The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-06-25
Congress onal Sub Committee Finds
Him Guilty of Oppression and
Abuse CT d sCretion.
SENATE TRIAL NOT
TO BE HELD, HOWEVER
Minority Report EA0n,rltes Jurist
and Denounces Investigator
OF His Office.


committee regrets its inability t,
either recommend complete &c
quittal OF Judge Speer Of al culna
bility 50 far as these charges are
concerned on the one hand, or ar
parchment, on the other hand. .
| This was the cOuClus on submitted
| % the EoIse Judiciary committee
| yeste' day by special subcommittee
hat for months has been nvestiYat-
ing charges of chic al ms olll,t
flea against Emory Speer OF Gpcaa
FEDERAL Judge for the South RI
E.strict of Georgia.
The report. after an exnWr,tvC
| reHltme of evidence with sore
comments. held ,hat some - ";.se
! Srcer's official actions tend t. 1b-
| proach condition Of tyranny and
oppression, but recomn ended that
no further proceedings be had by
the House.
Report to Fall Committee.
These conclusions now rest with
the full Committee on judiciary
which is Hpected to report to them
| to the House ter final dispos ton o.
| the case before the adjournment o
| the present session of Congress. The
| subcommittee comprises Represen-
tatiyoS Webb North Carolina
Fitlhenry (Illino 81, Democrats
and Nolstead (Minne 5ota), Republi
| can.
Volstead, in a minority report
similarly declaring that there is n
| evidence warranting impeachment
will attack the majority of the sub
| committee for criticising Jud+a
they declare not guilty of ahy I'm
completely eXonerates Judge Speer
| Nineteen charges were filed witt
the committee. They alleged, amono
other things, that Judge Snarf en-
| tcrtanod matters beyond his courts
| jurisdiction, allowed excessive tIua
tee fees to 4 personal friend, 'ised
his official position for p"nicrmeat
OF his son-in-law, A. II. Hayward
| abused his authority by domestic
use of government paid employees
| violated laws regarding drawing
| Jurors and dissipated bankrapt os
tates by appointing Unnecessary Of
fcials any allowing excessive fees
Another charge was thaf in the
case of Henry Jamison, 4 Macon ne
| gro, Judge Speer dehel the nan
dates of the Supreme Court CT the
| United States and the CitcGi. Cour
If Appeals.
| Committees Conclusions
| The subcommittee conclusions
follow:
| The conclusion of the sn 1com
| mittee deduced from the evidence
| taken and from the construction o.
the preeedents of Impeachment trial
is that at the present time 7atistaG
tory evidence sufficient to suppo~t
a convictifi upon a trial by thf
Senate is not obtainabie.
In the conduct of the hearing
the committee was extremely ilb
| VI A
nesses to the giving of technically
legal evidence Much evidence o.
a hearsay nature was received. Th'
committee felt justified in such {
course In the light of the fact tina
it came to the attention of the com
mittce that many witnesses were ap
prehensiVe of the consequences o
giving evidence against Jude'
Spcer in the event of his acquttal
This feeling ana the genera
disposition on the part OF indivld
uals to protect themselves agains
what was termed wrath OF judge
Specr kept from the committee th'
names Of the witnesses and a knowl
edge OF the facts in their possession
Many of the Witnesses whose
testimony would be abolutely ueCS
say to sustain some Of the charge
} made are dead. Others have re
y moved from the Southern Distric
y of Georgia and their whereabout'
is unknown