The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-04
CONGRESS.
THE sENarE..

a Rot Fight Over the Confer zee Report On
the Copyright b
Was IN TON, March S.-Ih lie Senate met
: at $50 O'clock this morning and Immediately
= went into executive session.
- The doors were reopened at 1915 o'clock,
:. when the General Deficiency Appropriation
BiL.was taken up and all the amendments
agreed to- in Committee OF the Whole last
night were agreed to in bulk by the Senate,
except a, to the four that were reserved, in
E Guiding the French spoliation claims and
the Pacific railroads claims.
Plumb offered an amendment appropriat-
ing .S50, coo for the relief of citizens of Okla
hoIna who were rendered destitute by
drought. Agreed to.
Plumb desired to have an amendment
offered and agreed to distributing among
the various departments of the Government
a-nEm Der Of census Office clerks whose EN-
plOyment was about to cease, but Eimunds
objected, on the ground that it a purely
p legislative subject aud inleyfered Hlth-thr Oper
iGu II lie CVi1 Service rules, those clerks not
laTng had 10 20 through the forms OF Civil
SerYlue eNamiuariOn.
FIe amendments providing for the payment 10
Pacific railroads were agreed to without diyl-
sini.
The next reserved amendment was that for
the payment. OF The French spOllation claims.
The discussion was carried on az much length by
Messrs. Stewart. Hoar, Evarts, Sherman, Ed
munds, Spooner, Morrill,, Daniel A. 7. Blair,
bale, Reagan aud Hawey.
Finally, Gorinau having appealed to the Sena-
tors 10 stop discussion and to pass the bill before
st was too late, vote was taken, and the French
spoaton claims amendment was agreed to
ayes Il, noes "A.
The last reserved amendment was that stril1-
= Ing out of The House bin he paragraph giving
ma r4pr Tpu IA n nrp O
- OF the Senate and House, borne on tile annual or
on session rolls. The amendment was disagreed
to and The paragraph was retained.
Faulkner moved to add TO the paragraph the
words " and onieial reporters Of The Senate and
House" Agreed to.
Stewart offered an amendment to reimburse
California, Oregon and Nevada for moneys ex-
pended by them in the suppression OF the Re
1-IUun-S2, 451,oo to California, S225,ooo to
Oregon and s4Q4 900 TO Nevada. Tie amend
inert was agreed 10 without division.
CARLISLE offered an amendment TO the extra
months. pay Paragraph so as to include en-
:.ployes Of the Law Department OF the Congress
= slCHsi Library. Agreed to-.
A paragraph was lnseited directing the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury 10 resetIle and pay the
claims Of NeW York, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Virginia and South Carolina and the city Of Bal
. tmole, On account Of advances made IN the war
OF 1872, ahd apprOPriating S2,5OO,o0O for that
purpose The Dill was then passed and sent
back 10 The House with the Senate amendments.
Tn conference report On the Diplomatic and.
Consular Appropriation Bill was presented and
agreed to-
On The PeBsion Appropriation Bill the confer.
rees reported that no agreement had been
reached.
Allison explained that the disagreement was
over lie amendment adopted by the. Senate
that the provisions limiting the fees of pension
attorneys to 81 On CASH In case of an Increased
pension should not apply TO existing valid con
tracts.
The conference report on the Sundry Civil Ap-
pIOpriaiiOn Bill which was presented and read
iast night, was taken up aud agreed TO.
III House amendments to the senate Dill 10
THrN.s FsFH.a n nj .H
Territory deducng the amount from $40, 10
100000 were cOncuTed in.
The report the Copyright Bih was pre-
-EeHtcd, explained by Piatt ana agreed TO. there
are jwopOnts. however, on which no agreement
has. been reached. Tie Sherman amendment
allowing tile importation (on payment OF tariff
duiitsl OF foreign copies OF copyright ed BOOKS,
. HgqIugalls amendment allowing the ImpOrta-
lion OF newspapers ADD magazines. Being salts
ned tnat 10 copy ight bill could become law
walr these two amendments, P!att moved the
= StnHie reCede from them.
- Sherman argued, Ia supuort OF his amendment
and sara lhat without 1t ne dad not feel at
liberty 10 vote for tie bill. He would not
give the publishers Of the United States alb
-:holutey-a monopoly on the production OF
any book. He would give TO them the
=: iilVtege Of a protective duty, that would secure
=: employment 10 printers aud 20 capital, as IN the
case of oi her DTOdlTcts OF the country. If the
biilbecame a law without this amendment lie
beeVedit would be The most unpopular law on
the TatuIe.boOk. IL was the spirit OF monopoly
. :;RDd desire tof absolute prohibition that lay Al
tile foundation 0i The opposition to The amend
ment! -: .: =
. H. HiscOck one OF the conTerfees, supplemented
:. what P,att said about:the failure OF the bM uu-
e. less ihe Senate eceded from Hose amendments,
by saying that II The Senate Gid mol fecede the
!; matter Was.0f no consequence whether the bin
failed or not. He asked Sherman what he pro.
i: posed by lis anne ndment give authors.
:. Sherman replied HAT he proposed TO give the
:. exclusive right OF sale OF. their books In the
= United States:;-~-a' =: = --..
=. Hiseock remarked that ltwOuld be an exelu-
:: siye ::Iigbt when pubAshefs:could Import b0oA
7 under tJre ri esent {aw, laying duty OF % pei
:: cent He.asserted that no IoreIgn author would
..aEa hImseli of the copyright act with tu- Sher-
.2Hiki am Hdmeut ID IT, because MS books WOud
9:be pra ed somewhere else and would be I'M
: pQttsd into the Unhed States. As 10 ingalls,
: Elleudment admitting newspapers and period,
= lcals, HlscOck said that under IL tne WOrks "
American authors could be published ABROAD III
serial form and could be imported without even
paying duty. The Amendment struck directly II
American authors, and took from them tile ben
d eht Of their copyright.
Alter long discussion Plaips motion TO re
eede from lie Sherman aud ingalls, amendments
was divided aud vote taken first on recedlnl
from the Sherman amendment. The motion was
defeaied-ayes rs, noes SO,
Ihe Sherman amendment was retained.
'Ihe Ingalls, amendment was retained without