senate bill to incorporate the
National Conservatory of Music of America,
was taken from the calendar, and passed
The Senate then proceeded to consldera-
ton of the House pension bills on tne
calendar. After passing aoout sixty such
bills, business was laid aside temporarily.
A resolution was reported and agreed 10
directing the committee on finance TO ascer-
tain, in every practicable way, ana report
from time to time, the effect OF tarln laws
upon imports and exports; the growth, de-
velopment and production and prices Oh
agricultural and manufactured articles az
home and abroad, and upon wages, domestlc
and foreign, with authority TO sit at sucn
times and places as the committee may
deem advisable.
Henderson was appointed member OF
the committee ON rules in place of Ingalls,,
resigned; Casey, member OF the com
mittee on agriculture, in place OF Blair, re-
signed; and Mcpherson, member OF the
| select committee on Pacific railroads, In
place Of Hearst, deceased.
| A resolution to pay ex-senator NC
Donald, of Arkansas, his pay as Senator
| from March, 1867, till he was paid, was re
ported and agreed to-. A resolution similar
to the one in the case of Mcdonald was re-
ported from the committee on contingent
expenses in the case of ex-senator warner,
of Alabama. Objection was made, and II
was placed on the calendar and a motion
/ was made to reconsider the Mcdonald reso-
luton. The Senate then went into execu-
| tive session and at p. M took recess I'LL
s o'clock.
At the evening session the Senate in
sisted on the Hawaiian cable amendment u
the diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill, and agreed to further conference
Hale stating that it was the only matter II
dispute.
i Ali the House pension bills that were OF
the calendar were passed. In all, 100 O.
them passed today and tonight, tnell
passage not occupying much more than al
hour.
The concurrent resolution to print 100, 0o
copies of the testimony taken before tn
, coinage committee of the House, was OBJ
, Ijected to by Teller on the ground it wa
worthless and misleading. Those VINO de
cided to understand the question had othe
J sources of reliable information, but tina
! testimony seemed to have been taken TO
, the purpose of obscuring or hiding tn
truth. The objection was sufficient to de
, feat the resolution.
GRAY moved to take up the House bill TO
the transfer of the revenue marine servic
from the treasury department to the nava
| establishment. Agreed to, yeas, 3S; nays
7 %, and the bill was taken up for considera
. ltion.
T Cockreu opposed the bill, but yielded To
, floor. and the conference report on tn
4 Indian appropriation billu was presente
and agreed to.
) The conference report on the postohic
a appropriation bill was presented an
j agreed to.
The conference report on the copyrigh
3 bill was then presented andNexplalned b
Platt. He saidit was the only agreemen
t that could be reached, and failure to agre
: to it would be equivalent to the defeat {
the bill. Ii the report were agreed to,
t would provide that books which were o
a the free list under the Mckinley bill (tw
{ copies) could be imported free of duty.
:. left out Sherman's amendments. 1t lie.
:, everyone at liberty to import two copies {
foreign books by paying the duty on then
d and it left newspapers and magazines to
O imported, providing they did not contai
@ copyright matter. That was all there VIZ
q to the agreement, and it took the place
|. all that the Senate had been quarrelin
It about.
b Sherman said the Senate conferees hs
s surrendered what mad been twice vote
e for by decisive majorities of the Senat
e Contrary to parliamentary usage, maio
: ity of the Senate conferees had been mac
up of Senators opposed to the action Of Il
b Senate on the bill The effect of the prop
l. sition as it now stood was TO make cop
right an exclusive monopoly. 1t also toe
l. the heart and life out of Ingalls, amen
" ment, and he would vote against it.
8 Cockrell defended the report, and Grs
r. stated why he had not signed it. Gray sd
a. be should mourn the defeat of the bill, d
1t feated by reason of the publishers. Tit
had not shown a willingness to concede
le single iota of their claim. The bill had
l. be made water tight in their interest.
If The conference report on the pension a
preparation bill was agreed to.
,e Debate on the copyright conference CO
" tinued, and finally the conference repo
a, was agreed to, yeas, 81; nays, IL;
Ia follows: Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Chandle
of Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds, Farwe
Id Frye, Hawley, Hlscock, Hoar, Jones,
ne Pierce, Platt, Sawyer, Shoup, Spoont
Stanford, Stewart, Warren, Washbur
lie Wilson, Wolcott-27.
e Nays-Bate, Berry, Call, Carlisle, Case
Coke, Cullom, Daniel, Faulkner, G,
he man, Gray, Ingalls,, Kenna, Morgs
as Pettigrew, Plumb, Ransom, Sherms
Walthall-19.
as The conference report on the agric
tie tural bill was presented and agreed to, a
on at is the Senate proceeded to executi
n business.
id 1t is proboble the vote on the copyrie
conference Is final, as Pasco changed
vii vote evidently with the intent of movi
ed reconsideration.
nd Alter the doors were opened, Inga
called attention to the necessity of maxi
ill provision for tue payment of $4,000
in bonds of the District of Columbia fall
,m due in January and July, 1892. The pre-
sion for them in the District of Column
re- bill was left out by the conference CONN
to. tee and the House had just passed a b
Oh which he asked the Senate to pass,
rs the issue of ten year funding bonds. AT
on short discussion, the bill was pas
gn without amendment
Isl The House bill to transfer the rever
of cutter service having been taken up, Sh
ed man moved to postpone its further CT
til sideration till the first Monday in Dece
lat Der next, and Chandler protested agai
the unjust treatment to which the bill "
Id subjected.
at Gray yielded the floor to Pascoe, W
,CE -. lar,