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

forts md hose HIS 1nhs !.1S
Strobe for the Gohs WI
N I'LL convention and Mr. e. y. t 1ls' = =
Tor The House OF Do cg nt es. VI IA
u M II Is sst INNING u =.
Ia winding UP that part OF his ansW'e n y.
SyhiSh deals 50 polntedly ana per ~
Win! those wi HON Judge Sainppeii &c ue-
hcunceu as hts enemies and pef, g ecutors'
a he says that he regrets 70 go iht ~. l n
sttycs. but that lie de ems ~ proper ~
NJ MI a the real reasons for the perse ec
d floi,s. ainslnuations, IA nlisr e prasen tntions
NJ 4 M Qualifications that have been heap.
n al SEi,pon his character both private anu anu
public. 81 .,. (. Il. sgs 8, h.
| hat no action should be taken IN ms nus
case; because no legal evidenc co ms bcen
III induced because, owing to peculiar con- on.
conditions, tho case could ny f.s
GsshaveEbee., properly tried Under either the
Ss5nidSSor the "a now, Consti tuition; that the
" sSSComrnittee ofi the House acted without
q lawful authority that tho two reports
S 81 \, the committee were conflicting and
" rnpugnnnt; that the verdict is the result
II 81 fierce, bitter and persistent resent nient
II of disappointed personal ambition ana
N political hatred \ u tj, ].
ssS3 IA his closing sentence the accused
4 official says he claims no xen1rtion from :,
human, frhlties. but that no has dis
\ charged tic duties Of his office faith
fully. fcnrlessly and incorruptly.
II rho, nnper fairly brlstles with fiery
y tlirusts Mt his opponents and In many
al respccts4is d most remarkable document.
\ Answer in Full. .f5s q
* Tho answer of. Judge Campbell In full,
\ lssas follows (: Il. \ rs l a NJ Al
Il 10 the GcncralE Assembly Of Virginia: "A
s Notice In writing has been served on me
.'that tho General Assembly IS about to
& proceed against me for removal from the
Amherst county Snnds that after twenty
Y days shall have elapsed from the tin,e.
Y OF the service OF said notice the General
Assembly, 'will proceed to determine
whether or not. il the snid G.. j. Camp
q BELL shall be removed from the said OF.
81 flee III, accordance with the provisions OF
section 1o4 Of the Constitution Of Of VIZ VIZ
N ginia.'' 81 1885, !.
5t Section lo4 oySthc Constitution Of Vir-.
& ginin provides as follows: Judges may
n be removed from office for cause, ny (, y
concurrent vote OF both houses of the
a General Assembly; but n majority OF all
tho members elected to each house must.
II fconcursin suchivote. and the cause OF re.
q inoval shalrb be entered on tho journal OF
4 each house. ns' The Judge against whom n
\ the General Assembly may be about to,
n proceed shall have notice thereon, ac-
companicd by a. copy of the causes a
legged for his removal, Mt least twenty
days be- fore the day ION which. either
e house or the General Assembly shall act
thereon" 81 Ia vi . ),
gs5E,If #upon a proper hearing, regularly had
n by, the authorized body of the General
ASSEMBLY OF Virginia, duo cause be founu
NJ 70 exist for5my removal from the Office OF
Judge Of the County Court oft.Amherst
county, to which I was eleeted ny I'm. tme
III General Assembly. / shall submit without
$G S,n.an Il, h remo M france or urrnanly re-
3 sentm ent g 555, #
PROTEST ENTERED.
+ do not consent, however, but do here
NJ protest against the notion lately taken
4 by a 4 committee OF the House OF Dele
Y gates Y OF Virginia being accepted or IN
\ any wise recognized as atfording me
Stscn,lscn which can warrant my removal
"A from office by the General Assembly and
this for the following reasons :
5 lcirst-T hat committee being constituted
II exclusively OF members OF the House OF
,$Deleea ties. and receiving the power and
authority which 1t assumed TO exercise
solely from one house Of the Genera AS
sembly, was nlanfestly without Jufis-
Il dictlon or lawful EpoWer*to hear q no oe.t
II terrnine airy ALTERS Sof law or Of fact
+ AFFECTING nv tenure of office, or as 70
u nv guilt or Innocence Of the matters Will {
which I was charged. lt55S n
Second--The cause" for which .3alone$
q my ,rs.lnoval from the office Of judge py
nS.:concurront vote iof both houses OF
a the General Assembly can be Warrant l
N or Justified, must be cause" Whlch
IS made apparent to that body, sitting as
AZ q court, In the exercise of 1udlclal llltlc-
4 tons, by the weight OF competeEt cyl ,
4 dence regularly introduced, Snnd duly
a heard and considered by the General a s.
scmbly of Virginia.
5G573 Third Conclusions reached by COM
u n1ittee Of the House OF Delegates from
4 evidence heard and considered by sucn
tb committee, can have no other cornFeteEEcy
as legal evidence and Gun receive no other
Il consideration from the General Assembly,
js a. the exercise of its judicial functions,
than could be accorded to ike conclu-
FL sions, reached in the same way, ny On
@ suual number of private citizens OF me
II Commonwealth u,
]. nroyiding for the removal from office or
or unworthy Judges, "ho, ",
" derFits sanction, have been duly clected
to otilce by the General Assembly, mas
conferred this grave ard important power
mud duty on the General Assembly. ana
ky on that alone. 1t has not entrusted lt
"a the House Of Delegates to ascertain
n the existence Of cause for such removal
x much less has it bestowed 1t upon a com
Fl mittee of that house.
}lIGII7ifth-The "caustL of remoyal.a con-
4 templnted by the Constitution OF virginia
= cannot be fourd and should not be looked
for in the social. political or the religious
Affiliations of the officer charged, put y
n can properly be asccrtained only ny
fair and Impartial investigation, regular
II " conducted, BY the body authorlzed by
d +he Constitution, Of the specific matters
of fact with which the officer stands
charged. The Constitution provides 9 nat ,as
4 the oilicer SO charged shall be furnished
with "a copy OF the causes alleged Tor
Ills removal" tho manifest object being
that opportunity be afforded him Of meet meet,
Cjc causes by adequate proof. He Is
admonlshed by this notice that It is for
these causes, and for none other that
he is called to answer, and for which
he can be removed
81. h slxth-The General Assembly has. no
power to delegate tho ascertninment OF
Il such causes TO the House of Delegates.
and certainly not 10. n committee Of that
house, and for this reason It has no pow
er to receive. and consider as proof OF
such cause, any findings. either OF fact
x or of law, made BY a committee OF the
* House of Delegates alone.
t5 n Eax,nnth-Ihe findings OF fact and OF