Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-03

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-For thu
ninth time in it's history the Senate
convened today as a high court Of
Impeachment to try Judge Robert w
Archibald, of the Commerce Court, or
thirteen separate charges, alleged tC
constitute high crimes and misde.
meanors."
Counsel for the judge has admitted
commission of all the acts alleged
but denied that any was improper.
Judge Archibald and his attorneys
entered the chamber promptly, as did
the House managers.
The court adopted formal orders
setting the hour of meeting daily al
2 o'clock, and providing that the open
ing statements of the case should be
made by one person on each side.
That will confine the opening state
ments to Representative Clayton, who
had been designated by the House
managers, and A. S. Worthington,
chief counsel for Judge Archibald.
The court then recessed until 2
o'clock, after a session of about five
minutes.
Aa6O <AA1AlOdAd was ~lIIlDtdCU6u ny
the House of Representatives after
a full investigation of the facts by
the department of justice and ex-
tended hearings before the House
judiciary committee.
The managers appointed by the
House to prosecute the case before
the Senate asked for an immediate
trial last August, but the Senate de-
clined to hasten it's consideration of
the case. During the last week scores
of ~subpoenaes were issuedffor wit
nesses who will be brougtS fore the
SSne Judge Ds A lns hGSSs 7 q e3jr gS[s and id
connection with theFh
Impeachment R!kecormended.
After the House. committee on
judiciary had concluded it's hearings
last spring it recommended that
Judge Archibald be called before the
Senate under impeachment proceed
ings.
The House of Representatives on
July II, 1912, adopted articles of i'm
parchment by a vote of 222 to l and
a committee headed by Representa-
tive Clayton, of Alabama, was chosen
to act as the managers on the part
of the House to try the case before
the Senate. The senators declined to
hear the case before the end of the
last session.
Thirteen separate articles consti-
tute the basis for the Impeachment
trial. These embrace alleged deal
ings between Judge Archibald and
railroad officials and others in regard
to Pennsylvania coal or ''culm'
dumps and coal lands; alleged con-
tributions by attorneys and others to
the judges vacation trip to Europe
in 1910; reputed secret" correspond
ence by the judge with a railroad
attorney concerning a pending case,
and alleged attempts to have notes
payable to Judge Archibald discount
ed by attorneys and litigants before
his court.
The principal charge grew out OF
the Katydid culm bank deal. In this
charge it was asserted that while
the Erie Railroad Company had pend
ing before the Commerce Court two
suits Judge Archibald, taking advan-
tage of his official position, induced
the officials of the Hillside Coal and
Iron Company and of the Erie rail
| road, which owned that company, tt
agree to sell the coal company's in
terest in the Katydid dump to Judge
Archibald and Edward ]. Williams.
Archibald Denied Corruption.
In his answer Judge Archibald de.
MED that he had acted c%orruptly, oil
had taken advantage of his position
His attorneys took the position tina.
it was not a crime for a Fedora
Judge to become interested in an at,
tempt to purchase property from on,
who was or might become a litigan
before his court.
Another prominent charge was tina
Judge Archibald undertook for a con
s%ideration to assist George NJ. Wat
son., an attorney Of Scranton, Pa.
to settle a reparation suit brought b,
the Marion Coal Company agains
the Delaware, LackaWanna an.
Western Railroad Company, and +
sell for c. G. Boland and w. p. Bo
land a large portion of the stock o
the Marion Coal Company to the rail
road. In his answer Judge Archbal,
declared he acted in this matte
merely as a friend of Watson and {
G. Boland without W having re
ceived a suggestion of compensation
In response to every charge attor
neys for Judge Archibald replied tina
the acts charged did not constitut
an Improbable offense, or a hig
/ nrine or misdemeannr- as dehned i