The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-19
JUDGE RIeKs EsCArEs.
The Hcuse Judiciary Committee Votes
so Reopen the Case.

Washington City. Jan. fS.--The Judi.
ciary committee os the house held a leng
session today over ya.e gscks sas.s. Rep
rsseIzsassve Bailey. Of Texas, presented
the majority report. drawn ~ himself.
asaa Eepresen satEve Rrodersek the minor
ity report. Bailsy's report says. coacsrr-
ins the charge that Kicks defrausied the
government Of fees. .'Cosscestaag all uf
JUssse Risiss' claims and waising the
moral question OF soliciting solvent par
ties for himself and leaving snsalyent
ones Tor the government. he does not es-
cape the charge OF siefrauSilng >sha Unites.
States. The purpose. and the only pos
stess purpose. in picking out these cases
and anticipating their fees was to In
crease his personal compensation. and irs
doing that he was not only Violating the
law, but pract4,:gng deliberate. wslifai
fraud. as cAn be easily seen hy simple
calculation.
Finally the committee decided by a
vote or 20 ) TO reopen the case by ex-
tending am invitation 20 Judge Kicks TO
appear before them IL he so desired, with
his Witnesses. and giving a like invIra-
ton to the other side. This action was
taken on ns,ion OF Harrison of Alabama.
who refrained from voting at the last
messing. The affirmative votes were "a ~
by Ray. Powers. Broderick. Updegrafr
and Chiids. Republicans. and Goodnight
and Harrison. Democrats. The negative
votes were by Bailey. Boatner. Lane.
Stockdais and DeassGond, Democrats.
Representative Culbersoa, the chais1nass.
Who voted for Impeachment at the last
meeting, returned from vssting. Repre-
sentative Bailey's report was discussed
at length. and several amendments yoted
upon The members who stood with
Bailey for inpeaAc hsnent regard the vote
as practically defeat, as far as actlon
by this congress Is concerned Repre-
sentative Bailey tired TO be relieved as a
member of the sub-eonnif'tee, but the
committee would not agree TO this Bailey
subsequently, said he would in an ineai-
viduai capacity try TO get action in the
house.
Rroierick. of Kansas. today submitted
TO the house the minority report OF the
Judiciary committee on the Judge Rieks
case, declaring: 1T is o,ur conclusion
that Judge Ricks is not guilty of any of
fense; that there was no intention OF
wroagioing. and no moral trrpiudc al
9adled. We dherefore recommend tassa
tha resolution reported to the house for
Impeachment be not adopted
Speaking OF tha action taken today.
and of his Intentions, Mr.. Bailey this
afternoon said:
Judge Kicks with appear next Tuesday,
and the day will be taken UP with an ex-
animation OF HIM An adjournment will
be taken until next Friday and a week
viii be lost. IL would be nonsense to
send a resolution fer impeachment TO the
senate thirty days before the adjourn
ment. I do not intend TO drop the case
here. While | am chairman OF the sub
OF the COMMITTEES, but as soon as 1 asn
released from that Office wili bring the
resolution in the house on my Individual
responsibility as member, IL being privi-
feged matter.
Chairman Culbcrson said to the COM
mittec several times that II the case was
reported TO the house in Its present
status majority OF the committee would
support the minority report - tha4 nnnr.
Mr.. Broderick was authorized 10 tele-
graph to Judge Kicks an invitation to
appear before the committee Tuesday,
and did SO. The, supporters of Judge
Rtcks In the committee say 1t was evil
dent by today's discussion that two or
three who voted for impeachment last
Tuesday have changed their views and
will change their votes.