The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17
ARCHIBALD CONVICTED;
DEPRIVED OF OFFICE
Vote on First and Main Charge Re
suits IS to ) Against Impeached
Judge.

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: Archibald, of Scranton, Pa for twenty
! nine years an occupant of judicial po-
! sitions upon the Pennsylvania State
/ bench, the Federal District bench and
! the United States Commerce court,
was to-day adjudged guilty by the
United States senate of high crimes
| and misdemeanors; was stripped Of
| his Office and forever disqualified from
holding positions of public honor or
public trust.
+ The conviction and judgement came
as the conclusion of the impeachment
trial that has been pending in the SEN
ate since last summer on charges that
Judge Archibald had been guilty Of
misconduct and misbehavior as a
Judge and that he had corruptly used
I his judicial power to further the pri-
vate interests of himself and his
/ friends in the acquisition of coal land
properties in Pennsylvania.
Not Guilty on Eight Counts.
+ Upon five of the thirteen seperate
charges brought against him by the
house of representatives, Judge Arch
! bald was found guilty Upon the other
eight the senate voted him not guilty,
the majority in some cases being
against him, but failing of the two
thirds necessary for conviction. Any
one Of the five verdicts of guilty was
enough to bring about the punishment
imposed upon him
The end of the long fought struggle
in the senate came early in the af-
ternoon, when the vote was taken on
the first article Of impeachment. With
gallery doors locked to prevent the
movement Of spectators, and an unac-
customed hush prevailing throughout
the chamber, siXty-eight senators rose
in their places as their names were
called and pronounced the word
guilty" in almost inaudible tones.
The vote on the first charge that
Judge Archibald had courrptly infu-
enced officials of the Erie Railroad to
sell him the Katydid culm dump, at
Scranton, resulted in his conviction by
vote Of 6S to 5.
Receives News from Son.
In little committee room off the
gallery floor, behind guarded door,
Judge Archibald, his wife and his son,
Hugh, sat throughout the afternoon as
the senate voted upon the charges
against him. The first vote of convic-
ton was carried to him by his son
from the gallery. After sentence had
been imposed upon him, Judge Arch
bald and his family left the capitol,
to go at once to the family home at
Scranton.
Il have always known that l have
done no wrong and the vote of no one
makes it otherwise" was his only
comment upon the Senate's action.
Sentence was imposed by senator
Bacon, of Georgia, the presiding officer,
after the senate had, by vote of SO
to 50, upheld a resolution offered by
Senator O'Gorman, Of New York, au-
thorizing the full penalty provided by
the constitution.
Sentence Pronounced.
'The senate, therefore, do order and
Decree" said Senator Bacon, and it is
hereby adjudged, that the respondent,
Robert w. Archibald, Circuit Judge for
the United States for the third judicial
circuit and designated to serve in the
Commerce court, be, and he is hereby,
removed from Office and that he be,
and hereby is, forever disqualified to
hold and enjoy any Office of honor,
trust or profit under the United
States"
The sentence of the senate became
Operative at once and directions were
given that the president and the. house
Of representatives be notified Of the
verdict and the punishment imposed.
Of the ten men who have been i'm
peached before the senate since the Or
ganization of the government Judge
Archibald is the third to be convicted
and the only one convicted who ap-
peared to make a personal defense
against the charges.