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Show IK CUUUES9. Amendment or ta TarlSI DHL-Indian DHL-Indian AOalrs. Til Klectlon lllll. VASinj.GToy, Dec 2. Iu the Senate, among the various communications com-munications and petitions presented and referred, were numerous lti-tlonsforau lti-tlonsforau amendment of the tariff b.llat.d providing fur a rebate ou manufactured tobacco, Tiie annlial report cf tho Secretary Secre-tary of the Treasury was presented. Also n petition from XeLraka asking ask-ing for the disarmament of the Sioux Indians, and sujrgestiog that they be deprived fc( their honesaud furnished with oxeu. A number of bills were introduced intro-duced aud referred, among them one by Daniel, to allow a rebate on tobacco an J snutThelJ in stock January Jan-uary 1, 1ESI. Manderson offered a resolution, agreed, calling on tho Secretary of War for information as to the steps taken for tho disarmament of Indians Indi-ans on the rcervatioDsin Nebraska, South and North Dakota. Mitchell offered a resolution, agreed to, instructing the committee com-mittee on foreign relations to Inquire In-quire into the advisability of the passage of tho law authorizlnir a survey fora trans-Pacific submarine cable from seme point on the Pacific Pa-cific coast to the Hawaiian Islands; thence by Samoa and New Zeland to Australia, and to encourage the formation of a company for the purpose. pur-pose. The Senate bill donating to Clallam Clall-am county, state of Washington, for public buildings, the proceeds of the sale of certain public lands was passed. Hoar moved to consideration cf the election bill. Agreed to by a strict party vote, forty-one to thirty. The clerk began leading the bill, ami continued till 7 p. m. when unfinished un-finished business became the order. Hoar moved to proceed with consideration con-sideration of tho bill. Gorman rose to arguo against that motion but the joint of order was made by Hoar that the motion was not debatable and the presiding officer, offi-cer, Hale, decided loeupportof the point of order, but said he would submit the question to thtdetermln-atiOn thtdetermln-atiOn of the Senate. After a prolonged debate the Senate decided, by a strict party vote, to proceed with consideration of tlie election bill. The point was raised about the dlsmacement of the cight-hour law by the election measure and a lengthy discussion on parliamentary points resulted. Finally It was agreed by a strict party vote to proceed pro-ceed with the election bill, lllair giving notice that he would at the earliest opportunity, subject to tlie election bill, move that the Senate proceed to consideration of the labor bill Just displaced. The clerk resumed reading the election bill and when it was finished the Senate adjourned. house. VASUiN3T0if, Dec 2-In tlie House Uarmer (Pa.) presented a petition in favor cf an amendment to the McKinley bill, allowing a rebate on broken packages of smoking smok-ing tobacco and snuff. Referred. The Speaker laid before the House tho Senate bill referring to the court ef claims a claim ot the Cheaeapeake Female College for property destroyed duridg the war. In the discussion Wheeler (Ala.), taking advantage of a recognition, proceeded to argue that the omission of section 30 or the tariff bill enrolled en-rolled copy rendered the entire bill a nullity. The bill passed yeas 21, najsSS. The committee on patients called up the copy light bill and the Speaker recognized SImonds to move aa amendmeut providing that theact shall go into effect July I, 1S91, notwithstanding the effort of Kerr (Iowa) to secure recognition for a motion to adjourn. Simonds demanded the previous question on the bill and amendment, Kerr moved an adjournment. Lost yeas 82, nays 132. The question recurred on the demand de-mand for the previous question on the copyright bill, pending which a motion by Hopkins to lay the bill on tho table was lost, and motion to adjourn having been voted down, the previous question was ordered. The House then adjourned, leaving leav-ing the bill as unflnbhed business. The proposition of the bill is to permit foreigners to take oui American Ame-rican copyright on the samo basis as American citizens iu three cases: First, when the nation of the foreigner for-eigner permits copyright to American Ameri-can citizens ou substantially the same biala as Its ewn clUzena, Second, when tfea nation of the fenigacr glTM Atasxleu-, eJUwaj copyright privileges similar to those provided for In thia lull. Third, when the nation of the foreigner Is party to an International Internation-al agreement, providing for reciprocity recipro-city in copyright, by the term of which agreement the United States reserves the right to deviate therefrom there-from at its pleasure. AU books copyrighted under the proposed act shall be printed from type set within with-in tho United States, or from plates made therefrom. |
