The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-05
SALARIES OF JUDGES
SENATE PASSES BILL INCREASING
THEM TWENTY-FIVE
PER CENT
HANsBRoUGH DEFENDS MOVES
McCumber, of North Dakota, Objects
to Decision of San FranciscO
Court Going Into
Record.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-After brief
discussion today the senate passed the
bill providing for % per cent increase
In the salaries of United States judges.
All amendments were voted down, in
Guiding one to increase the salaries Of
cabinet officers from $1,000 to $12,5O0
year.
During the remainder of the days SEES
sion the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was under consideration, the Philip
pine tariff measure being laid aside tenn
porarily. Mr.. Hansbrough, North Da-
kota, made spirited defense of Judge
Arthur Fl. Noyes, of the district court
of Alaska, and Alexander Mckenzie.
upon whom an attack was made in the
senate yesterday. This precipitated
long discussion of the Moves case. legal
and technical, rather than personal No
action could be taken on this subject,
but the discussion will be continued to-
morrow, under the latitude-. allowed
when appropriation bills are pending.
When those paragraphs Of the bill re
lat1ng to the refunding to states of ex-
penses incurred in raising volunteers for
service in the Civil war were reached.
Mr. Mitchell orr made a sharp criti-
icism of the action of the government IN
not refunding the expenses to all of the
states instead of to only part of them
california, Oregon and Nevada he said
had most meritorious claims against the
United States, but they never had been
satisfied, although congress had been
urged fer years to provide for them He
regarded it as a crying shame that the
claims had not been paid He offered an
amendment providing that the secretary
of the treasury should investigate such
claims of all the states and present esti-
mates for their payment. Mr.. Hale made
a point of order against the amendment
and was sustained
Hansbrough Champions NOyes.
The amendment providing for land
office at Sitka, Alaska, was made the
text by Mr.. Hansbrough, of a defense of
of District Judge Arthur H. Moves. of
Alaska, and of Alexander Mckenzie and
others to whom Mr.. Tillman had refer
red Yesterday in a scathing manner Mr.
HanSbrough said Mr. Mckenzie was a
reputable and honest MN. the peer of
any member of this body" He paid a
nigh tribute, too, to Judge Moves. who.
he said, was one of the leading LAWYERS
of Minnesota. He had been appointed to
his present position on the recommends
ton of the late Senator Davis and others
who had the utmost confidence in him.
Mr.. HanSbrough expressed his personal
confidence in him. He declared the only
charge for which Judge Noyes had been
brought before the circuit court of an
peals in San Francisco was contempt of
court.
Mr.. Tillman. citing the proceedings be-
fore the San Francisco court, declared
that either the judges Of that court were
unworthy of their places or Judge Moves
and his associates in the contempt pro-
ceed1ngs We're Mr. Hansbrough paid no
heed to Mr. Tfllman's proposition but
proceeded with an extended statement in
defense of Judge Noyes and Mr.. Mcl<en-
Zie.
Mr.. Hoar said he knew little Of the ner-
Its OF the case, but stated that the late
Senator Davis fMinn.). who knew Judge
Moves thoroughly, had held him in the
highest regard, but he felt that the judg-
ment OF Mr.. Davis as profound lawyer
and man of distinguished ability and
sterling integrity was worthy of high
consideration. He concluded by coniectur-
ing that when those senators who had an
piled harsh names to Judge Noyes be-
came familiar with all the facts of the
case, they would withdraw the terms they
had applied to him.
Mr.. Illlman desired to have printed in
the record the decision of the circuit
court of appeals of San Francisco in the
contempt case against Judge Noyes, but
Mr.. McCumber IN. d. objected. He oe-
clared that the decision was unjust in
every respect and said it should not go
into the record, even with his tacit per
mission. He asserted that it was the re-
suit OF an effort to create prejudice
against an able and conscientious officer
and was based on false conclusions. Il
object to it for an honest purpose" he
declared ito protect honest men,
Then will read it to the senate in
the morning" said Mr.. TiIlman, hotly.
Very WE'LL" retorted Mr.. McCumber
"read it. =
The senate then. at 5 o'clock. on motion
of Mr.. Hale, went into executive session,
and, at $50 p M, adjourned.
Painful Similarity.
II am surprised that Gayboy didn't pay
you, thought the fellow had good
points,
$50 have pins-yet they'll stick you."-