If a helpless pa. ..L v i o . - t - t a ralyss lke thi m the iprotetn of American interests" had contemplation when this Congress appropriates thirty milhos in one year for the Navy. then I say we had better save our money and retire from the high seas. For my part. I think the affair at Champerico. where the gallant American sea captain saved his passenger. is more creditable than the horrible tragedy at San Jd. where the blood of a political refugee was poured out on the deck of an American merchantman within a stones throw of two of our ships of war. But the gentleman from Pennsylvania. my friend. Mr.