The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-07-26
serious Char gcs Against Judge
Dillon.

copies from the n. Y. Nation an arti
Gle containing damaging insinuation'
| against Judge Dillon, in the matter o
the foreclosure suit against the Cen,
trail Railroad of Iowa. and because O
his appointment of Hon. Hiram Pric,
as q Commissioner to examine The
road and Hon. J. b. Grinnell as Re
ceiver TO manage its affairs. Ths
charges are substantially that ths
Judge has s''grossly denied and delayed
justice" TO the bondholders who have
been trying since 1874 to foreclose on
the road. The Nation says the par
ties aggrieved "have taken legal ad.
vice on the subject of having Judge
Dillon impeached AT the next session
OF the Senate" 1t says his appoint
ment to succeed Judge Davis is "out
of the question till these charges are
cleared up"
We are curious to see what will be
the explanation of this matter by
those authorized to speak for Judge
Dillon. The Nation. says he made a
judicial somersault on the Granger
cases, but while il cites authority il
does not make the case very clear.
The following is a special TO the
Chicago Journal.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, July l6th.-
Leading papers Of Boston and Maine
together with the New York Nation
and Springfield Republican, have
been received here, containing the
that an attempt will
he made at the next session of Con-
grcss to inpeach Judge Dillon, of the
United States Circuit Court. The
charges against him are that he has
used his position to ohstruct the fore
closure suit against the Iowa Central
Railroad. AN! depreciate the value Of
the road, in order that his father-in-
law, Hon. Hiram Price. might buy
the road in at small figure. The
charges are made with the utmost bold
ness and in detail. Judge Dillon il at
present at his home in this city, and
feels the charges keenIy. He utterly
scorns the insinuations against his ju-
dicial character. and pronounces them
false. Mr.. Price il in the East. He
also denies the truth of the charges,
though ii is undoubtedly a fact that
he made an offer for the road. The
present accusation against Dillon and
Price originated in Boston with one
Isaac NJ. Cate, the former President of
the Iowa Central. If Cate will at
tend the next session Of Judge Dill
Ions court, he will probably have the
pleasure of paying severe penalty for
of court
The Springfield Mass Republican,
of July 18th, defines the charges as
follows:
The difficulty of running railroads
by courts is newly illustrated in Iowa,
where she Alentsals Railrssed. . north.
and south line, Is operated by receiv-
er under the orders of the Federal
Court, Judge Dillon. For u time the
was very successful, but,
pending the foreclosure proceedings
instituted by the first-mortgage bond
holders in 1874. Judge Dillon removed
the first receiver and put in ex-Rev.
and dex-Congressman j. b. Grinnell,
who, the bondholders claim, is ruin
Ing the property. Judge Dillon
proves very obstructive of the fore
closure proceedings, and, having ruled
both ways Oh some points, was finally
Overruled by the Supreme Court at
The secret of all this
on the part of Dillon now
proves to be, according to the COM
planning parties, an offer of 33 cents
Oh the dollar for the bonds from HI
ram Price, the Judges father-in-la law,
who was appointed by him, some
years ago, n commissioner to ascertain
the value of the property. The point
Of the charge Is, therefore, that Judge
Dillon has been using his high office
10 depreciate the property and enable
his fathcr-in-law to buy 1t In at less
even than its present actual value.