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MOVES CASE AGAIN
MORE DISCUSSION OF ALAsK A
MATTER IN SENATE.
TILLMAN'S WARM REMARKS
SENATOR McCUMBER DEFENDS
JUDGE MOVES.

Mr.. TilIman Refers to "Damnable
Corruption of Certain United
States Courts" but DiscIaims Any
Intention of Rejecting Upon the
judiciary as a WhOle-Both MIR.
Tillmnn and Mr. Bacon Criticise
"a Bill to Pay the Philippine Insu-
lar Government S450,00O Mexican
for Military Expenditures.
Washington. Feb. 5.-Throughout TO-
days session the Senate had under con-
sideration the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill, and just before adjourn
ment passed it, substantially in the
shape in which it was reported to the
Senate by the committee.
During the early part of the session
the case of Judge Arthur H. Noyes of
the District Court of Alaska and Alex
ander Mckenzie and others, which was
brought to the attention of the Senate
by Mr. Tillman a day or two ago, was
discussed. Mr. McCumber of North
Dakota delivered an elaborate speech
in defense of Judge Noyes and Mr.. Nc
Kenzie. He paid a high personal
tribute to both men, eharacterizing
them as men of fine character, eminent
ability and sterling integrity, incapable
of doing the things with which they
had been charged.
In the course of his argument he
became involved in colloquy with
Mr.. Tillman. Senator Tillman had in
timated that he would deliver speech
he I..N 81 tRA Nnl
sion of Mr.. McCumber's speech, he con-
tented himself practically with putting
into the Congressional Record the de-
cision of the Circuit Court of Appeals
of San Francisco in the cases OF con-
tempt against Noyes and Mckenzie.
In brief speech, Mr.. Stewart re-
viewed the case, taking strong ground
against Judge Noyes and his actions in
Alaska.
s'Damnable Corruption"
During Mr.. McCumber's remarks he
refererd to what, to his mind, was APP
palling, corruption in Alaska.
Mr. Tillman of South Carolina inter-
rupted to inquire whether Mr.. McCum-
Der did not think he owed 1t to the
Senate to give it all the facts concern
ing the "damnable corruption" of GER
tain United States courts, to which he
had referred.
Mr. McCumber replied that he had
not accused the members of the San
Francisco Circuit Court of Appeals OF
anything Worse than prejudice and
bias.
The conclusions of the court, he
said, were based for the most part up
on evidence the Senator from South
Carolina QMr. Tillman) would not give
the least credence. He asserted that
Mr.. Tillman had cast serious asper-
sions upon a man as honorable as ne
was-a man whom the South Carolina
Senator might meet outside the cham
Der and there, if he saw fit, cali the
vile names he had applied to him.
Mr.. Tiliman disclaimed any intention
to reflect improperly upon anybody, his
remarks, he said, being directed at the
Department of Justice particularly for
not doing it's duty in promptly lnVesu-
eating and acting upon such a scandai
as had developed in this case, Who
ever were the guilty parties. He in
sisted that either the judges of the Cir
cut Court of Appeals of San Francisco
were guilty of some infamy, or the
Moves party was. He felt it his duty,
as he had some respect for the judiciary
of the United States, to defend judges
who had been arraigned so seriously,
and to see that their side of the con-
troversy should go into the record.
Mr.. Tillman SAID InaI ne dppedlSu
in the role of a defender of United
States Courts when he was on record
as having made many scathing criti-
cisms of the Federal judiciary; but he
remarked. facetiously, that he would
not be doing his duty by his clients
the three judges of the San Francisco
Circuit Court of Appeals whom he had
gotten into hot water-if he did not
attempt at least to cool the water a
little.
The South Carolina Senator, saying
that the debate had been precipitated
by the reading by him of clipping
from a newspaper, read dispatch
printed in a New York newspaper
charging Ben Daniels, whom the Sem
ate had confirmed as United States
marshal of Arizona, with being entirely
unworthy to hold that office. Mr.. Till
man made some scathing comments
upon the Judiciary Committee for pass
ing such nomination favorably. He
supposed he said, that senators from
the state from which Daniels hailed
now would feel called upon to criticise
him for introducing this newspaper
clipping, but he did it simply ito hold
up the mirror in order that the other
side might see themselves as others
saw them"
Funds for Philippines.
An amendment to the urgent def
cheney bill providing s4500 (Mexican)
to reimburse the Philippine insular
funds for small cy11phoafS and ord