The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-28
WITH PARTY VOTE, SENATE
ssBL JRIES 5SltV'A YlVE CHARGES
Republicans Vote soliily sto Re-
taliif1 Accused Florida Judge
iii Office.
SAID Al ne WILL |. NOW RESIGN.
Virginia Senators Cast Ballot!
for Removal Vote ON the Va VI
Twelve Articles. sS4lR

Twelve Articles. ss858
(Trom Our Reg l1ar orrespondent0 Sa
NGTO N, Feb. 27.-'rlie Senate toe
day voted g acquit Judge swayne . Tie
charges Of improper conduct as Judge OF
the United States District Court Tor the
Northern DlBtrlct8of 1rorida.Ri It IL said
the Judge Will resign In q short 4 time. III
sci think tho House managers IA OF the,
proceedings Will be lucky Il
they esca pc being called to the bar OF the,
Senatcgfor having dared to appear against
Swayne," said Representative4Jo Jones, Of
Virginia, to-day. y Ills sarcastic remark
Indicates the general feeling lof the Demo-
Gratis concerning the verdict! Of the setlttte.
Partisan Fight.
3 THOUGH the fight over the adoption Of.
the twelve articles Of lmpea chrnent In the,
House was bitter and extremely pa lsnr
ll8twelve were adopted and this " In ii az
House. But in Is the Senate.
Judge swnyne was u cquitt ted n on H every
one Of tho charges. 8 by what was ? rae
tlcally# a party vote every time. q e MD .ll
not deny that he lived III D Delaware, yet
the Senate refused to sustain this charge
and Tic will continue to exerc else, diciall y
1uHCllOUSt
violation Of the statute requiring
that d Federal judge shalt reside In the
district over which no presides. Il was 9
established beyond a doubt tina II Judge.
,swayne Is In II he labtof spending con-
sderably less than ten dollar RS q day when
holding court In his district. yet charges
up E ten dollars to expenses to- DO pa ID
BY the d government, Tho senate voted
today that this was not ais honesty ESQ
are two OF the most ttoroug HI v esta p,
llshed OF the charges made ~ Concerning
the truth Of them there could not have
been the slIghtest doubt IN the mind Of
any ranSwho heard the testimony, yet
tho Republicans@ Of the Senate ed to;
wtitewashEsth the offender md allow him
to- continue to wear the, ernlrc HI VI
B9I 1t isS& freely said a that ] I'D &c B. Sa'ayne.
will quit tho bench now TINT "A he & has
beer, given$a clean bill Of health, such as;
1T H. IT us not asserted 50 freely that
the u Republican senators knew n OF his
willingness to resign In return forEan &C.
Idulttal. The Senate sat as o courtgSin
hearing the case. and 1t Is not good form
to- criticize the dgment OF q trial court.
1lfsJudgc sWnyne should give up hts posi-,
tfon3anyBt time soon. ~
The " oting. 3.sl5a
4 The voting on he Swayne case began'
at 1910, twenty minutes after the Sen
ate convened, and ontlnucu It'll II 40
T her 8 was no discussion, and all he time.
was consumed In aking$ the twelv g Svotes.
necessary to- dispose Of enc III Of the artt-
scles. The Hi hest vote for impe achment-
S,yss IS votes. and the lowest a gainst j
g47. On the two articles charging 4 he use
OF 4 private railroad cars, onl 10 votes
were cast for convict ion .5as Tlle5 lar ger
votes were a. long part ines M
t5$ Judge SwayneS was not sin tho Senate
sduring.tfe roll calls. but In the pres dents
room, lust back OF tho chamber. The
result Of each ballot was Sc nj I q him
sbyss.his attorneys Five OF the House
mana gers attended during the proceed
ings. {{} III RI n
Ing Judge s3wayne with making q false
certificate for expenses, while holding
court d Waco, Texas the presiding aoffi-
Ger said M. Senat ors,S how say you n the
respondent, Charles Swayne, guilty or
I#not guilty as charged II in this ar cle ?'
THE calling OF the roll BY the sec rotary
was then begun. The first senator to rise
In response to \ the cal was Mr. Alder
who voted 20 OF gull ty'' inc lear and q Is
tinct tones. Mr. I3acontawas the first s.
Democrat on the roll and \ likewise the
Judge SWaync guilty. s
Vote Largely Partisan.
The vote throughout was largely parti-
san. and stood SO to 40. Tho senator's who
voted guilty were: NJ essrss Baco Haile
Bard, N Bate Berry B. nckburl1, Carmack,
| Clark (AIontana) v Clay Cockrell, Culber'-
/, son, Daniel. Foster oulsiann) L German,
lsKittredge, Iatimer. Met rearS, ~ A. cum--
Der NJ Emery, McLaurin, Ma llory. NJ arr
| tin, Money. Morgan N elson,. Ne,ylandlss,
Il Oyerman,S Patterson, Il Pettus, Simmons
stone. Tnlinferro, Telcr--33, Und err 7 he
rule recurring d two-thirds vote II con-
(syict y. IS votes In the nftirmat I've would
have been necessary to con Wet. AS this his
vote was almost reversed, Judge ESWayne
was pronounced to be not guilty me
chair announced this to be the result suit
The reading and voting upon the other
articles followed In rapid succession. The
| second charge was that of q y excessive
charge for expenses viii lie holding court
snt Tyler, Texas. The proceedings In the
Ton sc was am exact counterpart Of that
| an The first article, and the result was
| % for conviction and 50 q for acaulttal.
lSThe third charge also re Ia ted to excessive
|3expensive4 charges q yler, az, E an
| the vote was Identical with the*yote on
tho secdAd article-32 to- 80, I'll The, fourth
f and VlabGNs ~
nrivn "a cars. n There were only 10 ties OF
guilty on them, as fol lows Messrs, Bailey
Berry. Blackburn, curlnaok. n cockrell,
Culberson, q Daniel, McLaurin. q Martin,
Money, NJ organ Newlands anti ti'ett ns,
ali Democrats Sixty-nine sella tors vote
for ncuuittal. on the sixth charge. that
5of non-residence by Judge fswayne In $hli
district. tho$vote was 81 to 5l.sf
Question of Residence.
On tho seventh article, relating to resi-
/ dence, the vote was 10 for conv lotion and
0s against. Ri Tho affirmative vote was Sas
follows: Messrs, Bate, Berry, BLACKBURN.
Carmack, Clark (alontana), cockrell.5 Dan
/ 3iel. Dubois, q !bson, Latlmer, McCre'aary,
No cIsnery, M Laurln, Mallory. Martin.
M oney, Morgan, Fettus and Iallaferro-l y;
4 The vote on the eighth, ninth, tenth ana !,
\ eleventh articles. covering the contempt
cases OF Davis and Belden, was q ". o., /.
1.-THE twelfth article was the last y
i y, H. n thn conduct of Judge SWayne