Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-13
URGENT DEFICIENCY.
The Appropriation Bill Was Passed
BY the Senate Yesterday.
BILL TO INCREASE THEIR SALARIES,


BlIl-A Joint Resolution Isvltiag Cuba
to Become q Part Of the
United States.
Washington, Feb. 6.-Throughout
yesterdays session the senate had
under consideration the urgent def
cheney appropriation bill, and just be-
fore adjournment passed it substan-
TALLY in the shape in which it was
reported to the senate by tho com
mittee. During the early part Of the
session the case Of Judge Arthur H.
Noyes, Of the district court Of
Alaska, and Alexander Mckenzie and
Others was discussed. Senator Nc.
Cumber, Of North Dakota, delivered
an elaborate speech in defense OF
Judge Noyes and Mr.. Mckenzie. He
paid q high personal tribute to both
men, characterizing them as men Of
fine character, eminent ability and
sterling integrity, incapable of doing
the things with which they had been
charged. incidentally he criticised
the circuit court of appeals of San
Francisco for permitting itself to be
Influenced by prejudice and bias. He
became involved in colloquy with
Senator Tillman, who said he ap-
peared in the novel attitude of de.
fender Of the United States judiciary.
The South Carolina senator had in.
timated that he would deliver a
speech on the Noyes case, but at the
conclusion of Senator McCumber's
speech he contented himself practi.
cally with putting into the Congress
sional Record the decision of the cir.
cult court Of appeals of San Fran.
cisco in the cases of contempt against
Noyes and Mckenzie. In q brief
speech Senator Stewart reviewed the
case, speaking strongly against Judge
Noyes and his actions in Alaska.
Among the bills introduced were:
BY Senator Hoar, bill increasing
the salaries Of senators and members
Of the house to $500 and the sal
aries Of the speaker Of the house and
the president pro TEN. of the senate
to $4,000 each. BY Senator Foraker.
a bill to amend the law requiring
railroad trains to be equipped with
automatic couplers so as to provide
explicitly that it shall apply to al
vehicles engaged in interstate com
merce or those engaged in business
in the territories. BY Senator Mason,
bill providing for the transmission
in the mails of sums of money of 81
or less by postage stamp certificates,
to be used in lieu Of postage stamps;
also a bill authorizing the construc-
ton of a gunboat of the Helena type
of about 1900 tons displacement, to
cost not more than 100000, "to be
used, when not otherwise needed, as
training ship for the naval militia
OF the several states bordering on the
Mississippi river"
An agreement was reached in the
house Yesterday whereby the cleo.
margarine bill will be brought to a
vote after two more days of consider.
alton, one to be devoted to general
debate and one to debate under the
five-minute rule. The debate yester.
day continued in desultory fashion
without special incident, the speakers
being Messrs. Kluttz, of North Caro-.
lima; McCleary, of Minnesota; Eddy,
of Minnesota, and Crowley, of ILL
nois, for, and Messrs. Allen, of Ken.
lucky; Scott, of Kansas; Moon, Of
Tennessee, and Boutell, of Illinois,
against the bill. To-day the bill will
be laid aside to permit action on the
Legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill.
Mr.. Newlands, of Nevada, of the
ways and means committee, who was
the author of the resolution annex
ing Hawaii, introduced a joint reso-
luton inviting the republic of Cuba
to become part Of the United States,
first as territory and then as a
state of the union, to be called the
state of Cuba; also authorizing a rs
per cent. reduction of duty on the
present crop of Cuban sugar, in con-
sideration of Cuba's granting prefer
entail rates to the United States.
The resolutions confine the 25 per
cent. reduction of duties to the period
prior to January I, 1908.
Mr.. Pugsley, of New York, mem
her of the house banking and cur
rency committee, yesterday intro
duced bill on the general lines Of
Secretary Shaws letter, favoring the
deposit Of surplus government funds,
under certain conditions, with ma
tional banks.