Show PA Y 1 It t is a Yea and a Bill is Introduced increasing the Sal Roosevelt Forbids the Asking fi Asking of Higher Wages t 4 4 1 1 t 4 t tt t Jf tB Li n has issued the fOI OWing t ill 1 DC 13 rea Jl J ia 1 serving in or Ol out Washington of are hereby ner lter r rec a j f indirectly Individually or through associations to solicit an increase f of f pay or to influence or attempt to influence in their own Interests any legislation whatever either before congress or its committees or in any anyway anyway way wa save through the heads of departments in or under which they a 1 f serve on penalty of dismissal from the government service 4 THEODORE THEOPORE ROOSEVELT t T White House Jan 31 1902 4 A L L 1 L L i LL L A J k L L L L Li L L LL L i i i 4 A L i A L k A L I I A A I A Jan Without V action the salary bill went over The bill increases the annual salaries of the federal judiciary Mr Ir Hoar madea made a brief statement in support of the measure jie believed members of the judiciary of the United States were entitled to such salaries as would enable them to maintain suitable and proper positions The judicial sal salaries salaries salaries aries paid by br the government were not equal to those paid by b many of the great states of the Union to the judges of the state courts Mr Berry Dem Ark opposed the measure He believed that per year was enough to enable the justices of the supreme court to live respect respectably respectably respectably ably He ventured the statement that many people thought the justices were not worth w rth a year Mr Stewart Rep Nev made a I strong plea for the enactment of the bill Mr Blackburn of Kentucky a member ember of the judiciary j committee vigorously opposed the measure not so j I much because he thought the salaries i proposed were wera too high as because he i felt that there ought to be bh a general revision of salaries paid to officials of 1 the government j Mr Spooner of Wisconsin supported the bill and said there were cases where men had refused appointments on the supreme bench because the sal salaries salaries salaries aries were inadequate Mr Stewart gave notice of an amend amendment amendment ment meat to the bill providing that the sal salaries salarIes salaries aries of senators and Representatives in congress should be per annum Mr McComas of Maryland Marshland Mar land Mr Haw Han Hawley icy ley le of Connecticut and Mr Fairbanks of Indiana supported the measure Mr Mi Hawley advocated the amend amendment amendment ment meat of Mr Stewart to increase the salaries of senators and representatives in congress |