Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-15
wAnHAL1A CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 49, 1918
JUDGE ARCHIBALD CONVICTED.
Foreves Barred from Holding Public
Office of Honor or Trust.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Robert w.
Archibald, of Scranton, Pa, for twen-
ty-nineiyears an occupant OF judicial
positions upon the Pennsylvania State
bench, the Federal District bench and
the United States Commerce Court,
was to-day adjudged guilty by the
United States Senate of "high crimes
and nfsdemeanors;" was stripped of
his office and forever disqualified
from holding positions of public
heuorSor public trust.
The eseonviction and judgment came
at theF conclusion Of the impeach-
ment 5fial that has been pending in
the Senate since last summer on
charges that Judge Achbald had been
guiltyiof misconduct and misbehav-
ior asM Judge, and that he had cor
ruptly used his judicial power to fur
ther the private interests of himself
and his friends in the acquisition of
coal land properties in Pennsylvania.
Nos Guilty on Eight Counts.
Upon five of the thirteen separate
charges brought against him by the
House4 of Representatives, Judge
Archibald was found guilty. Upon the
other eight the Senate voted him not
guilty, the majority in some cases be-
ing against him, but failing of the
two-thirds necessary for conviction.
Any one of the five verdicts Of guilty
was enough to bring about the pun
ishment imposed upon him.
Thesend of the long fought strug-
gle in the Senate came early in the
afternobn, when the vote was taken
on they first article Of impeachment
With gallery doors locked to prevent
the movement of spectators, and an
unacouktomed hush prevailing
throughout the chamber, sixty-eight
Senators rose in their places as their
names were called and pronounced
the word guilty" in almost inaudible
tones.
The vote on the first charge that
Judge Archibald had corruptly influ-
enced Officials Of the Erie Railroad to
sell him the KatydiI culm dump, at
Scranton, 5iresulted in his conviction
tby a Rofe OF 68 to 5.
RAceives News from Son.
In q Sttle committee room off the
gallery floor, behind guarded door,
Judge Archibald, his wife and his son
sat throughout the afternoon as the
Senate voted upon the charges against
him. The first vote Of conviction
was carried to him by his son from
the gallery, After sentence had
been imposed upon him, Judge Arch
bald and his family left the Capitol
to go at once to the family home at
Scranton.
81 have always known that have
done no wrong and the vote Of no
lyne = ~ l.; II,
comment upon the Senate's action.
Sentence was imposed by Senator
Bacon, of Georgia, the presiding Off
GER, after the Senate had, by a vote
Of 80 to 35, upheld a resolution Of
fered by Senator O'Gorman, of New
York, authorizing the full penalty
provided by the constitution.
Sentence Pronounced.
"The Senate, therefore, do order
and Decree" said Senator Bacon,
'and it is hereby adjudged, that the
respondent, Robert w. Archibald, Cir
cult Judge for the United States for
the Third Judicial Circuit, and desig-
mated to serve in the Commerce
| Court, be, and he is hereby, removed
from office and that he be, and here
| by is, forever disqualified to hold
and enjoy any office Of honor, trust
or profit under the United States"
The sentence Of the Senate became
operative at once, and directions
were given that the President and
the House of Representatives be noti-
| fled Of the verdict and the punish
ment imposed.
OF the ten men who have been i'm
peached before the Senate since the
| organization of the government
Judge Archibald is the third to be
convicted, and the only one convicted
who appeared to make a personal de-
Tense against the charges.
Tillman for Conviction.
Washington, Jan. 13.-In the vot-
| ing on the various counts against
Judge Archibald in the Senate to-day,
Senator Tillman asked to be excused
on account of pressure of business
from participating in the ballots on
the minor points, but on the main
point, that Of conviction, he voted
against the impeached judge.
"TINI" SULLIVAN'S SAD FATE.