Arizona republican., 1913-01-09
Judge of Commerce Court Hears His Conduct as Public Officer Chased as "So Rank it Smells to Heaven"
STERLING DOES
 NOT SPARE HIM
Other Representatives Take Up the Counts Against Accused Jurist and Re iterate. Claims of Gentle man From Illinois
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcul

WASHINGTON, Jan. Judge
 Robert w Archibald of the United States commerce court sitting with his attorneys before the bar of the senate today heard his conduct and integrity as a judge arraigned in bit
 ter terms al the opening of the argu- ments that will terminate the i'm peachment case brought against him by house representatives for alleged misconduct in office
 Representative John A Sterling of nlinonis, his interrogator yesterday in the cross examination before the senate, summing up today the case against Judge Archibald. declared he had showed him unworthy of public office and convicted of q system of conduct carried on with the railroads that was so rank that is smeled to Heaven"
 Probably it will be late tomorrow before Arachbald's attorneys take the floor to answer the charges and sum up for the defense. Two days more for argument remain. The closing speeches will be by the house managers.
 Representative Webb of North Car olina. Rowland of ohio and Floyd of Arkansas, took up today the indiv- idual counts against Archibald dis sected the evidence presented by the witness and reiterated in strong terms the opening charges of Sterling that the accused jurist had been proved unfit for further service on the bench or other positions Of public trust
 "The evil course of the conduct that has been pursued by Archibald is the effect it has upon the pubic mind. ." Declared Representative Sterling. The times are now pregnant with the sen timent there is corruption in high plaC- es; it is justified in some instances and not justified in others. But in the case of Archibald, from the conduct which we have proved against hiIn. it seems to me that it puts him on trial under that part of the constitution relating to impeachment.
 If Archibald. for this kind of offenSe is not removed from office. the verdist will be that the legislation Is to blame and that when man commits Offenses Of the character he committed, the people have no redress. If the senate does convict Archibald and if the con- stitution in this case is complied with. as I believe it will be. the people will again turn to the old constitution as a refuge and harbor."
 Sterling declared the specific charg | es against Archibald were at least so many that it was not a single ground upon which the house asked for his re- moval from office. Reviewing Arch | bald's correspondence with Attorney ] Helm Bruce of the Louisville and Nashville railroad as to decision in | which the commerce court ultimately | gave an award to the railroad said: 1 T believe an inevitable. logical and | reasonable conclusion is that Archibald 1 by reason of this assistance rom Bruce l was abe to convince the court that the first decision was wrong and was com pelled to reverse it.
 ] We are impelled to the conclusion l that Archibald was determined and in- 1 clined to think and was wrongfulfy de- 1 termined to have that case decided in | favor of the Louisville and Nashville railroad"