New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-11
WINNING A GREAT FIGHT.
NOW THE COPYRIGHT ELL BECAME A LAW.
uvr SUPPORT FOR IT CAME FROM THE RE
ruBLICANs IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE
TACTICS OF A DETERMINED
OPPOSITION.
Try TELEGRAPH To I'M TI.iBCSE.

a,,.rr record in valuable lcCi-lation-a re ord
49, &c nor surpassed by any Congress which has
-, IN time Of peace Among tie great measures
NV there ie not one important than the Copy
r.. low That law VIII stand the credit 81 tAc
I congress and will be marked in history great
- j., the Interests Of civilization when many Others
h,eb have excited more immediate interest are for
-, When the feet II It's passage L still fresh
q, ,e puhhc mind II Is well worth While 70 put on
,d the Incidents connected with its progress through
"rre.s and also 70 show VINO deserve the credit for
this great piece OF eEi>ltOh, ana VINO ShO"u DC
..nsured for opposing H.
Tho hill came up first In the House under special
-, n, Nav > 1890. 1t was reported from the
.s,.r, Committee ot the House and was in charge
"a Mfr Adams Of Illinois Its principal opponents
y, oebate we're Mr. ll0P6lns and MI Pay~on, o.
,,srcis both Republicans Mr.. Peters and Nj Andrr-
n NJ Kansas and Ny. Lind, Of Minnesota, also Re
nnhrcans spoke against the bill, cid Mr. Culhcr-
-, and MI Grain. Of Texas: Mr.. Bland, OF Missouri,
IVA Mr.. ,ochdae. of Mississippi Democrats. The
animal speakers in favor the bill Mr. Adams.
:. u,t,oi, Nj. Moore, of New Hampshire: MI Lodge.
"a Massachusetts,; Mr.. EuterwOr,h. Of ONO; Nr.
buchanan Of New-Jcrscy. and NJ. Farquhar, Of New
Work all Republicans, AID Mr. McAioo. of New
,sev and Mr. BgecEinridgc of Kentucky, Democrats.
n, Carlisle spoke I'm favor Of the principle Of the h!
tu, Objected to what known prir cgo' clauses
,tsout which, nevertheless, it understood the bill
couM not be passed NJ. Payson', amendment to
,he ont these clauses carried ard the vote Wa
then taken the en- croS'mcn and third reddlnG 81
me bill The roll call showed 81 in favor of The Dill
and l26 against II. OF the 9S voting in the affirmative
30 were Democrats and so Republicans OF the
126 negative votes IL were cast Ly Republicans ana
Is by Democrats. This defeat disposed of the Dill
for the first session.
On the first day Of the second session the Committee
IN Patents which had reported the same hll. stood
AT the head Of the committees entitled 10 call and ME-
simond, was recognized by the opcakc? to call up
and take charge OF the measure ON this occasion
there was little debate. The opponents If the bill
undertook to defeat by datory motions. The hr's
day the previous question ordered after series of
votes. and the -ccoud day, following brief ana
broken debate the bill passed 10y vote Of 1"3 TO 80
OF those supporting the BIZ 80 were Democrats ana
100 were Republicans. while there wcr' recorded
against the bill - Republicans ana 80 Democrats.
