The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-11
CHARGES AGAINST
ARCHIBALD UPHELD
House Judiciary Committee Re.
turns Thirteen Articles Of
Impeachment.

A1CtIy IL. q koIlE VI I11S So1llAll1SSCO
on judiciary of the house of repre-
sentatives, today presented to the
house thirteen articles of impeach-
men against Judge Robert W. Arch
bald of the United States court of
commerce. Mr.. Clayton's report was
unanimous for his committee. It con
stitutes the ninth impeachment Of a
judicial or civil official Of the United
States since the foundation Of the gov
eminent and is the first since the
impeachment trial of Judge Charles
Swayne Of the northern district OF
Florida, who was acquitted on Feb.
81, 1905.
The conduct of this judge has been
exceedingly r~eprehensible and in
marked. contrast with the high sense
of judicial ethics and probity thai gen.
ary." the committee said in summing
up its findings of alleged misbehavior
in office of Judge Archibald.
His business transactions while a
judge OF the bench were held to I'M
fit him for further service on the
bench and a resolution was presented
impeaching him and haling him for
trial before the United States senate.
Your committee is of the opinion
that Judge Archbald's sense Of moral
responsibility has become deadened,"
said the report.
Prostituted High Office.
H had prostituted his high office
by various transactions to CONNER
cialize his potent1ality as judge. He
has shown an overweening desire to
make gainful bargains with parties
having cases before him or likely to
nave cases before him. To accom-
to use his official power and in1u-
ence. He has degraded his high office
and has destroyed the confidence of
the public in his judicial integrity. He
has forfeited the condition upon which
he holds the commission and should
be removed from office by impeach-
ment,
"A judge should be the p~ersonifca-
ton of integrity, of honor md of up
rightness in his daily walk and con-
versation. He should hold his exalted
office and the administration of justice
above the sordid desire to accumulate
wealth by trading or traffick1ng with
actual or probable %litigants in his
court. He should be free n UNI
affected by any bias born of avarice
and unbampered by %pecuniary or other
obligations
WILLS 10 rISSGCulOT.
Tuesday Chairman Clayton will offer
a resolution providing for the man
agement of the trial before the senate.
The full committee designated Chair
man Clayton, Representatives. Floyd
of Arkansas; Davis, of West Virginia,
and Webb, of North Carolina, demo
Gratis; and Representatives Norris. Ne
braka; Sterling, Illinois, and Howiand
Ohio, republicans, managers to prose-
cute the Archibald trial before the SEN
ate.
The charges against Judge Archibald
set forth in the thirteen articles OF
Impeachment range from his business
transactions with actual and possible
litigants in his court, to a trip to
Europe, which, it was charged. was
given the judge by Henry W. Cannon,
a railroad magnate and financial power
in New York. Favoritism to q railroad
litigant also was included in the
charges and in the thirteenth count
of the indictment under the heading
general misbehavior of Judge Arch
bald" the committee reviewed the
charges and found that Judge Arch
bald grossly abused the proprieties
of his said office of judge and was
guilty of misbehavior II of mis-
demeanor in office"
Epitone of impeachment.
An epitome of the articles of i'm
parchment follows:
Article No. Negotiated with the
Erie Railroad. company for the pur-
chase of the Katydid coal dump for
Edward J. Williams, his business asso-
ciate.
In the opinion of your committee,
Judge Archbald's participation in this
transaction, under all the circum-
stances, was reprehensible and preiu-
d1cial to the confidence of the Ameri-
can people in the federal judiciary"
Article 2. Joined with Geo. M. Wat
son, Of Scranton, Pa, in an attempt to
sell the stock of the Marion Coal com
pany to the Delaware. Lackawanna d
Western Railroad company. This com
pany was owned by h Boland Broth
ers, of Scranton, at that time litigants
against the railroad before the Inter
state Commerce commission. The com
mittee charged Judge Archibald figured
In the negotiations for a valuable con-
fSideration."
Article 8. That Judge Archibald
sought to lease from the Lehigh Valley
Railroad company a culm bank on the
Girard estate coal property near Shen-
andoah, Pa. At this time the railroad
was a litigant before the commerce
court and before the Interstate Com
merce commission. The committee
said:
1T is the conclusion of your commit
tee hat the officers of the coal com
pany (subsidiary) re%linquished the
right to operate the said culm bank
because of the influence exercised upon
them through Judge Archbald's posi-
court.
Favors a Railroad.
Article 4. That Judge ID
sought additional evidence from Helm
Bruce, attorney for the Louisville &
Nashville railroad in a case before the
court, which had been closed
and given to the judge for decision.
Later he considered a supplemental
brief from Mr.. Bruce without the
knowledge of the attorneys for the IN
terstate Commerce Commission to meet
a conclusion reached by another mem
Der of the court. Judge Archibald wrote
the decision in favor of the railroad
company.
I'm the opinion of your committee
this conduct on the part of Judge Arch
bald was unfair and unjust to the par
ties defendant in this case"
Article 5. That Judge Archibald used
his judicial influence to get a coal lease
from the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
company for Fredeick Warnke. 1t
ic charcoal fhof yvo ~, IT, -.