The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-09
LEGISLATURE.
JuSse Campbell Flies His Answer In
The Proceedinss Against Him.
Says He Cannot be Rernoued

F'1SScoinSs against him.
Says He Cannot be Removed.
The answer OF Judge Clarence J. Camp
bell 10 the charges formulated by the
GENERAL Assembly. upon " hich IL is pro
= so u remove him from the office of
lu l~e 81 the Oounty Court OF Amherst
was i0it before the Legislature Monday
and ordered u be printed The pr;n,,,i
COPIES Will he ready by Thursday. when
tue ilou-e viii take up the question a.,
removal and the members will have he.
lore them both the charges and the an
swer IA detail
Judge C0mpbell's answer is a hishiv
interesting paper. Ia - pages Of clos,
type-wrltJen matter he defends himself
anu scores those who have been foremost
in prosecutiog him. lie j. especially Sc
we're on Judge Loving He chRra~terizes
~utge Loving as the latter day apostls.
~ purity. The Judge also scores the
newspapers for the manner ia which thew
have dealt with his case
Judge Campbell denies the right Of the
General Assembly 70 remove him. even
though the charges made agains. him
We're proved. which he denies in detail
ite iays stress on the TACT that he hol1s
ONCE under the new Constitution. which
De swore 70 support July II. 1902 and
amsnaole Tor any thing Occurring pri,r
20 that date. Another contention l. that
causes for removal can only be justified
aud warranted by inquiry on the part of
the " hole Assembly sitting as q court
Ihe House alone. much less one of its
committees, Il not. be claims competent
20 hear the charges and base the findings
for removal
WILL CAMPBELL IoSE2
Ii * regarded as hardly possible thai
the House will iail 70 adopt the mani
nous verdict OF its committee that Judge
campbell should be removed from the
oeuch. Ills removal viii require 81 vot IS
n The House and , [ in the senate The
only doubt seems TO be whether she at
tendance VIII be large enough. \ peculiar
feature OF interest Is Judge Campbelrs
fe'erence TO Judge Loving. one OF the
counsel Tor the petitioners. Judge Low
inE Is known as a man Of great personal
courage and physical strength Trouble
- expected 10 be the outcome OF state.
msnts that Judge campbell made about
Judge Loving in his all iavit. Charging
aim with violating a trust Many loos
Tor q personal encounter between the
judges
NAM IlQUoR BIZ TO PASS.
The Mann liquor bill will be reported
from the conference committee with the
general reI enue bill and it, passa4e is as
soret. The work OF the conference com
mittce was completed last night and IN
chl 10 be reported viii IL is believed
yield revenue OF -. SOC. 600
Under this act State liquor licenses are
nNed al 5000 and $40 Instead OF 500
and 500. liquor dealers unable TO obtain
license VIII be gwen 30 days in which
70 dispose OF their stocks Al wholesale.
REVENUE Bill DEBATED.
The General Revenue bill was read bv
tue clerk and explained in detail lv Nr
uoaz' chairman OF the conference CON
lu ti-v lie checked an evident desire OF
some members 10 offer 9meudmens by
reminding them that tn biil had passed
tle amendment stage 81 THAT che h.u-.,
could only receive or rel q the repOrt
Nr. Folkes, the only mem Der OF tae con
i'rence committee who dii not sign the
report Vigorously oppos, i its adoption.
iic wac pat ucuiar.y seveie 30 Us crit
e IA oil the Mann liquor section. !. had
no place ia a revenue measure, he said
r-' -lnn and temperance. he declared
Were beng appeal j 10 20 pass a measure
ilA' would drive people out of eSisi-
mat bushes.
u Cation followed against the adop-
u'n Oh the report The House adjourn
without takiug c-tio1.
uNt NOnta Ne sent To the senate the
nom natian OF Col l.. " Lane. OF Wi
'f'. sn'r-,, a. o. Commissioner OF State
a FL ita. aud The appointment was CON
Lru
Nr P.ad offer IN the house his bin to
req Ire t' epers OF hotels aud houses OF
ear = aioment where gas - ~, forpur-
poses oi heating or lighting. TO post no
tlits zach room. calling att .nton to
the danger theseiram
Mt Davis offered bin to authorize
tie emo r OF election 10 the cit,s Of
tha-iv,St.s y Tile, tr iericksburg. Staun.
ton, winchester. Bristol, r. dford and
Buena VISTA, 70 take the SENSE OF ~
quaNu ! voters oil said cities. respectively.
upon the question whether the cornors
tiOn or hastings court now estabIishsI
by law therein shall be abolished
During the consideration of the cslan
lar bills on their third req ling. an inter.
asling debate was precipi.ared bv tbe
amendment Of Sir. " alker to the house
Jii designed to amend section JS7 Of the
code as TO liquor license revoked BY local
option. Mr.. Walker proposed to make
the act effective from its passage. instead
u from January !, 1902, as provided bv
he bill
Mr.. Walker advocated his amendment
and Messrs. Lyle and Wickham earnestly I
opposed it. eOntsnding that it would
VOrk an injustice on those liquor dealers
whose license had been eurtailed inl9O2 /
n the course OF his argument Mr.. Wick /
lam stated that so far as he knew those /
iealers whose license had been curtailed
lad bowed To the public sentiment OF the I
community. He contended that it was
ust TO them to refund the portion of the