The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
|WRIGHT CHARGES
MAY Be PROB[O
Nebraska Delegation in House Will
Follow Instructions Of State
Convention.
TEXT OF ToBrN COMPLAINT
MADE PUBLIC HERE
Petition Has Been Given to House
Judiciary Committee by
Speaker Clark.

With statement last night by Repre-
sentative Mcguire. dean Of the Demo-
Gratis In the Nebraska delegation in Con-
gress. that he and his Democratic col
leagues would follow the instructions Of
the Nebraska Democratic State conven-
ton and investigate allegations upon
which the convention asked !mpeach-
ment of Justice Daniel Thew Wright. Of
the District of Columbia Supreme Court.
because Of his actions in the recent Com
pers and Morrison contempt trials, atten-
tion was drawn to the full text OF a petit
ton Of Francis Tracy Tobin. Philadel-
phia lawyer. for Justice Wrights i'm
peachment.
Tex of Opinion.
The petition of Tobin. which has been
referred by Speaker Clark directly to
the members of the House Judiciary
Committee. sets forth the following rea-
sons for the impeachment of Justice
Wright:
That Daniel Thew Wright, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court for the
District of Columbia, by his decision in
the contempt case. in the injunction pro-
eeedings Ia the matter Of the Bucks
Stove and Range Company in passing
sentence on Samuel Gompers of one
year. John Mitchell, OF nine months. and
Frank Morrison of six months in jail.
has acted in an illegal. unjudiciai. and
arbitrary manner and in violation OF
his oath of ONCE.
Justice Wright has no right to allow
the attorneys for the Bucks Stove and
Range Company, in whose case the in
junction was issued, to prepare the con-
tempt proceedings and to prepare the
papers for the court in the matter Of
the decision IN said case.
That Justice Wright, by allowing the
attorneys for the Bucks Stove and
Range Company to prepare contempt
proceedings and paper for the court and
the decision Of the court, was Influenced
and controlled by them.
Charges Control.
That in all matters for the contempt
proceedings In the matter Of the injunc-
ton in the case of the Bucks Stove and
Range Company. Justice Wright was in
fiuenced, dictated to and controlled by
the said attorneys for the same in an
improper and unjudicial manner.
That Justice Wright was controlled
by this corporation in his decision.
That Justice Wright has by his de-
cision denied to the defendants rights
guaranteed under the Constitution of the
United States.
That Justice Wright permitted his
court and processes thereof to be used.
not for the administration of justice, but
for the instruments Of torture in the
interests Of a corporation. to-wit: Bucks
Stove and Range Company.
That Justice Wright. by his decision
in the matter, has shown his utter dis
regard for the rights Of citizens, Sc
cured by the Constitution and laws of
the United States and his violation OF
his oath of office as a Judge.
That Justice Wright, by his decision
in the said matter. has attempted to set
up most dangerous and destructive
precedent and principle to the rights of
American citizens.
That Justice Wright. by his decision
in the said matter, has shown himself
to be the avowed enemy Of American
labor by denying them their legal rights.
That Justice Wright, by his decision
in the said matter, has shown that ne
does not possess the judicial qualities
necessary for Judge and is person
unfit and unsafe to sit as a Judge in
any matter or decision in any court OF
the United States and should be re-
moved from his position
The Nebraska Democratic conventions
plank. stating. In part, We denounce
the usurpation Of power by the
decision Of Judge Daniel Thew Wright"
is not known to have any connection
with the petition Of Tobin, except that
the two documents bear upon the same
or similar matters. ....
The plank as reported in newspapers
received from home by the Democratic
Congressman Of Nebraska. is as fol-
lows:
= The Nebraska Plank.
We denounce the usurpation of power
on the part of the Federal judiciary
shown by the decision of Judge Daniel
Thew Wright. OF the District OF Column
bia, wherein he sentenced to imprison-
ment such champions of the wage-earn-
ers as Samuel Gompers and John
Mitchell for daring to exercise the pre-
negatives of free speech.
And We call upon Nebraska's Repre-
sentatives in Congress to investigate the
record of that procedure with a view to
the judges impeachment"
Asked what the Nebraska Democrats
in Congress would do. Representative
Mcguire said last night that they would
meet at some time not yet determined.
and decide what to do in regard to the
conventions action.
Speaking for myself. I have always
insisted upon obeying any platform in
structions, and I shall look fully into
the matter. We have received no notice
Of the conventions action except
through newspapers we have received.
But we shall investigate the matter
thoroughly"
The other Democrats in Congress from
Nebraska are Senator Hitchcock and
Representatives Lobeck and Stephens
Justice Wright is taking a vacation at
his summer home at Oakley. Nd.