The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-30
TRIAL Of JUDGE
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b. Thomas as sole bankruptcy
referee in his district.
Defense The district never had
more than one bankruptcy referee.
There has never been even q sug-
gestion that more than one was
Article s-Corruptly extending
favoritiam to Thomas by insisting
he be appointed attorney for re-
ceivers Of the Alton Granite and
st. Louis Traction Company.
Defense Both receivers lived out
side Of Illinois. English suggested
appointment Of Thomas. who lived
urged that Thomas be permanently
appointed because OF his valuable
services.
Article - Corruptly handling
bankruptcy funds by having them
deposited for his own and Thomas
benefit.
Defense There is no evidence In
the record showing collision be-
tween Thomas, Judge English and
the iepositary banks
Article 5-Tyrannical and indecent
conduct.
Defense Evidence does not sustain
the charge. He may have been
brueque, but he did no unlawful
act.
Opposing Viewpoints
The two opposing points of view
over evidence in the case were
given today as follows:
Representatives George s. Ora
ham R.) OF Pennsylvania, chairman
Of the Judiciary Committee and
leader Of the impeachment forces:
The confidence Of the public in
our courts must be maintained.
While no judge should be tightly
impeached, yet, everyone whose
conduct tends to bring discredit On
the courts must be removed The
conduct OF Judge English has been
such that 1t cannot be ignored.
federal courts have been
manned by persons Of high cl1arac-
ter, creating widespread confidence
in the Federal judiciary. Tyrannous
and oppressive conduct cannot be
permitted to go unchallenged.
Representative Andrew =. Hickey
of Indiana. ranking Republican OPP
psoing impeachment:
1.-THE office or judge ID the most
important In our system Of govern
ment. An independent, impartial,
learned judiciary is the bulwark OF
the people. The judiciary must not
only be independent, but fearless
and efficient.
"If a Federal Judge can be Inn
peached because of a passion to en-
force law. then our system Of gov
full reading of all the proof in the
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the conclusion that in all he did
and said. as judicial officer. he
had but two purposes in view.
His Two Aims
First, to uphold the law. y
Second, to do equal and exact
justice to all who came before his
court
IF this upright, capable judicial
officer is to be destroyed because Of
this conduct. 1t Is a sad commentary
upon American fair.play."
A majority vote for impeachment
by the House would be sufficient
to throw the case into the Senate
where the formal trial would then
take place. q two-thirds vote being
required to unseat English.
There have just been nine i'm
parchment trials before the Senate.
The last one resulted In the re-
moval of Judge Robert w. ATchi-
bald, United States Commerce Court,
in 1918, Since then an attempt
was made to remove Attorney Gen
eral Harry M. Daugherty, but 1t
was killed in committee.
Back of today's events were
months of investigation by the
Judiciary Committee, which voted
IL to 6 for impeachment.
Five articles of impeachment were
reported by the committee. Under
each article were listed series of
instances where English was guilty,
according to the report, of malad'
min'istration in office,