The Washington herald., 1913-01-14
ARCHIBALD GUILTY
OF high crime"


Stephenson. Sutherland. Townsend. War
rem, Wetmore, and Works. Democrats
Bacon, Bankhead, Foster, Paynter, Smith
(Georgia). and Thornton. Total. IS.
Following the vote by the Senate.
which resulted in imposing the extreme
penalty under the Constitution, Senator
Bacon of Georgia, President pro tempore
of the Senate and presiding judge at the
trial, formally and solemnly pronounced
the following sentence:
Judgment Is Pronounced.
Upon the order just passed. the Sen
ate do order and decree and it is hereby
adjudged that the respondent, Robert w.
Archibald Circuit Judge of the United
States from the Third Judicial Circuit,
and designated to serve in the Com
merce Court, be and he is hereby re-
moved from office and that he be and is
hereby forever disqualified TO hold and
enjoy any office of honor. trust or profit
under the United States
Following the imposition of the SEN
tence, Senator Gallinger offered the for
NAL motion directing the Secretary of
the Senate TO notify the President of the
United States and the House of Repre-
sentatiyes OF the action taken by the
Senate, and to transmit to each a certi-
fed copy of the proceedings. Following
the adoption of Senator Gallingers mo-
ton, Senator Root of New York drew
the curtain on the closing scene of the
great impeachment case by submitting
a formal motion that the Senate, sitting
as a court of impeachment in the case,
should adjourn sine die.
The managers, on the part of the
House, headed by their chairman. Repre-
sentative Clayton OF Alabama, gathered
up their papers and tremendously filed
out of the Senate chamber, while three
of the counsel for Judge Archibald. A. s.
Worthington OF Washington. Robert
W. Archibald. jr.. of Philadelphia. son
of the respondent. and an attorney
from Scranton. disappeared by a side
door. They went to a committee room
on the third floor, where Judge Arch
bald was waiting TO receive formal news
of the result
No Plans for Future.
Judge Archibald has made no plans for
the future. but his friends expect that he
will resume the practice OF law. He is
past sixty-ffve years of age and has
been on the bench for about twenty-one
years. He was elected originally as a
Republican in judicial district that was
ordinarily Democratic. 1t is admitted
even by those who took part in pre-
pairing the case against Judge Archibald.
that he retains a remarkable degree of
popularity among his neighbors and
friends in Scranton. This was evidenced
in the course of the trial by the die
closure of a plan started in Scranton to
have a large and representative delega-
ton of the citizens there come to Wash
ington in a body and appear I'm the Sem
ate galleries and testify by their pres
ence to their continued confidence in
Judge Archibald. When Senators learned
of this move word was sent to the peo-
pie in Scranton that any such demon
stration would do more harm than good.
SO far as the effect on Judge Arch
bald's case was concerned.
The Senate, under previous order, pro-
Ceeded to the consideration of the Arch
bald case at l o'clock yesterday. The
scene was impressive. Nearly every Sen
ator was in his seat and many Repre-
scntatives came over from the House
and ranged themselves in a semi-circle
around the side and rear of the Senate
chamber. The galleries were crowded
10 their full capacity.
Thirteen Roll Calls.
There were thirteen separate roll calls
on as many articles of Impeachment.
On five of these articles the first, third,
fourth fifth, and thirteenth, the re-
spondent was found guilty.
Judge Archibald was born in Carbon
dale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania,
September 10, 1S4S. He received his early
schooling at Flushing Institute, Long Is
land. He graduated from Yale in 1911.
and moved to Scranton, Pa, and en-
tered the law firm of Hand & Post. In
September, 1873, he was admitted to the
bar.
In 1884 he was elected judge of the
Lackawanna County courts, and three
years later was made president judge.
President Mckinley called him TO the
Federal bench for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania in 1901. He remained in
this position until the organization of the
Commerce Court in 1911, at which time
President Taft appointed him a member
of the new court.
He was married in 1873 to Miss Eliza
beth B. Cannon. The Archbald's have
four children-Robert w, jr., Hugh,
James, and Anna