Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-09
OUsTlhG JUDGE
VITAL QUESTION
Many Hold With Taft That
Impeachment is Only
Method

iAotcfNtli w 'ANoI OF AT ltdNA Wl ~
preach 20 the recall OF judges and
the fact that President Taft and
maay other men disagreed entirely
with the colonel $ views have led
champions o; each side of the con
troyersy e. study the n Of get
ting rid Of judges at the present
time.
There Is some interesting material
In the records OF the country which
opponents and proponents OF the re-
call OF judges may use II they think
that II will benefit their causes. either
for or against the recall It does not
seem TO be the present feeling that
the recall. Il il is finally adopted, will
be extended 10 the federal judiciary
Tor a long time TO come. because IL
viii take constitutional changes 10
pat such a recall into effect
AZ present federal Judges must be
|imreaohod and the Impeachment
trial must be held In the senate OF
the United states The last ase OF
an attempted impeachment OF a ieG-
eral Judge was that OF Charles
SUayne. a district Judge OF Florida
Preliminary proceedings were begun
IN the house where the charges
against the Judge were prepared They
were adopted In a Republican house
and were sent over to a Republican
senate. A committee of lawyer rep
rCscntatiyes presented the case on be-
half of the lower house The man
who VAS the chief representative OF
the house in the proceedings was Da-
vid A. de Almond OF Missouri, who
not long ago was burned to death
while attempting to rescue his lille
grandson from the flames OF a burning
building
Swayne Trial Was Solemn.
When the senate sat in the
Svayne case The solemnity Of the
case was such that II seemed the
Judge was being tried for his life
The senate resolved itself into a
court with Senator Plat Of Conucrtt
cut. now dead, as the presiding OH.
GER. Prior to the beginning @, he
trial the Connecticut senator told his
co.eagues that % was their bouuden
duty not TO lose one word OF the ties.
timony lest they might bring In an an
just verdict.
The result OF This appeal was that
during the long hours OF the trial the
senators sat In their seats and refused
20 leave the room even for luncheon
some OF them were old men. and the.l
devotion to duty In this case told hard
on them physically In this trial u
was absolutely impossible TO tell from
70 single jurors face whether or MOI.
le was friendly or hostile 10 the JUGS.
on trial
The attention which was paid ID
The testimony was made evident hy
what the senators said Occasionally
one Of them would say Make th,
witness speak up \ slightly impt
tient senator In a back seat spoke uI
ENORMOUSLY one day saying Talk up
can hear nothing but a squeak
Another senator. realizing that be- Wsi
q juror, said to a witness speak uI
so the Jury can hear you
Senator John r Morgan OF Alabau,
who was much over 50 years O
age at the time OF he trial @
Judge Swayue did not lose m wot,
of the trial proceedings
Judge Swayue Was tried 1u rraa'
counts. lie was ably defended au.
ably prosecuted He was found uo
guilty and was restored TO the hcuc.
TIE died not long after bis %acquitta'
and his case was the las' enc of iu'
reachment TO go before the lr.toI
States senate This represent, O.
present method Of getting rid %, ie.
Gral Judges when the people 90 "a
think they do their duty
Revenue Cutter Service Safe.
When the commission which wa
appointed TO study questions OF econ
omy and efficiency reported 10 sugges
ed-only suegested-that 81 600 .0r0
wear could be saved II TIE roytuu
cutter service were done away Wit.
President Taft did not recommend th
abolition Of the revenue cutter SER
ice but II was understood thar he ha
done so. and when The president foun
out that this WAS the impression D.
made haste TO say hat b. had ma
no recommendation OF The kind On
did not want Il so understood I
fact. the president vas rather shar
IN his denial
It is said there is no danger IN,
congress will wipe the revenue ca
ier service out Of existence Adv
Gates Of the service say that corgre,
vas led 10 this mind by learnIt
from friends of the revenue CUT,
men that the record OF heroism OF %
service was as long as that Of scrvic,
having many times the number OF me
IN rs employment II is said thi
when consideration Is given 20 q
comparative sizes OF the revenue ca
ter, the navy and the army service
more acts OF authenticated herois
are to be credited to the revenue cd
ter service than to either the army
the navy Members OF congress res
some OF the specific instances OF b
roism on the part Of revenue cutter q
icers and men and. It is said. ma,
up their minds that the service Dug
not TO be abolished.