Show MORGAN DID JD NOT NOTI BLOCK THE WAY Conferees C Appointed on the State Statehood hood Bill ARGUMENT A IN SWAYNE CASE SENATE ENATE S WILL DECIDE THE MAT MATTER TER MONDAY Wash Washington I Feb the few minutes for legislation before re rethe the beginnIng of th the Swayne wayne impeach impeachment ment trial the senate tOday made mends amends for the dela delay yesterday in n the matter of appointment ot or conferees on the joint statehood and Panama canal civil bills Mr lIr Morgan forgan made no further l hon to th announcement ot of the con on the statehood bill and while he declined to serve In the Panama canal conference he did not seek to I action on the request of the house for tor a conference Consequently lit Iu the ten minutes between the con convening ening ot of the senat at and the begInnIng of the Impeachment case caseI I both oth committees were filled by the chair I Immediately mined lately alter after convening the chair announced the appoIntment ot of M KIttredge MIllard and Morgan as conferees on the canal bill Mr Morgan organ promptly declined saying that his advocacy of the house provision re regardIng gardIng the canal commissioners was such that he could not undertake to represent the position of the senate He was vas excused arid Mr Gorman German ap appointed pointed in his stead Morgans Stat Statement ent The statehood bill being beinS laid before the senate Mr Morgan said Yesterday I the floor at an eta em barras time and under what were to me circumstances I had supposed d that those who had sup supported ported the house bill were to continue their opposition at the time tim but I had hadnot not been long speaking when I found myself in to my frIends I had expressed my views on the constitutional features of the bill when it was before the senate but had not had to discuss its suf frage features I was anxious to express my vIews on that point and having done so I Ishall shall not proceed further Mr Ir Morgan lorgan scarcely ceased speaking when the chaIr made his announce announcement ment of conferees on the statehood bill designating Beveridge Nelson and Bate Thurstons Eloquence At 10 the Impeachment was resumed anlas and as oon as a quorum coul could l be secured Mr Thurston began lis argument in Judge be halt half Earl Early r as was the hour the gal gallerIes were well filled and Mr Thurs Thurston ton received close attention I stand here he said in beginning his address uto to raIse the last voice ever cyer to be heard between this time aJ aid d the time when the judgment of God shall be pronounced in support of the personal honor and the official Integ rity of Swayne the respondent fit at this bar baro Mr Jr Thurston contended that a judge cannot be impeached for a a crime against a state law disconnected with his official duties and referring to the first seven articles of Impeachment he declared that In ordinary Court they would be barred by statutes of Uon tion and must be here Referring to charge of uSing private care he sql I IThee There Thee are reason wh time the or of charity should hould be drawn about transactions of that kind by public ImbUe men n Judge Residence On the point of resl residence Mr lr Thurs Thurston Thurston ton said that If JUdge Swayne did not make mak his home at Pensacola he had no home anywhere He hiS prolonged and frequent absences b by pa saying that for to OO days das each year the judge was engaged In hold holding lag ing court in other states He traced the present to the Davis B Belden contempt eps declaring that thata a conspiracy to depose the judge had grown rown out of It and extended until It ft reached its present stage He justl fled fied the In the Vis case and in the ON oJ ease case With lith an a J vindication anti ana ac acquittal Mr r Thurston closed at 1240 p m after speaking two hours and anda B a half hal Closing Argument Manager get De Armond concluded the theat at for the following Mr Taking up time the Belden Davis contempt case Mr Ir De Armond Armona declared that JUdge court had been in contempt and defiance alike aUke of law and rights He to the charge of saying that while there was as no legal requirement ment for the r respondent as an Individual to remain in the district It was incumbent upon him under the law to b his Office it t he did not live in the distrIct He Ie contended that It us competent tO a judge for crime whether r in eon with official acts of not He declared that the taking of more mone money V for expenses than was expended was less lese than Mr r De Armond that Judge Ju ge Swayne have excused himself from sitting In the case o omit t ot of which the eases cases grew because even lt If h he was s not the owner of any oc hind lie be had passed assed favol abb upon the title with a VIew to ng He said that a failure to bring In fn a verdict for impeachment would be to give ive li Ii license cense to weak and and andin in conclusion made a plea Vleo for tion In justice to the people of Jud Judge c di V V VV V Secret Sessi Session n V DE Dc Armond c closed at and an d Immediately af on unction motion of o f Mr 11 Fairbanks the doors were c close d In order that the senate might pr V c oo with Its deliberations in the ease case The secret was devoted en entirely to the on gI a n presented d bY s Mr Ir Bacon fi flying the th e order of yoUng or on the articles of impeachment jib im ee In n the Swayne C case lse Th r e rUles require that the years and nay s shall be taken on each article o of urn Im Impeachment separately and that two tw o thirds shall be necessary to convict Mr Bacons resolution Is as follows That Thai on Monda next Feb 27 at 10 1 0 a m the senate shall shaH proceed d 1 1 vote vot without debate on the several severa l of impeachment The officer shall direct the secretary io t tread O read the s sverI ver l articles or of Impeach Impeachment meat ment In their regular order After the th e Te ading article the pr officer shall put the question fOll S ouis Is dent de deth nt or r not guilty as char ed In Inthis Inus this th us article The secretary will vIlI proceed to call the roll rol l for the response or of senators whereupon hereupon w when his n name Is each ea ch senator shall rise in his place and gIve gi ve his guilty not guilty gunt and an ansa d the secretary shall record same sa rnea V V The resolution was agreed to but not until un til after debate V 1 V Naval Bill Taken Up 5 V The doors were ere reopened at 4 p ni and an d the na naval l appropriation bill blU was mediately Im taken up Mr Gorman cri crifo the increased appropriation tor fo r cr cruisers and comers colliers and requested Un an explanation from Mr Hale in eh arg of the measure ReplYing Mr Hale saId the bill was a moderate one so far as i increases cre ses vere ere concerned co The principal object of a ag big bi g navy In time he went on ons hIs I s to bully small smail powers He proceeded to o I sa that this had haden been be en the policy jf England for more morean than th an a century and that its navy had haden been be en its instrument That he be added ad ded must be of the pow pows ers er s which ImItate England By common consent the naval bill billas was w as laid aside and a large number of bilIs bil ls passed Bills Passed I IThe The following bills were passed Amending tHe laws relating to the tn try or of merchandise subject to fixing fix ing the status of merchandise corn com lr g Into the United States from the ca nal zone legalIzing a certain ordin ordinance ance an ce in the city ot of Purcell IndIan Te T e amending the S statutes re lating la ting to copyrights on works of authors au thors Inventors and designers authorizing au the president to reinstate Alexander lexander A G 0 Pendleton jr or of ArIzonans A as a cadet in tko the United States military m academy ratifyIng an agree ment m mI ent with the Indians on the Wind VInd I iver reservation Wyoming in At P m in the senate adjourned until u n a ni m Monday II |