The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
Senate May Wish to Have
Further investigation.
HON. RICHARD b. DAVIS
70 LEAD OPPOSITION ]
VIII Contend Strongly on tho Floor q 9
the House That the Accused Judge
Should Be Removed Judge
ca. Campbell Says He
Will Not Offcr His Z
Resignation.

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The Campbell case is assuming q most
4 Interesting phasc, and some develop
Z 1nents arc promised next week. which
viii not tend I'll, the least 10 decrease
public interest III the matter.
on the other hand. the subject Is SO.
Ing to be practically the whole show
in5legislatlvo circles for some time 10
conc. , S
Op motion Of Chairman southail. the
Epports have been set os d special and
continuing order for tomorrow at noon.
and when they conc up, the. fret brush
will be between the members of the COM.
Z mittec. 3 ise & 55g
THE majority, led By The Hon. Richard
Il. Davis. Of Petersburg. wiiscontend tnat
tho report signed hy himself and six OF
hIs collca gucs. finding Judge Campbell.
4 guilty upon four speclticat tons. should
i be adoptedsas tho charges 5,ipo il!ch the
&LegisIat urs will proceed II remove: and
q Captato C5rdwcll and :icsfrs. DY k's Aar,d
southa1l VIII lead The riir,osition5 III favor
Of tho niildar6 report, wi>irh n ska for re.
Z i.,oval npp., only three ot tEe specifics 4
tions. When the House shnil il8haYe do.
A ttrmtneda upon what time It viii rrocced, /,
allthlrtcnn of the ccfnnii;saamen riililtnc
ZIP behind the report, and tight ioiI its
adoption. &
DAVIS At STRONG LEADER
II looks now na II. under the strong
leadership Of AIR, Davis. the House VIII
Il prefn. the majority report. and II So.
the lines VIII be very sharply drawn upon
the final adoption. It has developed that
lion. George y. HunleY, Of Matthews.
yy!.! he the Campbell leader on the noor..
and thst he Will have the earnest and
active support ef Hons S. l.. Kelley. Of
MS city. and Hon s. Gordon Cumming.
Of Hampton. Mr.. Hunley IS oll.spoken In
Ills advocacy of Judge Campbell. and de-
cIares tha t the prosecution was composed
ns personal and political enemies OF .the
accused Judge. who came together With
4 the evident purpose ,of crushing him. .
Judge Campbell is upon the ground. ana
Is In rood spirits, but he declares he will
do nothing With "a views.o Influencing the
decision of tho General Assembly. 5i
Tho case Is one Of u,nro,t public ln-a
.erest. Il is tho third :of It's kind arising
In Virginia In the last thirty years, aud
1T Is a coincidence that each OF the
predecessors OF Judge Campbell has been
removed. lltl 81
CAMPBELL HAS; TI2lES Ds. Ii
That Judge Campbell has friends IL
tho Legislature there is no doubt, but
H. is evident that some Of them are be-
ginning to weaken under public SEN
+ timent and the report OF, the commit ttee,
One Of them said last night tina T fhe
thought the case had reached stage
when Judge Ca mphell owed It TO MS
friends to release Fthen,,. as it looked
MS IL they. might not be able. to save Z
him. anG that there were pitfalls ahead
y for those members who opposed the
adoption OF the report OF the committee.
II is not believed that Judge Camp
hell Is doing any great amount OF ller,
Eonal work on the case, and ne aneed
not thus fenlbarrass himself, Tor ne mas
numerous friends here, both IN and out
of the Legislature.
Is Ono OF thoms isS responsible for the
& Etatement that the House wil sncv er-1 be
R.ble to show tifty,one members voting
for the3removal Of Judge Campbell, for
The reason that tho Judge can muster
and keep present as many as t~enty-nye ..
friends who Will oppose any move look
Ing his removal. and that the attend
Rnea upon the House will hardly again
during the session reach a as 8 many os
4. aeventy-tlve. t s 4.
MAY sFURTHER EINVEsTIGATiC. =.
They take still anotherRv!ew Of II. and
II is that i the report should be adopt.
ad and so to- the SenateI that body may
'n Its discretion refer the matter to q
committee and have the elnvestgatior,
ell over again. i this latter opinion
should be the correct one. 1T is hard to
tell when tho case will end IL, indeed 1t
vii be disposed OF before final adjourn
rlent But those who &c behind tho
reports in the House Will no Doubt have
some pride In tho matter of carrying the
parer through. and Mr.. Davis is expect
ed, II need be, to lead q terrific fight,
backed by his colleagues, many OF whom,
are strong speakers.
Not In years has thore been a matter OF
so much public interest before tho Legis-
iaturo. and the public will watch Its pro-
Z gress at every stage With al consuming
Interest, tai y
WILL NOT RESIGN.
\ "A rumor was circulated at the Capitol
yesterday To the effect that Judge c-nnn,
bell might possibly offer his resls7'stsrrl
Z to the Governor, and hereby cut OFT MI
further proceedings In the matter. When
seen last night, Judge Campbell stated
that he had no idea OF 'resigulng. and
that he had In his whole life 0sta abllshcd
the fact that he was by no means q
gutter {sa .5 y l Il 4. III Y. 5
One Of Judge campbell's IS strong sup
porters gave gut tho following Interview
last night IN # n
The friends of Judge Campbell have
not by any means given upb the v fight,
f OF courses the action Of the conlpll ttee
was something ofgsu surprise, y and Its
Arst effectswas demo izing to the Camp
boil forces. hut q his friends contend that
there are al gnss Of yea ~ his
favor. hey corr Tend " that b, q Ter
4 thA TgGspoyt of the eo1mlt tee aMQAnts t0