The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06

CONMIT1E
UNANIMOUS. |.|
All Are in Favor Of His. lis
Removal.
TO REPORT TO
THE HOUSE TODAY
Document Will Be Signed by
Thirteen Members.
CAMPBELL TO RECEIVE
as TWENTY DAYS NOTICE
CAMPBELL. TO RECEIVE
TWENTY DAYS NOTICE
The Matter Of Cowh'ding Rev. @. Il
Crawford Not Taken Into Serious #
Account, but Other Offences
Deemed Much More Grave.
Campbell May Run for
tho Legislature

Tho House Committee for Courts OF
Justice will submit It's report in the the
Campbell Crawford case to-day. and IT
viii be unanimously iii favor o. the re-
moyal Of the accused Amherst county
Judge from the bench. # %
This announcement will come as mo
great surprise to the readers Of The
Times Dispatch, for It. will be recalled
that tho forecast has been repeatedly
made in these columns that the commit
tee would line up strongly against Judge
Campbell. and that In the end the re-
port might be ri unanimous for his re
moval. X 81 s
This prediction was completely vindi-,
Gated at 6 O'Clock last night. when, after
a4atwo hours session. the members
emerged from their room Al the Capitol,
land announced that they had finally
voted upon the case and hat nll thir-
teen of the committeeman favored re-
moval.. There were eleTsD members Sc
tually present. and voting, and the two
q bsentees, AIessrs. Sebrel, Of. Southamp-
ton II and Smith, Of Clarke. authorized
their colleagues to state I la t they stood
with the majority, and would sign the
report befornlit shall be laid before the
House to-day. 5stss ~, u
While the committee did not desire
$to give out the details Of the methods
by which the conclusions were rea CHI
ed, s t is understood that the findings
arc based upon four Of the specifications.
and that upon three of these the mems
bcrs are unanimous.
TO THE SAME END.
q Upon the fourth, several or tho Mem-
bers will dissent, but will join their col
leagues in tho unanimous rccommenda-
ton that Judge Campbell be removed
from the bench as judge of t he court OF
Amherst county by a concurrent vote
Of the two houses Of the General AS
senbly.
night, the simple matter Of the cow
hiding Of Dir. Crawford was notSconsider-
ed very seriously by the committee. and
had this charge been the e. only one one alleged;
the committee would likely have voted
for vndlcaton and acqulttal.
The n,ptle Of procedure from now on
Will be to give Judge Campbell twenty
days notice Of the intention OF the Legis-
lature to vote upon the renprt OF the
committee. and the House may, It Is
understood, in Its discretion. allow him
70 ilSpStti 'rto' = |DNAJ
defend his case Whether in the event
of affordlng Judge Campbell the oppor-5
tunity for further defense the body would
allow tho prosecution the same privilege
is not known, as these are matters to be
determined when the subject shall be
brought UP for action, at the time the
report IL submitted
HAS a. DARK LOOK.
Tho case naturally begins to look lit
tie dark for Judge Campbell. and his
friends, both III and out Of the Legisll-
ture. were wearing long faces last night.
No one seemed surprised, however that
twas not # alone upon the crawford
specification thai the conclusions were
reached, and all seemed to recall the
declaration Of Mr.. Strobe In his brilliant
opening OF the case for the prosecution.
that this was but the spark that 1Sn,ted
the magazine that lay hard BY. IA 5.
THE truth is, that me mater upon
Which tho committee laid great est stress
was that Mn relation to tile charges on
the question of the Illicit sale of liquor
~ Amherst Courthouse, and the allega-
tions that Judge Campbell was In collu-
sion with s. IA. Day, the drlggist at that
plana. who was alleged to- have piled an
unlawful trade under the eye OF tho
court. , B.
While It Is known that some members
of Tho committee orlslnii1i! con teluuu
that Judge Campbell should ne I'M
peached rather than removed. yet IN the
eyo 81 tho public the report for removal
is severe enough, and sat'stles even 'I' ing y
counsel for the prosecution.
NOT FOR IMPl1ACHMENI.
II viii no iourt be recalled that judge
1,ov,nr In closing his powerful argu-
ment for the prosecution, askeu tlnt
Judge Campbell be not mpeacheu, .put
simply removed, as those VINO sousn.
lis retirement from the bench had no q ae-
sire 10 prevent him from holding ONCE
IN tho future. nor did they desire to pc
| mt lin the attitude Of pursuing or per-
Scouting any one for factlonal political
rensons, a charge that has been Freely
made BY Judge camptbells friends
around the Capitol from the very. start
Never did any people enter upon a con-
troyersy with a higher degree Of eontl-
deuce than, did the friends OF jugs
| Campbell in this matter.
MAY ASK VlND1c.ATlON,.
Judge Campbell vas not IN the CITY
,ast nIphi nor is IT known when he
viii viii be be- here. OF COURSE. no one can
ltell what will be the. final outcome OF
| tha matter, but every one KNOWS the
weight that Is usually given to unanl-
nous committee reports IN delibera tive
bodies. ~ IN is being predicted freely hat
should ths rerort Of the COMMITTEES he
adontad Iuige Campbell may ask vin-
~ N, In Ia of thes voter of