Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-07-29

any time, for a consideration agreed
to assist George NJ. Watson a Scran.
t2n lawyer, to settle a case in which
the Marian Coal company was com.
| plainant against the Lackawanna rail.
road before the interstate commerce
commission.
| w. P. Boland and his brothers
| Christopher and James are principal
stockholders in the coal company,
and William P. Boland was the au-
thor of some of the charges on which
the house judiciary committee Te-
ported articles of impeachment. In
reply to the charge that he and his
associates secured the Lehigh Valley
railroad a lease on coal packer No. 9
owned by the city of Philadelphia as
trustee for the heirs of the late Steph-
en- Girard reply was made that the
transaction did not involve unlawful
or corrupt use of his Office. Some de-
| tails of this article was disputed.
The judge denied that he used his
Office wrorgfuly to aid Frederick
Warnke in securing from the Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad lease Of
the Lincoln culm dump or that he ac-
cepted from Warnke Wrongfully a
promissory note for $500.
The charge that the judge used his
Office corruptly or improperly to bring
about the sale of the Everhardt coal
lands to the Lehigh Valley railroad or
the Lehigh Valley Coal company was
Claimed to be vague and its annul-
ment was asked.
Judge Archibald denied that any
time he had entered a scheme to buy
stocks of a gold mining scheme in
Honduras with w. w. Risinger by en-
dorsing a note for $2500. Risinger is
part owner of the stock of the Old
Plymouth Coal company. He admit
ted having endorsed note for Rising
er but AYERS it was for the sole pur-
pose of accommodation and benefit OF
Risinger, and Risinger later sent him
certificates of stock in a gold mining
enterprise as collateral securities for
his endorsement. 1t was admitted
that the Old Plymouth company was a
litigant in the Judges court, but the
note transaction hal no relevancy to
the Judges judicial action and that in
the court decision lie acted solely on
his Judgment of the merits of the
lawsuits presented. Ii the note was
presented to John 7. Lenahan, one of
the attorneys in the case for discount,
it was done without sIdge Archibald S
consent, the answer said.
As to the $500 note which it is
charged was presented to Christopher
G Boland, with a request for discount
for Judge Archibald while one of the
. Marian Coal company cases was pend
ing in his court, Judge Archibald ans
Wered that he never consented that
the note should be presented to either
of the Bolands with a request on his
part for discount. aud that if such a
thing were done it was entirely with
out his knowledge.
! AS to the charge that a $500 note
of his own. made to John Henry Jones
was presented to discount, to Chas
Won Strock, president Of a bank il
Scranton and a LAWYER, Judge Arch
entirely for the accommodation o
| Jones and had no intention of i'm
properly using his influence as
: Judge to induce Won Strock to dis
| count it.
The charge that Judge Archibald
: had received large gifts of money
2 from Henry w. Cannon, cousin o
1 his wife, and a director of the Grea
Northern Railway and other corpora
e tons, was denied, although it was ad
= n.itted that the Judge made a trip II
" Italy at Cannon's expense. The Judgt
u averred he had no information tina
d any corporation in which Cannon wal
|, Interested might come before hi
:; court.
Washington, d. c., July 29.-Th
Il house ways and means committee tt
g day determined to fe-introduce tn
t. democratic cotton tariff bill whic
e was passed at the last session c
. congress and vetoed by Presiden
Taft.