The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29
REPORT ON
CAMP BELL.
TheyIWil Be Presented 81 i Sd to the
SenategSome Time To-Day.
TIE LIKELY in COMMITTEE, T e :,
VII Either Stand Slxto Six or Sevento
Five Against Campbell How the the /
st iS Members viii Probably
Line Up 35,55 Il

report will be made BY the Senate
Committee for Courts OF Justice to-o1ay 'occs1sly
On, On the Campbell case.8It may be SAID ll'l
that two reports Will be made ana ~ .sl Is
not yet rtan Whether one VIII pe q q 1lt 1llh-
}jority and the other q minority repolr y - =
whether there will be two. each signed
Sbvi ak II m am bers. The attitude OF Ml1rs W.
whitehead will decide whether tn the re- re-
ports are to go to the Senate signed = sl Il oy
six members each or whet ther one one VIII Y 4
go as tie majority report signed Dy$
seven members with a. minority report
signed by the other five. AS 1t Is,
committeel at the meeting yesterday !. ~ n
trenoon stood six to i've ont the quest''Gcn8
Fof 4 IA legal status oft the case. SIX of5
hese take the view that the action of the
z Fl ousoI On the case and It's coinmu nicatlo
OF that action to the Senate have been
REGULAR and legal. The Soth her five. incluo-
ing the chairman of the committee, take
IA tn position that the Housc IN Sfalllns
TO enter the causes of removal ON the me
Journal when 1T voted to 4 remove judge
/ Campbell, and III failing to Incorporate Moor or e
In the Joint resolution Of removal q " tflo
causes on which 1t proposes to remove We
the Judge, did not comply With the law
applicable to such procedure
38l MEETING EXECUTIVE. q q b, .S3s.
#8 The meeting Of the committee was
secret, everything being done In e1ecli-8
tive session, so that no complete sta tsls' A
ment4 OF the discussion In the com mittee
room could bo had 4 In fact. the commit-3
@teemen show little disposition to- Leak
as to what was actually done and how
tho committee stood. from what can
be learned, IS however. ! t. Is & understood
that four members Of the ittee coin7as
eide in the view OF Mr. Mel lwaine, the
chairman. which. In brief. is that y tho
House has not proceeded legally. 4 Mt Mr.
whitehead ~ the E Senator @ repr esenting
$Pittsylvania q and Danville, ,f share es the
view OF the present minority. ne ther SreS-.ii e.
port vii Sbe the ma jori ty port BY 7 hotn;
will be gned by six mem bers Z he 4 thir-
teenth mem der td otto.l
way, Is taking no part In y he 9 ecislon q q
the matter, having been Wy gs before
the House Committee for Courts Of jus
tice when it was taking estimony In the
ca Sc. / While the positions OF the twelve
members participating In the committees
deliberations cannot lie sta ted with &C
cpracy. it Is understood tha the members
are divided thus: NJ
srA rANDING OF COMMITTEE.
FOR legality of House procedure
Nessrs. Walker, Sears, Harman. Byars,.
Cogbil and Bruce. Al d
Against legality OF the House proce-@
dure-NIessrs. iE McIlwaine (chairman),
opie, Watkins. Harvey and Bryant. +,
Position unknown and unrecorde ed---Mr
Whitehead. IA n Ri l y
While the members OF the committee
will make no statement on that point.
1t lis expected that It will submit to the
Senate Ito-dayfa a report on the first clause
OF the resolution only; that Is \ to say
as to the legal status of tho case. The
second clause Of the 5Shnckolford resolu-S
ton, referring the matter to the commit
tee, nstructs them to report also their
conclusions on the evidence taken and
fprinted IN the cause" I t is not believed
that the committee has vet considered
that instruction of the Senate. but Will
report or the legal status Of the case
first and let the Senate decide whether
II is necessary to consider the latter
clause Of, the report at this time. IT
would require very much more time, IT
Is asserted, for the commit tee to formu-j
Late its report MS to the latter clause of
the resolution ofsreference than has yet
been given to It.
Whether tho report be complete or only
partial, or whether the majority favor
one view or the other us to the legal
status OF the case. t is almost certain
that there will be n spirited discussion
or tho floor OF the Senate to-day, ify the
report is acted on at that time. S#