Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-14
Solons Held He Influenced
Erie Railroad Officials in
the Katydid Culm Bank
Transaction.
VOTE TO CONVICT
ON FIVE COUNTS
Vote of Guilty on the First
Count Enough to Im-
peach Jurist;; Thirteen
Counts Were Voted On.

washington, -. u, Jan. l3.-'iu1ls
ty' on five of the thirteen impeachsl
ment articles against him was the ver.'
dict of the senate today against Judge
Robert w. Archibald Of the commerco
court charged with misuse OF his
power as a Judge to his personal gain.
The Judge was convicted on the first.
third, fourth, fifth and thirteenth
charges and acquitted on the second ).
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.
eleventh and twelfth.
This removes him from ONCE.
Archibald was convicted on the firse
count Of thirteen which the house ,of
representatives brought against him.
It charged that he had used his posi-
ton as judge to persuade the Erie rail.
road to give him and e. J.. Williams Of
Scranton an option on local coal
dump at price probably $4,000 less
than Its real value.
On this, the hrst charge, the senate
voted 6S to 5 for conviction OF high
crimes and misdemeanors." Although
the verdict insured Judge Archbald's
removal from the bench and the ser
vices OF the United States courts, tho
senate then proceeded to vote on the
other twelve counts Of the articles OF
Impeachment which charged various
other acts where Archibald had I'm
properly used his influence as Judge.
Judge Admitted Facts.
At his trial the accused Judge ad-
mitted practically all, of the facts OF
every accusation brought against him
but protested in defense that none of
them was wrongful nor corrupt nor
could he have been convicted In any
court of law for them.
The conviction on the first count
came with an unexpected majority
against Judge Archibald, but two-thirds
being necessary for conviction AZ
the roll called proceeded 68 senators
rose slowly in their places and pro-
nounced the word guilty" In low
tones.
AS the vote on the first article was
announced, Senator Hoke Smith Of
Georgia moved that the senate 70 into
executive session He said he believed
a vote on the other counts might be
dispensed with or abridged by secret
deliberation.
Senator Culbertson and Senator
Poindexter objected that the senate
could not vote on the articles In ex>
ecutive session. After some discuss
sion Senator Smith withdrew his mo.
ton and the clerk proceeded to read
the second article. 4.
Senator Bacon who had presided
throughout the impeachment proceed
ings asked to be excused from all
votes, unless his vote was necessary to
a decision. On the second count, Sem
ator Smith Of Georgia, also asked Ia
be excused from voting
Judge and Family Hear Verdict.
Judge Archibald waited in an ante.
room to hear the verdict which re-
moves him from public life. All eyes
at the moment the verdict was an
nounced riveted upon woman In the
senate gallery so closely resembling
MS. archibald that she was mistaken
for the judges wife. Mrs. Archibald
was not present.
With Judge Archibald as he received
tn vote of the senate were Mrs. Arch
bald, his son, Hugh Archibald, and Mrs.
Hugh Archibald. The judges wife sat
In the gallery early In the day, but
withdrew before the doors were closed.
Hugh Archibald checked of the SEN
ators as they voted on the frst count.
but did not return to the gallery dur
ing the rest of the voting.
At the conclusion OF the vote on tho
fifth article the gallery doors we're
unlocked and spectators surged out.
Senator Crawford suggested that the
senate take 25 minutes recess for
lunch but the motion was voted down.
The vote on the first count was
sixty-eight against Judge Archibald ana
five in his favor. The senate then
proceeded to vote on the other twelve
articles Of the impea chment, although
the conviction upon the first is sum
cient to remove the Judge from the
bench.
But Five for Jurist.
The vote was as follows:
For onviction-Ashurst. Bankhead,
Borah, Bourne, Brandegee, Bristow,
Brown, Bryan, Burton, Chamberlain.
Clapp, Clark OF Wyoming, Clarke OF
Arkansas, Crane. Crawford, Culberson,
Cullom, Cummins Curtis. Dixon, Du-
pont, Fletcher, Foster, Gallinger. Gore.
Gronna, Hitchcock. Johnson OF Maine,
Jones, Kenyon, LaFollette. Lppitt,
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