Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-13
SENATE VOTES ON
ARCHIBALD CASE
Ballot Taken Separately Upon
Each of Thirteen
Charges.
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Sanders, Shively. Simmons, Smith of
Georgia. Smith of Maryland, Smith Of
Arizona, smoot, Stephenson, Stone.
sutherland, Swanson, Thornton, Till
man, Townsend. Warren, Wetmore,
Williams. Works. Perky.
Against conviction-urnham Ca
tron, Oliver, Paynter and Penrose.
Absent or not voting-Bacon, Brad
ley, Briggs, Chiffon, Dillingham;, Fall,
Gamble, Gardner, Guggenheim. Heis-
kell of Arkansas. jackson, Johnston
of Alabama, Johnston of Texas,
Kern. Lea Massey, Overman, Percy.
Smith of Carolina. Smith of Michigan
and Watson.
Not guilty was the verdict on the
second article of impeachment,
which charged Judge Archibald with
having attempted to secure fee by
settling a case between the Marian
Coal Company and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad.
The vote was 46 to % in the judges
favor.
On the third charge the Senate
found Judge Archibald guilty. This
charge embodied alleged undue in
auence ON Lehigh Valley railroad of
ficials in coal dump deal. Voting
began at once on the fourth article.
The vote on the third ar
ticle was sixty to eleven.
The vote on the fourth article OF
impeachment. charging secret and
wrongful correspondence with a rail-
road attorney on a case pending De-
fore him, again resulted In Judge
Archbald's conviction. The vote for
conviction was 81 to 20. Voting pc
gan on the fifth article.
The fifth vote resulted in another
verdict of guilty, this one on the
charge of unduly influencing Phila-
delphia and Reading railroad officials
to grant coal land lease to Fred
erick Warnke. The vote for convie-
ton was &C to 6. The Senate then
took up the sixth charge.
Judge Archbold was acquitted on
the sixth charge, the vote for convic-
ton being "a to As. 1t alleged cor
rupt use of influence with the Lehigh
Valley railroad. in coal land deals.
Voting then began on the seventh
charge.
A verdict of not guilty was voted
on the seventh article. 1t charged
that Judge Archbold had received
stock in mining property from w.
w. Rissinger as a reward for a favor
able court decision. The vote, 20 to
36. failed of the necessary two thirds.
The eighth articles was then taken
up.
Judge Archibald was held not guilty
on the charge in the eighth article or
Impeachment that he had tried to
influence C. G. Poland and w. P. Po-
land. litigants in his court, to dis
count a note. The vote for conviction.
% to AZ. failed of the necessary two
thirds. The ninth charge was at
once taken up.
Thirteen Charges.
Briefly stated, the thirteen charges
brought against Judge Archibald We're
as follows:
First-Tnat he influenced officers Of
the Erie railroad, then litigant in
his court, to grant him a favorable
option on its share of the Katydid
oulm dump, near Scranton, Pa. Judge
Archibald acknowledged his part In
the negotiations, but denied he will
fully or unlawfully or corruptly or
otherwise took any advantage Of his
official position to influence the rail-
road officials.
Second-That he attempted to effect
a settlement between the Marion Coal
Company, of Scranton, and the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road, of a case then pending before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
on basis that would have given him
a share of the fee earned by George
NJ. Watson. attorney for the Marion
Coal Company. Judge Archibald de-
clared he acted in the case only as a
friend of the Interested parties and
did not expect any compensation for
his work
Third-That he attempted to in
fiuence the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company to relinquish a lease on
packer No. g." near Shenandoah,
Pa, 50 that he might lease 1t on
favorable terms from the Girard
estate of Philadelphia. Judge Arch
bald claimed his negotiations Tor tnls
property involved the exercise of no
influence upon the Lehigh officials.
but grew out of an attempt to operate
an adjoining coal property.
Fourth-That Judge Archibald Sc
cured from Attorney Helm Bruce, Of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
private letters and arguments to sus-
tain an opinion in favor of the rail-
road in a suit before the Commerce
Court. The jurist answered that his
with Mr. Bruce was
only to clear up a disputed bit of
testimony and was not material to
the ultimate decision of the case.
Fifth-That Judge Archibald in
fluenced officials Of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company,
owned by the Reading railroad, to
grant lease on coal property to
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