Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-16
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reported yesterday, authorizing the select
committee on relations with Canada to con.
time its investigations during The ,ecess,
| Vas taken up in the Senate today, and Afse.
abort discussion vas agreed to.
Senate bill to provide for beginning the
construction Of . military pest sff Essex
Junction or Svanton Junction. vi, vas
taken from the calendar and passed.
The Senate then took up the copyright
bill
Hale said that be was BOW Ready to pro-
| ceed with the consular ard diplomatic sp-
| pre- .,riafion bill. which he had reported
yes.sfdsy. Senators realized, of course,
the -upartAnee OF having the appropfix-
| to-. bills hurried through. got into con-
gress and passed. II the senator from
Connecticut (Plasil believed that he could
90 On without much further time being
tAkeal and get votes on the amendments,
he Hale would nos. 1t present, seek to
! interpose bus il it should appear in the
course of the uext hour or 90 that the bill
could not be speedily disposed of, he would
ask the Senate to take up the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill.
Piats said that be hardly knew whether
the copyright bill vas nov in his charge
or in the charge Of other gentlemen who
had succeeded in amending i, ito its detri-
ment he thought. But ~ far a. he was
concerned, he was anxious to 20 on with It,
and he trusted thA; the discussion would
not be protracted. He hoped that there
would be only such suggestions or amend
ments to be offered as were necessary 10
have u clear understanding of them. He
made those remarks becAuse he felt that,
at this late hour Of the session. with other
business pressing, it was hardly fair 10
keep . measure before the Senate go lcng.
At this stage Of the proceedings Mr.. Call
was permitted TO offer and have referred TO
the committee on foreign relations reso-
luton declaring that the Senate had heard
with great concern the Newspaper state
ments in relation to the alleged psrssc cution
of the Jews in Russia, and also In relation
to the cruel treatment Of the state prisoners
in Siberia and ether places of imprison-
ment in the domain Of the Gar and request
ing the President to appeal, on the ground
OF humanity. to the Emperor Of Russia t.
take measures 20 inquire into such alleged
wrongs and craeities to the ublec,s Of Rus
sia, and 10 place them in y condition of
freedom aud equal rights.
Chandler offered resolutions (which
we're agreed to- that the Senate realized in
the death of Admiral Porter the loss to the
country OF an officer of the highest rauk
and distinction, whose achievements
through service Of 81 years, had fifty
illustrated the courage and patriotism of
the American navy; that the tenderess
sympathies OF the nation were present with
his family in its time of grief, and that
committee of five Senators be appointed to
attend his funeral. Senators Cameron,
Hale, Mcpherson, Blackburn and Chandler
were appointed.
The Copyright Bill
The copyright bill was thea proces dea
with. Mr.. Carlisle offered an amendment
intended to carry ou, the policy of the
Sherman amendment adopted yesterday.
II. strikes out all Of sec. 3 after the Shar-
man amendment, and substitutes for il n
provision that the section shall not be con-
strued so A. to subjecs to duty any article
nov aduyiued free uLder the laws of the
United States; and that, if any perRon
shall, in the United States, print or cause
to be printed, either for sale or exportSiion
any book, map, chart or dramatic or musI-
cal composition in which there shall be
subsisting copyright, without the consent
in writing of the proprietor thereof, or shall
knosingly Import for sale or hire any such
article having been 50 unlawfully printed
or made, or shall offer the same for salc,
he shall be liable in damages to the propri-
etor of such copyright. and upon conviction
shall also be subject to fine not exceeding
$1,000.
The question ss to the meaning and feet
OF the amendment aud as to its necessity
in order to carry out the principles Of the
bill gave rise to . long discussion chiefly
of legal and technical character. The
discussion was interrupted to permit the
conference report on the army sppropria
lion bill 10 be presented. II was read and
agreed to.
The provision in relation to payment FOR
transportation on land aided railroads is
that the compensation shali be on basis
which the secretary of war shall deem Just
and reasonable not to exceed 80 per cent
of the rates charged to private parties for
similar transportation. Cxrlisle's amend
ment to the copyright bill passed by vote
of 20 to "a.
Reagan moved to strike out of the third
section the proviso requiring two cop
les Of books, maps, charts, etc., to be
deposited, which are to be printed from
type set, or plates engraved or Autographed
within the United States.
Frye said the adopiian of Reagan $
| amendment would take away all protection
from American printers. eagravers and
lthogrsphsrs, snd would inevitably
Cause the Defeat Ct the Bill
in the other House.
Mr.. Carlisle said they would have the
same protection they had now-the protsc-
ton Of the tariff.
Mr.. Reagan said the tiIl protested to be
| one TO secure an international copyright,
but he thought there was much more inter
est felt in increasing the profits of publish
efs and printers thaa in securing an honest
international copyright. The object of his
amendmen. vas to make an honest inter-
national copyright niii-fair, pure and
| simple.
Mr.. Reagan's amendment was rejected
Yeas. lG; nays, 80. Mr.. Woicot voted
| in the affirmative with the Democrats, and
Messrs. Hampton, Mcpherson, Turpie,
Vest and Voorhees, with the Republicans
| in the negative.
| The bill and anne n3ments were then re-
| ported from the committee of the whole to
the Senate, and Plat demanded the yeas
and nays on the committee in bulk. The
vote vas taken snd the amendments were
disagreed to--Yeas, ~; nays, 81.
! Mr.. Daniel moved 10 amend the pso7isa
| requiring copyrighted bnobs TO be printed
| from type set within the United States. CT
from plates therefron,, BY adding to it the
words "or shall be otherEise produced in
the United States