The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-30


and its conclusions upon that evidence!
wifi n resolution, which the committee
recommended to the Honget n E Delegates
Tor Its adoption. TINT Judge Cam pbell be
removed from office. The House of Dele
gates adopted the report Its commit
tee, and adopted a joint resolution based
upon that report to- the effect that arter]
the expiration Of twenty days IRON. tho
day on which notice shall pc scrv'ed On
Judge Campbell--the notice to be accom-
panied by q copy Of the causes alleged
for his removal tho Genera 3fAssem bly
would proceed to act upon the question
OF his removal. And this Joint reso luton
thus adopted by the House Of % legat es,
was sent ovcr5to the Senate. for Its = con- GO
crrrence, and the Senate concurred IN
tho joint resolutions sfS ssi IN 5&,
1t would seem plain that only now a {
5this point, Is the General Assembly about
to nroceed;" that only now has the Gen :
eral Assembly decided to take action
AGAINST Judge Campbell upon tho question
OF his removal from tlce or not All
that has preceded las been done VIII q
view to nsccrtalng whether the = iene r
Assembly would proceed, " an there nas
either require or warrant tho %notlce UNI.
der section l04 Of the Constitution for
until both houses determined to f'procoed;'
there could be no proceeding by the Gem
cral Assembly, Suppose for ms , tanGs !;
tho Senate had refused to concur N the
Joint resolution Of the House 81 Dele.
gates, and thus had declined 70 go any
fnrtl1er with this mntter, would mot that
have been a complete end Of the whole
matter right then and there? undoupt-
rfllv IL would have been, Hence " Is
main that tho time for the notiee OF
twenty days to be given under sectiohi
lo Of tho cons.tntlofnt t aos aule hn
c.nc,,rred In tho Joint resolution Of the
House ito proceed.
The senate having concurred N me
Joint resolution ito proceed each mouse
served Judge Campbell with otlce, az
compan,ed by a copy Of the causes a.
legged for his removal" In exact accord
WITH tho requirement Of the CONSTITUTIONS;
ona nfter the expiration of tho twenty
DAYS from tie day on which that notice
was served upon judge Cnmppell me
House of Delegates liked upon the WI.
day of April, 1908, as the day upon Whloh
1t would "nct thereon q
In response to tho notice thus servea
upon him, and with the knowledge tl'at
tho House of Delegates had i,Ned upon
4the 9th day OF April ms the day upon
which that house would tact thereon
Judge Campbell, on the 9TH day OF april,
presented ana filed his answer thereto 4
In his answer there In no intimatlon7
TINT he has been deprived OF or lacked
tho fullest opportunity to make his de-
fense. no intimation Of the slightest IN,
fairness to him by the investigating
committee no suggestion that there IS
any other evidence of any kind he would
offer. His only Defense, ms set up BY
his answer, Is as to the conclusions ar
rived at by the committee upon the evil
dence adduced before it. Fortunately,
however, each and every word OF that
evidence was taker down by an accom-
plshed stenographer, and has been
printed and bodnd. land was thus made
easily accessible to the members OF tho
Legislature. 8
IJpon the record thus nude, Including
the answer OF Judge Campball, the House
of Delegates, on the 9th Of April, voted