The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-15
5BARKSDALE AND 5MASSIE Y
LEADERS in THE FIGHT
Both ofthe Opinion Thu at.Judge3 Camp.
bell Has Had Nothing Like g air
" s5S Shows senate to Await a Re--f;,'as
7, port ffrom.lts Committee. sl,i
Those Who Are tos Con- N !
slider the Case.


cusslon lasting nearly two Vi hours, M the, 4
question OF tho removal & of the Amherst
Judge was referred to the Courts Of y U.s.
5tice Committee, with ctions to rr-SSf
port upon the legal tus Of the ~ es- NJ
ton, and their conclusion upon the EVIL
sdence taken and printed Il In I he cause
This proposition was embraced II, u reso -s
tuition offered by u Mr.. Shackel ford ,8a4 Of
Orange, It was proposed as "a. substitute
for more elaborate drawn resolu Ion
offered BY Mr.. Claytor. OF ford !, pre-
posing that the Senate take up the re-sSS
moval resolution on Thursda y, 4 April 316t TIL.
without the forlnality Of reference.
,ss SHARP: DISCUSSION. VI 81
WIZ The two propositions ELECTED a Spirited 81
and at times rather sharp discussion
In which Y the views Of several OF thes
members were outlined. III I t became "a II 81
parent early IN the debate that q legality n
md constitnuonality of Il the u pro ocedures
by the House Of Delegat tes8Was uuestioneq
by; st,vera Fmemb bers, an 4 that y Il wa 81 pom
this Issue TINT tho lrst sklrmls h I'M tn eS
case would occur. a}$ r he resolution ado t-s
ed gives the 81 Commi ttee for Court g ma
Justice swido. mot to- say unlimit ted SEQ PEI
inits considerations o the case + he Sem
5nte can do nothing but await a arep porrsss
from hsscommittee.g Of which Nj AZ cIl-:ss#$
aWaine Of Ioetersbur urg,f Is cha irrnan y
committed embra ces8 8s some of NJ the best
known lawyers In the State, and there |! is$s
no ground for the conclusion that there
will be any necessary delay in onslder5Eg
Ing the matter Ittsis rather a question
how much tIn1e and Sconsldera ton a coM-@5
mittee OF thirteen lawyers ma 81 desire to 5&S
digest the voluninous record in the cas- .gS
Tho last, clause Of the luton WI htch$s;
charges the committee to report their
conclusions upon the evidence ta ken and sSS
printed in the cause. n Is very elias and 5S 566
may be construed to permit exhaustiveSs
and practically unlimited discussion and Nh
considerations OF the evidence. It Is mol 34
believed, however that the elastl city2 o. ,af3.
the resolution Will be utilized to cause Ssi
any unnecessary delay "a sa5 "a 81 tss
a THE E6COArAfITTEE.
The members Of The Court Is of Justice
Committee of the Senate, Il, to which ths:
resolution has been committed consists
OF these gentlemen. VIII liam B. Mel waine 81
of Petersburg \; chairman ~ j ohm N " Ople, s
Of Augusta William Henry Ma mn Sof aS
Nottoway; T. ]. HI rvey, of Patrick " 81 t8sgs
r. C'ogblll, of Chesterfield: \ q Az p at' lS
kins, Of Prince Edward; Joseph W hite-
head, OF Chatham: g. Harding allser. .$S
Julian Bryant. Of Richmond; |; j, Boyd III
Sears, Of Mathews. ]. G. Byars, Of Bris,
toll and H. N. AFIarman. of ,razeWell
JUDGE MANN DIDN'T VOTE.
OF this number Jud ga William II. Mann
OF Nottoway though present and not 5s
paired did not vote. His 'ac ton Is attribu-9s
ted to his previous connection With tho 3 f$f
stages, as counsel for Rev. G. II, Craw-8
ford. d. d. defendant. In the proceedings }
before the Amherst County Court for s
contempt. This action on the part >of {Ss
Judge Mann Is construed to mean that a
.he will take no part In the committee
consideration of the case. III that pre-
sumption be warranted. there VIII be but
twelve members OF the comm'ttee en- NV
gagged In the consideration OF the oiu-s
tion OF these, Mr.. McIlwaine. the chair
man, Is on record rs questioning the reg
ular!ty of the procedure by the House,
Ills objections are purely on constltu v
tIonal and legal grounds, and he has
never given any intimation OF his views
as to tho proposition to remove Judge
Campbell, s y ss{
NOT FAVORABLE TO CAAIPRELL.
Mr.. Ople. another member. while advo- XXI
IN fling the reference of the matter indl-bSf
Gated in his remarks In the Senate vest III III
day that he was not faporably lncllned
to Judge Campbell, 10 state the situation sa
very mildly. Mr.. Bryant, A|r. FtafYey ana u
Mr.. Sears were not present. and hence d
could not intimate or Indicate their posi-
tions on the matter. OF the other seven
members OF the COMMITTEES. thrae-M Messrs,
Walker, Whitehead and Byars--'voted for
reference, and four--Messrs. Bruce, Cog II
bill, IIarman and Walker--opposed refer
ence of the matter, presumably fayorlng
Immediate consideration with out refer-
ence or moro definite Limitations upon the &
SCOPE OF the committee Inquiry,
IT was very clearly made known that IN
the event OF concurrence by the senats
IN the House action in tho case, Judgs
Campbell will endeayor to take the case
to tfe courts. The issue. It is presumed.
would be tho legality and consttutlonall-
ty OF the House procedure. Just what
would he the result of such action IL
within tho realm OF conjecture. The as
ton OF Che General Assembly would nr ~
assalled on the ground that the Hnuae
added specifications after serving not!cs 4
on Judge Campbell, and tried hin, Oh "
not embraced IN the official no,
tice OF the intentIonio of the House 70 pre-, s
ceed against him. Other technical ohjscs "
tions may be Offered to- the proc sdure by M MI,
the House. in tho event that the senats