The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-16


given a decided surprise today by the
Committee ON Judiciary, which decided
by a vote of to to report THE resolu-
ton for the Impeachment OF Judge Au-
gustus j. Kicks, Of Cleveland, for NAL
feasance in Office. Not for many years
| has a United States judge been called
before the bar of the Senate to defend
his right to wear the ernline of office
! against criminal charges, and only
! three or four times in the history of the
government has an impeachment trial
| of member of the federal judiciary
been conducted. Few members had
looked into the charges preferred by
the Central Labor union of Cleveland,
! the accuser of Judge Kicks, that While
sitting ON the bench The paid to HIM
self fees which he claimed he had pre-
ViouSly earned as clerk of the court,
and 10 which it was now aScertained
he was not entitled. The number of
years which have elapsed since the
transaction and the contention Of the
judges friends that the proceedings
We're inspired by ruling preiudicial
to the interests of labor, which he
made recently, tended to lessen the in
terest which would originally have
been taken in the case. Now the Judi
CARY committee has deemed the mat
Ter OF Sufhclent gravity to warrant i'm
parchment, it has become suddenly a.
decided sensation.
The friends of Judge Kicks declare
tllat flhere are large possibilities that
the impeachment may not be under
UdheIl- 1they depend on members who
were absent from the stormy commute
tee meeting today to join them Fri
udy IN voting to Subs.H tute a minority
report Tor one which Mr.. Bailey will
prepare and which VIII be a strong
arrangement of the judge if couched in
the tenor OF his speeches today. There
IS doubt Of the parliamentary POSSIBLE
Ity or such a stroke, but the short
time remaining to Congress inspired
tine belief that this viii go over to the
next Congress, In that event the i'm
peaohment probably will not be under
taken as the decision today was prac-
ideally on party lines, THE RepubIi-
cans supporting Kicks.
Tine sanction of the House is that of
a grand jury in such cases. 1t de-
c1deS whether sufficient cause lis
shown to justify a trial and appoints
managers who act as prosecutors. The
senators sit in the capacity of Judge
or jurors with the judges of the SUI
) prene court Sitting. The Senate has
nothing TO say whether an impeach-
: ment is to be conducted, but if it does
, the 18th of March, the proceedings TAX
= en- will be void.
The House Judiciary committee
= today decided to report a resolution
for the Impeachment of Judge Kicks,
: OF Cleveland. The vote was: For. Z;
: against, 6. The vote was nearly on
, party lines, but one Republican vot-
ing Impeachment and one Democrat
f against it. Mr. Bailey will present a
ior,itNy ITO md
Mr.. Broderick a minority report. The
e supporters of Judge Kicks entertain
] hopes that the decision will be reVers-
. ed. Three members were absent today
S and at Fridays meeting there will be
t an attempt made to adopt the minority
= report. The resolution will be report
= ed TO the House Friday as privileged
f business, taking precedence over every
thing else. If the House adopts it, the
e managers on the part of the House
f will be appointed to notify TIE Senate
4 of the action and to institute the pro-
e ceedings. The vote was: For impeach
8 CuIberson (DemocraD, of Texas
r Stockdale Democrat, Of Missouri
Boatner, of Louisiana; Lame, of II
. linois; Bailey, of Texas; Dearmond, O.
Z Missouri, Democrats; and Updegraft
{ of Iowa, Republicans.
{ Against mpeachment-Ray, of Penn
: SylVania; Powers, Oh vermont, bIOA
erick, of Kansas; w. a. Stone, Of Penn
=, slyvania; Childs, of Illinois, Repuhii
!, cans; and Goodnight, Democrat.
Harrison CDemocraD, of Louisiana
who was present, refrained from vot
/. ing. o,,,.
! and Wolverton, of Pennsylvania Gre
l publicans), and Terry, of Arkansa'
It is thought both Layton and VOL
verton are opposed to Impeachment
Il and although Terry is thought TO favo
it, Fridays meeting may change tn
result.
a The discussion lasted three hour
er after the members Of the committe
"a had submitted their views, and wa
ri rather informal. Mr. Bailey spoke sev
J. eral times very warmly, and Mr.. Boat
E. ner was verw ardent in his advocac
y of impeachment, while Broderick wa
le most actively opposed to the move
+ ment. The Republicans accused tn
" Democrats of holding prejudice
against federal judges and Of losing n
opportunity to strike at them.