Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-13
WASHINGTON.
Report 81 the Managers OF ire sEs-ia,s
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WAsz1Ss7os. PED. l7.-The Prssidspl
TO-DAY transmitted 10 Congress the re.
port Of the Board q MAnaRemeat Of tbs
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Csntsn-
nisl Exposition Al New Orleans, and
also the memorial Of the United States
Commissioners to tie Exposition, re-
qaestlne "a additional appropriation to
extineuish the deseit IN It's accounts.
and sskiaR authority to reopen the ex-
elbsstOn during the winter Of 1875 sc.
lie Pr s1dsut IN his message Of trans
initial says. q failure on the part Of
tns management TO carry out the orig
insl snteEt iB regard 70 the Exposition
might renses on the honor of the United
states Government. since twenty one
foreign nations and forty sir States and
Territories have joined in tie enter
Prise through faith IN the sanction of
TOE Government In view of this fast
and IN consideration Of the valae of the
Exposition % the cause Of material pro
gFess and general education, / respect
fully submit the report mentioned for
she favorable action of Congress
sot % Assume that they were Amer.
icans.
WAKnnsGIoS. Feb. l2.-Ihe House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which
was referred the various resolutions rel
alive TO the recent dynamite explosions
IN London, today decided 10 report il
unbecoming the dignity Of the House
Of Representatives 70 assume that
American citizens had bsen In any way
connected with the crime, where no
charges are made, and that the commit
tee Is unwilling TO request say officer Ut
the Government to search for proof of
guilt where there vss no charge.
The Treasury Department aad the
Chinese.
WksHSGToS, Feb. 1.-THE Secretary
OF the Treasury has sent the House a
reply to the resolution Of that body
asking for information as 70 what regu-
lations and instructions have been H.
sued by his department. relating to the
right of Chinese 10 enter the United
States. The regulation numbered " s.
the Secretary says, relates to Chinese
subjects, not isborers, desirinR to come
into the United States from countries
other than China. To hold that Chi
nese subjects resident In foreign cogn-
tries N asst obtain permission and q Ger
.itic8te from the government Of which
they are subjects, would be to compel
them 10 20 to China and there obtain a
certificate, which, II they bad long been
residents in another country, could not
sven then be obtained.
Section of the act Of 1884 evidently
applies only TO Chinese persons other
than lsborers about TO come into the
United States for the first ii1e. Any
other construction would lead to the
absurd conclusion that Chinese mer-
chants who resided in San Francisco |
many years and who have occasion TO |
visit Victoria or the Sandwich Islands |
shall be compelled to perform the i'm |
possibility of procuring certificate |
to section 0 from the Chi |
nese Government 20 which they are sub |
iect. Congress could not intend to take |
away from the Chinese merchants re-
siding IN this country the rights grant
ed them by treaty. There Gan be no |
jus. pFetense that any fraud can be prac- |
ticed by giving to such merchants GER |
tificass of Identification by the Collector |
Of Customs of the port Of departure,
and making such certificate primo faeie
evidence Of the right to returu.
RandaIrs idea.
WAsaINGros, Feb. IL. - When the
on Appropriations cohvenes
to consider that portion of
toe navy appropriation bill relative to
she proposed increase of the navy be-
( lre reporting the entire bill 90 the
House, Randall will move the adoption
Of the fOli0wina in lieu OF all PROPOSE
tons to that end which have been offer
ID.
"a The President of the Uaited States
s hereby authorized to select aud ap-
point board to consist of six civilians
Rho shall be skilled in wood or iron con-
struction, ship baildInQ or engineering
With the Secretary of the Navy as the
seventh member and president of said
board. The board shall meet In Wash
on and after organization shall issue
,ircular to those prominent in and hav-
ng a knowledge of ship building asking
Tor information in relation to types of
Eessels or other matters pertaining To
naval affairs or national defense. The
board shall on receipt Of the replies de-
,ermine the general classes and charac-
,er of vessels 10 be constructed and
n approval Of the president of the
board shall Gall for competitive designs
Tor such vessels to be constructed. The
board shall make awards for designs for
zach class Of vessels and for such meri-
Iorious exhibit of the parts of the same
~ may be deemed worthy Of the adop-
lion for the service. For the best Of
zach class the award shall be twenty
ihonsand dollars, for the second best
fifteen thous and dollars and for the
bird best ten thousand dollars. One
vessel of each type shall be built by
contract with the lowest responsible bid
Ter 10 be awarded after due advertise
nent. II after one months trial at sea
i prove satisfactory. 1t shall be adopted
~ the standard of its class, and there
,ftsF, IL any contractor, at his own risk
md expense. produce an equally good
Dr. better vessel. IL shall be purchased
by the Secretary of the Navy, At same
sost a. the irst, or with such additional
bonus as the Secretary and Congress
may determine The board shall have
authority to eDploy such expert
and clerical assistance as
Z may deem necessary. The pay OF tue
of the board shall be SO per
iay. aud the actual travelling expenses
and pay OF its employees shall be such
rs is tixed by law In the Navy~Depart
nent for liks ssrviees. The Necessary
money 20 pay the expenses OF the board
And its awards, and for the purchase
and bailding Of vessels, Ia appropriated
ont of any money In the Treasury not
otherwise appropriately 10 be paid ander
he direction Of the President of the
United States. by naval pay officer TO
be detailed therefor by the Secretary Of
he Nav.
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