The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-14
MRS. CHADWICK GOES
 TO ANSWER INDICTMENTS

| q, I ] effort and industry Of the parties maI- ing the charges against Judge Swayne. hc said. had not produced . single wit ness who said Judge swayne resided or had home in Delaware. It made no difference, he contsnded. if Judge Swayne was not in Pensacola over twenty days . year, because he might mess for his country" The record showed that Judge swayne went to Florida. Alabama and Texas to hold Court. There was no evidence" he main. tafned. that anybody suffered injury by reason of the fact that Judge SWayne was not in Florida" The tu- dicial acts of Judge Swayne were next taken up by Mir. Giiiett who 1ustifIedsth on the ground that Judge sstaSnt net only had the right ton to do %. While he admitted in a reply to . question by Mr. Palmer that the travelling over the country by Judge swayne kn . private car of the Jacksonville. Tampa and Key West Railroad. then in the hands of a re- ceiver appointed by Judgge 6wayne was thing which perhaps ought not to nave been done. he contended that 1t did not involve the turpitude that should cause his impeachment. No harm he asserted twas done nor was any corrupt purpose shown.
 Vigorously urging the adoption oi the resolution of impeachment MT. Henry tTexas) declared that MT. Gil- lett had made an argument in favor of emasculating the charges against Judge swayne except the one account of improperly certifying his reasona- ble expenses. Judge Swayne he said should be impeached for "misbehavior corruption and tyranny as a judge and he urged the House to send the charges to the Senate.
 Lfttiefiela Defended swayne.
 Mir. Littlefield tNaine) upon all the specifications except the one of the expense account defended Judge Swayne. He would not. he said, vote for any specifications he felt the Sem ate would not sustain. "If you be- lieved." interJected Mir. Henry (Texas) Judge Swayne acted fraudu1ently in making these accounts. don't you think these other specifications would throw light on his intent?"
 NO" replied MT. Littiefieid: T don't think this House Tn .ai, impeach- ment proceeding will undertake to pre- sent to the Senate and stand before the people on the proposition that 1t is necessary to rely upon the atmosphere created by unsustained charges to sus- tain charge that Is vague in its char acter." He was driven. however, he said. to the. conclusion that the evil dence disclosed in the case of the ex- pense account could not be ignored.
 MT. Lamar. tFlorida,) who filed the original charges against Judge Swayne closed the discussion by denouncing the Judge as tyrannicai and corrupt He congra ratuiated. the people of Florida and of the whole country that there was at least one speciflcation upon which all were unanimous, and that was that Judge swAyne -had knocked the federal goyernmerit out of money that ought to be in. the federal treas ury."
 Mir. Palmer moved the previous question on the resolution with an amendment providing for Judge Swayne's impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors." The orig inal resolution specified only high mis- demeanor" The previous Question was ordered, 19s to 61. The resolution was then agreed to without division.
 Immediately after the adoption of the impeachment resolution Mir. Palmer offered the following which was adopt ed:
 Resolved that committees of i've go to the Senate. and, at the, bar in the name of the House of Representatives and of all the people of the United States to impeach Charles Swayne Judge of the District Court of the United States for the northern District of Florida of high crimes and misde- meanors in office and to acauaint the Senate that the House of Representa- tives will In due time present articles of impeachment against him and make good the same. and that the committee do demand the Senate take order for the appearance of the said Charles Swayne to answer said impeachment"
 Another resolution was adopted providing that a committee of seven be appointed to prepare and report ar- ticles of Impeachment against Judge Swayne. This resolution MT. Litiefield unsuccessfully sought to amend by substituting the words fCommittee on the judiciary fort the word seven"
 The Speaker thereupon appointed as the committee to carry the impeach- ment into the Senate, Messrs. Palmer. (Pennsylvania,) Jenkins. (wisconsin.) Gillette California; Clayton. (Ala- hama,) and Smith, Kentucky.)
 At 5:1S o'clock the house adjourned until tomorrow.