The evening world., 1895-03-27
Judge MoAdam Says Campbell
J" tnsulted the Courts Dignity.
A Personal Matter Could Be Settled
sS'- r OUTSIDE" He Declares.
Tin Objects to BE Called an CAS-
,,,s;. g. ssasia Of Character"


ished for contempt Of court for furnish
ing for publication "a grossly Inaccurate
rsport Of the proceedings Of the Superior
Court" and for making reflections upon
the character of Judge McAdam.
Campbell is reported as having referred
to Judge McAdam as "a Tammany
Judge" and to have said that he was In
consulta ton with friends OF John simp-
son previous to rendering decision In
q case In which Campbell and Simpson
:, had rival interests.
! Mr.. Adams read a dozen pages Of
+ typewritten manuscript containing OBJ
/. 5eetions to the trial OF Campbell on
|, ths order to show cause as issued. He
denied tho jurisdiction OF the court.
d pfincipally on the ground that 1t had
: mot been shown and does not appear
2 IN r'the order that Campbell had fur,
for contempt would hinder the opera
9 ti0nr, Of the Federal Government for
the reason that Campbelrs objectiOna-
'Oe his testimony In a contested election
Z ,eess under the authority Of the Nation
al Congress.
Campbell could not be held guilty of
6oatempt of the Superior Court. because
there was no proceeding at that time
that the order to show cause had a
:, ease, he was entitled to a trial by
jury. which In the pending proceeding
Judge McAdam overruled the objec-
Judge McAdam said that the remarks
q Mr.. Campbell were made about II
0ase which was pending in the court.
00d that the court had ample jurisdc-
at - simply absurd for a man to say
that he can attack the character of a
fudge Of the bench, and when called to
Imply because / did not decide in in his
favor Is no excuse for such an onslaught.
- This is not an attack upon me per
ecnelly. but an attack upon the dignity
:; On % stack % on. I me indlvidGalW it would
have no place here, but might be set
= u don't mean to say as between man
and man Mr.. Campbell may not have
Campbell Is out Of this matter entirely.
and 90 IL Your Honor: 1t has become
great question as To- the rights Of every
person and the rights of every. news
paper regarding the publication of state
mSnts made long subsequent to the pro-
ceedings had In court"
Judge McAdam said mat before the
tWVsn CampSe.i and Simpson he hau
shown It to the other Judges OF the
Superior Court, all Of whom practically
n Mr.. Adams claimed that the, Court
could not punish Campbell for libel or
Judge McAdam said he wa. on trial
to show cause why he should not be
punished for contempt.
Mr.. Adams read that portion OF Camp
bells statement referring to Judge Nc
Adam as Tammany Judge. and asked:
Els that false report
Judge McAdam said that he would not
not any one particular statement. but
the general tenor OF his remarks. which
constituted a reflection on the Court.
He Insisted that Mr.. Adams read the en-
tire affidavit on which the charge was
II did not say that McAdam was a
in q loud whisper to his counsel,
McAdam. that you or Mr.. Campbell,
or any one else. can go into room
and in the presence of wspaper men
stab me or any one else in the back:
attacking my reputation and assassin
ate my Character or that OF any one
else: Do you mean to tell me that
Campbell or any, one else can do that
and not be called TO account for ~"
mo, Your Honor but Your Honor
action at criminal law
II wish to read to the Court the opin-
ion OF Charles o,Conor crriticising the
%. win not hear It," numbered Judge
"But, your Honor, the decisions o, the
most eminent jurist this country ever
Produced Were freely criticized and COM
nsnted upon: i :. v ~
anything ref1ecting upon any Judge OF
any Court, and 1t III becomes you as a
nWyer to attempt TO DO such a thing"
1 would be guilty OF libel in reading the
chsris; oconor?' q" '"''''"' "'"' d.
Mr.. Adams proceeded with his argu-
ment. the basis OF which was that the
court had no jurisdiction:
He quoted a number of decisions hold
" ing that criticism OF proceeding
which had been ended was not punish
able as contempt OF court. He also
!sh for contempt Of court should be held
in the tribunal before whom the offeust
had been committed.
campbe eH' stoed Se0rs as Mnom hs repre- Mr
sentative Of a Federal Court by virtue
.ef the authority conferred upon him
Judge McAdam interrupted TO remark
: mcny referring TO himself was not ger.
name to the matter under investigation
before the notary,
Adams. "he Is accountable only To the
Congress- of the United States. under
i s1hnS's.bt shSssb authority the proceeding was
He cited a number of authorities in
support, OF this theory.
I'D "rhere, Is no question about your au
!. thoritiea" said the Court, but they
have no bearing in the case before us
= We are proceeding under the State law
The burden of Mr.. Adams's aretlruen
WAS to the effect that Mr., Campbell
'- being witness, was not the judge OF tn.
relevancy of subject matter of the uues
tions put to him. He had only to an
swer.
And I'm not an assassin of privat,
character" put in Campbell. in a whis
Mr.. Okie asked permission to say 5
few words: but Judge McAdam sal,
touch had already been argued by Mr.
Adams.
Mr.. Campbell whispered to his coun
eel that he objected to the use of tn,
words assassin of private character
by the Judge in speaking Of him. Judg,
McAdam was told of this.
''I haven't been any harder on hin
than he was on me-" said the Judge
n Judge McAdam took the papers and re
served decision. counsel for Campbell de
clining to go into the merits of the cas-,
on the ground that the Court had M
jurisdiction.
Beeeham's pills for con,