The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-04
HOUSE, PENSION BILLS.

Grafton OF the House pension bills on the
calendar. After passing about sixty such
bills that business was laid aside tempo
rarily.
A resolution was reported and disagreed
to directing the committee on finance 70 as
certain in every practical way and to re-
port from time TO time the effect of the tar
i'll laws upon imports and exports; growth,
development and production. and prices
OF agricultural and manufactured articles
at home and abroad; and upon wages, do
nestle and foreign; with authority TO sit at
such times and places as the committee
may deem advisable.
On motion of Mr.. Colqultt the House bill
TO create O new division in the Northern
judicial district Of Georgia, and to create
the Eastern division Of the Northern federal
Judicial district Of Georgia, were taken from
the calender and passed.
A message from the House announcing
the appointment of the House conferees on
the agricultural bill was laid before the
Senate. 1t was complicated with an order
of the House that its conferees should not
agree to the Senate amendments
time for the collection of
statistics on irrigation, and appropriating
10000 therefor. This order was objected
to as unusual and embarrassing, and a
proposition was made that the Senate de-
cline a conference on such conditions.
Finally, however, IL was agreed that the
Senate conferees should meet those of the
House.
The Senate, on motion of Mr.. Cameron,
went into executive session. The doors
were opened at 5 o'clock. The Senate
passed about fifteen House pension bills,
and at o'clock took recess until o'clock.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
When the Senate met again, at O'Clock,
the passage of the House pension bills on
the calendar was continued.
A conference was ordered on the def
cheney bill.
The Senate insisted on the Hawaiian cable
amendment to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, and agreed to further
conference.
All the House pension bills that we're on
to-days calendar were passed. Between
those disposed Of before the recess and those
disposed of after the recess, in all 160 of
them, were passed, their passage not occu-
pying much more than an hour.
Mr.. Gray moved to take up the House
bill for the transfer Of the revenue cutter
naval establishment. The motion was
agreed-yeas IS, nays 2S-and the bill was
taken up for consideration.
CONFERENCE REPORTS AGREED TO.
The debate was suspended and the con-
ference reports were presented and agreed
to on the Indian and postoffce appropria-
tions bill Then the conference repora on the
copyright bill was presented and Mr.. Platt
explained IL. He said that If the report was
not agreed to it would be equivalent TO de
feat of the bill. If the report was agreed
to it would provide that books which
were on the free list under the Mckinley
bill two copies) could be imported free oil
duty. 1t left out Mr.. Sherman's amend.
ment. 1t left every one at liberty to import
two copies Of a foreign book by paying
the duty on them. and it left newspaper
aud magazines to be imported provided
they did not contain copyright matter
That was all there was to the agreement
and it took the place of all thai
the Senate had been quarreling about
AS the conference changes in the bill dc
not carry out either the Sherman or the
Ingalls, amendments the report was assailec
by MIR. Sherman and even the composition
of the committee was questioned by him as
at variance with parliamentary usage,
which requires majority TO be in favor oi
the action of the body which it represents.
Mr.. Gray charged the defeat of the bill
if it be defeated, to the greed of the pub
fishers, who would not, he said, yield an iotf
of their demands.
WOLCoTT'S BREEZY STYLE.
The young senator from Colorado, Mr.
Wolcott, in his breezy. impetuous style,
made an impassioned appeal in favor of the
rights of tue authors. Messrs. Evarts, Al
drch and Daniel followed.
There were not more than score of sem
ators listening to the debate. and the gal
lery, which had been closely packed all the
evening, was gradually being abandoned bI
the spectators.
While MIR. Carlisle was speaking Mr.. AL
lison entered the chamber with the confer
ence report on the pension appropriation
bill, and Mr.. Carlisle yielded the floor tC
Mr. Allison, who then presented that report
1t was agreed to, and discussion on the
copyr GIT conference report was continued.
Finally a vote was taken, and the confer
ence report on the copyright bill was agreed
to-yeas 27, nays 49,
The Senate then went into executive ses
zion, and when the doors were reopened tbs
bill was passed providing for the retunding
of SO, 900, 900 of the debt of the District Of
Columbia coming due July, 1891, and July
1892, by new issue Of 81 per cent. tel
year bonds.
PAsCo MOVES TO RECONSIDER.
WASHINGTON, March 4, 3 A. M.-At 2:2e
o'clock Mr.. Pasco moved to reconsider the
vote agreeing to the conference report or
the copyright bill, and also moved that tht
House be requested to return the bill to the
Senate.