Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

trade from the operation of the pilot
charges was made by means of a rider
on an appropriation bill "sneaked
through the house." he said. land we see
the same hand at work." he continued,
'in regard to this BILL
Mr.. Cummings said that congress,
while enacting plentiful, generous pro-
lection for the ship owner had done
nothing for the pilots. relegating them to
the legislatures of the several states
That was where the advocates of this
bill. he said, should have gone for the
sNelief they seek. that would have been
the manly thing to do. He reviewed the
history of pilotage in New York. showing
that the state maintained the compul-
sorry pilntage to all vessels until her for
eign trade was of sufficient volume to
maintain the pilot system. when 1t was
taken off the coastwise trade, but not
until then. The same rights that New
York and other states have enjoyed and
exercised Mr. Cummings insisted, should
be accorded to the states which still
maintain the compulsory system until
they see fit to voluntarily relinquish it,
when their foreign commerce shall be
sufficient to maintain the pilot system
Referring to the statement by Mr.
Payne and by Mr.. Simpkins. that the p.-
lots association had sent representatives
to Washington to lobby against the BILL
Mr.. Cummings said:
/ know two or three members by whom
he was importuned in behalf of this bill,
mylmidon of mugwumpery named
Chamberlain, said to be commissioner of
navigation. Grover Cleveland, president
of the United tates, has removed from
office the governor of Arizona, Mr..
Huges because he was charged with
sending kilograms to congressman ask
ing them to vote for some school bill.
l say to the gentlemen on the other side
that if they are friends of Mr.. Chamber
lain they will allow this bill to be killed,
for If 1t shall pass, and Mr.. Cleveland
hold to the rule he laid down in the Ari-
zona case, Mr.. Chamberlain will navi-
gate out of Washington very speedily"
(Applause)
The Senate.
Senator Turpie, democrat, of Indiana,
who has achieved quite a reputation in
the senate for his skill in clothing the
most stinging sarcasms in picturesque
language, gave an illustration of his
powers in that line today, affording an
hour and a. half's entertainment to his
brother senators and to a large audi
ence in the galleries The speech was
made in support of the joint resolution
introduced on the 1st of April by Mr..
Call, democrat, of Florida, proposing in
tervention in the war now being prose-
cuted in Cuba. The object of Mr.. Tur-
pies invectives were not so much against
General Weyler and the Spanish govern
ment as the chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, Mr.. Sherman, re-
publican, of Ohio, and the junior senator
from Massachusetts, Mr.. Lodge, repub-
lican. He ascribed to Mr.. Sherman
helpless inertia, delay and irrational OBJ
struction, and spoke of his taking refuge
in the crypt of the conference commit
tee, very glad to be rid of his former ac-
ton.
Mr. Lodge was portrayed by him as
belonging to the jingo class of extrem-
lists, and as being singularly gifted with
the power to clothe the exciting subject
with all the dullness of timeworn COM
monplaces. He drew an amusing sketch
of the controversy between Mr.. Lodge
and the Spanish minister, and said he
expected 1t to end in duello, in which
the champion of senatorial privilege
would go into the lists fully armed, his
visor down and his lance at rest. But
instead of that, the Junior senator from
Massachusetts had returned to the room
of the committee on foreign relations
and regaled himself on "puffs mere
puffsv' Mr. Turpie closed his sarcastic
remarks on Mr.. Lodge bv the quotation
that "pygmies are pygmies still, though
perehed on the Alps" AT the conclusion
of this speech the joint resolution went
over without action, and the remainder
of the days session was taken up with
the Indian appropriation BILL Before
reaching a final vote on it the senate at
sos o'clock adjourned until tomorrow.