The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-19
IMPEACH THE JUDGf,
DECIDES THE HOUSE
Swayne of Florida Must Stand
Trial Before the
Senate

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 1S.-The
house today adopted the twelve arti-
cles of impeachment against Judge
Charles Swayne, of the district court
of the northern district of Florida,
which had been presented by it's spe-
cial committee of investigation. The
speaker was authorized to appoint sew
en- managers to present the case to the
senate and conduct the impeachment
proceedings before that body.
This action was the elimination of
a weeks debate which developed par
tisan feeling and personal vituperation.
The first vote, that to table the first
three articles, those relating to the
falsifying of expenses, went against
Judge Swayne by the narrow margin
of five votes. This was regarded as
the test vote, as the charge regarding
expenses was the only one concurred
in by the members of the committee
signing the minority report. The mo-
ton to table these articles was lost
100 to 165. Twenty-four Republicans
voted with the Democrats against
tabling and three Democrats voted
with the Republicans to table. On
roll call these three articles were
adopted.
Articles 4 and 5, relating to the free
use Of a private car by Judge Swayne,
were made the subject of separate
vote and adopted. Like action follow
ed with regard to articles and Z,
charging him with non-residence in his
district. This was the last roll call,
articles s, 9, 10 and IL, relating to the
Davis-Belden contempt case, and ar
ticle IL, relating to the O'Neal con-
tempt case We're declared adopted on
viva voce votes.
The debate today was chiefly notable
for the closing arguments. That for
Judge Swayne was made by Mr.. Gill
lett, of California. and that for i'm
parchment by Mr.. Palmer, of Penn
sylvania. Mr. Gillett made an earnest
plea for the judge and Mr.. Palmer
spoke strongly for purity on the bench
and for impeachment.
Stone on Election Methods
The charges of Improperly made in
connection with the campaigns Of 1896
and 1904 were revived for time today
in the senate by Mr.. Stone, of Mis-
souri,, who spoke in support of his reso-
luton providing for an Investigation
of the charges He used with much
freedom the names of President Roose-
welt, Judge Parker and Chairman Cor
telyou, and again related the allega-
tons that Mr. Cortelyou had used the
information secured by him as secre-
tary of commerce and labor to secure
money from the trusts. Mr.. Stone
said:
The charges have been made by Alton
B. Parker and Theodore Roosevelt. They
are not vague, irresponsible campaign ru-.
morS; they are definite charges We can
not ignore them. Let the investigation go
on: i the : Democratic party has also been
recreant, IT IT is also guilty of this mon
strous crime against good government,
let II suffer the consequences.
He declared that under the circum-
stances, this act OF the national Re-
publican chairman and former secre-
tary of the department Of commerce
and labor was an act of gross immor-
ality, if nothing worse" Taking up
the charge that Mr.. Cortelyou used his
secret official information as a cabinet
officer to secure contributions, Mr..
Stone said he could neither affirm nor
deny this terrible Indictment" because
he did not know. He continued:
i only know that the damning admis-
sion sIn g stands that the trusts did supply
over, Mr.. Cortelyou has never made an
swer to this charge. The. only answer
he has ever vouchsafed is. statement
made by the Republican committee in
1904 were not so large as the collections
made by that committee In 1896. If
that means anything it is a cry for len
iency on the ground of party precedent
and because he had not sinned so griev-
ously~ as others
Patriotism Of Trusts
Happily, we have the comforting as
surance vouchsafed both by Mr.. Root
and the president, that the trusts had
no improper motive in making these con-
Ntributions, and that no improper means
were used to induce them. The country
is asked to believe that the trusts brought
their gold to Cortelyou out of purely I'M
selfish and patriotic considerations, and
that they expect nothing in return. These
indeed, were virtuous trusts, and theirs
an idealistic, self-sacrificing patriotism.
They scorned all base expectation of ia
vors to come, and secuted the very
thought that their gold would be used to
corrupt.
hope senators will vie with each
other in running this accursed treason
down Guard the republic against this
crime which strikes at the root of ma
tional life. Corruption is like a worm
in the bud. If not plucked forth it will
destroy the flower of liberty. Let us
make our elections true expression of
the free, intelligent, unbought will of the
American people
When Mr.. Stone closed Mr. Hans