Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-13
SPOONER SPEAKS ON
PASS PROVISION
OPPOSES REST RESTRICTION RE-
PORTED BY CONFERENCE.
MANY SENATORS AFFECT
Offer Criticisms of Agreement on
Railroad Rate 5ilI-Democrats in
the House Adopt Dilatory Tactics
to Get Even for Limitation OF SUM-
rdy Civil Debate.

Washington, June THE confer.
ence report on the railroad rate bill
continued yesterday to be the lead
ing subject before the senate, and Mr..
Spooner was the principal speaker.
He devoted especial attention TO The
anti-pass provision as reported by the
confereas and criticised it as unjust.
Other features of the report were crit.
icised by Senators Hale, Tillman,
Bailey, McCumber, Teller, Lodge,
Morgan, Piles, Pettus ara Patterson.
Senator Daniel made an Intellectual
attempt to have reconsidered the vote
by which the railroad employees ia,
bility bill passed, in order to permit
him an opportunity to offer amend
ments.
The senate adjourned to meet at ?
o'clock today, the late hour of conyen-
ing being ordered to permit the sen.
ators to attend the funeral of the late
Senator German,
Fiibuster in the House.
The members of the house minority,
believing the majority had taken I'M
due advantage of them in limiting gen.
eral debate on the sundry civil bin 20
one hour, yesterday started another
filibuster and for two hours roll calls
and points of order kept the house in
turmoil. Later the sundry civil mi
was taken up under the five-minute
rule and but few pages were con-
pleted when the h fuse adjourned,
much of the time being given over
to discussion of the sale of the Old
custom house in New York city.
New Copyright Law.
The senate and house committees
on patents in joint session have begun
a series of hearings on the copyright
bill Artists, composers, publishers
and all creators OF works protected by
copyright, were represented.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of con,
ress, read President Roosevelt's en-
pnasis OF the necessity for a general
copyright law. He reviewed the con-
ferences on the subject which began
in June OF last year, the result of
which is a bill containing eight chap
tiers aggregating 5000 words. The
provisions of existing law which are
abrogated are very few.
The copyright period is Tow 2S
years, with {. possible renewal for "a
more The hill abolishes renewals
and provides for three terms, accord
in.r IN Tho e,,l,iaot m. tar Tho St,art
est is % years, for labels ana prints
relating to articles or manufacture.
The second, 80 years, is substantially
identical with the present maximum
1t applies to some original, and all de-
rivative works. The longest, the life
of the author and so years after mis-
death, applies to most original works
The bill provides for uniform rene
dies and it divorces the civil action
from the criminal
Foster Honored by China.
John w. Foster, formerly secretary
of state, has been honored by the
Chinese government with the appoln'
ment as its representative at the ap
preaching Hague conference There
is only one other case on record where
the Chinese government has dele
gated to a citizen OF a foreign country
such important diplomatic functions
and that was in 1868, when Burlin
game resigned as American minister
at Pekin to undertake the negotia
ton of number of treaties for China