Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-20
HILL A SILVER MAN.
The Senator Voted With the Free
Coinage People Yesterday.
INFRINGING ON THE COPYRIGHT
By Using Matter in the Record Without the
Authors Consent.
TIE NoYEs-RocKwELL CONTEST NowUP

WASHINGTON, April 19.-The recent
liberties taken by members of the House in
connection with the Congressional Record
were called to the attention of the Senate
in the shape of resolution offered by Mr..
Sanders, which, at the suggestion of Mr..
Platt, went over without action. The reso-
luton instructs the Judiciary Committee
to INQUIRE whether the publication in the
Record of copyrighted books without the
consent of the proprietor is an infringe
ment of the right of such proprietor, and
whether it subjects any person who sells
the Record containing such reprint to liabil-
ity for damages
The bill to amend the act of June 25
1890, approving the funding act of Arizona
was taken up and read. One sentence In it
attracted the attention of Mr.. Stewart 1t
was provision that the interest on the
bonds provided for in the Arizona funding
act should be payable Sin gold coin of the
United States" 1t was the first time, Mr..
Stewart said. since the passage of the re-
sumption act that such clause had been
contained in a bill.
Mr.. Platt remarked that the bill followed
the language of the Arizona actin gold
coin or in its equivalent in lawful money of
the United States"
Blocking the Gold Bug Cry.
Mr. Cockrell, having examined the bill,
informed Mr.. Platt that he was mistaken in
saving that the bill followed the language
of the Arizona act in that respect; the bill
did not use the words "or in its equivalent
in lawful money of the United States. q"
Mr.. Platt, having re-e1amined the bill,
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hone that the Senate nevertheless would
mass the bill lust as it came from the House.
Mr.. Stewart argued that the passage of
the bill as it came from the House, with
the interest on the bonds payable sin gold
coin,' % would be seized upon by the 'tgold
press to show that the people of Arizona
were opposed to the free coinage of silver:
Mr. KYLE moved to strike out the words,
'sin gold coin of the United States" and to
insert in lieu of them the words, "in lawful
money of the United States"
The vote was taken on Mr. Kyle's amend
ment, and the result was yeas q, nays 10
no quorum voting. The roll of Senators
having been called and 81 Senators (more
than quorum) having responded, the vote
was again taken on Mr.. Kyle's amendment,
and it was agreed to-yeas 2S, nays 24-as
follows:
HfiPs Name Among the Ayes.
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry. Black
burne Blodgett, Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke,
Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Faulkner, Gibson
(Md), Hansbrough, Harris Hill, Jones |
New Kyle, Mitchell, PETER, Pugh, Ran
som, Stewart, Teller, Vest Walthall and |
wolcott-2a |
Navs-Messrs. Allison, Carey, Chandler, |
Cullom, Dixon, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawley, |
son, Paddock, Palmer. Perkins, Pettigrew, |
Platt, Proctor, Sawyer, Stockbridge, Wash |
burn and Wilson-A.
After discussion the bill as amended was |
passed without division. A conference was |
asked, and Messrs. Platt, Jones (Ark.) and |
Faulkner were appointed Conferees on the |
part of the Senate.
Mr. Georges resolution relative to the |
low price of cotton and the depressed condi
tion of agriculture was then taken up,
amended and agreed to. 1t directs the Com
mittee on Agriculture and Forestry to as
certain in every practicable way and report |
from time to time to the Senate the present
condition ofagriculture In the United States
and the present prices of agricultural pro-
ducts and if there be any of which the prices
are depressed, then the causes of such de-
preston and the remedies therefore.
Some Useful Information Wanted.
It particularly wants to know whether the
reports of the Department of Agriculture on
the distribution and consumption of farm
products published from time to time by
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture
contribute in any way to such depression of
the market prices of such products, and
whether anv proper governmental purpose
is subserved by such publication, and wheth-
er such publication should be continued.
The joint resolution to pay to the State of
West Virginia the amount due it under the
''direct tax refund" act was passed without
discussion. 1t directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to paw to the Governor of West
Virginia under the provisions of the act of
March 9 1891, the sum of S181, 306, less the
sum of So, 1928 (Which was paid to the Gov
ernor of the State of West Virginia on the
25th day of August, 1s91), to be held in
trust for the citizens and inhabitants of said
State, notwithstanding any claim by the
Government of the United States against
the State of Virginia.
No More Dumping in the Record.
The steeds having been purloined, the
House this morning proceeded with de-
liberation to lock the stable doors. After |
brief but eventful life the Congressional
Publishing Company (unlimited) has put
up its shutters and hereafter, until further
notice, the Congressional Record will record
only what actually is said in the Lower
House of Congress.
A resolution was adopted for an inquiry
as to whether the ofhclals In Baltimore who, |
according to the findings of the Civil Service
Commission, violated the Civil Service law, ';
are still retained in Office.
The well-advertised contested election
case from New York ofNoyes against Rock
we'll was taken up. Though election cases
in the House seldom attract much attention
from the Judges who are to decide upon
them. the Judges who listened to the argu-
ments of counsel to-day listened to them
with the closest interest and there was an | |
large number of Judges in at ,
tendance.
The case was opened by Mr.. Lawson, of
Georgia His argument was strong one,
but the numerous interruptions by Repre-
sentatives from New York and Alabama
make it probable that the Democratic dele
cation from those States will be found vot-
ing against the majority report He was
followed by Mr.. johnson, of Indiana, who
is the terror of the stenographers. He
speaks at the rate of 275 words minute,
and to-day he was not behind his best
record. He spoke for Mr.. Noyes. Mr..
Bacon, of New York, argued for the con-
testee Pending action the House ad-