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Show WILL BOW TO WISHES OF ACCUSED JURIST Senate May Not Hear the Archbald Impeachment Case Until Next Winter. WASHINGTON. July 12. The Impeachment Impeach-ment trial of Judge Archbald of the commerce com-merce court will depend as to date largely large-ly upon the preference expressed by tho accused jurist. At least a majority of the Republican senators prefer to postpone the formal proceedings until cooler weather, meantime mean-time allowing the house, which adopted the articles of Impeachment with one dissenting dis-senting vote, and the counsel for tho defense de-fense ample time for preparation. The oiTllcal Impeachment papers will be submitted to the senate as soon as that, body disposes of the Larimer case. Then the prosecuting managers, headed by Chairman Clayton of the house Judiciary committee, will be escorted by tho sor-geant-at-arms to the bar of the senate, where In an address to the presiding officer offi-cer they will demand that Judge Archbald Arch-bald be summoned to answer to the Impeachment, Im-peachment, The official Impeachment papers will bo appointed to consider the house resolution. resolu-tion. ThlB committee probably will be headed by Senator Clark of Wyoming, chairman of the Judiciary commlttoc. No decision has been reached by the senators as to who shall preside over the senate during the trial. This task Is laborious, la-borious, necessitating a careful study of precedents and law. At the beginning of the Swaync trial the president pro tern asked to he excused and Senator Piatt of Connecticut was selected as president pro torn, while the senato wan sitting In trial. As the senate so far has been unable un-able to agree upon a regular president pro tcm, It Is probable that a senator will be chosen for the specific work of presiding pre-siding while tho senate Is considering the Archbald charges. |