Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-18
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. o., Feb. is.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The conference report on the bill to in
corporate the Washington and Arlington K.
r. Company o! The District OF Columbia was
presented and agreed to.
A motion to reconsider the vote passing
the bill granting right of wey to the Metro
politan Southern r. r. Co. through proper
ty OF the United States In Montgomery
county, Nd, wss made BY Mr. German and
put On ie.
Some dozsn pension bills we're taken from
the calendar and passed-includiDg bills in
| creasing the peneions of the widows OF
Gen. Custer, Admiral Wilkes s1d Ger.
Daniel Uimann to 500 q month. The first
was House biIl-all tina others were Sen
sts bills.
When the bill to give 500 month to
Mrs. Custer was read, Mr.. Plumb Inquired
if MIR. Davis, chairman oil the committee on
pensions, had considered the question OF it,
cressing the ensions of the widows of pri-
vate soldiers.
Mr.. Davis Informed him that when ne
! (Mr. Pumb) introduced bill to that effect
1t would be considered.
Mr.. Plumb wish to know what the
committee has done on that subject
Mr.. Dsvls-The committee has not had
any occasion to express an opinion upon it.
Mr.. .umb-Then am bound to suppose
that the widows of private soldiers have not
yet come within the purview of that ccn-
mittee.
TIE copyright bill having been taken Up
the vote was taken on the Sherman amend
ment to admit copyrighted books, s., print.
ed in foreign countries on payment of tariff
duties. The amendment WAS agreed to
yeas Sc; nays 81. Thersupon Mr.. Frye re-
| uewed his amendment requiring charts,
photographs, 81. to be printed on plates
ezecated in the Ualted States, and it vas
agreed to.
Ia the course of discussion on Mr.. Ffye's
am sndment, Mr.. Wolcott intlmased hat the
views which M. Plumb had expressed on
ars and artistic and literary property might
suit the ideas of the Stale Of Kansas in these
latter days, but were not generally accept
ed elsewhere and Mr.. Plumb retorted that
50 b a remark did not become the Senator
fro Colorado; and that when the time
came for them to hang out their soiled linen
on the national clothes line he (Mr. Piumb)
could say as many mean things about Col
orado as Mr.. Wolcott could cay about
Kansas.
o. motion OF Mr.. Ingalls, newspapers aid
periodicals were exempted from prohlii-
ito Of importation
Finally the copyright bill was passed by
vote OF yeas Sc. nays IA
BOUsH.
Ia the absence of the Speaker, the Houte
| proceeded to the election of 8 speaker pro-
TEN, and Mr.. Paysou, of Illinois, was selected
for the honor, and was escorted to the chair
by Mr.. Mckinley, OF Ohio, aad Mr.. Dock
cry, OF Missouri, amid thu p!audits OF both
sides OF the chamber. A conference vas
ordared On the District of Columbia appio-
priaton bill and on the military academy
appropriation bill. The House then pro-
ceedsd to the further consideration of the
ldian appropriation bill.
The reading of the amendment consumed
ovsr an hour and half, and it was then
agreed to. The bill was passed.
Toe House than went into committee OF
thu whole on the post Office appropriation
bill.