The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-14


 replies audible to the secretary. Rob ert W. Archibald, Jr who sat with his fathers counsel on the floor of the senate, exhibited great feeling as it became apparent that the vote was overwhelmingly for conviction.
 The first article charged that Judge Archibald had gone to officials of the Erie railroad while that road had suit pending in the commerce court, and had corruptly influenced them to agree to give him a favorable op- tion on the Katydid culm dump, own ed in part by the Eries subsidiary company, the Hillside Coal and Iron company.
 The second charge was not sus- taineds the vote against Judge Arch bald was 46 to 25, being two short of the necessary two-thirds.
 On the third charge, involving the use of influence with the Lehigh Val ley railroad to force it to relinuuish a lease on Packer number B." coal property which judge Archibald wanted to get, the accused was con victed by vote of 60 to H. Sena- tors Brandagee, Clark of Wyoming; Crane, Shoot, Stephenson and Thorn ton, who had voted guilty on the first article, voted mot guilty" on this charge.
 Another verdict of guilty" came on the fourth charge that Judge Arch bald had wrongfuily written to Helm Bruce, an attorney in preparing decision in a case then before the commerce court The vote on this charge was 52 to 20. Additional sen ators who voted not guilty" on thls charge were:
 Burton, Cullum, Dupont, Gallinger, Lippitt, McCumoer, Root, Suther and Swanson, Warren and Wetmore. While Senator Thornton voted gull ty"
 On the fifth charge, that he had corruptly influenced officials of the Reading railroad and had received compensation for this service, Judge Archibald received the support of but six senators: Barnham, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Oliver, Paynter and Penrose. He was convicted 66 to 6 on this article.
 On the last article of impeachment, alleging that Judge Archibald had sought credit from attorneys and liti- gants before him and had carried on o ran o..ol h,tcfpasc in oaat land onaon iations, many senators asked to be excused from voting, declaring the charges were so general that they could not conscientiously vote either way.
 The final vote resulted in convic- tion on this article also. 42 to 20.
 Judge Archibald received majorities against him besides the acquittal on the second article, where the two thirds vote against him was not ob- tained.
 On the charge that he had wrong fully accepted a purse of $500, raised among Scranton attorneys, the vote was 65 mot guilty" and guilty, 2.
 
 tor Ashurst of Arizona.
 Although. no debate was permitted during tho progress of the voting, many senators asked to be excused from voting on ceYtain charges, be- cause they did not believe the sen ate had authority to take up acts committed by Judge Archibald before he was appointed to the commerce court; or because they believed that the acts that might be charac- tefized as 'misbehavor" were not such as to constitute high crimes and misdemeanors" involving the ex- treme penalty of the constitution.
 Senator Root, in statement filed during the voting in which Senator Lodge of Massachusetts partly con cured, said;
 T have voted that the respondent is guilty under articles l, 2, 3, 5, and IS, because I find that he used the power and influence of his court as judge to secure favors of money for himself and his friends from railroad companies, some of which, are liti- gants in his court and all of which were under regulation of the court of commerce."
 The long fight was in the hands of several members of the house of rep resentatives as the prosecutors of Judge Archbald's attorneys, which had the personal advice of Judge Archibald throughout the trial.
 The house managers and attorneys sat throughout the proceedings to- day, silent witnesses to the decision of the case. Those who conducted the prosecution were: Represents tive Clayton, Sterling of Illinois; Floyd of Arkansas; Webb of North Carolina; Davis of West Virginia; Norris of Nebraska and Howland of Ohio, assisted by Wrisley Brown, Of the department of justice, who con ducted the first investigation of Judge Archbald's conduct
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