Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-01
IMPEACH SCH|VELY THE FOREST SERVICE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
YESTERDAY SO VOTES.
u Is Now Up to the Senate to Pro.
Ceed to Convict the SeIf.COnfeS IS.
ed CRATER. Various Means to
Remove the BarnaCle Are COnSid.
cred.

OLYMPIA, June 3O.-After the
house this afternoon had adopted 26
charges against John H. Schively,
state insurance commissioner, charg-
ing him with high crimes, misde-
meanors, malfeasance, extOrtiOn, per-
jury and neglect Of duty, the senate
organized itself into a court of i'm
parchment and summoned Schively
to appear at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
morning to enter plea to the
charges against him.
The oath of duty was administered
to the senators by M. A. Fullerton,
chief justice Of the supreme court.
The house adopted the report Of
the committee, containing the 26
counts, without a dissenting vote,
80 voting in favor OF the impeach-
ment. Twenty-four Of the counts
are based upon the findings of the
committee, while the two new ones
are the charge of perjury and the
charge of neglect of duty.
Schively is to be tried in Spokane
in September on a perjury charge.
1t is claimed that the he made false
statements in connection with his
relations with the defunct Pacific
Livestock Insurance company.
He is also accused Of being absent
from Olympia for long periods while
not engaged on official business: In
the "a counts it is alleged that he
accepted about $4,000 unlawfully
from insurance companies.
The house board of managers who
will act as, prosecutors In the case
are: Speaker Megis, Representatives
Lambert, Sparks, F. c. Jackson, Hub
bell, Todd, Edge, Buchanan and Nc
Gregor.
The charges filed by Attorney De-
Wolfe of Tacoma against judges OF
the supreme court were referred to
a special committee composed of Hal
sey, Palmer, David, Thayer and Bird.
The committee is to report at the
earliest possible date. DeWOlfe first
made his protest to Governor Hay,
who declined to pursue the matter
unless accusations were accompanied
by proof. DeWolfe then laid the
matter before the legislature. He
says the justices are corrupt in that
they decided four cases against the
law and the evidence"
Attorney Wolff will appear before
the committee in the morning.
Thirteen new bills were introduced
in the senate, among whkich was one
for the repal of the capitol commits
sion bill; another for the repeal OF
the $4,000 appropriation for the
Southwest Washington fair, and one
for abolishing the law putting the
superior courts ION wheels"
Williams of King introduced a
resolution declaring the offices OF
governor and secretary of state to be
vacant and asking for the calling OF
a special election to be held on Sep
tember /, 1909, to fill those offices
The resolution went to the commit
tee on judiciary.
The senate by a vote Of II to 21
refused to reconsider the Hutchinson
shotgun resolution providing for
three committees to investigate state
offices and institutions and to report
to a special session of the Legislature
in November That resolution is
now dead.
The senate also excluded from the
records communication from the
Federated Clubs of Seattle declaring
that special interests had secured the
passage of the direct primary law
amendment, excluding the supreme
court judges from the provisions OF
the direct primary law
Carlyon introduced a resolution in
the house designed to keep the men,
hers at work while the senate is try
ing Schively on the impeachment
charges. and the resolution went tC
a committee. 1t names a dozen COM
mittees and cites what state offices
they are to investigate.