The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-07
TUESDAY. APRIL 1908.

8@ 5tel East Broad Street.
IS sS5|S TUESDAY APRIL !. 1903.
JUDGE c.A,rl PBELL'S COM.
NJ PLAIlNT. & 5
;SS$s The Amherst New Era. Of which Judge
Y II &. i. Campbell Is editor and proprietor
M hits last week s issue makes the follow
II Ing editorial criticism Of the newspapers
* Richmond: ;33,
@ The RI chmond 1nilies and a few others
published and commented severely on
the false reports which were sent out
S7f from Amherst and alleged in charges that
Judge Campbell had commented improp-
NV erlyg in New Era on cases pending IN Am Am
g3!i fierst County Court which the commit
I tee decided he was not guilty off yet
Sa almost daily the same papers print severe
editorials critlcising Judge Campbell ana
5sst he evide nce, and call upon the &LeHlsia-
:Sf fIre 10 convict 5hn1-almost, evidence or
81 no evidence, tho public, they say, demand
NJ "a falsehood 5iilt Amherst and elsewhere.
N The Legislature is the jury now sitting
2ii III Judge Campbells case and these pa
81 pers are tampering wlth---,attemptlng 70
4 Influence and prejudice them against
81 .I,idge Campbell-a thing without prece-t
si}dent and #unhenrd OF by fair people and
4 3g gentlemen The Legislature Is composed
Nh Of gentlemen Of Intelligence, who are
a presumed to know their duty. Were TINS
Z case pending in court the EDITORS OF lhese
NJ "a pers would be dealt with for contempt
"A consistency. thou art a farce. O. hypocrite4
t$ nj n Jewel What do fair people OF VIZ
rrinia think OF such unfair treatment ana
hopocrisE2 .les g5 IS,
{s ne recall the articles that have ap n
N spesred in the columns Of our afternoon
Z lcpnt n,rorery, there Is nothing what
HI ever to Justify these complaints. 2B HOW
81 ever. NC leave that contemporary to speak
S 81 5or Itself. The Times-Dispatch'is certain
L ly rot guilty. tS AS
2ItS seems to US that 1t comes in poor
H grace .rrom Judge Campbell's paper to
she complaining OF the newspapers Of
Il 1,ich,nond. They have dealt very fairly
VI NTH him. They have printed both sides
Of the story. They gave stenographi
reports Of the trial. They gave the
sneeches on both sides. They gave Judge
y Campbell and Judge campbell's friends
he privilege Of speaking through their
COLUMNS They have now printed MS an m
i swcry to- the findings OF the conmlttee.t
But Judge Campbels paper, so far as
we have seen printed only those editorial
from other papers that were
lin Ills favor and reproduced no editorial
gcondemning him.. And by and by when
the investigation was at an end the only
; speech that was printed In Judge Camp
bells paper. so far as we observed, was
the speech OF his own attorney. What
would Judge Campbell have said II the
newspapers Of Richmond had been as
8s one sided against him as his paper has
Seen one-side In his favor?
S But to the complaint our contemporary
5 charges that the Richmond papers ;s''al-
IA most daily print editorials criticlsing
3q Judge n Campbell and the evidence and
calling upor. the Legislature to convict
him." So far as The Times Dispatch is
concerned, we have not mentioned the
Isl case ed1torlally but twice in tho last
three weeks or 'hlore, and then so far
4. from calling upon the Legislature to
II convict Judge Campbell" we said:
ut Is none OF our business to adviss
members Of the Legislature how they
should vote on tho question OF the re-
moyal OF Judge Campbell from office
THAT is for each one to determine q:
his own conscience dictates. after NJ
III has studied the report Of the committed
and the evidence offered ard heard whatey
er argument is offered pro and CON- Doe
that look like we have tean calling uI'ol
# the Legislature to conric: judge Camp
bell?', Does that look like I'VE have beer
xith ha iurv pr
It is unfortunate for Judge Campbell
n that his newspaper has raised this ques
5 ton. Is he quite sure that he has no
been "tamperlng with the jury?" Ta
ii he not been closeted from time to time
Il during the past several days with mem
bS hers Of the General Assembly? Has h
not discussed hls case with them7 AT
8 not he and III, friends doing everythin
@3 in their power; are they not bringing a
AZ possble pressure to bear upor. member
53 10 induce them to vote against the repo
a{,9of the committee? Are they not maxim
an effort to get members OF the lfous
Rt to ''pair" and so cause tho report
81 fail OF adoption for the lack Of the nece
@ sary 81 woes? 81
1--WE do not know this to be true, b,
@lit is common report, and that Is wi
se have been urging members to be
&thelr seats wheE voting time comes, a,
#S5yote their convictions without regard
M personal feeling one way or the othe
and without regard to political bias.
sye renew that appeal to-day. Let
nave a fun vote and fair finding. TIL
Ri@ is all this paper asks
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S SLAVERY AS AN EDUCATOR.
8 In his last Sundays discourse, says II