Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-14
Senate Strips Him of Judicial Robes and Dis qualities Him From Holding Office
JUDGE FOUND GUILTY ON FIVE OF 13 COUNTS
Third Man be Convicted by Impeachment Proceedings Since Government Was Estabished-Judge Declares He Has Done No Wrong and Nobodys Vote Can Make 1t Otherwise-Has Served 29 Years the Bench

Washington, Jan. 13.-Roberf ". Archibald, of Scranton, Pa, for 29 years an occupant of judicial positions upon the Pennsylvania state bench. the federal district bench and the United States commerce court. was today ad- senate of nigh crimes and misde- rneanors'; was stripped Of his office, and forever disqualified from holding positions of public honor or public trust
 Charges Made Last Summer.
 The conviction and judgment came as the conclusion of the impeachment trial that has been pending in the senate since last summer on charges that Judge Archibald had been guilty of misconduct and misbehavior as judge, and that he had corruptly used his judicial power to further the pri- vate interests of himself and his friends, in the acquisition of coal land properties in Pennsylvania.
 Guilty on Five Counts.
 Upon five of the thirteen separate charges brought against him by the house of representatives. Judge Arch sDaId was found guilty. Upon the other eight the senate voted him not guilty, the majority in some cases being against him. but failing of the two- thirds majority necessary for con victton. Any one of the five verdicts of guilty was enough to bring about the punishment imposed upon him.
 68 to 5 on First Charge.
 The end of the long fought struggle in the senate came early in the af- ternoon when the vote was taken on the first article of impeachment. With gallery doors locked to prevent the movement Of spectators and an un- accustomed hush prevailing through out the chamber, senators rose in their places as their names were called and pronounced the word guilty" in al most inaudibIe tc2es. The vote on the CnaToA tEof sF{&eG ATr11a1d had corruptly influenced officials of the Erie Eaflroad to sell him the Katydid cul7n Hump at Scranton. resulted in his con- Viction, by a vote of 68 to 5.
 Protests His Innocence.
 Tn a little committee room of the gallery floor, behind guarded door, Judge Archibald, his wife and son Hugh sat throughout the afternoon as the senate voted upon the charges against dlin. The first vote of conviction was carried to him by his son from the gallery After sentence had been inn his family left the capitol. 10 go at once to the family home at Scranton.
 T have always known that I have done no wrong, and the vote of no one makes it otherwise" was the only com ment upon the senate's action.
 Full Penalty Imposed.
 Sentence was imposed by Senator Bacon of Georgia, the presiding officer, after the senate had. by a vote of 39 10 50, upnelQ 8 reSOIutlOn OffeTsQ by Senator O'Gorman of New York. au- thorizing the full penalty provided by the constitution.
 The senate therefore do order and decree said Senator Bacon, "and it ls hereby adjudged, that the respond ent, Robert W. Archibald, circuit judge for the United States for the third judicial circuit and designated to serve in the commerce court, be and he is hereby removed from office, and that he is hereby forever disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States
 Ten Gases of Inpeachn1e
 The sentence of the senate became operative at once, and directions were given that the president and house of representatives be notified of the Ver- dict and the punishment imposed.
 Of the ten men who have been fn- peached before the senate since the or ganfzation of the government Judge Archibald is the third to be convicted and the only one convicted who ap- peared to make a personal defense against the charges brought by the house of representatives.
 The RoIcaEI.
 Voting on the charges began as soon as the impeachment court had been reorganfzed at one o'clock. On each of the articles Senator Bacon, after the secretary had read the charge to the senate, put the formal question:
 Senators, how say you, is the re- spondent Robert D. Archibald, guilty or not guilty as charged in this article ?'
 As the roll call proceeded, replies of guilty came from all parts of the chamber. Each senator, under the rule, rose in his seat and gave his yer dict: but notwithstanding the silence that prevailed throughout the cham Der, many had to be asked to repeat Sne1r votes to make their replies aud ible to the secretary. Robert W. Arch bald, Jr., who sat with his fathers counsel on the floor of the senate, ex- in as parent that the vote was oyerwheln- ingly for conviction.
 First Charge.
 The first article charged that Judge Archibald had gone to officials of the Erie railroad, while that road had a suit pending in the commerce court and had corrupt1y influenced them to agree to give him favorable option on the Kafydid cu1m dump, owned in part by the Fries subsidiary company Senators Brandegee and Mclean voted guilty"
 Second and Third Charges.
 The second charge was not sus- tafned. the vote against Judge ArcA- bald, 46 to 25. being two short of the charge involving the use of influence with the Lehigh Valley railroad to force 1t to re1inqufsh a lease on pack CT No. B. a coal property which Judge Archibald wanted to secure, the &C., cused jurist was convicted by a vote of 60 to II. Senators Brandegree, Clark of wyoming, Crane, Shoot, Ste phenson and Thornton, who had voted guilty" on the first article, voted mot guilty" on this charge,
 Fourth Charge.
 Another verdict of guilty" came on the fourth charge that Judge Archibald had wrongfully written te Helm Bruce, an attorney for the Louisville and Nashville railroad. to secure his as- sistance in preparing a decision in a case then before the commerce court. The vote on this charge was 52 ta 20, Additional senaters Nla getea met