New Britain herald., 1915-02-23
JUDGE DAYTON DENIES IMPEACHMENT CHARGES
bW;As Upon Attitude Of Mine
 Workers Toward Him.

Washington, D. C.. Feb. 2s-Em- phatic denial of impeachment charg- es pending against him was made yes- terday by Federal Judge A. G. Day. tsn of West Virginia, before the in- Vestigating subcommittee of the house Judiciary committee.
 Judge Dayton testified throughout the afternoon and evening sessions and replied in elaborate detail to the accusations. He prefaced his state ment with an expression of gratitude to the committee.
 Under Charges for Months.
 "I have rested for several months under these charges" he said. T have been subjected to espionage in my private affairs, my debts and f. nancia1 obligations have been pried into and a constant series of inflam- matory articles has appeared in newspapers. ..
 Il have endured all this and there- fore feel justified in saying that I ap- preciate the courtesy of the commit tee in allowing me at last to tender a statement and proof that will dis pei these charges
 Miners Against Him.
 The judge dwelt upon the attitude of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica toward him. referring to cases in which he decided against the organ tzation and declaring that he simply carried out the law without any prejudice against union labor.''
 He said that he had in no way sought to displace Judge John H. Jackson. his predecessor, on the bench and specifically denied that he had joined in a campaign with Bal timore and Ohio railroad officials to force Judge Jacksons' resignation or Impeachment.
 A letter was put in evidence from former President Roosevelt, dated Z May 26, 1914, in which the former president stated that he instituted an Investigation of Judge Jackson on his own responsibility and appointed Judge Dayton without solicitation from anyone
 Denies Favoritism. Judge Dayton denied that he had ever shown favoritism to the Balti- more and Ohio railroad in litigation in his court. He said that before his appointment to the bench he had been local attorney for the Balti- more and Ohio, but that his sole fee from the railroad had been an annual pass.
 Men connected with the road, he sad, had opposed him in politics. i. He reviewed the litigation before his court in which his son, Arthur s. Dayton, appeared as counsel for the road and declared that he had never favored either the railroad or his son in any way. s,e Denies Controlling Jury.
 HE likewise denied that he had ever r3sought to control the selection of jurymen in his court in the interest of the railroad, or that his son had had cases removed from the state courts to his court.
 The charge that he had manipulat- d receiverships and trusteeships in rder to give them to his personal nd political friends, Judge Dayton yaiI, had mot the slightest founda- 1tion in fact' and could be disproved by the court records. large mum Der of affidayits and documents SUD- porting his statements were laid be- fore the committee by the judge. (There was considerable argument about taking them, but they were finally accepted, although not includ- ed in the record. -
 Judge Dayton said that the prying into his private loans with banks was an effort to ruin him financially.