Evening star., 1926-11-04
White House Announces AC-
ceptance of Decision on Eve
of Impeachment Trial.
ILLINOIS JURiST ACCUSED
OF HIGH MISDEMEANORS'
Question of Procedure for Extra
Session of Upper Body We'd
nesday Not Settled.
BY the Associated Press.


Federal Judge George w. English
of eastern Illinois resigned today i'll
the face of impending Impeachment
proceedings.
Announcement of the resignation.
which was accepted. was made at the
White House almost simultaneously
with call by the House members ap,
pointed to prosecute him for meet
ing to arrange plans for his trial be
fore the Senate on Nov emher 10.
Impeachment of the jurist. who was
appointed to Office by President Vii
son, was voted on April /. this year,
the charge being that he was guilty
of usurpatiOn of power and other
high misdemeanors,"
/ Indications that Judge EngllSh
would not carry his case before the
Senate were given recently when
William +. Zumbrunn. local attorney,
widely known as counsel for the ku
Klux klan, resigned as chief counsel
for him. AZ that time, however. othe:
members of the large legal array he
had enlisted in his defense insisted
that the jurist would fight the issue
to the end
Principal Charges Made.
Principal charges against JudG"
English were wrongful manipulation
Of bankruptcy funds. usurpation OF
authority over 1llionis State officials
use of profane language from the
bench and the threatening of juries
and counsel in court. Appearing be
fore the Senate and through his coun-
sci Judge English entered formal de
NAL in each case.
Whether the Senate will proceed
with the Impeachment proceedings was
said not to be known at the White
/ House; although acceptance OF the
resignation was with the approval oi
Representatives Michener, Republican
Michigan. and Summers, Democrat.
Texas, managers for the House in the
impeachment proceedings. In one or
two cases. it was said, the Senate had
proceeded with Impeachment proceed
| ings after an official had resigned.
The resignation was rendered for
Judge English by Edward ID. Kramer
| Of East ST. Louis, ILL.,, his chief coun-
sci. Present also were Attorney
General Sargent and Representatives
Michener and Summers.
Norris Expects Senate Session.
Senator Norris, Republican, in line
for the Senate judiciary committee
craftsmanship. expressed the opinion
that the Senate must meet on Novem-
Der 10, as planned, and take formal
| action of some kind. lie added, how
ever, that it would undoubtedly be
guided in it's course by fecommenda-
, tions Of the House managers. The
Senate may go ahead with the trial,
regardless of the resignation. he said.
but if precedents are followed the trial
would be abandoned.
Representative BoiAs, Republican,
Iowa, one of the House prosecutors.
took the view that it would be up TO
the Senate to decide whether to pro-
ceed with the trial or drop the case.
A number of Senators, including
some of the leaders, expressed the
view that the case would be dropped
and that whatever meeting the Sen
ate held on November 10 would be
merely perfunctory To dispose of the
issue
The English case has leen inter
| mittently before Congress for two
years. having first been brought to
the attention of the House by Repre-
sentative HaWes. Democrat. Missouri,
| who asked that charges made by the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch be investi-
gated. A committee of seven MEM
, bers finally was appointed and began
an inquiry at East st. Louis. I'm
parchment was recommended by the
Judiciary committee last March and
after nearly two weeks of debate the
Impeachment resolution was approved
by vote of S02 to G2
BeIknap Case Precedent.
Senator Ashurst Of Arizona while
not venturing an opinion as to what
course the Senate will follow in the
English case, said today that in the
case of Secretary of War Belknap in
1876 the Senate proceeded to a vote
on the Impeachment charges after Sec.
retary Belknap had resigned. Secre.
tary Belknap was acquitted of the inn
peachment charges
Senator Ashurst said that n great
many of the Senators, in voting not
guilty, announced they thought the
/ Senate no longer had jurisdiction.
/ JUDGE REVEALS MOTIVE.