The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-05
To PAY JUDGES MORE
SENATE PASSES THE JUDICIAL
SALARY BILL.
ALL AMENDMENTS DEFEATED
CABINET MEMBERS MUST CONTINUE
AT $4,000 A YEAR

MIR. Bailey of Texas Delivers His
First Speech I'm Senate in OppOsi-
tion to the Increase-Matters Lit
tie what Salaries Public Servants
Are Paid, He Says, Washington
People VIII Assess Them So They
VIII Have Nothing Left-sIr. Hans
brouEh of North Dakota Makes a
of Alaska.
Washington. Feb. AFTER brief
discussion to-day the Senate passed,
by vote of 80 to 81, the bill providing
ries of United States judges. All
amendments were voted down, includ-
mg one to increase the salaries of cab
met officers from $4,000 to s12.5o0 a
year.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas delivered his
first speech in the Senate in opposi-
ton to this bill. He believed that the
present salaries of senators and rep
resentatives were sufficient. Salaries
ought to be only such as will maintain
the recipient in decency and in COM
fort, nothing more. He believed that
it mattered little what salaries were
paid government officials, as it seemed
to be a rule among Washington people
to "assess us so that we shall have
nothing left at the end of the year,
anyhow"
He was of the opinion that the curse
of official life in Washington was fast
becoming the inability of the poor man
to meet the expenses of official sta
ton.
During the remainder of to-day s
session the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill was under consideration,
the Philippine tariff measure being laid
aside temporarily to make way for the
privileged supply bill.
A Defense of Judge Noyes.
Late in the session, taking advant-
age of the latitude of debate upon
the appropriation bill, Mr.. Hans
brough of North Dakota made spir-
ited defense of Judge A. II. Noyes
of the district court of Alaska, upon
whom an attack was made in the Sem
ate yesterday. This precipitated a
long discussion of the Noyes case, le-
gal and technical rather than personal
No action could be taken on this sub
! 5AGAxs haat~sthev discussion will be com
tinued Tomorrow.
Mr.. Hansbrough declared the only
charge for which Judge Noyes had
been brought hefore the Circuit Court
of Appeals in San Francisco was con-
tempt of court
Mr.. Tillman, citing the proceedings
Fs2fnra 10 ITxnt, t,aSe, i
clared that either the judges of that
court were unworthy Of their places
or Judge Noyes and his associates
in the contempt proceedings were, and
Mr.. Hansbrough could take either
horn of the dilemma
Mr.. Hansbrough paid no heed to- Mr..
Tillmans proposition Mr.. Hoar. stat
ing frankly that he knew little of the
merits of the case, conjectured that
when those senators who had applied
harsh names to Judge Noyes became
familiar with all the facts of the case
they would withdraw the terms they
had applied to him.
TilIman Wants 1t i'm Record.
Mr.. Tillman desired to have printed
in the Record the decision of the Cir
cult Court of Appeals of San Francisco
in the contempt case against Judge
Noyes, but Mr.. McCumber of North
Dakota objected. He declared that the
decision was unjust in every respect,
and 1T should not go into the Record
even with his tacit permission, he said.
He asserted that it was the result of
an effort to create prejudice against
an able and conscientious officer, and
was based upon false conclusions.
II object to it for an honest purpose"
he said, Ito protect honest men,"
''Then, will read it to the Senate
in the morning" said Mr.. Tillman,
hotly.
Very WELL" retorted Mr.. McCumber,
read it,"
The Senate went into executive ses-
sion and soon afterward adjourned.