The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-07
Llkethe Campbellt
People May Lose.
THE MANY ARGUMENTS
THAT WERE ADVANCED,
Advocates of the Mcilwaine Resolutions
Urge that the Evidence Be Taken "a II
Second Time-O Opponents Take
the Ground that the House
Fully Compiled With N
the Law.

There Is every indication that the sens
ate OF Virginia will to-day reach vota
on the conflicting reports submitted BY,
the Committee for Courts Of Justice in
the case Of Judge c., r. Campbell.
There were thlrty-flve senators present
yesterday out OF total OF forty. the alb
sentees being Messrs. Cromwell, Gold,
Hutcheson, Reyercomb and Whitehead.
Two Of these and possibly three, Messrs.
Cromwell, Gold and Whitehead, may como
In today and be present this evening
when the vote Is had on the Campbell
matter. @g NIX
That would make thirty-eight OF the 4
forty members Of the Senate present but /!
ono OF these. at least. will not vote, and
that one is Mr.. Mann, OF Nottoway, who
was witness before the House Com. Il
nlittee. Mr.. Gunter, the new member
from Accomac. may vote, but 1t is not
positively known whether he will or not.
Last night one Of those favoring tie Cog.
bill report claimed that Mr.. Gunter
would not vote at all. but other possss
| are that he will and that he will support
the Cogbill report
Be Thirty-Five Votes.
With Senator'S Cromwell and whitehead
both present and Messrs. Mann and Gun-
ter not voting, there would be just thirty
five votes, presuming that there are no
pairs. With Senator Gold also here and
the same assumption as to Mr.. Gunter,
there would be tlirty-six votes. Senator
Revercomb may also be here, but has
been absent for some time and there is
no special reason to anticipate that he q
will arrive to-day. Senator Hutcheson,
Of Charlotte. Is In very feeble health, and
Is not expected back ony more at this
session.
With Senator's Mann and Gunter not vot- \
ing and Senators FIutcheson and Reyer.
comb absent and not paired, there would
be total of thirty-sx votes on the Nc
Ilwaine and Cogbiu reports. On this ba-
sis the Senate Is estimated to stand bout u
as follows: For McIlwane resolution Is;
against McIlwaine resolution. II; doubt
4ful or unclassihed. A: not voting, 2; to-
tai 3s. Necessary to adopt either resol
luton, IS.
Much depends upon which and how
many Of the absentees arrive to-day, and
how the four doubtful ones vote. AL this
Is based upon the suppositton that none
will be swayed in his vote by the debate,
which no one can positively assert. To-
do SO would in effect be charging that all
the members have preconcelved opinions
on the subject to be determained. In any
will be very close and the result I'M doubt
until tho roll-call Is completed.
The First Vote.
The Senate yesterday afternoon at ie
o'clock took up the special order on the
calendar, the Joint resolution for the res
moval of Judge g, j, Campbell and tho
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for Courts of Justice thereon. Tho reso.
luton of Mr.. McIlwalne proposing the
creation OF Joint committee of ten leg
isators Give from the Senate and five
from tho House) to hear testimony anew
In the case of Judge G. j. Campbell. will
come up as a substitute for the report of
Messrs, Cogbill, Bruce, Byars. Walker,
Harman and Sears, recommending con-
currence In the House joint resolution,
removing the Judge.
Mr.. Anderson, OF Richmond. offered an
amendment to the Cogb!ll report inserting
In the joint resolution from the House,
the Charges on which that body voted to
remove Campbell. The first vote will bo ;
on the substitute known as the Nell.
waine report, embracing the resolution
lust mentioned. In tho event that this
fails OF adoption. the Anderson amends y
ment would then come up and IN the
event of Its adoption the vote would then
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amended. The final adoption or defeat OF 4
that depends wholly upon how many, n
any of the supporters OF the McIlwaine "
report will after that may have been de-
feated vote for the removal resolution,
Three-Hour Debate,
The debate was begun yesterday and
with an intermisson OF two hours can-
tinued from r. NJ. until 9 p, NJ. dur-
ing which time five senators spoke. Mr.,
Opie opened the debate for the McIlwaina
report. He was followed BY Mr. Cog.
bill, who spoke half an hour for the re-
port he signed. After the dinner recess,
Mr. Clayton followed In an hours speech
for tho Coghin report and Messrs Har-
yey and Watkins each spoke half an
hour for the McIlwaine repart, Mr., Har-
man had the floor whsn the Senate ad-
1olrned until noon to-day. He will bs
followed by Measrs Barksdaie and Walk
or for the McIlwaine and Coghill reports.
respectively Mr., SeaYs will close for ths
cogbni report and Mr., sfcIlwalne viii
close the debate advocating the report
signed by himself A vote may be reachs
ed late this afternoon.
The debate yesterday attracted Iarga