The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-07-18

Was Afraid of the People
Back Home if Again Voted
for Lorimer
CASE OF JUDGE ARCHIBALD


Court-Senate "Jury" sworn i'm TO
Try Case-Striking Object Lesson
for the RecaII-Governor Gather
of Maryland Comes Out for Roose-
yeit-President Taft to Reply to
Charges of Theft--Gov. Wilson to
Center His Ffght-Express Compa-
nies Have Been Giving Poor Ser
vice at an Exorbitant Rate.
Washington, D. c., July 16, 1912.
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Congress Is now trying TO arrange
to adjourn during the first week in
August. II this program is carried
out, it will send over the impeach-
ment trial Of Judge Archibald of the
United States Commerce Court until
the fall.
The Case of Judge Archibald.
The charges against Judge Arch
bald are of such serious nature that
the House Committee on Judiciary,
by a unanimous vote, declared that
he should be impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors." The ma
ture of the evidence before the COM
mitee when reported to the House
was so strong that every member of
the House, with the exception of one
Congressman, who is close personal
friend of the Judge, voted to sustain
the charges of impeachment.
A committee appointed by the
House appeared before the members
of the Senate on yesterday and for
mally presented the impeachment
| charges and asked for a trial of the
Judge on the charges presented. To-
| day, the members of the Senate were
impanelled, and each one took an
oath as a special Judge to try the
charges of impeachment against
Judge Archibald.
A Striking Object Lesson for the
Recall.
| Notwithstanding the serious ma
ture of the charges, supported by the
unanimous action of the House Ju-
dietary Committee and the unani-
nous vote of the House of Represen-
tatives, save the vote of one Con-
gresham, who explained his vote, yet
it freely predicted that when the Sem
ate comes to vote on the impeach-
ment charges that two-thirds will not
vote to sustain the charges. This is
the tenth case of impeachment
against Federal Judge, and so far
not one has been convicted, because
in every case one less than two-thirds
or few less than two-thirds of the
Senate have voted for conviction.
! This is striking illustration, at a
most oportune time, of the necessity
method for the recall of judges.
Every one will admit that no man
is fit to sit on the Federal judiciary
against whom there are charges OF
such grave nature as to be unani-
mously supported by the Judiciary
Committee of the House, and then
unanimously, with one exception,
supported by vote of the House. 1t
is horrible to think of such a man to
continue to sit on the bench for the
remainder of his life who has been
thus impeached by the House Judic-
iary Committee and a vote of the
House, and who is by majority vote
of the Senate declared to be guilty OF
such charges.
In this connection, let it be re-
membered that IL Judge Archibald
has twenty-eight votes in his favor
and fifty-five against him, that he
will be declared acquitted and be per-
mitted to serve the rest of his life on
the Federal bench simply because one
vote less than two-thirds voted to
convict him.
The LOrimer Case.
We use the above figures of fifty
five for conviction and twenty-eight
against, because they are the figures
represented by the striking vote just
cast by the Senate in the case of SEN
ator Lorimer. His friends attempted
to have the Senate to pass upon his
case under the two-thirds rule, which
] is required in the case of the expul-
sion of a Senator.
If such a rule had been adopted,
Senator Lorimer, who, on last Satur-
day, was ,ousted from the Senate by
a vote of fifty-five to twenty-eight,
would have been acquitted, simply
because fifty-five is one less than
two-thirds of the vote cast. The
Senate, however, decided that they
had right to determine whether or
not Senator Lorimer was ever legal
ly elected, and that a majority vote