Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-16

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Deity and cleverly the counsel In the
Campbell case. now "a cause celebre pc
yond question. are picking up the scat
tering legal straws and reaching out Tor
the great battle. When the case, or the
investigation as it is more popularity
called first opened, the legal talent on
both sides and the committee itself,
were entirely at sea. The scope of@the
inquiry. the relation OF the present IN
yestigation to the previous trials, and
Just how far the witnesses might be per-
mitted to so, were matters that puzzled
Lie committee as we'll as the counsel
The adoption of the resolution offered
by Hon. John w. Cnurchman. OF Angus
ta, in the House of Delegates, on We'd
nesday, shows very conclusively, what
the temper and sentiment of the people
and their representatives is however.
The demand for a full and thorough In
vestigation. with no limit to the scope,
is practically universal and even Judge
Campbeil's warrnest friends admit that
it would be little short Of madness to
ATTEMPT to fence in the inquiry.
The result of the committees deter
nina ton to go very fully into the alleged
delinquencies and improper administra-
ton of oTce on the part Of The accused
Judge has added to the consuming In
t. I. st already aroused in the case. and
tbs investigation has now taken on all
the fascinationsof a great murder trial.
without its gruesqmeness.
There is hardly less at stake than a
mans life though.
Should the impeachment proceedings
carry. Judge Lanlpbell's friends say he
would hardly dare to show his face in
Virginia for the very shame of it.
Major Conrad fully appreciates the
serious work before him. and no master
ever undertook q colossal task with more
earnest preparation an he.
All the fine points Of the acumen and
cunning tha t this cultured practitioner
can bring to bear will mark the legal
road along which the&case must travel,
like mile posts. Ess-s;z
Already the fnesse of his art has made
his opponents wary. On the other s.>.e,
too, there is unquestiona bly, brilliant
talent, and the clever fashion in which
Mr.. Strobe snagged the committee up
at the very outset of the proceedings yes
terday is fairly illustrative of the tug Of
war tha is to come.
Judge Loving s 'forceful methods have
already been exhibited to no small pur-
pose and the hammer and tongs FASH
ion IN which he knocked the pins from
under Major Conrad in the matter Of the
appointment of Judge Wood by Judge
oampbell to try the latters case, Is one
of the important points alreadv scored.
The status OF the investigation at the
conclusion OF the proceedings yesterday
lends zest to the outcome for there is
not the slightest indication of the result.
Speculation is rife as to the result Of
the committees wol.-. but there s.,I
continues to be absolutely no wind to
point the current Of the legal weather
5vane.
55 On the other hand. the sentiment of
some of the committee on the public is
strongly against Judge Campbell
The religious folk are arrayed as one
man against him and they declare tI1a t
If they have to take the case to the SUI
pren1e Court OF the United States he
shall not be permitted to remain on
the bench. It was objectionable, mex
cusable, they declare, to permit the con-
ditions that prevail in Amherst to CON
tinue and they think the irnpea achment
proceedings will teach wholesome lesson
all over. the State. The lashing of old.
white-haired DR.. Crawford. they decline
to discuss. except to say that it is char
acteristic Of Judge Campbell.
On the other hand. Judge Campbelrs
friends say he may have made al. error
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