Show IMPEACH I TWO JUDGES IN CONGRESS Representative Murphy to Bring Charges Against Philips and McPherson MAKES STATEMENT ON FLOOR OF THE HOUSE Missourian Wants to Be Shown Regarding Recent Recent Recent Re Re- cent Rates Decision I WASHINGTON May 6 At At the conclusion conclusion con con- elusion of a lengthy statement in the lj house ouse today regarding his bis resolution of inquiry into the official conduct of Federal Federal Fed Ped- eral Judges McPherson and Philips of the western district of Missouri Representative Representative Murphy of that state announced announced announced an an- that he would present formal charges of impeachment Mr lr Murphy brought the matter up He as a question of personal privilege had read some newspaper dispatches to the effect that Frank Prank Hagerman attorney attorney attorney ney for eighteen railroads had telegraphed tele tele- graphed the attorney general of of the the States alle alleging that the charges in the Murphy resolution were were an an outrageous outrageous out- out tissue le of misrepresentation by byone byone byone one who has no knowledge of the facts I Clayton of Alabama a member of the judiciary committee objected sayIng saying saying say say- ing the a argument was as not one of personal personal personal per per- lle privilege e. e Speaker Cannon ruled that Mr Murphy Mur Mur- urphy ur- ur phy was within his rights and could continue but but- buthe he had pot proceeded far when Henry of Texas another member of the judiciary ry committee stopped him with an inquiry as to whether he did not Dot intend formally to brin bring in char charges es of impeachment The Missouri l member member mem mem- ber however did not give ie a direct ans answer answer an an- s er but continued his bis recital of the char charges es contained in his resolution He called on Mr Rucker Bucker his llis colleague to substantiate what ho he was saying Action Twenty Twenty Years Late Mr l Rucker Bucker did so declaring that Judge e Philips should have been impeached im impeached irn- irn poached twenty years ago Several times Mr Ir Payne the major majority major major- ity itt leader objected saying that Mr Murphy urphy could coull not yield for debate Later he lie again objected on the ground that Mr Murphy 1 was traveling outside the issue raised b by the Ha Hagerman erman telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram and the preamble of the tion Again in passing passin on the resolution Speaker Cann Cannon u ruled in favor of Mr Murphy remarking that the telegram is pretty bro broad d. d Continuing Mr Ir Murphy denied that the state of Missouri Misouri had X been een accorded ever every courtesy in the rate cases as was stated in in Mr Hagerman's tele telegram The state he declared had no knowledge knowl edge or notice whatever of the first injunction injunction in in- junction in those cases Wants Government BackI BackI BackI Back I am asking askin the thc congress of the United States be no said to give back backo to o us that government which you handed handed hand hand- ed to us when you admitted us as a state in the union bv by requiring the federal federal federal fed fed- eral judiciary in iii tIle tie western district of Missouri to to proc proceed ed along orderly and decent lines Iines in the execution of f the law The Tho house then adjourned and immediately immediately immediately imme imme- thereafter Mr Murphy notified member members s a of the judiciary committee that liat lie he wo would at it once present formal charges of impeachment against the two t judges |