The bill then went To the senate. II had paS''d
that body substantially the same form three tlnc- at
previous sessions but the senate now took if UP III
spirit of determined opposition and attached to soy
eral amendments the most important being that 81
Mr. FRYE known As the thoEraphcis' amendment, ara
that of Mr. sherman, w,lch dd away WIN Inc
rrinfers' clauseS.r The bill was accepted 10y the
Senate with these amendments and conference wa-
asked The opponents of the bill determined 10 make
noint of order i'm the House that the amendments u
the Senate required the bill t. 20 to the Committee
NJ the Whole which would have been equivalent, at
that stage of the session to il defeat The question
WAS a close one. and speaker Reed remained IN inc
chair at the sacrifice Of private engagements III
order to deal with the point of order. Mt FaE>"h
made the point If order and Mr.. SnUndS Tcpl'u diu
,ba sneaker then overruled tho point The House next
disagreed 10 all the amendments and assented to a
conference This was the night of February IS
The conferrees easily reached agreement rs 10 al
the amendments except those of Mr.. sherman ana
coming back on March ., the House accepted the con
ference report far il went, insisted on lhe us
agreement to the sherman amendments and asked for
now conference. This action brought the bill III Inc
senate 10 what seemed the time the absolute crisis
NJ IFS fatc So short "a time remained that it seemed
certain that the bill would perish unless the senate
gave way. Senator Plat who had the bill IN chargc
moved Therefore the afternoon of March 3. that
The Senate reccde from the sherman amendments
This motion was defeated by vote Of 30 Ia -.
The twenty eight Senators who voted in favor of re
c,ding that j., in favor Of the bill, included twenySX
Republicans and two Democrats; voting against the
hill were TWENTY-FIVE Democrats and eleven RepuD
, ncaIs so the bin went back into conference with
not much hope the part Of it, friends that 1t would
no saved Tn, conferTc,s, however. accepted the
sherman amendments modified and transformed III
such way as 10 be acceptable 10 the representatives
NJ the Typographical Unions who Interested in the
printers clauses The conference report thel-a
midnight of Tucsday-wcnt back to the senate lhefe
was a sharp debate and when the vote was taken the
conference report agreed to by vote Of - to ~
Except Mr.. Pasco. of Florida, who changed his vote
in order TO reconsideration the senators N"t
ing yea we're all Republicans. The Democrats
furnished thirteen of the nineteen votes in opposition
Now came the greatest peril If the bill The con
ference report had got through the hostile branch
Under ordinary circumstances the battle was won ana
nothing remained but merely formal action. Ih'
fight however, had been bitter that it was renewed
even after this decisive action the part of the
nh rl.f.t ha ~ fIp nc
the agreement to the conference report. almost i'm
media,ev but the secretary had hardly started with
IL when a motion made to recall IT, II thS
motion for reconsideration had been made five minutes
sooner the bill would have got out OF the senate
AS il was the measure had escaped. The motion u
recall was defeated by a vote Of % TO 10. ho1 Il
quorum a call Of the Senate developed quorum, hlt
instead Of going on with the Copyright bill. "A number OF
small i.lls taken mp by unanimous consent ana
then the conference report on the Deficiency Appro-
pration bill was further considered. Meantime the
bill had reached the House Mr.. SimondN. Mr.. Lodge
and Mr. Adams, who had been watching its adventures
all through the night Immediately secured recognition
for it, and the conference report was adopted without
delay by vote of 1917 to II. The yeas were % Re
publicans and Democrats while tho navs were com
posed of 10 Republicans and 81 Democrats.
The moment the House had acted. Mr.. >monds
and Mr. Lodge hurried the bill 10 the enrolling room"
where il was enrolled with the utmost spced ~
was then compared and cOllatcd without any loss OF
time by the Committee EnrollcdHils and was taken
hack 70 the House and signed Instantly by the speaker
Mr. Mcpherson, the Clerk Of the House, who was in
readiness took the bill and carried it to the senate,
where il went in 70 the NicePresidcnt. who
al once signed it. and from his room it returned to
The table of the president of the senate, TO be laid
before the Senate-the last formal action needed prior
to its being sent TO the President The opponents
Of tNc bill knew it had come back They were infnri
ated think that II han escaped them, and they made
a desperate and unhcard-Of attempt TO retain 1t on
the Vice President table, and actually by force almost
70 prevent It's reaching the President The collection
OF Statement engaged III this pleasant cHOrt were
Mesers Pasco Of Florida; kenna. Of West Virginia 4,
Daniel, Of Virginia. and Gray of Delaware. THEY were
opposed bv Mr.. Edmunds. who had no difficulty in dis
90 mn.