The Republican journal., 1881-05-26

| GOV. Cornell, of New York, refused to sign the
bill aboshing compulsory potage through He'll
Gate, and it fails to become Law. He says the
bill would throw many pilots out OF employment,
and would afford no relief to commerce. on the
latter point few will agree with him. At a meet
ing Of the Pilot Committee of the Maritime Asso-
citation Of the Port of New York, held on the 18th
inst, the following resolutions were adopted
Resolved, That the Pilotage Committee of the
Maritime Association desires to place on record
their dissatisfaction at the course pursued by Gov
ernor Cornell i'll refusing his signature to the As
sembly He'll Gate Poage bill No. -. The result
of our labor has thus been defeated and without
any adequate reason being given therefor. oar
commerce must continue to groan under un
necessary burden. because the Executive Of the
State has allowed himself to be influenced BY a
few interested persons, seeking to be supported
out of the hard earnings of our vessels without
giving any services as equivalent therefor
Resolved, That in opposing the expressed wishes
of the States Of Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut
and New Jersey through their Legislatures the
Governor of this State has not, in our opinion
either fulfilled their expectations, sustained his
own record on this subject of compulsory plotage
or met the unanimous wishes of the commercial
community.
The present law compes each vessel which de
cllnes the service of a pilot to pay one half the
pilotage rates, which are 81 . to 81 so according
to the class for each foot the vessel draws, and
thus imposes burden Of SIS to $50 for the priv
lege Of entering or leaving the port of New York
This is simple robbery Moreover, if repeating
a wholly unnecessary tax OF SIS to $50 for The priv
llege Of entering or leaving the port of the metrop
oils would not be relief to commerce then moth
ing would
Gen. Grants espousal of Conkiugs cause does
him little credit and shows a want Of the sagacity
and common sense for which he has heretofore
been noted. Fortunately for President Garfield
but unfortunately for Gen. Grant, the letter of the
latter to Senator Jones was published simullane-
ously with official facts which utterly destroy the
charges of ingratiude and bad faith preferred
against the President. Cen Grant says
The change of Badeau and Cramer, the two ap-
polntments IN which felt strong personal In
terest very distastetul to me the first because
OF our personal relations and my wish that he
should be kept where his office would support
INN until he finished SOME work he is engaged
upon, and which he could do without interfering
with his public duties The second, because it
was at the expense OF removing the son of my old
Secretary of State, who probably never had his
supeTor-certanly never for moral worth--iu the
department 1t is true Fish resigned But he did
this from sense of honor, supposng it to be the
duty Of representatives. abroad to give new adj
mlnistTation the opportunity of saying whether
they were wanted or not
Now the facts with regard to Mr. Fish are that
last week he resigned his position as Charge d
Affairs TO Switzerland in such language as to nd
cate his desire to return home. Shortly after, on
receiving an intmaton that Fish desired to con
tnue elsewhere in the diplomatic service the
President rendered him the Danish mission which
Cramer had resigned Fish declined it, and asked
to be sent to Berlin but this was filled it could
not be given him. As to Cramer Gen Grant
simply request ed that he should be transferred to
milder climate than Denmark and the President
appointed him to Switzerland. AS for Gen Badeau
he was rendered the DANISH mission but declined
it. The "work he is engaged upon" referred to
by Gen. Grant, Is the life of Gen Grant now com
pleted and published. letter similar in import
to that written to Senator Jones was addressed to
the President 1t is evident that both we're writ
ten under a misrepresentation of the facts and the
Presidents sentiments, and it is understood that
the President several Days ago replied to Gen
Grant at length and in the most friendly terms,
giving him the facts i'll the case and assuring him
that he wished to give his preference great con
sderation More Conkllng fat in the fire.