The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-30
CHAIRMAN $MsiLWAlNE
!. sFAVORS "A. sREOPElQINlG:.
Concurrent Resolution Providing for
the Appointment Of q Joint c'omr NJ
mittee enate eto Considersthe
Two Reports on Wednes-. f}
day Next The TWO
IisiS; Reports in2 ull. & sSSS3 Il


the County Court OF Amherst, efforts to (
remove whom have been engagilig the
attention OF the General Assembl for,
several months, now Seems l. tile nearer
conclusion than three months ago.
B In fact u ( q resolutlon offered In the
Senate yes terday. accompanying the esre-;2i
port Of Chairman McIlwaine and five
other membe OF the Committee for5533
Courts Of Justice, be adopted, the entire "
trial Of the! judge on charges al glng IS
causes for his removal will have to be- b.sa;3
had over a gain. Another report offered II
and signed by six mem bers Sof the same
committee la kes the position that III thaE
testimony already taken is sufficient
and that It is now in order for the Senate
to concur in tho action#o Of the sH louise as y
embodied In the Joint resolat tion ren1oy Ing
the Judge from office The legal Sques--sS
tons Involved in the confic ting rep ports
and recomlnendat tons Of the commit tee
must be fought out on the foor, I, ofa the
Senate. # # II "a fs 5s5 .8as g
An Even Split. s2izs i5sssi NJ,
The Senate Committe for Courts %
Justice, to which the case was referred.8 IS
is badly divided as 20 the proper pr oce-
fdura In the case, six members signing q
one report and six others another Judge
Mann, 1the thirteenth member Of tllea
committee, Is not participating In thu
committee deliberations, having been ~
witness before the House COMMITTEES
The committee was required. under the
resolution Of reference to report. frs,
as to the legal status of the case; !; second .5
their conclusions upon the scvld dence 5tak Ken
and printed In the cause. 81 .tS
N Messrs r Cogbill, Bruce Il Byars. Sears
Hartman and Walker sign Ia rep IN
whici,&it Is stated: az That the proceed q
iings heretofore had In the Campbell case
have been in substantial compli lance with 4
the requirements of the Consti titutlon ana
In accord with nrecedents. e SS5s 3Sf
2(o) That the stenographlc report&of the
testimony taken by the p House Commit
tee contains the evidence, and all the evl-35
dence, which should be considered by the I
Senate in It's action on the Joint resolu-&
tion OF removal. f ~
(3) The slgners refrain from express
Ing their conclusions upon the4eNid ences35t8
The other report, which Is signed by Y
Mr., SNlcrlwaine. chairman Of the commit
tee. and by N1essrs. Harvey, opie.3 Wat
klTlSl anu fSIyul ISL
tion) by Mr.. Whitehead Is a. typewriter
document of nine pages, revi ewing the
procedure OF the General Assembly in the
case, quoting section l04 OF the Constitu7
tion, and reaching, after argument. suf-$$ll
stantlallyg these conclusions: Ri n fi5S
Es(D That an opportunity of defense has z
mot been afforded Judge Campbell In
these proceedings after the notice had
bssn served upon him, II s5
\ (o)3 Judge Campbell has had no oppor-
9tunIty to be heard Son tho third charge
fixing the causes for removal which was
made by the investigating committee In
Its report to the House after the taking
OF evidence had been concluded,
H (3) Tho testimony taken by the House &
Committee cannot be used an legal evi- K
fdence to sustain the formal charges Sc
forth sas causes for removal OF Judge
Campbell In the concurrent resolution OF
the two houses. s
az The causes for removal (not the
alleged causes) have not been sprosd
upon tha Journal Of the House a. although5
It has passed the concurrent resolution
now before the Senate. 8
Finally, the slgners refrain from ex-
pressing any conclusions In regard to the
case not deemIng the printed testimony
before the House Commit go legal Seyl-s
dence In this proceeding against judge
Campbell under the Constitution. &,
Mr.. whitehead concurs IN this report,
except that he Is not prepared to say
that "the testimony taken before the in-SS I
yestigatIng committee OF the House OF
Delegates is not legal evidence"
Appendad to the MoIlwaine report IS &
concurrent resolution, the adopsionFof
which Is recommended. This concurrent
resolution provides for a Joint commit
tee OF hvs members on the part OF the
Senate ard five members on the part of
the House, appointed by the presiding
officers. to take md report to the Gem !
eral Assembly the legal evidence offered
IN support pr refutation Of the alleged
causes for the removal OF Judge G, '.
Campbell Tine said committee Is author
ICED to sit during the recess, and is giyen
all necessary powers. y n HI s5
The consideration of the two reports
ana the resolution accompanying one OF
them was set ms N special order foriB petssss
nesday. May 9Th, at 1919 p. n. x Thefss
was no discussion whatever OF tho mat.s
ter yesterday,
The First Report. III
When the matter came up in the Sens H
ate shortly after O'clock Yesterday aft5s