Evening star., 1902-02-03
THE SENATE,

Soon after the Senate convened today Mr..
Hale CIe.) reported the urgent deficiency
bill and gave notice that he would call it
up for consideration tomorrow.
AT the conclusion Of routine business Mr..
Culberson inquired whether a reply had
been received from the Secretary Of War
to his resolution passed ten days ago call
ing for certain correspondence relating to
the Philippine tariff. When informed that
no reply had been received he declared that
in view of the fact the question was under
discussion in the Senate the delay was
.-unseemly.''
Salaries of Federal Judges.
Consideration of the bill to increase the
salaries of judges of United States courts
then was resumed. The pending amend
ment was that offered by Mr.. Stewart in
creasing the salaries of senators and mem
bers of the House of Representatives to
$500 annually beginning on March 4. 1905
After brief discussion the amendment was
rejected-15 to 44-the detailed vote being
as follows:
Yeas-Burton, Clark CWyo), Dubois. Cal
hnger. Gamble Hansbrough. Hawley. Heit-
field. Kittredge. Quarles. Quay, Stewart,
Turner. Warren, Wetmore-15.
Nays-Bacon. Bard, Berry. Blackburn.
Burnham, Burrows. Carmack, Clapp. Clay,
Cuiberson, Cul1om. Deboe. Dietrich, Dill
lingham, Dolliver. Fairbanks, Frye, Glib
son. Hale. Harris. Hoar. Jones (Ark.). Kean,
Kearns, Lodge, McI.aurin Is. c.. McMil-
Ian. Mallory Martin, Mitchell. Money, Nor
gan. Nelson. Patterson Pettus, Platt IN.
W. Pritchard, Proctor. Simmons Spooner,
Taliaferro, Teller. Tillman. Wellington-44.
An amendment then was offered by MIR.
Foraker extending the proposed increase of
the 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 Ha-
wall.
Status of Porto Rico.
Mr.. Tillman inquired Of Mr.. Foraker
whether Porto Rico was in the United
States not.
81 Will say to the senator" replied LII
Foraker. that Porto Rico belongs to the
United States"
The matter of belonging to- and being
in is entirely different" suggested MI.
Tillman.
Mr.. Foraker thought this was not a
proper time to discuss the status of Porto
Rico
"Oh! there is plenty of time" said MIR.
Tilluran. We've got the whole session be-
fore 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"
Mr.. 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 tc
the amendment, and Mr.. Foraker withdrew
IL rather than Jeopardize the bill.
Mr.. Clark (Wyo) insisted upon his
amendment and reoffered 1t at once.
The amendment was laid on the table
without division.
Mr.. Bate STenn.) made an argumen,
against the bill.
Taking advantage of the latitude of de-
bate offered by the Senate rules Mr. TILL
man directed attention to an article In a
Washington newspaper published today
relative to the case of Judge Arthur H
Noyes of the district court Of Alaska who
was fined 81 900 recently by the circuit court
Al San Francisco. and that Of associates OF
Judge Noyes, who were involved with him.
MT Tillnan read the article.
Philippine Tariff Bill.
AT 2 O'Clock the Philippine tariff bill was
laid before the Senate. and Mr. Carmack
CTenn). member of the Philippine COM
mittee. delivered a speech In opposition to
the pending measure. Mr.. Carmack main.
tained that the proper consideration Of the
measure involved the whole Philippine
question. The proposition Of the majority
ne urged. was q policy Of utter greed and
OF utter selhshness. and entirely indefensi
pie and unwarranted by existing conditions
He contended that Congress was not pre-
pared to deal understand.ngly with tn,
Philippine situation in any of its phases
because IL is not familiar with the facts
The bill. he said, had been framed by tn,
Philippine commission, an autocratic bod,
10. 0O0 miles away, and not a change has
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