The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-10
THE UNKINDEST CUT
Building Site Money for Here
and Tacoma Reduced.
sPokAnE's AMOUNT UNCHANGED
Arpespxfseiea Received rhSs Year FOR
Pshsis B~xa1ing GssssAs OaIy
Ssvensy-Yavs Thsusand.

wAsHsxsrcs csrr, AprfI a--The House
committee on public buildings and funds
today decided 10 report fAvorahiy the Sem
efe bills for the purchase Of sites for build
ings 1t seattle. Tacoma and Walla Waila,
Washington
The Spokane bill had heen previously re-
ported st $lno. 90. xs il came from the
senate
Today the House committee decided to
cut down the appropriation for Seattle and
Tacoma from sf0.ne 70 $4,000. while
Walla Walia was reported at 81. GO, rs il
came from the Senate No action was
taken in regard 10 the building n Butte
City. Mont.
Senator Squire, who busieu himself all
day In helping ssong in The senate the bills
OF the House members of the committee on
public buildings. Was not pleased with the
cus made on his hills for Seattle and
Tacoma He had the pledges Of number
OF the committee 10 stand by the bills rs
they come from the Senate.
The Washington senator's believe the
amounts can be increased in the confer
ence.
senator Hale asked ths unanimous con-
r1ftt ~ a8bS k4S Aat48cG IEkiS AS Cou1tlcx0-
ton bill taken up and disposed Of. Eyarts
objected. Then Hale made . formal
motion TO that effect A motion Of resis-
tance was made on the Repu olican side,
but ali the Democrat side voted with Hale
and the vote resulted yeas 81. nays 10:
and the bill was taken up. Hale said
he did not desire to take up time with the
biIi. He was willing to proceed with the
vote on pending amendments and on the
bill. Evarts said he regarded the amend
nsents reported by the census committee
as an Improvement ON the House bill and
Was willing that they should be adopted,
but a. 10 the merits OF the bill itself. il was
his design and his duty TO debate il at some
length. Mitchell explained the purpose Of
SONG amendments which he offered. He
did not like the bin very well as ii came
from the House, but rs amended by
the Senate committee il was. he
said, absolutely worthless and insufii-
cienf. He desired TO have the pending
bill amended To require Chinese to show
that they were residents on the 1st of Octo-
her, isSS. the date of the Scott exclusion
act, instead Of Gas the Senate amendment
proposed) on the LIST Of June, 1870. He
asked Hale whether he was willing TO give
. certificate that should be good as
'.ticket-of-leave" or . "teket-of-stayn 10
those Chinese who got into the country un-
lawfully since October. 1osS. Hale ad-
mitted that he was willing 10 give amnesty
TO SOD or 5.000 Chinese persons who came
since October. 1ssS. for the cake or closing
the doors in the future. Hearst said his
idea and notion Of legislation on the sub
lect was the passage Of . Law that would
exclude the Chinese from coming 10 the
country after certain date, but would
treat Chinese already here fairly. Mitchell
agreed with Hearst. and desired to have a
law that would exclude all Chinese except
members OF the diplomatic corps Dawes
wanted 10 know what use there would be
in having Chinese diplomats admitted if
they had no Chinese in the country to look
after. Il would rather never see Chinese
diplomat here" was Mitchell's reply, than
permit the country 70 be overrun by the
yellow hordes OF the Chinese empirc. y
Without action the Senate adjourned.
Senator Wilson to-day. from the COM
ruittee on interstate commerce. reported
amendments to the bill to amend section 8
of the interstate commerce act. The bill as
amended provides "that any article OF
commerce. the manufacture or sale of
which is prohibited within any state, shall
not be transported or conveyed TO such
state, but the act shall not be held TO pro-
hibit the transportation Of such article of
commerce TO persons in such states au-
thorixed by laws to receive the same, or
through such laws to receive same, or
through such state to any state or territory
in which such manufacture or sale is not
permitted.
The House today went into committee Of
the whole on the naval appropriation bill.
Wilkinson. of Louisiana, said be would not
emulate Great Rritain in building ships,
but China had better fighting armament
today than the United States. This gov
eminent has been taking extreme meas
ures with China. Ii was the part Of proper
precaution TO build ships which could
cope with those of nations upon which
contumely had been cast. lie advocated
the establishment OF navy yard at Algiers,
La Adam, tiliinois). said the people he
represented were an xious for navy yard
for the North Mississippi river. Coleman
tLouisiansl. advocated New Orleans.