The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

| sworn in as a court OF Impeachment and
summons was issued to the Judge. Here
the proceedings rested until the post
ponement OF the case on August 3.
Only eight other Federal officials before
| Judge Archibald have been impeached
| since the adoption OF the Constitution
| OF these only two were found guilty
! One of these men was John Pickering.
United States district judge 1901. and
the other was West II. Humphreys. also
| United States judge, who was removed
| from office by the Senate in 1862.
The proceedings against Archibald were
set afOot by William p BOland, presi-
dent OF the Marian Coal Company. OF
Scranton, Pa. Mr. Boland testified before
the House Judiciary Committee in an
swer to the questions OF Wrlsley Brown.
an assistant Of Attorney General Wick
ershams, who conducted the govern
ments case. that affection for his daugh-
ter Mary. now dead, actuated his ex-
posture upon the judge.
Mr. Boland stated that the name of
his dead daughter was given to a coal
mine which Archibald and the railroads
had been endeavorinG to wrest from
descend upon a property bearing his
daughters name that led him to carry
his charges Of graft to the President.
Allegations Made.
In the course OF the proceedings wit
nesses testified that Judge Archibald ne
gOtiated with the Erie Railroad for the
purchase Of the Hatydid coal dump for
Edward J. Williams, his business asso-
ciate, that he Joined with George NJ. Wat
son, OF Scranton, Pa, in an attempt
to sell the stock OF the Marian Coal
Company TO the Lackawanna Railroad
the coal company being owned at that
T0.Ta
litigants against the railroad before the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and
that he permitted Henry w. Cannon, of
New York. stakeholder and director in
several railroads, to pay his expenses on
1910. " '' -
In addition to these irregularities II
was alleged that Judge Archibald indi-
rectly accepted fees OF varying amounts
from those who were either in litigation
before the Commerce Court or were
liable to become litigants' before that
body -
He was also severely criticised by the
press for the decision he rendered in the
famous wire pool" cases. This COM
oination in restraint OF trade was con-
ceived by f. L. Jackson, who was de-
nouReed by Attorney General Wicker
sham as ''quack lawyer" Jackson's
regarded as one of the most ruthless
ever put into operation. Yet Judge Arch
bald dismissed all the defendants with
a nominal fine save Jackson, who was
fined $4,000.
Makes Formal Denial.
The charges against Judge Archibald
were embodied in a set OF Impeachment
articles. which were formally placed be-
fore the Senate in accordance with the
provisions Of the Constitution. In an
swer to these articles Judge Archibald
formally denied that he had ever used
his office or his influence as a Judge for
profit: that he ever undertook for a con-
sideration to compromise litigation before
the International Commerce Commission;
that he ever wrongfully used his posi-
ton to obtain credit from litigants be-
fore him. or that he had undertaken to
carry on a general business for profit
or speculation in coal properties as spe-
cited in the House Indictment.
Judge Archibald was born in Carbon
dale, Lackawanna County, Pa, Septem-
Der 10. 1913 He received his preparatory
education at Flushing Institute, Long
Island. whence he entered Yale, gradual
ing in 1871.
He studied law in the office OF Post
< Hand. and on September. 1873, was ad-
ritted to the Pennsylvania bar. After a
few years OF practice in Scranton, Pa,
he was elected judge of the Lackawanna
County courts in 1884, and three years
ls ter he became president judge. which
post he relinquished in 1891. During the
same year he was elected to the bench
of the Middle District of Pennsylvania,
receiving his appointment TO the Com
nIerce Court in 1910.