New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
~ CORPORATIONS PAY,
TTLLN4N SUSPECTS.
p,,e;dent Goes to Them for Recon-
uendotions for appointments to
Bench, Declares Bailey.
From The Tribune Buresu.l !

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,A.,, -, undertook 10 induce the South Carolinan
H .o+ Senator Rayner was pressing the
-.ao- of his amendment increasing the sal
oi-cuit Judges from $4,000 TO $4,000
-,en Senator Bailey declared that the
,a,. .goes 10 the corporations as rule
.''-.,or,-aendations" In appointing Judges
--,,o- TiIlnan interrupted TO announce his
.-,,,on that some Of the federal judges were
.bs nav Of the great corporations This
- IN startle the Texan. who said he
..- his friend from South Carolina should
-.ct that statement. as 1t was an unWar-
-,os reflection on the judiciary Mr.. Tiilman
'.ss.sd- however. saying he had gained his
-.,,,,o, from an experience he had with the
-, iudcisry in fight with the railways
.4.,be WAS Governor of South Carolina
vote Of SO TO 81 the salaries of twenty
-..s c,rc,,it Judges were increased from SI.oo
:. s10oea Later the Senate reconsidered this
-, giving the salaries Of circuit judges at
seaN The salaries of district Judges were III
s...sad from $4,000 TO $1,000 Combating the
is.s that $4,000 is a salary within the reach OF
-ros+ LAWYERS. Mr.. Bailey declared that Daniel
Webster could not have made that much money
senator Rayner. of Maryland. left the beaten
.,, "a comment Oh the Presidents trip to
,trics .4onlv six weeks ago. he said it was
rnouncad that & great faunal naturalist was
hor+ IN proceed for a distant continent In
,s,-cb of animals which, so far as have been
,hi. IN discover have never existed in all time
: am not q game butcher. but I am sort Of
zooloeist. and know there never has been such
/. .hing as a white rhinoceros or an orang-
or.anr with :he nose three inches long, so far as
.rx researches into natural history extend"
..7be Senator should take care about the state
rsuts he is making on natural history, sug-
gested Senator Bacon
.sYou NAV get into the Ananias Club added
Senator Bailey.
well I am an expert on this particular
added the Senator from Maryland Il want 10
sr IL these animals do exist there is no earthly
doubt that they viii be exterminated by this
great faunal naturalist I do not object to It.
because think the donation Of $4,000 by the
Smithsonian Institution to meet the expense Of
mat expedition viii be conducive to the peace
sn5 general welfare of the nation. temporarily
II least I hope the President will achieve new
triunpS1s IN those distant fields Of combat and
carnage and when he returns hope he will
bring back TO the museums and menageries or
TIE world animals that have never yet crossed
he track of any explorer"
Senator Bacon. a regent Of the Smithsonian
Institution, explained that that institution had
nc. devoted a dollar TO the proposed trip Of the
President, but that the money TO be used had
been procured from private sources.
BAILEY ATTACKS PRESIDENT
ar. Rayner then made plea for increased
salaries for judges of the federal courts. the
amendment under consideration being to in
crease the compensation OF eighty-four district
judges from $1,000 to SS.G00 He declared that
the federal judges would be better when their
dent and insisted that under the Constitution
Congress had a right to take the appointment
q circuit and district judges from the President
and place it in the hands Of the Supreme Court
q the United States
NJ Rayner declared that the President did not
20 to the leaders Of the bar or to bar associa-
IONS 70 get suggestions for the appointment of
!aages No said Mr.. Bailey, ''he goes TO the
empoEations, rule, for recommendations
al. Tiliman. in a rasping voice suggested
mai some of the judges were on the payrolls of
eFporations while they drew their salaries. as
ladges
Ar' Bailey said he sure Mr.. Tilman would
"iSh to recall that charge.
SIMPLY have the suspicion, and l Will not
*s'noraw it, said Mr.. Tillman
Ah Bailey, disavowing any sympathy with the
statement, said he had noticed that the corpora
@'s ENclS Aou DeSH extremely dN-
i've N the appointment OF federal judges IF
uey are not on the payrolls." said Mr. Tillman.
es nave accepted special coaches and gone
@'oat IN my state. l had a good deal OF expert
ernor"
M hayner said he had noticed that judges
"do served corporations often went against
-. one corporations as soon as they got on
O'oh' ana declared that they showed a de
'H 70 tneir duty which was not biassed by
any consideration
Zig oohoory then took place between Mr..
ana Ar Rayner as 10 whether judges
'io' HI their places for the honor involved
tian Tor the salary, except that they
-Dl,u receive enough to support themselves and
ana TO educate their children Mr..
inquired whether the Senator from Mary
ouio not rather have the name of Jeffer-
). I'm all his bankruptcy, rather than that
- '@noeroilt with swollen patrimony.
ufne was. said Mr.. Bailey when Ameri-
'ooKec forward to educating their sons and
"''h that education and a good name allow
e'eia To GO out into the world and achieve
e1ceess Now. he said the ideas of people had
80 "si'seo that they looked forward to giving
DoSs a fortune He said the increased sal
w.. proposed for these judges was only in line
uie extTavagance Of the times
rhe honor OF my ancestors said Mr..
a. "ut like them TO leave me some money
would Ike less honor and more money"
a'of Sorah, whose amendments provide for
e'etlon Of the amounts recommended by the
So piiations Committee for federal judges
80. SIC against the proposed increases. He in
a. H'at the character OF the great jurists of
NSaiitry had not been regulated by the SAL
'hst mad been PAID. and that the character
null
gsgstIsn.
se increases of salary said Mr. Borah.
vocation OF the spirit of the Constitution
.hs u violation of GOOD fai1h tn,.-ara he -