The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
ARCHIBALD VOTE
EXPECTED SOON
Arguments in Impeachment
Trial Closed at Senate Ses-
sion Held Yesterday.
REED SPRINGS SURPRISE
Plea for Integrity Of Judiciary Is
Made by Clayton for
House Managers.

Arguments in the impeachment trial OF
Judge Robert w. Archibald were conclud-
ed in the Senate shortly after o'clock
last night. A vote on II may be reached
Monday.
Almost the last act in the case was the
calling OF James d. Maher, a clerk Of the
United States Supreme Court, who pro-
duced the record of the Louisville and
Nashville case concerning which Judge
Archibald who had the case under advise
ment. wrote to Helm Bruce, attorney for
the Louisville and Nashville.
Attorneys for Judge Archibald made a
point yesterday of the fact that the
Judge had placed all of this correspond
ence carried on by the railroad attorney
in the record of the case. Senators Hoke
Smith, O'Gorman, Reed of Missouri, and
others visited the clerks ONCE to-day
and examined the record and decided that
1t ought to be produced in the impeach-
ment trial Mr.. Maher. the clerk, was
requested to keep his Office open until
o'clock in order to be in readiness when
the Senate called him. The letter and the
record showed that the word not had
been interpolated with a lead pencil in
both the letter written by Bruce TO Judge
Archibald in reply to certain inquiries pro-
pounded by the judge and in the record
of the case.
Reed Springs Surprise.
Just as the Senate was preparing to
adjourn, Senator Reed of Missouri
sprung the matter OF the alteration Of
the record in the Louisville and Nash
vile case. He propounded a question
TO Judge Archibald designed to elicit from
the respondent whether he had made
the change in the record. Attorneys for
Judge Archibald promptly stated that
they would object to the question unless
they could have time to argue the mat
ter after the judge had replied
Then Mr.. Reed asked that the question
be read to the Senate and let the Senate
decide whether the Judge should be COM
Ieiled to answer. At this point Senator
Clark of Wyoming called for an ex-
ecutiye session and doors were closed.
After an hour behind closed doors the
Senate in executive session voted two to
one that the question should not be
asked. In the debate behind closed doors
Senators O'Gorman, Reed, and Williams
contended that the question was proper
one and Senators Root, Clark, and
Smoot opposed allowing II to be asked.
The opposition 10 permitting the Ques-
ton was based on the fact that II was
rev matter not included in the articles
Of impeachment and would mean the re-
opening of the case. When the doors
were opened Senator Reed withdrew the
question.
The argument was begun yesterday by
A. S. Worthington, OF Washington, at
torney for Judge Archibald, who con-
cluded the case for the defense, and he
was followed by Congressman Henry ID.
Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the
managers on the part of the House, who
spoke for more than two hours. MI.
Worthington defended the judge and de-
pied the charge by the managers Of the
House that soon after Judge Archibald
went on the Commerce Court he formed a
plan to deal with railroads in the whole
sale purchase OF culm property.
In his closing argument Representa-
tive Clayton. chairman OF the House
managers. was severe. He declared that
the attorneys on the other side had
shown a skill and ingenuity that sug-
gested the work of the adept defending
the common criminal.
II hope to lift this case above the
murky atmosphere OF the Police Court, |"
said Mr.. Clayton, ito the plane of the
majesty of the American people"
In the two hours he consumed in re-
viewing the casei Mr.. Clayton dealt
with both the law and the facts, de-
nouncing Judge Archibald and declaring
that the Senate owed it to the country
TO preserve the integrity OF the judiciary.