The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-04
SOME WARM EXCHANGES
Beveridge Challenges Carmack's State
ments, Arousing Tlllman.
HAMMER AND ToFGs, THE SPARKS FLYING
Stewards Amendment increasing Salaries Of
Representatives Meets With Disastrous
Cefeat The 0Ieomargarine Bill
Discussed in the House.
Discussed in the House.
(By the Associated Press.J

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/ Washington. d. c., Feb. 3.-Another
spirited debate, with the Philippine Tar
! iff Bill as the text, was precipitated il
the Senate today as tho result of some
statements made by Mr.. Carmack,
| (Dem., Tenn.), in the course of an ex-
tended speech on the general Philippine
question. 1t was the Tennessee Senator s
| first speech in the Senate and he was
given notably good attention on both
i sides of the chamber lie spoke without
manuscript, with earaestness. force ana
eloquence.
! At the conclusion of his address, which
had been listened to oy many of his for
/ MGR colleagues in the House Cf Repre-
Sentatives, Mr.. Beveridge. Gnd). chal-
lenged some of his statements. The de-
bate which ensued was very lively for a
| few minutes, taking on political phase
which proved particularly interesting to
the auditors who crowded the floor as
well as the galleries. Mr.. BeV aridGe and
Mr.. Tillman, tS. c., became involved IN
heated colloquy, in which the exchanges
were as hot as both Senator Well gould
Imake them.
Prior to the taking up of the Philip
pine Bill. the measure providing for an
increase in the salaries of United States
judges was under discussion for an hour.
Senator Stewards amendment increas-
ing the salaries of members of the House
! of Representatives to $500 annually. be-
ginning on March 4. 1908. was rejected
IS to "A, the detailed vote being as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Burton. Clark. (Wyo). Dubois,
Gallinger, Gamble, Hansbrough, Haw-
lev, Heitfeld, Kittredge Quarles, Quay,
Stewart, Turner. Warren, Wetmore-15.
Nays-Bacon, Bard, Berry, Blackburn.
Burrows, Burnham, Carmack. Clapp,
Clay, Culberson, Cullom, Deboe, Diet
rich, Dillinger, Dolliver, Fairbanks,
Frye, Gibson, Hale, Harris. Hoar. Jones.
tArk), Kean, Kearns, Lodge, McLaurin,
IS. c., Mcmillan, Mallory. Martin, Nit
ehen, Money. Morgan, Nelson. Patterson,
Pettus, Platt, IN. v. Pritchard Proc
tor, Simmons, Spooner Taliaferro, Tel
Ter, Tillman. Wellington-i4.
An amendment was offered by Mr..
Foraker extending the proposed increase
of the salaries of circuit judges to the
circuit judge of Porto Rico.
Mr. Tillman 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.. Tllman.
Mr. Foraker thought this was not a
proper time to discuss the status of Por-
TO Rico.
"Oh there is plenty Of time" said Mr..
Iillman. We've got the whole session
before us. We might as well discuss the
question now as at any other time
Mr.. Foraker withdrew his amendment
Mr.. Tillman directed attention to an
article in a Washington newspaper pub
lished today relative to tho case of Judge
Al thur II. Noycs, of the District Court Of
Alaska. who was fined 81 600 recently
by the circuit court at San Francisco and
that Of associates of Judge Noyes, who
were involved with him.
Mr. Tiilman read the article which in
dicated that Judge Noyes and his asso-
ciates are drawing 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.. TillmaE made running comments
rpon the statements in the article. d-
Tecting all bis Sa arcasm. rdicule and in
vectiye against Judge Noyes, finally n
curing:
by the way, whose business is it to
remove this man.
Mr.. Foraker (Ohio). believed it might
require impea proceedings 10 re-
move Judge Ncycs.
Mr.. Teller. however contcnded that the
President had ample power to remove
a territorial judge
4 WAR FOR CARPET -BAGGERS.
At O'Clock the Philippine Tariff Bill
was laid before the Senate and Mr.. Car
mack (Tenn.). a member of the Philip
pine Committee. delivered a speech in op-
position to the pending measure
This bill" Mr.. Carmack declared. lis
framed on the theory that the Philip
pine Islands arc 4 deadly menace to our
own trade: and that the less We trade
With those islands and the less we have
to 30 with them tho better It will be for
rs The only trade that will flourish un-
Ger such conditions is that Of the exploit-
ers and it is proposed to turn the islands
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