The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-14

to the time when Mr.. Days application

TT Is true" said Judge Campbell that
heard a contest over the regrant OF
a liquor license to Mr.. Day. Mr.. White-
head appeared against Mr.. Day, Mr.. Payne
FOR, him. heard tho evidence, and on the
strength Of 1t I concluded that Mr.. Day
was q proper person to receive a license.
And I gave him ono.
Nov, gentlemen am not one OF those
who can come here and detail evidence
which was submitted two years ago. I
don't mean that anybody has been max
ing false statements It Is merely ules-
ton of memory. Mr.. Whitehead has given
but one side Of tho evidence produced
against Me- Day still ! want to analyze
some OF this evidence IL can remember,
! wantto take up some Of the witnesses
introduced by Mr.. Whitehead. He brought
In ex-jail birds, men who had been In tho
penitentiary or who went there and so
on. He had some good ones, but some Of
them didn't have as much reputation as
l would hang a sheep-killlng dog on"
Judge Campbell then took the list OF
witnesses to whom Mr.. whitehead had
referred In his testimony. Hesucceeded
In pulling them to pieces pretty badly
He Showed that some OF them had been
under arrest or were arrested afterwards
for stealing-notably in the case OF some
negroes-who se testimony. he said, could
be bought for either side for twenty-five
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reputable witnesses, said Judge Campbell,
but many OF them were altogether dis
reputable. One of them was an ex-slave,
whose ear, in ante-bellum days. had been
cut OFF by his master, who caught him
stealing.
"And ever since he has been walking
around with one ear. said Judge Camp
bell ITO make long story short, de-
cided that Mr.. Day had right to re-
grant Of the license, and I gave him one.
Each Of the witnesses. may AID, testi-
fed that the applicant was a proper per-
son to receive a license"
Just before you get away from this
point, Judge Campbell" spoke up mem
Der Of the committee. what have you to
say about the witness who testified that
he bought beer at Day's?"
II was in doubt at the time. but am
frank to say, gentlemen. that think now
that Mr.. Day. did not have right to sell
beer"
MOT even on prescription
No sir. That, however, Is just my
opinion. without recent Investigation into
the law, and horseback opinions are not
worth much
After the witness had made some state
ments about the Ware act, Major Conrad
took a hand again.
"In considering these applications for
licenses and regrant of licenses, did you
act conscientiously as an impartial
judge?''
"I did,"
Were you in the slightest degree in
the applicant?"
b mo"
Would your ruling have been the same
IL the applicant had been some one per-
sonally hostile to your"
II know 1t. would; and another thing,
Mr.. Day has not always been a political
friend and supporter OF mine"
Before he would consent to leave this
feature of the testimony Judge Camp
bell expressed a desire to make a per-
sonal statement.
1T has been charged in the Christian
Federation, or something, that ! am a
whiskey judge. l want to say that l
have never taken hand on either side
in the local option elections In Amherst.
am the only one who has been abso-
lutely neutral. My father was killed as q
result Of one such election. and thought
my family had had enough trouble. I
Intend to keep out of 1t. And another
thing want to say. For the past four
years Temperance District. the one wet"
district, has been kept dry at my hands.
I did it. Whatever the consequences here
or hereafter, l want to say that l am OPP
posed to the crossroads groggerles, which
are q U1SSEtlCe W Silly COAAAAoAA4Sy'
eat whose suggestion was 1t that Day
was finally warranted?
cat mine. Mr.. Evans said 1t was OF his
suggestion, but he was mistaken"
The witness thereupon went into long
and eminently entertaining explanation
how it comes about that he suggested
the warranting of Day He said he
had been to church twice one Sunday,
and heard himself abused in sermon. and
that finally he arose, when at the night
service, and called upon the pastor for
permission to address my fellow-citi.
zens." He did address them, and he
scored the Amherst pastors right and left,
He said he was tired Of having them
preaching sermons on hearsay testimony,
and then coming to him any saying that
they didn't really know whether or not
this testimony was true.
IT told them.' said Judge Campbell
'.that 1t was either time to put up or shut
up. I told them further that was tired
OF being abused; that my juries were
made up of their church members-Bapy
fist deasons, Methodist stewards. Pres
byterian elders and Episcopal-Episco-
l-Episcopal-what do you call 'em any
howl"
"Vestrymen." said Major Conrad, with
a smile.
"Yes, vestrymen. Then told them fur.
ther to swear out warrants against Day,
If they thought he was violating the law,
and that If the case came to my court
both they and Day would have a fair
trial. The next day warrants were
sworn out against Day. according to my
suggestion. and the cases did come to my
court, I didn't want to invite comment,
and tried to get another judge asked
Judge Loving here to serve. lie replied
that Day was his friend and he didn't
wish to sit In case against him. Z will
read the reply Of Judge Loving to my
request (reads): T then secured Judge
Adams. who sat in the cases with the
result that Day was fined heavily on sew
cral counts.
ENDORSER ON NOTES
Now, Judge Campbell" said Major
Conrad, ego more Into detail with refer
5ence to your personal relations with Mr.,
Day, It is in testimony here that Mr.,
Day was endorser on notes for you. Not
that this part would influence or control
the judicial mind e
Mr.. Day came from the stand. lis
a personal friend, who. as stated, hns
not ALWAYS been q political s,,nnortar ~