Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-13

the resc1s OF Lisctenan, Gres,y ara h;z
s2rvIv1n9 eozrsdes-
by SeorRe-Aathsrixine ths trsnsfa-
% o2e OF the vessels Of the Greelv Pa
nei Expedision 70 the Tre.sary Dcnnrt-
nsns Tor fsvenRe cutter, ana ths rs-
navy. 90 I-e
OIL vas passed authorizing the
.Qose OF toe sapreUe Court Of The Dis
ules o. Columbia 70 appoint = conpe
sent asyer to prepare 3 criminal code
Tor the District The report which AZ
CON panles this bill says: The laws of
Eogiand priOr to July 1. lTTs, and the
Avs OF Maryland a. they existed on
Eeoroary q, lsol, constitute the bSav
OF toe laws for the pupishmsrt Of
crit0e IN this District. Thsre il 90 usn-
atty for incest. Adultery escapes xi,h
the slight penalty Of dve huudred
pounds OF tobacco, while for biasrheCay.
Zoe Law prescribes burning through the
tongue with red bet iron. Arsoa in
the daytime and arson At nigh, are 40.
differently punished. Il was Ions AGO
denoted whether the appallina crime
or G1iteau could b trled and punished
10 this District.r
Several other bills Of local interest
passed. This compleied the District
oosiness and the House went into
committee Of the whole, Wilson Of Iowa
In the enaIr On the consular and diplo-
matte appropriation bill.
HILL moved to restore to the x2lOO
class The oonsularship Of Haukox, Chi
ns, vhich 10 the bill has been placed in
ths $500 class,
In advocacy Of this amendment RYAN
called attention TO the fact that a Iire
OF steamers 10 running between Shane-
nai and hankov under the American
dag.
In response Barnes infatuated tina. the
steamers we're sailed under the Ameri-
oah nag, ref oecause Americans owned
or we're interested In them, bat for the
purpose OF protection during the French
and Chinese var.
keed inquired how foreigners could
SAL their vessels under the American
nag under our statutes.
Barnes replied that he could not An.
sver for the truth of the assertion, bat
the statement had gone the rounds of |
the press shat the vessels were sailed |
under the American flag for the protec-
tao of interests not our own,
Ryan said be would assume that the |
transfer Of the vessel TO the American |
nag had been msde in good faith until |
be should have some better evidence 20 |
tae contrary than newspaper rumor.
Randall inquired whether the trans
fess bad not taken place Immediately |
after the breaking vut of the war be- |
tween France and China.
Ryan could see in that circumstance
no evidence Of bad faith.
Curtin made brief speech on the i'm
portahce OF increasing our foreign com. |
meroe, especially with the countries Of |
South America, and advocated strength |
eninR and improving she consular ser |
Woe OF the United States. He would |
mot appoint as eonssls worn out politi- |
clans, but would select the best men In |
the coantrY after a civil service examin- |
alton, and would not appoint any man |
who could net speak the language of |
tue country TO which he was accredited. |
Hills motion was lost by 40 to 81.
A point of order was made against |
the paragraph appropristing $4,000 TO |
meet the necessary expenses attendant |
on the execution Of the neutrality acts, |
and the point was sustained BY the |
chair. Cannon appealed from the de- |
cision, and being Of the opinion that be |
had been unfairly treated by the chair,
raised the point that there was no QUO
ram on the vote to sustain the chairs |
decision, and no quorum being present,
the House adjourned.