Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-02-06
SALARY BILL PASSED
A Twenty-Five Per Cent. Increase
Given Federal Judges.
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL DISCUSSED
A Petition Presented TO the senate for
suspens ON OF Hostilitles In the Phil
ippines-The Ole0margsrins Bill
Debated In the House.

Washington, Feb. 5.-After Drle1
discussion yesterday the senate
passed the bill providing for rs per
cent. increase in the salaries of
United States judges. All amend
ments were voted down, including
one to increase the salaries of cabi-
net officers from $4,000 to $4,000 q
year. During the remainder OF the
days session the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill was under consd-
Grafton, the Philippine tariff measure
being laid aside temporarily.
Senator lIansbrough, OF North
Carolina, made spirited defense of
Judge Arthur II. Noyes, of the dis
trict court of Alaska, and Alexander
Mckenzie, upon whom an attack was
made in the senate Monday. This
precipitatcd long discussion of the
Noycs ease, legal and technical rather
than personal. No action could be
taken on this subject, but the dis
cussion will be continued to-day UNI
der the latitude allowed when APP
preparation bills are pending.
John f. Dryden was indicted into
Office as the successor of the late
Senator William j. Sewell, of New
Jersey.
Senator Elkins, chairman of the in
terstate commerce committee, intro
duced a bill making number of
changes in the interstate commerce
law, the most important of which
are the following: Giving the inter-
state commerce commission author
ity under certain conditions to fix
railroad rates, legalizing pooling and
abolishing Imprisonment as method
of Furnishing offenses against the law.
Senator Hoar presented petition
signed by number OF distinguished
citizens Of this country for the sus-
pension Of hostilities In the Philip
pine islands and asking that an op-
portunity be given for a discussion
OF the situation between the govern.
ment and the Filipino leaders. The
following are among the names at
tached to the petition: Carl Schurz,
George r. Edmunds, ludson Harmon,
j. Sterling Morton, George $. Bout
well, Charles Francis Adams, W. D.
IIowells, Mark Twain, Rev. G. II.
Parkhurst, W. Bourke Cochran, Rob-
ert Treat Paine, 7. X. Boysen, Bishop
Huntington, Bishop Vincent, Arson
Phelps Stokes, John Burroughs and
William Lloyd Garrison. Included in
the list are the names of 80 profess
sors in the Chicago university and
number of other educators.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, intro
duced a bill increasing from IS to
Sl2 per month the pensions of MeXi-
can war veterans who have reached
the age of 10 years and over.
The senate spent almost an hour
in executive session discussing a mo-
ton made by Senator Teller to re-
consider the vote by which the nomi-
nation of Ben Daniels as marshal of
Arizona was confirmed. Senator Tel
Ter read an article printed in New
York newspaper charging Daniels
with being an ex-convict and said in
this connection that more time
should have been given to the con-
sideration of the nomination before
the confirmation. No action was
taken on the motion to reconsider,
but il is understood the matter will
be brought to the attention of the
president and department of justice.
Debate on the oleomargarne bill
continued yesterday in the house and
the prospects are that a vote will not
be reached earlier than Thursday.
The opponents of the bill are making
q strong fight so far as the presenta-
ton of argument is concerned.
Among the speakers were Mr.. Robb,
of Missouri, who favored the bill, and
Mr.. Cowherd, of Missouri, who was
against it.
Mr.. Cochran, of Missouri, intro.
duced a resolution inviting Mr.. Kru-
ger, ex-president of the Boer republic,
to visit the United States as the ma.
tons guest.
Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii intro
duced bill increasing annual sal
aries as follows: President of the
United States, 100000; vice presi-
dent, $4,000; cabinet officers, $4,000
each; members of congress, $4,000.
Chinese Boxers Plundering In Corea.
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