The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-01-16
JUDGE ARCHIBALD
0USTED BY SENATE
Banished From Bench by Vote of
81 to 5.
WIFE AND SON HEAR VERDICT
BY Resolution Jurist Is Removed
From High Honor and Forbidden
Ever Again to Hold
Office,

court, one OF the most important tri'
bunals in the land, was found guilty
on five of the thirteen counts brought
against him in the impeachment pro-
ceedings before the United States
senate.
On the first count only five of the
" senators voting supported Arch
bald. He was by resolution of the sen
ate removed from his high office and
forbidden ever to hold an Office OF
profit or honor under the United
States government. Officials have
been impeached before, but never has
such humiliating punishment been
meted out by the senate of the Unit
ed States.
Wife Watches the Voting.
Judge Archbald's wife watched the
voting on the thirteen counts from the
senate gallery. and remained till the
end, although the first vote told her
that her husband had been stripped
of his judicial robe. His son. Robert
w. Archibald, Jr,, who has acted as
his counsel, sat on the floor of the
senate apparently unmoved, through
the long session.
Archibald himself fumed and fretted
in committee room on the gallery
floor. He was utterly crushed when
he learned the extent Of the verdict
against him, and retiring to his home,
refused to see or talk with anyone.
The scene as the senatorial jury was
delivering its verdict was as impress
sive as II was unusual One by one
the senators rose in their places, as
their names were called, and answered
guilty" or mot guilty" Some of
them spoke in very low tones. AL!
were apparently affected by the solem-
nifty of the occasion. Even the
crowded galleries, from which a low
hum proceeds during ordinary ses-
sions of the senate, sat silent. listen
Ing with all their ears as the vote was
cast
Convicted on First Count.
The overwhelming vote against
Archibald on the first count, which
had to do with the coercion of the
Erie railroad to enter into a contract
with him for the purchase of ia culm
bank, was sufficient to establish the
fate of the respondent. A conviction
on any of the five counts meant re-
moval from the bench
On this count Senators Burnham.
Penrose, Oliver, Paynter and Catron
were the only members Of the senate
who voted 10 support Archibald.
A difference Of opinion as to the de-
gree Of culpability saved him from
conviction on eight counts but so
profound was the belief of the sena-
tors in his unfitness that they visited
on him the severest penalty in their
power. when, after brief secret SEES
sion. they fixed punishment by reso-
luton
Removed From Bench.
Senator O'Gorman of New York
when the last vote was taken, moved
that it be ordered by the senate that
Judge Archibald be removed from the
bench and forbidden ever TO hold Of
fee Of profit or honor under the gov
eminent. Oliver of Pennsylvania
who, with his colleague, Penrose, had
voted to support Archibald, a Penn
sylvania man, moved that this resolu
ton be divided. This motion pre-
vailed BY viva yoce vote and with
cut dissent the senate decided that
Archibald must be removed A vote
of 80 to 35 disqualified him from hold
ing any future office. This disqualfi-
cation will make it impossible for
him to be fourthclass postmaster or
to accept any purely honorary desig-
nation from the president or any gov
eminent official.
Desired Quick Riches.
the charges against Archibald were
all based on his desire to acquire sud
den wealth while in office and were
based chiefly on accusations Of Sc
curing money indirectly from indi-
viduals or corporations who had legis-
latlon pending before him. They were
originally brought to Washington by
William =. Boland of Scranton, Pa.
NHfIt hltHbdii lbi merry NdH Il tuIltu
States district judge. Boland asserted
that he had been ruined in business
~ corrupt acts of Archibald on the
bench.
Archibald was appointed to the
United States court in Pennsylvania
by President Mckinley and was made
member of the commerce court by
President Taft.