The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-05
No FIGHT upon
JUDGE CAMP BELL
Resolutions to Sleep the Sleep
of Death.
COMMITTEE is NOT COMING
Have No Friends and Say They Fee
r
COMMITTEE is NOT COMING
Have No Friends and Say They Fee
That Their Duty Has Been Dis
charged-N Q Seems Called
Upon to Acs-No Surprise.

It may be almost positively stated from
action by the Legislature in The case of
the Amherst horse-Whipping affair. and
that the resolutions offered in the SEN
ale and House. respectively. by Alessrs.
bruce. Of WISE. and Jennings of Lynch
burg viii forever s.eep il the pigeon
hoes OF the committees OF the two
houses. Tae truth is tnat there is no
enc he.e TO move in the matrsr. and the
RESOLUTIONS are aileady as good as dead.
PECULIAR SITUATION
The sit4auon IS pscuDar in that the
LEGISLATURE mas been wal.-As lor the ci,l-
1t-a Committee, ana illIu4 nation from
r l.4J.e Sources IL ANNE. 81 IS 10 TIE
erect mat mat boOy cunslUe:s its duty
Performed, ana VIII uoL press the ma ltcr
Iur.ner. tl-s.ll mere IL e..us Tor The rep
leSS.-L.4 LIVES lrCn A-n.l-rSt, w.-Ila taty
say JAcy 90 uot lear or oppose InVeSll-
gs.iou wil no. cail up tue resolu lions,
G.u ll!e me.auers VINO by request pre-
SeI.eu them. 90 not 1eel called upon to
90 50, a4Iu IIlUca less uUeS any me-Apef
whose constituency is not Directly con-
ce.Le0. 4Ae.e Is still anotAer reason
assigned Tor inactivity, ana It is tiat
ms Legislature has q vast amount OF
J.. SgGl-L.Vc BUSINESS IL whose Nay. II IS
salu, long and weary lnFese-satlon
would StlnL. -uemoerS seen are Almost
ul,glla.ous4y OF op-G4un lnat there viii
b no ac,lon in the matter, and that the
I1so4utiUns Will never pe called up.
CI---DN wnIILa
In writing mere on tne supJect, mem
ber OF t4e CIuzens ConlI4l.tee mas In!s
10 say:
lie committee, Of which l was a
r7enUer ana wl.ch cane 80 Ricllnond
ia Juy 10 lay the Campbell matter be-
tore the Lee4alalure. t-.uuSnL u4-IL It's
part and the part Of the citizens OF
Amherst had been done when they ap-
peared before tie proper uiuuna. and
preferred charges against the judge OF
lie county court III the RESOLUTIONS.
petitions and other papers then offered
Iuere IS ample matter to set the ma
chinery ot The Investigating Committee
II I4.c-t~-.. II the Legislature really
wants To inveS tigate the matter WAT
are they waiting Tor: q nat more IS
there TO do except to send for witnesses
and pa pers az: inves,1a,e .t;,A charges
that have been preferred against the
Judge OF court /. members OF the
three bars practicing IN that court over
lAeir own Individual Signatures:
NO FUNDS IN SIGHT.
Surely it is not expected that they
will have to continue to send deleGa-
tons a hundred and fifty miles 10 set
in motion the whee.s Of investigation.
Certain 1t is that there are no funds In
sight in Amherst for the payment of
The expenses of wt..-~Ses ana others
- go to :t--cnlnnd in this matter. and
the citizens do not view il as a matter
of such personal concern as 20 warrant
their going into II IN that fashion.
DO grand juries wait for witnesses
20 come in voluntarily when a present
vnent or suggestion Of the commission
OF a crime has been made to them? If
the Legislature really Intends to inves-
t!sate this matter, what are they wait
ing for?'
OF GREAT INTEREST.
The matter Is one OF considerable in
terest throughout the State. and the
course OF the Legislature with refer
ence to it has been eagerly watched by
AL The sounding of the death-kneil
of the fight for investigation may cause
surprise in scn1e quarters. but it has
been pretty we'll understood here all
along nv those we'll posted as to legis-
lative affairs That chances Were largely
in favor Of no investigation.