Show AMERICAN AUTHORS their eights to he protected hy a new law COMMON THE CAPITAL two cups of cold tea with giager ale on the side speaker reeds new command from oar regular I 1 june ahe sub eject of international copyright in appt autly nut bally understood by ii lell igent persons and it is therefore well that air ho submitted the latest report on the subject in the goes over much that has been urinated before adding some important new lacad or at least facia mure clearly the proposition i simply tu pe m t foreigners 10 take american coi y ht on the babue bas aa ameri an citizens in three cases 1 when ahe nation of me pe jt to citizens n alif bame basis as iti on citizens 2 the nation ot ii e foreigner ives to american s copyright privileges similar to iho e provided fur in lie bill when ti e nation of the foreigner is a pai y to an international agreement or reciprocity in copyright by teru 8 of which agreement the united tatia may b acome a party thereto at t A bub but important provision of the measure is that all books copyrighted under the act shall be printed horn type set in alie united i or irom plates made this bill ia de signed to give the author of the ownership of his own ideas on reasonable conditions pursuant to a sound national policy in the case ot all other property subject only to the exigencies of the state the owner has protection ot the law against piracy and brigan under the common law of england and our country and according to the statute law of enlightened nations the written or printed word has this necessary and righteous protection in the united flatea copyright extends to only awen ty eight years with an extension of fourteen making forty two years in all mexico guatemala and venezuela have copyright in perplexity in and spain it is for the authors lifland life and eighty years after the verdict of the w orld declares for a longer time than that granted by the government of the united states the united states alone refuse reciprocity in copyright copy ight two cups of cold tea with ginger ale anthe side is a common order at the house restaurant under the reform but the drink whisky or whisky and ginger ae out of a piece of crockery is repulsive to any man who like the vice president is in the habit of living like a gentleman speaker feeds order anat if taken at all in the house restaurant must be taken in a cup instead of a glass appeared at first 10 be absolutely prohibitory to men of taste alt while the aider the speaker furnished 10 the restaurant keeper privately an idea bow he could fix matters so that he could conform to the order and still please his customers how in fact he could use a cup without discarding the lass consequently if an order ib iven in the hoube now for a up of cold tea with ginger ale a cup aud saucer id placed before the patron but iu the cup which is only demi tasse size there is a neat little glass the duwer tuwer half of which is concealed the cup while the upper half ib visible above it what is within the lasa is not expected to appear abue the crockery line so that the eyes 01 the casual passers by are not ofle nied oy the sight of alie abhorrent liquid r he man who wants it gets what he wants and the man who want it see it the republican leaders in congress are plainly determined to pass a federal election law and doubtless will be able to whip into line thoe conversation members and senators who are opposed to legislation of this kind the scheme which was partially agreed apon at th house caucus last week is of a character that will warrant the democrats in seeing almost any lengths to prevent its passage the to give members of the house who are not chairmen of committees the services of a clerk for their official correspondences languish mi while it would probably receive the support of a majority of the members it does not seem to meet with approval of the republican the speaker particularly the fact remains however that mem i ers of the house ardmore in need of clerks than aie the senators speaker aeed was not quite so long clio osine a mr mills on the committee on rules as he was in select ins mr mills to succeed mr carlisle the senate still takes it in original packages but legislators so that states shall not have to take it in that dav they want to do so |