The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-06
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Washington; June 6.-It will be a solemn ceremony if it happens that the Senate of the United States is forced to try Robert w. Archibald, Commerce Court. sJudge, on impeach- ment charges preferred by the House. The Archibald, case is now being con- sidered by the House Judiciary Com mittee, the unusual plan of holding open hearings being in vogue. The proceedings are of the utmost dignity but should the committees findings be against Archibald, the most impres- be followed out.
 Under the Constitution, the House Of Representatives votes and prepares the articles of impeachment against the official under charges. It acts as a sort of grand jury preparing an court. It is a tribunal of extraor- dinary dignity. Most of it's members are lawyers, and all are sticklers for the usages. Two-thirds of it's mem- bership is necessary to find guilty.
 The procedure in impeachments, af- ter the House has voted for such a case, is in this wise:
 A committee of representativ for ma1ly calls on the Senate, and official ly, advises that body that the House impeaches the official, presenting their indictment" In the formal verbtage
 or the QOCu1ucnL, Tne 11OuSo USLldIOS that the Senate shall take order of the appearance of'' the impeached party and require him to answer. The Senate replies that it will take proper notice.
 Then the House appoints a commit tee of it's foremost lawyers to act as managers for the impeachment pro- ceedings. The Senate appoints a com mittee to look up precedents and aid. The accused official is represented by counsel. The Chief Justice of the United States is called in to admin ister the special oath prescribed by law for senators sitting in such trials and, as there are usually several counts, each is voted on separately. If they are not sustained by two- thirds vote, an acqmttal is ordered.
 The Senate has sat eight times in impeachment cases and only twice case was that of Judge Charles swayne. of the U s. District Court for the northern district of Florida. He was acquitted after a trial lasting two months. ,sss,-s5s
 Postmaster General Hitchcock is new s.mailometer',. device for the handling of first class matter in big business houses A patented machine similar to devices now in operation in the handling of third and fourth class matter has been submitted to Mr. Hitchcock and he thinks so well of it that committee of PoStoff1ce experts is to conduct experiments to determine whether it Is feasible to adopt it officially. The purpose of the machine is to save the Postoffice a large amount of cancellation. Let ters are placed in it and automati cally time stamped and the cancella- tion effected. A meter shows just how much mail matter passes through the machine and how much the con- signor owes Uncle Sam for postage.
 Experiments in raising California '.big trees" far north of their natural zone are being made by the Forestry Service. Big tree seedlings are being propagated in the Tahoe National Forest. To prevent utter extinction of the 'tsequioas," as the mammoth trees are known, is the object. of the government. The giant trees are found in the forests of the Sierras at various points through a range of about 25O miles, but the northern two- thirds of the Tahoe forests are. prac- ticaHys barren of the snammothr spe- cies, which botanists declare are sur .vivals of a past age. The big tree seedlings are growing from tiny seeds, tamped with the planters fot in spots, six fet apart. They are thriving most f iSfo rsf