The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-10

y The House OF Delegates, by a vote Of
ca to Is. yesterday adopted the resolutions
offered by tho Courts Of Justice Commit
tee. removing Judge c. ]. Ii Campbell, Of
the County Court OF Amherst. from office,
5uponthe charges alleged against him by
the two houses OF the General Assembly.
The mater will now go to the Senate,
where It is predicted It will be disposed
+ OF In like manner. The contest in the
House was short and sharp and was Wit
messed by a vast throng Of Interested spec
Stators. composed largely Of fair women
and well known men. 4d4
There were about ninety members in
their seats, and a great many Senators;
me over to witness the struggle on the
House side. After some prelimlnaries had
been disposed Of and the House had adopt
cd the conference report on the general
revenue bill. the chair laid before the
body the removal resolutions offered by
the committee. and Mr.. Leake. Of G ooch-5
land, the Campbell floor leader, offered@a
substitute. contending that the inyestigaT
.tlon had been Irregular. and calling upon
the House to start Il all over q gain ana
give the accused Judge the twenty days
taking OF the testimony. 3533 Al
WOULD NOT YIELD.
X To this substitute Mr.. Leake8 addressed
himself at some length. i. refusing to yield
for a motion to limit the debate. 5si
When Mr.. Leake had concluded. Mr.
Davis on behalf of the committee. offered
a straightforward letter to the body from
Judge w. q. Loving. of Nelson, re lying
to&the attack made upon him by Judge
Campbell in the lattcr's answer. and he
asked thatsit be read at the desk. This MS
5brought5up the first clash, and the Camp
bell forces, led by Mr.. Edwards, OF west
Point, and others, lined up against having
the elletter read 1t was read ,s how ever, and
Mr.. Davis moved to strike gu OF Judge
{Campbells answer all OF that part reas-3
Ing to- Judge Loving, and 1t was $ ia dopted
by large ajority.& Mr.. Davis paid q
high tribute sto4Judge Loving referred 70
his letter as a manly one and declared
that Judge Campbell's reference 70 MN ~.
was altogether uncallcd for.
Judge Loving stated 4 In his letter that
owing to the follcs of youth he had be-
come heavily Involved In debt. but that
since he had changed his course n Ire
he was dlscharglng these obligations py
hard struggle, and that no one knew "
better than Judge Campbell, to Ywhom n. ne
had but recently made apayment. gs
BITING LANGUAGE. u,
ss TIe refers alsoE to the difficulty between .
himself and Mr., Gordon. and says 1t was \
one OF mutual combat, and has long since
been adjusted, He says he; would have
declined Judge Campbells support for Of
flee had 1t been dered, |, as he knew; his
political methods to be base and corrupt.
and that he had never sought position In
that way.
! IN his closing sentence Judge loving
uses the following biting language: This
mode of Judge Campbell In meeting d.
rect charges against himself OF mnlnd-
ministration and corruption In high office.
(charges abundantly sppported DyE me
evidence) by crying persecution. and u
making counter charges against his ac-8
cusers when run to ground, is character
istio OF the man, and Ia but another evi-8
dence OF his baseness and cowardlce. 84.
5l II u ALL VOTED DOWN. Ut
When this motion OF Mr.. Davis had
carried, there was move to limit de-
substitute resolution OF Mr.. Leake was
rejected without division, and Mr.. Folkes
offered another. simply censuring Judge
Campbell for striking Mr., Crawford. The 4
Richmond member appealed strongly for
mercy, and at the end of his speech,
his substitute was rejected-ayes III
noes. 50, 5f
also rejected. directing the judiciary
Committee to inquire whether or not 4
there should be Impeachment proceed
.,ngs against Judge Campbell
Mr.. Davis now took the floor to close
the debate, though It could be hardly
dignihed with that term, m !. as there could
withstandlng the fact they had made
great fight for unlimited time. Just at
5s N. M. the Petersburg lawyer yielded
and the vote was taken with the result
given above,
q Only one pair was announced, Mr.H
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