The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-18
MAKES A REVIEW
OF HIS RECORD
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Brunswick Congressman
Makes Charges Againa
Federal Court Judge
""' 7rantley Claims That Inpeaoh-
m'"' Is tho Only Remedy Left
to the People Who Have
Been Wronaed.

congressman w. G. Brantley. Of tbia
city was heard from on the ewovr.a
case in the halls of congress MONDAY
lhe Brunswick congressman handled
me Florida federal judge without
gloves and strongly favored his i'm.
peachment. '--'
HIS speech was given considerable
pi iomlnence ov the Washington news.
PAPER CORRESPONDENTS and Joe OH
representing the Atlanta Constitution
sent his paper the follozsm
What is generally. ~ to have
been the str9ngesH 9sch yet made
Oh the swayn9 Impeachment case was
that Of Representative BrantIev If
Georgia, delivered this afterioon.
Mr brantley was given close at
'ehtion during the whole time he was
on the floor ana at the conclusion
q BIS renarss was warmly compli-
2;ented by members from both sides
.ot the house.
He spoke in favor Of imneacbins
wayne on every count, pitching his
argument on high legal piane in
sharp contrass to some of the heated
appeals heretofore made. and which
n'ade q most favorable impression
Mr BrMSey said that impeachment
p'oceedings were not made posgible
~ the constitution for the purnose
oI furnishing delinquent official hut
for the protection Of the peorle In
lis opinion, 1t was the duty Of the
house to send to the senate a com.
plete picture OF Judge swayne's off,
g al life, therefore, he was in favor
o. all the articles OF Impeachment
Charges Discussed.
Mr. BrantleJ briefly discussed the
charges Of false cerHacation. Of the
n'proper use of the railroad receivers
ca1 OF nonresidence, the Hasking case
aad then devoted most of his arer.
nent to the O'Neal, BeIden and Davis
cases. He said they constituted the
Lost serious Of all the charges against
Judge Swayne, for they were cases Of
the deprivation of liberty without
jury trial without law authorizing
ana In violation Of the law as it ex.
'sted and exists now.
From 1889 10 1881, he said a Judge
2ad unlimited power to punish for
g ntemrt. The law did not say what
Nould b econtempt or wha. should
ne the punishment therefor In 1890
j[dse Peck, OF Missouri. imprisoned
tcr twenty-four hours and debarred
eom practice a young lawyer who
a newspaper article criticised an
opinion delivered by him. The house
of representatives thereupon impeacb.-
90 Judge Peck. but the senate failed
20 convict him. Immediately there
after however, II 1881, congress pas,
SEQ law defining contempts and lin.
il'ng the mower of the Judge to pun.
ish therefor. That law limits the
power for misbehayior Ia the pres
ence Of the court or so near thereto
A. TO interfere with the court In their
aflicial transactions ana the aisobe-
dence Of or resistance to a lawful
aish Of command Of the court
Beiaen and Davis Cases.
In the Belden and Davis cases, be,
fore Judge swayDe, the rules to show
cause issued against them shows that
they we're charged simply with having
sued Judge swayne in the state court
~ recover a piece Of land. after Judge
Swayne had announced in Ills court
f.om the bench that he did not ow
the land In te O'Neal case he
a personal difficulty with =
IL bankruptcy, at a time ns'
United States district uutte
IN session. and whe "Asu tn
was not even in TourI was no
D, tAe rue Florida. "
t-,-s4.[ - show cause aeains
d,tioc Nsed that he assaulted IN
-" "a order to interfere with hi
IN neither case was there any la,
1gWing Judge Swayne jurisdIction :
q punish for contempt.
eI Impeachment is the only remedv fo
nabuse in a contempt case. The di,
y uict courts are the creatures Of col
n sress and congress is the only bod
n tLat has the po1er TO review thei
;e acts where they are charged with abu
= lnWl@aaifa. power in contempt case
II JUICY aa.ne Is not to be calle
{. H. these casN 40 viii he cail..s.a -
O. what avail IL ~ .rsr,'sf -
N and limit the
II they ignore a. 80 al
" defy the lImitatons