The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-18
CHARGES PRESENTED
IN THE HOUSE AGAINST JUDGE A. P.
MCCORMICK,

Looking to His Impeachment, by MIR.
Bankhcad of Alabama General stanley
Gives the Names of Wealthy Mexican
Citizens of Texas who Have Aided CARA.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S.-Congressman
Bankhead of Alabama introduced a reso-
luton directing the committee on judi
ciary to inquire into certain charges
embodied in the resolution against Judge
A. p. Mccormick of Texas, with "A view
to his impeachment. The resolution is
as follows:
Whereas, grave and serious charges
have been made against the Hon. An
drew p Mccormick, United States dis
trict judge for the northern district of
Texas, which involves his personal char
acter as we'll as his official conduct, and
which are i'll substance as follows: That
he knowingly and willfully obtained and
kept money to which he was not entitled
under substantially the following cir
cumstances, viz, that while he was a
resident of Dallas the citizens of Ora
ham, Tex, wishing him to reside at the
latter place, offered to donate him a
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Graham if he would make that his home.
He agreed to do SO and the house and lot
was conveyed to him by the citizens of
Graham for the purposes aforesaid, and
Judge Mccormick did remove his resi-
dence to Graham, but after a short time
he sold the house and lot which had been
donated to him as aforesaid and returned
p Al
from the sale of the house and lot for
himself, although he well knew the sole
purpose for which the property had been
donated to him was to induce him to re-
side in Graham. He did not even pay
the taxes which had accrued on the
property and has never made any repara-
ton for his conduct in this matter.
2. That the said Andrew p. McCor-
mick used his official position as
United States judge to secure money for
his relatives by appointing or having
them appointed to fill important places
That his own son, mere youth.
scarcely more than 81 years of age, was
appointed receiver of railroad in the
court over which his father presided and
received large sum of money in com
pensation therefor, about SCI 900, and
the son, after receiving this money, in
vested in real estate in Dallas. Tex, and
then shortly afterward conveyed half
interest in such real estate to his father
That he even appointed mis- own brother
in-law as receiver of a large corpora
ton, the affairs of which were being add
minlstered in the same court over which
the same Mccormick presided and for
which his said brother-in-law received
large compensation. That these facts
were so notorious that they occasioned
the passage by the Fifty-frst congress
of an act to prevent judges of the United
States courts from appointing their rela-
tives to places in the courts presided
over by them.
3. That the said Andrew P. McCor-
mick, while the trial of the case of the
United States VS.. Logan ct al was in
progress in the United States court at
Graham before him. sitting as Judge of
said court, stated and announced openly
and publicly that the defendants were
guilty and that no power ON earth could
prevent him from convicting the said de-
PENDANTS, thereby willfully and know
ingly predetermining the case there ON
trial before him, and
Whereas, the said charges have been
made public by the newspapers of the
country and have been accompanied by
names of respectable and reputable citi-
zens of the state of Texas by whom it is
alleged that such charges will be estab-
lished, and
Whereas, it is alleged that the said
Andrew P. Mccormick willfully, know
ingly and corruptly did commit, do and
perform the said several matters and
things hereinbefore set forth contrary to
his duty as a judge of the United States
court and in violation thereof, thereby
tending to bring the administration into
disrepute.
The charges are formulated by the
Alabama people.