The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-11

Judge $500 and later q note for $500
was discounted for the judge and mot
yet m~atured).
Article s. That Judge Archibald used
of Scranton, Pa, purchase a coal tract
from the Lehigh Valley railroad while
the Lehigh had a suit before the COM
merce court.
s'The persistency with which Judge
Archibald sought these business avors
or property concessions from railroads
having litigation or likely to nave litt-
cation before the m court indt-
Gates a well defined plan to use his Of
fetal position and influence as a mem
Der of such court for financial gain n
profit" said the committee.
His Notes Discounted.
Article Z. That Judge Archibald fig
ured as q signer and the payee Of a
note for $4,000 by w. w. Reissinger, Of
Scranton, Pa, five days after he a
adjudicated an insurance suit in which
Reissinger was interested n a bene-
ficiary.
Articles 8 and 9. That Judge Arch
bald sent Edward j. Williams to Will
liam p. Boland to discount a note for
$500 signed by John Henry Jones while
the Bolands were interested In a law
suit before him. Boland would not dis
count the note, which was discounted
in a Scranton ban and has been
Article 10 and 11.-That in the spring
Of 1910 Judge Archibald permitted Hen
vy w. Cannon, Of New York, to pay
his entire expenses on a pleasure Tip
time and still is. a stakeholder and d.
rector in many railroads.
'It is claimed that Mr.. Cannon Is
a distant relative Of Judge Archbald's
wife" said the committee. But, how
ever this may be, your committee re-
-z-5- "a 80 i~a~~O0n~ Pn~ a Ind Dn tn
thus obligate himself to an officer Of
numerous corporations likely to become
directly or Indirectly involved III liti-
cation before his court.
For the same trip, 3. w. Searls,
clerk Of Judge Archbald's court, coll
lected $500 from attorneys practicfng at
that barr
Article 12.-Appointed j. B. Wood
ward, Of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, a railroad
attorney, as jury commissioner Of his
court.
This was calculated to bring the fed
eral judiciary Into "disrepute." the
committee said.
Penalty One of Shame.
Accompanying the articles of i'm
parchment Chairman Clayton presented
a brief to show that the actions Of
Judge Archibald described as "misbe-
havior' came within the purview Of the
constitutional provision for impeach-
IleHC WHICH cIluIlGIdIcS IedSOu, UI1U.
cry or other high crimes n misde-
meanors."
The penalty provided in successful
impeachment cases Is removal from Of
fee and may include a bar from ever
holding any Office of trust or honor
again.
The Senate, which tries officials i'm
peached by the House, has been called
upon to act as an impeachment court
eight times in the past. One trial was
of a president, Andrew Jackson, who
was acquitted; another of a cabinet
officer, Secretary of Wan w. Belknap,
acquitted; a senator, William Blount,
of Tennessee, who resigned; an asso-
ciate justice in the supreme court Of
the United States, Samuel Chase, ac-
quilted; and -four United States judges,
John H. Pickering, of New Hampshire,
Missouri, acquitted; West II. Humph-
reys, of Tennessee, removed from Of
flee, and Charles M. Swayze, of Florida,
acquitted.
History of Archibald.
Judge Archibald was appointed Uni
ted States Judge for the middle dis
trict of Pennsylvania by President Nc
I<inley, on March 20. during a recess
OF congress. On December 27, 1901,
he was recommended by President
Roosevelt. He was commissioned a
United States circuit judge and as
signed to the commerce court by Presi-
dent Taft on January 81, 1911.
The proceedings against Judge Arch
bald began when the House adopted a
resolution by Representative Norris, of
Nebraska, calling upon the department
OF justice for a report on the investiga-
tian Of the judicial conduct of Judge
Archibald. On May 3, last, President
Taft transmitted to the House the in
vestigation of Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Meyer and Of Wrisley
Brown, special attorney of the depart
nlent OF justice, and the recommends
tions of Attorney General Wickersham
that the charges be referred to the
House.
On May Z, last, Chairman Clayton
called the judiciary committee to con-
slider the Archibald charges. Testimony
vas taken in open session until June
4. Judge Archibald and his counse
We're present at all times.