The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-18
DON A. PARDEE
 UNDER FIRE BOurke Cochran Scores
 the Judge. A LETTER TO GRoSvENOR JuriSt Takes the Part of CharieS SWayne. New York Congressman Says the Epis- tie of Pardee as "SIonstrous
 Spectacle" to People of
 che Nation.

Washington, Jan. I7.-With an agreement reached to vote on the swayne impeachment articles tomor- row at 3:3o o'clock. the debate today was carried tn at high pressure for more than five hours. Mr. Grosvenor, furnished the text for very viz orous speech by Rourke Cockran. by the reading Of a letter from Judge Don A. Pardee of New orleans, declar- ing that politics was at the bottom of the impeachment proceedings. The fact of a judge transmitting such letter, MT. Cochran declared dramati- cally was "a monstrous spectacle" MT. Grosvenor asserted that there was no ground presented for impeaeh- ment in the report of the committee. The other defenders of the Florida judge during the day were Messrs. Lacey of Iowa. Nevin of Ohio. Moon Of Pennsylvania and Crumpacker of Indi- ana. MT. Lamar of Florida, closed the debate for the day reviewing the sentiment of his State and the record of Judge Charles Swayne. He de- clared there was ample ground for i'm peachment.
 Grosvenor Defends swayne.
 MT. Grosvenor, Ohio, began his speech in behalf of Judge Swayne by the statement that he had never been so much shocked as to the status of the law profession as he had been at some of the expressions of bad tenn per and bad propositions that had been made in the debates
 "Gentlemen who have argued for the persecution" he continued have given out in advance that there was nothing to consider that was not contained in sw. h. at T that nine-tenths of the argument has not been made on matter contained in the record"
 As in illustration. MT. Grosvenor read from speech that had been made. con taiDing this language:
 '"fhe track of this man has been - marsaed by bankruptcy.s scandals and eulctAes. [ believe he had hot friend on eaSth in the state of Florida"
 MrtGrosvenor had read letter from Judge Don A. Pardee, of the fifth cir cult of the United States circuit court of appeals, dated at New Orleans March 24. 1904. addressed to Mir. Gros- venor and marked Personal and con fidentiaI."
 that the house committee on the judi ciary had voted "six Democrats and two Republicans" to present articles of impeachment against Judge Swayne. He reviews the circumstances of Judge 6wayne's appointment in the early part of the Harrison administration and following an election in Florida in which 1t was reported and generally believed that gross frauds had been perpetrated against the Republican party. Judge Swayne had told him that it was the desire of the admins tration that those guilty of frauds should be proceeded against. This liti- gation had engendered an intense feel ing against Judge Swayne. It was then regarded as hazardous for Judge Swayne to travel about the district, and from that time on Judge Swayne was persona non grata to the Democrats in Florida
 Pardee to the Rescue.
 "Following this unpopularity," the letter continues, Judge Swayne's dis trict was changed. largely for the pur- pose of punishing him. The change of the district resulted in his being as 1t were busted out of his district
 He says that Judge Swayne im- mediately set about obtaining a new residence in his district, which took four or five years.
 Judge Pardee thinks it "an extroorLl- nary hardship on Judge Swayne to hold him to a very rigid compliance with the alleged spirit of section l55 by re-
 
 saw fit as a matter of punishment, to change the limits of the district for which he was appointed. Being satis- fled as l am that the original motive of the prosecution is based on political grounds and that his district limits were changed to his prejudice, I do not think that a Republican should vote impeachment against him."
 He next refers to an act of a Par tisan legislature" In Florida, passing a resolution calling for the impeachment of Judge Swayne on the ground of hls absence from his district, incompetence and partisanship. Judge Paradee says that from his acquaintance with Judge Swayne he considers the charge of ''incOmpetency" an outrage. He then refers to the ONeil case with the com ment that 1t too was a cause of in- creasing the unpopularity of Judge Swayne.
 The letter concludes as follows: T have written this long letter because really feel that without the political prejudices against Judge Swayne there would be no impeachment and that in justice to a Southern judge who was a Republican before he was appointed, and who was appointed because he was Republican Gas there are no Republi- can Congressman from the S0uth) some Of the Northern brethren ought to look carefully into the case and be sure that an impeachment ought to be voted be- fore putting judge to the disgrace of an impeachment, consequent expense trial and tribulation to himself and family resulting therefrom.
 GrOsVenOr His Sole Confident.
 You are the only Congressman that know well enough to write this letter to. hope under the many pressing duties and engagements which you have, you will find time to look into the real merits. if there are any. in Judge Swayne's case"
 MT. Grosyenor read telegrams giving him permission to make the letter public.
 clash between Mir. Grosvenor and MT. Palmer resulted from MT. Grosve- nor's Justification of Judge Swayne for taking S1O day expense money.
 Mir. Palmer said the whole Judiciary Committee, including the members signing the minority report, had agreed on the construction of the statute that Rnly the amount actually expended