The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
a SPICY 9; ] DEBATE } [lE' Z :: i:
is ANTICIPA AT'EDs
Hon. David ~ Leake to Lead the Camp
bell Forces, and Messrs. 2 luke and NJ
Davis Will Have Charge Of the 4
n Report opuIar Impression
Seems IS Indicate It's
$ss Adoption. 3a5S

|&@ Ono or the most interesting IA oatLteA 81
fought out before the present General Il
Assembly, 4 II not, indeed N he hottest SSof#
Sall will be settled in part today when .l
the House will vote on tho question 8ot "
removing from ofiice ) Judges Clarence u
Campbell, Sc Amherst Upon harges preySsss ra-ss
fered upon him BY the Joint action Of the
two branches.
II has developed much to The rprise
OF many, that there are at least nriety-sss
one 8rnemb bers Of the House now In theS
city.S ana several others are u expected y
this morning and In the minds ot we'll n
posted men, who are close to the sttua I
3tion, this foreshadows & the adop ton q ~
1.-The report of the commit tee
$Sg IT. was being said last night that tho n
Campbell advocates would spring q sur r5S
prise when the mat ter was; reac he'd Iinss
|its order by the House to- d ay, but no
one could say what 81 Il would RI and
those II charge Of the re port II hsS con-
mittee did mot seem A to Il be lost any,
sleep overt thu. run,or. That hers swllls
be strong speeches on hot "a ldes here
E$,s no doubt, but there s. every nal tion
that Il vote will ssbo reached "a urlng sthels
day. rs 4 kelly that some ll1ni twill be-
put upon the debate, and here Isl talk;
Of liking the time at someth hing like three (
hours q side.
:ss aLRATlR FOR CAMPBELL "a n
6 Hon.. David Fl, ii IIenke. 81 Of cEland,8
VIII lead the fight ag gainst the adoption#
will be supported by other strong speak,
ers, possibly s5 Messrs. K elley, sIIu nloy,s
Cumming and others. Mr. Lea Ike 81 man
contention will be that the investiga ton
by the Courts sof ] Ice 4 Committee o Gil
the House was not onducted 81 In a con-
Institutional manner. and he will contend. II.
among other things, I hat tGJ udge CAM phell
should have had the twenty days'snntlce
Eproylded by the Constitution before tho II
investigation was u gone into. Instead d fss
thereafter.s 5S5 s III
Judge Campbell is still In the city and VI
is remaining quietly in his room at New
Ford s. where he Is cons tantlys surrounded IA
BY strong friends and symp th1zers.
II TIe Is apparently taking no personal n
part in the fight which has been quietly
going OH in his favor for some a ays. and
which will culminate when tho vote l iss}i
taken In the House 8to- day. fs
DUKE. DAVIS AND LEE.
M Tho report of the committee Will be In u
charge of Messrs. Duke chalrman !, Davis
and other strong members. The chief U
speeches for tho report are like " to be-
made by Mr.. Davis. who is regarded as &
perhaps the strong n d Voca to # in the
body and Colonel Robert II. Lee. Jr. Of y
Fairfax. 8 3s II II s III Ss5sS
Some parliamentary sparrlng IS expect
ed on the start, and then the case will ii
come up and the argument begin. a great II!
crowd will doubtless be on hand 4 q Wit
ness the termination Sof the matter, so8
far as the House & Is concerned. and h a Ne
repetition OF tho thronged hall SO common
during the recent !. inyesti iga ton is ans
ftIolpated. Many ladies' have Indicated
their purpose to be present and the ut q
most Interest will no doubt prevail dul.iE
Ing the entire session. ija 4a ,SS 3lii#
So far as can be- learned. but few
pairs" have been made, and II they had II
been. they would be broken, so far q as Si
those on the ground are concerned and
this. as Will ba seen from the list or
members In the city last night. includes 4
almost the entire House, # s 81 ~ .,$3
Tho advocates of the report Of the cons
mittee have always oontended that on g I'll
fun vote they would get tho required Nh
ffty-one votes and more, and those inS5s
opposition have often met this with tha;5
declaration that the attendance would Ss
DO slim. But the prospects for a fnl.s
House to-day have astounded the most \,
sanguine advocates Of the report, md
many OF them were heard to- say last N
night that II all the members In the city "A.
should atterli. there was no reason, id,
able doubt as to the sresult Il {;.5 ,a
5 FLOWING IN. ss il Il sg5is 81,
A careful poll OF tho situation. made
last night with the aid OF members and s
ono OF the House officers, disclosed tho
presence of the following g members, and 4
so far as Is known, none Of them have
left: 8 iS 5tS5ss .ff}} ff}}}ssssss }2Sssssssss
SMessrs. Allen Angel, Armstrong,
Conway Baker, W, w. Baker. Banks, n
Barham. Blscoe, Charles T. Bland George y
q. Bland, Boaz, Bowman. Branch. Cam
naday. Cabeli. Cardwel. Cation. Chris.
tian, Churchman, Coleman, Cumming, "a
Davis, Dudley, Duke, Edmondson, Elan.
Elkns. Featherston, Folkes. Fulton
Gardner, Garrett, Gent George, Goodwin.2
scravely. Graves. Green. Harmsn. EIeerr
mans Hoffman, Hun Hunley, jennings,
II. G, Jordan Walter Jordan, Kslle3,ysEi Il
Lacy. Lasslter. Lawson, Leake, Lee, II
Lewis, Lion. Lowry, l1yeli, Mays, aloqpi,,Ef5 Ef5
Mort, Newhouse, Nottingham Grsaln, t
OWarhy. Owen, ownnss Powers. Eslrdy,Ss
3Quisenbsrry. Head. Reynolds. Rice, Roh-;SSS
son, Sehrell, Settle, Sipe, Blaekpnra IN
Smith. III, w. Smith, snead s 81
stearnes, TAYLOR. Toney. 1urpin. " NaSidy,t4
Walker, Wallace, Ware, y, est. hits-S;ss
head. Woodard and Ryanr,91. s8
sEE or the ahsentses, Messrs. Carter. Jon la III
ana WeaVers ma 3 not rNturn, bug Messys s33