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


at $50 a. n. and Immediately went into
executive session; doors reopened at 10 rs
a. M, when the general deficiency appropri-
alton bill was taken up and all amendments
agreed to in the committee of the whole last
night were agreed to in bulk by the Senate
except as to the four that were reserved,
including the French spoliation claims and
the Pacific railroad claims.
Plumb offered an amendment appropri-
ating $50, 900 for the relief of the citizens of
Oklahoma who are rendered destitute by
the drought. Agreed to.
Plumb desired to have an amendment of
fered and agreed to distributing among the
various departments of the government a
number OF census Office clerks whose en-
ployment is about to cease, but Edmunds
objected on the ground that it was purely a
a legislative subject and interfered with
the operations of the civil service rules,
those clerks not having gone through the
forms of the civil service examination
Amendments providing for the payment
to Pacific railroads agreed to without divis-
ion.
The next reserved amendment was that
for the payment Of the French spoliation
claims. The discussion was carried on at
much length by Messrs. Stewart, Hoar,
l.,
Morrill,, Daniel, Blair, Hale, Reagan and
Aawley. Finally German having appealed
to the Senators to stop discussion and to
pass the bill before it was too late, vote
was taken and the French spoliation claim
amendment was agreed to, yeas, Al; nays, IA.
The last reserved amendment was that
striking out of ne House bill the paragraph
giving montls extra pay to the officers
and employees of the Senate and House
| l. lie
amendment was disagreed to and the para
graph was retained
| Faulkner moved to add to the paragraph
| the words "and official reporter of the Sen.
ate and House" Agreed to.
| Stewart offered an amendment to REIN
burse California, Oregon and Nevada fol-
moneys expended by them in the suppress
sion of the rebellion, 81, AL 900 to Califor
MIA, 1925, 900 TO Oregon and S404 to Nevada
The amendment was agreed to withou
division.
| Carlisle offered an amendment to tn,
extra months pay paragraph, so as to in
clude employees OF the law department O.
the congressional library. Agreed to.
A paragraph was inserted directing tn
secretary of the treasury to settle and pa,
the claims of New York, Pennsylvania
Delaware, Virginia and South Carolin
and the city of Baltimore, on account o
advances made in the war of 1872; AM
appropriating 81, 800 900 for that purpose
The bill passed and was sent back to tn
House with the Senate amendment.
The conference report on the diplomat
and consular appropriation bill was pre-
scented and agreed to-.
On the pension appropriation bill tn
conferees reported that no agreement wa
reached.
Allison explained the disagreement wa
over the amendment adopted by the Senat
that the provision limiting fees of pensio
attorneys to 50 Sin case of increased per
, sions" should not apply to existing vail
! contracts.
TIE conference report on the Sundryciv
appropriation bill, which was presente
and read last night, was taken up an
agreed to.
The House amendments to the Senate bi
: to establish certain ports OF delivery j
o Alaska territory, reducing the amount fro
SIS, 600 to $4,000, was concurred in.
The report on the copyright bill was pr,
sented, explained by Platt and agreed t
There are two points, however. on whic
: no agreement was reached: Sherman
D amendment allowing the importation &C
the payment OF tariff duties,' of foreig
a copies of copyright books, and 1ngall
: amendment allowing the Importation
T newspapers and magazines. Being Statistic
: no copyright Dill could become law wit
those two amendments, Platt moved TN
, the Senate recede from them.
Sherman argued in support of his amen
ment. and said without IT. he did not feel
liberty to vote for the bill. He would NJ
give the publishers of the United Stat,
the absolute monopoly of production of an
q book He would give to them the priviles
: of protective duty that would secure en-
Y ployment to printers and capital as in Il
case of other products of the country.
the bill become law without the amen,
ment, he believed it would be the most III
: popular law on the statute book. 1t vi
), the spirit of monopoly and desire for a
= solute prohibition that lay at the found
;, ton of the opposition to the amendment.
Hiscock, one of the ~conferees, suppl
mented what Platt said about the failu
of the bill unless the Senate receded fro
!. those amendments by saying that if t
|! Senate did not recede the matter was of
Ii consequence whether the bill failed or NJ
q He asked Sherman what he proposed
his amendment to give authors.
= Sherman replied ne proposed to gi
o them the exclusive right Of sale Of The
books in the United States.