Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-14
The DN N CORERESS.


WAsauNoroE, Nay IA bill "a
/ pAassd creating . new jaaieinl cireail
undeF this bin tie eighth eiro1il
made 10 inalnde NEBRASKA, kansas
Arkansas and Colorado, the ninth IN
eiudes Iowa and Missouri; and the tentl
CaIif0znia, 0reeon and Nevada. III
bill also provides that he present fud1|
og the fourth circuit. as hefeiof0re oon
stifuaed, being California, Oregon ant
Nevada, shall Be iadRa of the neW eensl
oiseaif. and shat the PFsaidsat snail ap
point judge for The new ninth circuit
A 2 oicioek the general psnsicn bil
vas placed before the Senate. blail
explained that Il waa intended % pro
vide for shose disabied soldiers Of III
late war Who had found h difionls ol
impossible fWikhouf their oHn fanlt
whether b the loas af papers o. %,
death Of wifnsasasl, - pRoya tho1r easel
under the existing Law. Mf. Blair m
clnded psnsiens fer dependeut parents
Who had loat q son in the ssFViees bai
VIE were not. e. required b. the exist
ing lag, dependent on the a0n at the
time of service. He did not think the
nnmher Of persons = be added 20 the
pension roll under this bill, would e.
eeed 200. Blair did not believe the
amount Of money involved uo1id ex-
eeed e25. 600. eco year.
Berry th0aQht Il time ts call q halt.
He did act believe the Union aoleier1
wanted this bill. As Fale they vera
mea able 10 take care Of themselves,
Logan said be would a the proper
time movo that no psnsi0n heTsafteE
paid any soldier Should be less than s..
We bad sens pensions - " and 81 a
month.
Teller intsrpoasd 10 say that theEe
were over $500 eases Of 81 month
pensions.
At this Logan remarked, ~What .
maRnanimOus pensionl Great God
Mr.. President, is this not Fobberyf fs not
this destroying the peaoe Of the people Of
this country It Is no wonder that my
friend from Arkansas (BeETy) vas
alarmed Lest the Democratic party
w0nld be destroyed Il the pension bills
should pass"
Vest obtained the aoor, and after an
executive session the Senate adjourned.
uease.
WAsHrNorON, MAY l3--Rioe, Of Mas
sachnsstfs, from the COMMITTEES on For
eiQn AfaiEs, reported back tho FoAoin-
tion requesting the President 70 inform
the House what steps had been taken
By him 10 lave the seizure Of she David
j. Adams investigated. and 70 oommu-
nicate at the earliest practicable day
what were the circumstances under
which the 8eixure vas made. Adopted.
Worthineton. from the same cemmii-
Zee, reported back q resolution calling
on the President for copies Of any cor
respondenoe With the Mexican Govern
ment relative TO claims apeciied In the
Efth section Of the act Of Congress Of
June, 1853, and Of other infoFmation ON
the subject. Adopted.
Ia the morning hour the H0uoe. IN
committee Of the WHOLE resumed con-
sideFation OF the Chinese indemnity
resolution.
Rice argued In support OF The propo-
siti0n, oonfendinQ that the obligation
Of this Government to pay damages,
rested not on good will or q spirit of
beneFolenoe, bat on international Law.
There we're many precedents for bis
proposition. In 1S47, England had CON-
PEELED the 0reezs 70 pay an indemnity
for tbs III treatment of Jew, Don Pa
oi1no, in Athens. Lord Palmerston
had besn called 70 account for the pesi-
aion be had taken, on the ground that
there vas no international Law TO sus-
tain it. bat after days Of debate the
prtnoiple was maintained IN England 90
hrmlV that Il had never since been
shaken. The United States itself had
demanded indemnity frOm China for
violence done its citizans by q mob, and
by the armament Of England lombard
inc Chinese cities, and China mad paid
the bills, though 90 much Of the dam
ace had been done By the armed loFcas
Of Enriand. When England, through
her oarsleasnass, had let loose cruisers
which had driven our commerce frum
the sea. tie Uuitod States had exacted
indemnity, and be trusted that there
woald now be an arm a. long ana
voice as strong 70 exact indemnity from
England for the injuries heE sabieete
we're nov perpetEatlnR and eeekiaR 70
psKpstrate on American fishermen.
lApplanssl. TIE President has assured
Congress that the oukraRes 81 kOok
Springs had been committed By aliens,
as had the ontraRea In Chicago, which
had been shocking the country and be
(Rice) hoped that the mnfcerers IN
ChicAeo would be visited with that pan
ishmens which had not yet been visited
on she assassins in Wyoming.
MeCreaxy was In favor OF going as
far As the treaty between she United
States and China woula allou in pro-
hlbitinR Chinese laboFers cgming 70 this
country. The question OF Indemnify
to she victims Of violence at Rock
Springs was very important. II Il stoed
alone, be did not know thai be woald
snppoEf lhe resolution; bat when be re-
membared that Congress had already
passed a Law TO restrain this immigra-
Sion, and there vas bill now pending
20 extend the terms Of restriction, be
vas inclined 70 be 10 favor of the reso-
iutson. Bal there vas no treaty stipa-
lAtion and no laW shat compelled tie
indemnity 10 be paid. II Il we're paid,
il woald Sc paid Tor the beneht 0f the
poor, helpless and unfoftunats men who
had been The victims Of tbs assault.
Pheips, Of New Jersey, saie be be-
lisFed that Congress uas going 10 do
what the Administration asked it 10 do
and What the resolution proposed 90 de,
pay shs Chinameu for lhe property that
had been destroyed, not as an ast OF
charity, but beoause Il vas sound pol
10y. bssanse Il WAs recipsooity for the
hundred acts cf Indemnity performed
by tie Chinese undeE similar ciruum-
sianoea, and because Is was q national
obligation.
Carey. of WyominR, moved 70 aDezd
By inserting aftsF she appropriation the
words :. o. 90 much thereof as may Be
neoessaRY,n on TIE ground thai the ap-
propRialiun vas entirely TOO larRB. BE
favored the absolute prohibition Of Chi.
nese immiRFssion and held that the Fe-
sponsib bihty for the mob ~ Rock springs
rested on Congress Oh account of tia -
fuaAl 10 listen 30 tbs aenanca 81 tie
people Of the Pacife eoasi for sneh .
prohioition.
As the morning hour Was drawing 20
q close the eommittee Fo9e. and NJ.
Rsimoua made an effort 10 iimi. tie do
bate, bnf pending Mction the bear ex-
pred and TIE resolution usa reie44fsd
g. les place on The oaiendaF and tAe
House went ints eommittee Of the whole
on he diplamaiie and cons1iAF appro-
priAsion ball.
BslmUnt, 81 New York, woEed an ~
ersass from eis0Oe0 % ei5o0oo ia Ne
appropgiAticn for e9niiaaant axpensaa
Il the unllsd Statse co1sulatea- the
motion was aeFssa % and tbs bih va
reported 10 ne House and paaaed.
Tha hi1l entaRQing TIE pGN2fa aHG
dcftea az TIE DepaEtmant of A1Fioal.
trv. ...as s.srraati4 i4sprd Ia enEa mite AZ fha