The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-07

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offender bsen any other than himself. no
would now he pfoSstu tinB him Tor An at q.
tempt 10 commit murder Needless stol
say I refer rs Oa u II vans, Cofntnot-
gwcalth's Attorney of the county OF Am.
hefst. The pernorhi malice Of the main
ngitatlors OF this persooutlo ton can re Or
ss,y tysc ss. sSs ss t Ys, as
personally, politically. or both, WHOM tt,l
shows concilsively the personal animus
which acttiAtes them III their persecu ton.
and which ID only thlnly yelled under
pretense of uphoidlng the laws OF s4tne
"A BITING CHARGE.
8 10 cite another Instance Of this w. q.
Loving, fudge Of the County Court OF
Nelson, who is both petitioner and attof.
f,ey III this persecuti lion, has been my most
consistent ana persistent enemy TOR yeafi
having mover lost an opportunity 70 de-
tract from me and to cast r sas S
which criticism Of my public lie comes
with bad grace from q man VINO was
native Of Amherst county and VINO once
figured In public life in that county put
who later loft It, leaving behind him
the mantle Of charity, but for his per-
mo IL becomes necessary for me to un..
cover the motives OF this latter-day apos-
tie OF nurityGSin order to show MS mo
5tives IN the premises. Many parties have
been vainly endeavoring 70 co o.,nh haya
been obtained and exist against him IN
tho courts OF Amherst county, come OF
which / represent, notably thu. heirs OF
George Fulcher whose estate he owes
several thousand dollars as administrator
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hands and which he sduandered. and Tor
which widows and orphans In Amherst
county IRE suffering and III need ths day.
I refused to support him for office, and
have actively worked against his preten-
sions to such, with some success. lie,
too, Is Indignant that Judge snouaa ,pe
months. under the shadow OF his own
co,lr thouse lie engaged in a personal diff
Guilty with his own Commonwealth, AZ
torney. I. Y T. Z,
Another one of these agitators, Judge
j. Thompson Brown, who Is an ex-senator
to-day Through the efforts OF myself and
friends. i stiIl5 another. Mr.. Aubrey p.
Strobe, who comes fresh from O defeat
7 at my hands for the position Of mem
iber8o OF the Constitutional Convention. And
yet another, Mr.. Beverly r. Harrison,
whose defeat Is not so fresh, but evil
IDENTIFY It rankles stu ne lost ms ], seat
sf Aud Just so I could so down the line
and give reasons which .actuate each and
every one Of Amherst and Nelson petit
TONERS, ( and show their motives, Tor I
assert that each and every one or them
IS invoking the aid OF this honorable
body and asking you to asslst ,n ia,,1 IN, ~,
nvenging their personal and polltlcal
grievances. n IA .ys5ll AN M 5sl B
MOTIVES ALLEGED.
regret exceedingly that I have been
forced to 20 into the motives and give
Z tho real \. reasons which have actuated
nv prosecutors but submit to the hon-E
orable members OF the General Assembly
OF Virginia that in the various charges,
accuse lions and specified Lions, my W n
past has been raked up, and every effort
made, by !insnuations, representations On
and falsflcntion, to injure m In my pub
lie and private character by these par q es.
under the tguise and pretense OF upholders
OF the law and dignity OF the Comm on
wealth ana the honor Of the Judiciary
have deemed 1t my duty, as well !, as I; JUS y,
Stice to myself to tear aside the veil which
so thinly hides their motives. is
I have to say, then, as O cause Why NJ
action should be taken by tho General
Assembly Of Virginia, as proposed IN the
notice served on me:
4 First-That there: is no legal evidence
before the General Assembly on which
It ca lawfully act in this matter, and
this for the reasons assigned above.
ESecond-Ihat 7, as the county judge OF
Amherst county, hold my office under q
qualification prescribed by section twenty
two Of the schedule to the Constitution
Of Virginia., adopted by the convention
OF 1901 1902, by taking an oath to support
that Constitution, prior TO the 10Th OF
July, 1902, and am not amenable to tho
General Assembly for any matters that
occurred prior to that date #
Third-That the committee OF the House
OF HDelegates was without any lawful au-
thority to take testimony as to charges
preferred against me by tho House Of Del
esates, and that such testimony, 30 taken. ]
cannot be cons dered by tho General AS
Fourth-That such testimony, by no
reasonable or proper construction, can be
taken as establishing the truth Of the
charges so made. #
Fifth-That the reports made by the
different members OF the committee OF
the House of Delegates are conflicting and
repugnant and do not concur IN tho cons
illusions reported.
slxth-That it is manifest that these
charges are not the deliberate, dispas-
stonate and free action OF minds guided
by the desire to keep pure and untainted
the fountains OF Justice In this Common
wealth. but that they are the result OF q
fierce, bitter and persistent resentment OF
disappointed personal ambition and politi-
cal hatred of myself.
h I claim no exemption from tho frailties