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Show H THE JUDICIARY VB In tho recent lmiicachnient of Judge Archibald HBj of tho United States Comnicrco court thoro Is a B valuable lesson. Tho verdict that ho had prostl- VM luted his olllco for prlviito gain, put htm outsldo VS tho palo of uii linpartlnl judge, ami put hltf useful- VX ncss as a judge al an end. Ills worship of mamoti H nnd dcslro to got money apparently worked to his VM undoing. Ono of tho speakers In tho case spoke fl of him us follows: H Mr. President and Senators, under the first m nrtlclo of Impeachment It is charged that Judge M Archibald used his inlluenco as n United States M Commerco Court Judgo to sccuro from tho Erie B llallroad Co., tho culm bank known as tho Katy- M did culm hank. M In tho first place, Mr. President, thcro is a M general charge that this Judgo has been guilty M of culm dump mongerlng from tho tlmo ho be- M camo a Commerce Court judgo until tho tlmo ho M was overtaken. I have n list of letters here that H tho judgo has written about culm dumps. There B aro sorao 60 or CO of theso letters, I bcllevo. No- BBJ body knows how many personal conversations BH thero wero; nobody knows how many phono calls BBV there wero. I really do not seo how tlila high BBV court judgo could havo dono much judicial work M on tho bench nnd nttonded to all theso numcr- BBV oiiB culm dump transactions with the various M litigants In his court with tho Idea that ho was BBV probably not worldly wise, as sumo of the wlt- H ncsscs Bald, and I guess ho was not; and ho M began to trade and tralllc in what? In nioiiey? H No. Did ho havo any oxperienco In tho coal BBBj business? No. Ila never owned a washcry. I B do not know that ho over saw a culm dump. Ho H never mined coal. Ho hail no financial standing. BBV What was ho trnulcking in from tho beginning H of his career, just after ho was put on tho Com- H mcrco Court bench, when tho railroads camo uu- H der his jurisdictions, until tho present time? Ho H had nothing to tralllc in except his lnfluenco as H a H Senators, jon can read this testimony from H one end of it to tho other nnd that is tho only H conclusion that J on nro ilrhcn to, because I say H again ho had no experience in coal dumps; ho H had no knowiedgo of coal property; ho had no H financial standing. All that was left him to make H gain for himself was tralllc in that sacred Inllu- H enco derived from tho olllco of judgo. Paul,, In H j' writing to his beloved Timothy, from many years BBpJ of rlpo experience said: H "And having food and raiment, let us be BBV therewith content. l "Hut they that will be rich fall Into temptn- H tlon nnd a snare, and into many' foolish and H hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction H and perdition. H "For tho lovo of money Is tho root of all H H "Tho judgo seema to havo adopted as ho H went on tho Commerco Court bench and on tlio H district court bench old Ben Johnson's advice BBfJ whero ho says: H "Get money; still gut money boy, BBBJ i No matter by what moans " H Or as Pope says In his Imitation of Horace: H "Oct placo nnd wealth, If possible, with grace; H If not, by any means get wealth and place." H The judgo lias sorely violated tho proprieties H of his olllco In order to mnko theso ndvnntugpntm BBBJ, H Hut notwithstanding the result tho trial H brought out In bold relict tho character of tho H American Judiciary and while ono of tho number 1 has been Impeached tho record is a good ono to 1 look upon In general. Hero is ono of tho tributes 1 paid by ono of tho speakers' B I yield to no ono in my roverenco nnd rc H' spect for tho splendid judges who havo Illumined h nnd ndorncd tho annals of our judicial history. ji When tho roll of tho names of Marshall, Taney, m Miller, Ilrower, Harlan, nnd Fuller is called, my W pulse quickens and my blood warms becauso I B am ono of their countrymen and "havo to sbaro H In tho horltago of their famo," but what a far cry It Is from ono of theso grcatmen to tho ro- B spondent at tho bar! Can you lmaglno that any - of these, during tho wildest and most Indiscreet B, moment of tholr lives, would over havo descend- H cd from tholr high position to tho low piano of Hi" dickering and trafficking for private gain with H parties who had suits ponding In tholr courts? Hi Mr. President, tho history of tho Amorican B judiciary Is a glorious record, which makes ov- H; ery citizen of this country proud. "It Is a horl- Hl tago prlcolesB in valuo and belonging to us all. B! Lapse of years but adds to our rovoronco for I Marshall nnd Story, Kent and Miller, Taney, and Fipld, Amidst tho conflicts of parties and principles, prin-ciples, which raged so furiously around them, EfEfjMf they were calm nnd just In wisdom nnd convor-H' convor-H' satlon, declaring tho law ns they bollovcd It to Hjj I lie, with an lndependcnco which know no fear. H I, Around some of them clouds and darkneej gatb- H g ! orod, but they soon passed away." Hl .Hlk "As porno tall cliff that lifts Its awful form BBBBV .BBBBBjB BBBBBH EEEEEEEs M Vm'WV nmnn.nn. m i - i , bjbV!bbbbw .J Swells from the valo and midway leaves the storm, Though round Its head tho rolling cloud Is spread Eternal Bunshlno settles on Its -head." So long ns judicial Independence shall bo admired, so long as Judicial purity hall bo respected, re-spected, so long as judicial propriety shall ho demanded, so long as justlco shall be tho genius of our civilization, Just bo long will tho names of our great jurists remain embalmed In sacred memory nnd contlnuo the prldo of bench and bar and tho glory of American Institutions. In nil ages and In all climes whero civilized man has dwelt he has been ever watchful In endeavoring en-deavoring to choose judge among tho most upright, up-right, honest, and Just of men men of poise, Incorruptibility, and discretion, who well understand under-stand nnd appreciate the dignity nnd proprieties of their office. It should bo burned Into tho minds and hearts and souls of tho Judges throughout tho United States that they should nvold everything that brings disgrace, scandal nnd disrepute upon their high ofllcc, so that whatever other branches branch-es of our government may nt times loso tho confidence con-fidence of any portion of our population, tho Ju-dlclary Ju-dlclary may over stand as an lmmaculato bulwark bul-wark agalnBt tho enemies of n ncpublican form of government. Whenever ft Judgo vlolntcs this motto, that every moment tho magic of his judicial ju-dicial power Is gone, nnd "it loses for Itself theso princely attributes with which It Is by tho constitution con-stitution Invested." Tho moment n high Judgo dares to uso IHb ortlco directly or romotoly for prlvnto gain "that moment ho loses tho respect of tho community." Let tho standard of judicial ethics In this grent country bo so high that overy Judgo may reserve Webster's enconlum on Chief Justlco Jay, when ho said: "When the Judicial crmino fell upon his shoulders It touched n being ns spotless as itself." it-self." Tho lesson Is apparent. |