The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-18
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8iPardec, of@ New Orlcaiisy y rites
Il Letter Condeini,ii, TIL pl each
HIGH il1ents u SWayt1c. sssl
HOT SPEECH 3 y l:.l \ YORKER Y \ 3
Declares to BE ''N tonstt-ous
Spectacle Of Judge . A'lssSss,,ll,i,l:-
II ing Harlequin Role. 81

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4 ASKING, IN, January ] 7.---1Ni TIL ii
agreement reached to- vote OF. the swhyiici
8ilnpeacl articles tomorrow q Y Y 3:S0,
3o'clocls, Tho debate to-day was crric led
"A OH ut HIGH pressure for moro than five
&. f1ours.5 Mr. Orosvcnor furnished the text
4. fore Vigorous speech by 13ourko Cochran
& by tho READING ofsI letter from y Judge
& Pardee. OF New Orleans. declaring tliat
L politics was at the bottom Of the irppcacll.i
mcnt proceedings. The fac u ot sa Judge
transmltting such a5 letter. d Mr.. y Cochran
declared dramatically, was "a nlOrist rolls
spectdcle.,'s Mr.. g Ex-Governor asscrted Id
there WAS no ground presented for IA me
sEpencht1entsi in tho rcport OF the commit
tee. The other defcnde Of the Florida tla
u Judge during the day erc{ Messrs, Lacey.
Il Of Iowa !; rievin, Of Oliio: Moon, Of a
f sylyania, and! Crumpac ker, Of IS Indiana
Il M r.$ Lamar OF Florida, closed The debate
u fora the day, reviewing he sentiment 81
#Shts State. and the record Of JUDI sc swa yrc..
\ HeSdcclnred there was am pie round for
clilncnt. 3si s Us 8ss9 N
Letter From Judge. S553
b 81 The letter from Judge Pnrdec was used
by Mr.. Grosvenorf IN the course OF his
II speech II N II NJ
i 4 In It. Judge I'ard 60 cxp rcsses rprlse
Il that tho House Committee on the J ,idi--
ciary Ind voted six Democrats aa two
IN RcpublicaDs,,$ to present articles of irl-,
+ parchment ID gainst III udge n Swaync. g3s He
n reviews tho circumstances OF SWa ync's
II appointment in@ tho early part Of rs tho
II Ilutrison admlnistratlo n8 and foil lowing an
Il election In Florida. in which IT. was re-
b ported and generals w believed. that gross!
frauds had boon pc rpetrated against tn. the
NJ 1lepublcan 81 party I'D &c Nj s wa l1ad
a told lin thnt II was he desire Il OF tho
y adn,lnIstrati that those guilty Of those
Us frauds should DC procecded q gainst. This
Mitigation had engendcrcd an Intense feel
n ipg against j Ice S wa ytle.8g 1t was then.
regarded as ilazar dous for fudge SWaynoes
II 10 travel about the district, and from
s. that time on Judge S ayne wa ersonl,,L
snon grata 10 the Democrat s IN Florida.
5l Following this unpo "a the let-
4 ter continues, fudge S'yayneI district
q was changed. RI largely for the p purpose OF
4 ,punisl,ing him. rhe change 8of the dis
NJ trict resulted in8hIs being. ~ as ~ were,
n lcEislatcd 4 out Of his district Y. u II
88 III states that Judge sWnylie iininedi-S
II a ely ST about ling II new resi- ence5
within his district, which took four or
II five years. J udg I'ardee thinks IT ( an
g..cxtraordinary Sha rdshl on = Judge
FL epaync 10 hold him ID very rapid COM
lbs ty \ rom owing his residence, wien
n Congress Baw tit, us d ma ter OF punish \
S ,nent 10 change tho limi tseSo r the dis n
~ trlct for which lia was appoint ted s3B isx-
u act,y Sigf1a e proof he Will be able to make!
III tits line am not fpliy at ylsed. but
l,eing ea tisflod t,s II am hat the orig ital
Y motive of n the prosecution is based a on
Vi poll teal grounds aud thai ms CHS rict
limits were changed tp his PREF udice. q 90
& not think that q Iscpubl ican louise should
vote Impeachment gainst him. tS4
Cochran Attacks Pardee. n,
IA h1r. Cochran lnmcn ted Il Fiat the pro-
& cccdlngs might not have proceed led along
nom tisanS lines StrnnG e Fas y may
i seem.,n, lie continued, IN the first partisan
argument comes from outside the sIi louise
1T comes from tho bench itself did not
ia believe 4 conceivable hat q, > Judge would
\ undertake TO control the action Of IN
I independent body on q proceeding itself
n judicial.s Now, think ofsit;I am not con-.
eidering the ri merits Of it. II but tho
monstrois spectacle Of q Judge, himself
II a member OF tho department which we
arc now scrutinizlng, stepping into this
Il House It'll an attempt to control our nc;
ton. When3I state I describe spectacle
which ought to make us pa use 4whtch$in-
IL dcates In N nlnrkc ID a dcgr rec 4 a. decay OF
AZ our constitutional system. II
Az 81 !" SIR suppose when the case OF Senator
Z Burton was pending before the Supreme
Court OF the United States that tho Sem
atc had passed a resolution declaring
senator Burton was q model OF virtue
q ana Il sena tornl courtesy, and E that his
prosecution was an act Il OF indefenslble
5&i fostility on the part OF SOM govern
mont department.. would not AZ thrill OF
horror have run through the country?