The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-04
Mr.. FORAKER,
FOXY DODGER
PROPOSED INCREASE OF JUDGES,
SALARIES CREATES A ROW
!. In SENATE
TILLMAN's PERTINENT QUERY
AS to Porto Rico BEING in or Be-
longing to the United States
Receives n Very Unsat-
isfactOry Answer.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-In the senate
today, at the conclusion of routine busi-
ness, consideration of the bill to increase
the salaries of judges Of United States
courts was resumed. The pending
amendment was that offered by Mr..
Stewart increasing the salaries of sem
ators and members OF the house of rep
resentatives to $3.50 per year beginnin g
March 4, 1903. After brief discussion the
amendment was rejected, Is to A.
An amendment was then offered by Mr..
Foraker extending the proposed increase
OF salaries Of circuit judges to the circuit
Judge of Porto Rico.
Mr.. Clark CWyo) moved to amend the
amendment by extending the proposed in
crease in salary to the district judge Of
Hawaii.
Foraker Answers FOx1Iy.
Mr.. Tnlman inquired of Mr.. Foraker
whether Porto Rico was in the United
States or not.
81 will say to the SENATOR replied Mr..
Foraker, that Porto Rico belongs to
the United States
THE matter of belonging to- and be-
ing in is entirely different" suggested
Mr.. Tillman.
Mr.. Foraker thought this was not a
proper time to discuss the status of Porto
Rico.
O4Af A4iSl 2 Is p4C1Ily VI llIllGB SdlU NH.
Tillman. We've got the whole session
before US. We might as well discuss the
question now as at any other time"
Mr.. Foraker said he would content him
self now with saying simply that Porto
Rico belonged to the United States. 1.-The
relation Of the island to the United
States" said he, has been established
by congress and approved by the United
States supreme court"
MIR. Teller urged that if the salaries of
the judges in Porto Rico and Hawaii
were to be increased those of the judges
in the territories also should be increased
Considerable opposition was developed
to the amendment and Mr.. Foraker with
drew it rather than jeopardize the bill
Mr.. Clark CWyo) insisted upon his
amendment and re-offered it at once.
The amendment was laid on the table
without division.
TfIIman Attacks Noyes.
Taking advantage Of the latitude of de.
bate offered by the senate rules, Mr..
Tillman directed attention to an article
In the Washington Post relative to the
case of Judge Arthur H. Noyes, of the
district court of Alaska, who was fined
$1,000 recently by the circuit court at
San Francisco, and Of associates of Judge
Noyes, who were involved with him. He
read the article, which indicated that
Judge Noyes and his associates are draw.
ing large salaries from the United
States, while the case against them is
pending in the courts. One of the men,
according to the article, who is serving
his sentence, continues to draw salary.
Mr.. Tillman, directing all his sarcasm.
ridicule and invective against Judge
Noyes, finally inquired: by the way,
whose business is it to remove this man?''
Mr.. Foraker (Ohio) believed it might
require impeachment proceedings to re-
move Judge Noyes, but Mr.. Teller con-
tended that the president had ample
power to remove territorial judge He
believed there was no question about
that. He declared the actions of Judge
Noyes had been crying shame" and
asserted that "a recital Of his outrages
would startle the American people