New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-22
IWPEACH JUDGE SWAYNE.
COMMITTEE SO VOTES.
prospect Of Trial Before the Senate
Mar Delay adjournment.
rrRou TIVE TRIBUNE EUREA-.l

-.,.t.,.,- March 21-JUdge Charles
-. ~ tfe Circuit Court Of Florida against
- crave charges q T1aladulinistratlon have
-, fled. r1u faces the probability OF I'm
.-..t-,er,t. The House Committee on the Ju-
-. to-day voted 10 report IA favor Of i'm
-. 45-aoeeGiuEs, and Representative
- O. pennsylvania, a member OF the com
- --fu +o-lnorrow or as soon afterWaro
- -,.ar,ilauIe. present The report T. the House
- committee reached this conclusion al a Ses-
- -estfug r-on uutI o'clock fhis after
-, The vote and the details Of IRE charges
- MIL form TIE ground ~ impeachment the
..,.ltse agreed 20 Withhold until the report
81. .,ss has been co-nuIeted Tor presentation
A. 50 House Gepresentative Palmer is chsli-
=, .bo s,b-conmttee which took the testi-
- b, The case. or this sub-conInittee Messrs-
- and clayton. OF Alabama reported 10
=. fyU committee Ga favor Of Impeachment.
IN. rer-erertative Gillette. OF California re
- aea.ast &: IC The House votes 20 ina
- nudge sua,ne. two % fus members viii
,,r+e5 10 give formal notice 20 the Sen
= hsf.-e which body sitting in judicial
-, the case must be tried. The case
,-.t,st fudge Svayre would he conducted by
-. -,srare-s. v-fro would he members Of the
- elected av that body by ballot Tor the
- r..Foe c7razue after the case has been
..,s.,,es to tfe senate by these managers. VIII
- M ornortuuirv 10 present his side Of the
case
while the com~ittee has voted TO give out no
details OF the case al present u IS known that
vie charges on which testimony was taken in
cIrse beirr absent from his circuit. being a nor
.esi5ert OF his district, iup-isoning lawyer in
q contempt proceeding. inlTrisoning the soa or
q Ifflgant. also for contempt Of court and re-
CUISINE 70 hear certain witness in a case be
gore rim, alleging that he would not believe the
witness under oath. II the Senate should de-
eide against Judge Swayue. the penalty is the
loss NJ his 'udgesaig.
when the report b. submitted The House Wiz
decide whether or mot "a resolution of impeach-
,7ent shall he adopted. IN view II the recon-
,7,endstion Of Tho sub-commlttee. which made
thorough investigation OF the charges. II is pre-
dcted thar Judge Swayue viii he impeached
and placed uu uial before the Senate.
The fcrusaIities surrounding an impeachment
trial I'M ;lle Senate aIe Of such character as TO
eonsume az least q month OF SIX weeks The
rroceedings must De before thc entire body. Tor.
unlike other matters they cannot oe oeleiillllel
iv q committee designated for that purpose
Since the adoption or .he Constitution intfe
Shave been only seven Impeachment trials. The
frst was that o. senator William Biount, or
Tennessee Then followed the trials Of Judge
John pickering, eI -NfN i1-tliitali-ie' ia 1e''s
Samuel Chase, associate justice OF me Ilted
States Supreme Court in lN'+. JUDGE James
pa,k OF Missouri iu 1891: Judge ~. ". Hum
filrevs of Tennessee. ia 1850. President Andrew
johnson. fn 1865 and " ". Belknap, Secretary
O. War in 1876
The House Judiciary Cort.rlttee VIII now take
IN -hr rhargse af malfeasaDce in office made
HEa.us- Judge hirlzpatrlck, % NeW-JerseN.' al
shouch 60 s not believed that the investigation
can 81 finished before the adjournment Of this
session of Congress.
In view OF the earnest enort being mace &c SC
--ra aaioflrun7eut not later than May I, the
r,rosDect Of having 10 try Judge Swayne is most
,frvelcorre 10 the leaders Of the Senate, and Il
s. not unlikely that should the House adopt the
ecornr1erdati0n Of it's committee IL viii be urged
70 defer further proceedings until too late 10 per
1nit q trial al this session.