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.

NNS ~ F
Henry D. Clayton of The committee
on Judiciary of the house Of repre-
sentatives, today presented to the
house thirteen articles of impelch-
ment against Judge Robert w. Arch
bald of the United States court Of
commerce. MI. Clayton's report was
unanimous for his committee. It IN
stitutes the ninth Impeachment of a
judicial or civil official of the United
States since the foundation of the ov-
n 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 re~prehensible and in
marked contrast with the high sense
orally characterize the federal judici-
ary," h committee said in summing
up its findings of alleged misbehavior
in office of Judge Archibald.
His business transactions while a
judge on the bench were held to I'M
fit him for further service on the
bench and a resolution was presented
im~peaching him n 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.
He had prostituted his high office
for personal profit. He had attempted
by various transactions to CONNER
cialize his potent1ality as judge. He
has shown an oyerweening desire to
make gainful bargains with parties
having cases before him or likely to
have cases before him. To accom-
plish this purpose he has not hesitated
to use his official power and inf1u-
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 personiica-
ton of integrity, of honor and of up
rightness in his daily walk and con
versation. He should hold his exalted
above the sordid desire to accumulate
wealth by trading or trafficklng with
actual or probable ~litigants in his
court. He should be free and UNI
affected by any bias born of avarice
and unhampered by ~pecuniary or other
obligations"
Norris Is Prosecutor.
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 Rowland
Ohio, republicans, managers to PROSE
cute the Archibald trial before the sen
ate.
The charges against Judge Archibald
set forth in the thirteen articles O.
Impeachment range from his business
transactions with actual and possible
%litigants in his court, to a trip tt
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 coun
of the indictment under the heading
general misbehavior of Judge Arch,
bald the committee reviewed The
bald grossly abused the prophetic:
of his said office of judge ~ wa:
guilty of misbehavior and of mis-.
demeanor in office"
Epitome of impeachment.
An epitome of the articles of i'm.
parchment follows:
Article No. Negotiated with thu
Erie Railroad company for the pur.
chase of the Katydid coal dump TO,
Edward J. Williams, his business asso.
ciate.
TN the opinion of your committee
Judge A%rchbald's participation in thi!
transaction, under all the circum.
dicial 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 tt
sell the stock of the Marion Coal com
pany to the Delaware, Lackawanna 6
Western Railroad company. This com
pany vas owned by the Boland Broth
ers, of Scranton. at that time litigant.
against the railroad before the Inter,
state Commerce commission. The com,
mittee charged Judge Archibald figured
in the negotiations for a valuable con
fs~ideration."
Article 8. That Judge Archibald
sought to lease from the Lehigh Vale,
Railroad company a culm ban on tn,
Girard estate coal property near Shen
andoah, Pa. At this time the railroad
was a litigant before the
merce commission. The committe,
said:
1T is the conclusion of your commit
tee that the officers of the coal com,
| pany (SuDSldlary) rellnqulShed tn,
right to operate the said culm ban
because of the influence exercised upo1
them through Judge Archbald's posi-
court.
Favors a Railroad.
Article 4. That Judge Archbal,
sought additional evidence from Helm
Bruce, attorney for the Louisville
Nashville railroad in a case before tn,
commerce court, which had beer closet
and given to the judge for decision
Later he considered a supplemental
brief from Mr.. Bruce without tn
knowledge of the attorneys for the In
terstate Commerce Commission to NEE
a conclusion reached by another mem
Der of the court. Judge Archibald wrot
the decision in favor Of the railroa,
company.
In the opinion of your committee
this conduct on the part of Judge Arch
bald was unfair and unjust to the par
ties defendant in his case"
Article 5. That Judge Archibald use
his judicial influence to get a coal leas
from the Philadelphia & Reading Goa
company for Fredeick Warnke. !
is charged that Warnke promised tn
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