Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-01-13
JUDGE R. ". ARCHIBALD
FOUND GUILTY BY THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
USED HIS OFFICE and POWER FOR HIS PERSONAL GAIN URT NOW
FACES PENALTY or REMOVAL FROM BENCH OF COMMERCE COURT
VOTE ON FIRST CHARGE WAS
68 TO ) FOR HIS CONVICTION

e. cd off the senators as they voted on
T.. the first count, but did not return to
5 the gallery during the rest of the yot
! ing.
, At the conclusian of the vote on tht
fifth article the gallery doors were
, unlocked and spectators surged out
Senator Crawford suggested that the
) senate take a % minute recess for
| lunch, but the motion was voted
= down.
Judgment was pronounced upon
Judge Archibald at 4:35 p, m. Sen2.
tor Bacon announced the sentence re.
moving that jurist from office and for
ever disqualifying him from public
office or a position of trust.
Judge Archibald was not in the
chamber but awaited the verdict ir an
ante-room.
Archbold was convicted on the
first count of thirteen which the
house of representatives brought
against him 1t charged that he had
used his position as a judge TO per,
suade the Erie Railroad company to
give to him and f. ]. Williams, Of
Scranton, an option on a coal dump
at price probably $4,000 less than
its real value.
On this the first charge the sen
ate voted 6S to for conviction OF
high crimes and misdemeanors Al
though the verdict insured Judge
Archbalds removal from the bench
and the service OF the United States
courts, the senate then proceeded TO
vote on the other twelve counts OF
the articles Of Impeachment which
charged various other acts where
Archibald had improperly used his i'll
f1uence as a Judge At his trial the
accused Judge admitted practically
all the facts OF every accusation
brought against him but protested III
, defense that none OF them was
wrongful nor corrupt, nor could he
have been convicted in any court OF
law for them.
, The conviction upon the first
count came with an unexpected ma
jority against Judge Archbold, but
two-thirds being necessary for a con
viction AS the roll call proceeded
6S senators rose in their places slow
ly, and pronounced the word Gull
ty'' in low tones.
AS the vote on the first articles was
announced, Senator Hoke Smith of
, Georgia. moved that the senate 90
) into executive session. He said that
he believed vote on the other
counts might be dispensed with or
abridged by secret deliberation, will
have to come before the house again
| when it finally passes on the bill. All
republicans refrained from voting.
! Washington, Jan. 13.-The vote OF
the first charge was as follows;
For conviction: Ashurst, Bankhead,
Borah, Bourne, Brandegee, Bristow,
Brown. Bryan. Burton, Chamberlain,
Clapp, Clark. of Wyoming, Clarke of.
Arkansas, Crane, Crawford, Culber.
son, Cullum, Cummins, Curtis, Dixon,
Dupont, Fletcher, Foster, Gallinger.
Gore, Gronna, Hitchcock, Johnson OF
I Maine, Jones, Kenyon, LaFollette,
Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber Mclean,
Martin. MARITIME, Myers, Nelson, New
lands, OGorman, Owen, Page, Per
kins, Poindexter, Pomerene, Reed,
Richards, Root, Sanders, Shively, Sim
mons, Smith of Georgia, Smith OF
! Maryland, Smith of Arizona, Smoot,
I Stephenson, Stone. Sutherland, Swan
son, Thornton, Tiiiman. Townsend
Warren, Wetmore, Williams, Perky
and Works.
Against; BurnhanL Catron, Oliver
Paynter and Penrose,
Absent or not voting: Bacon, Brad
ley, Bigss, Chiffon, Dillingham;, Fall,
Gamble, Gardner, Guggenheim, Heis-
Eell of Arkansas, Jackson, Johnson of
Alabama, Johnson of Texas, Kern,
Lea, Massey, Overman, Percy Smith
of South Carolina, Smith of Mich
gan and Watson.
The vote on the first count was GS
against Archibald and ) in his favor,
The senate then proceeded to vote on
the other twelve articles OF the I'M
parchment although the conviction
upon the first is sufficient to remove
the judge from the bench.
Not guilty was the verdict on the
second article of Impeachment, which
charged Judge Archibald with having
attempted to obtain fee by settling
a case between the Marion Coal com
pany and the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad The vote was
&c to 25 in the judges favor
On the third charge the senate
found Judge Archibald guilty.
The vote on the third article was
60 to II.
The vote on the fourth articles of
impeachment again resulted in Judge
Archbald's conviction. The vote for
conviction was 80 to 90.
The fifth vote resulted in another
verdict of guilty. The vote 1r con-
victiOn was &C to 6.
Washington, Jan. 13.-Judge Arch