Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-10
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

The Senate held brief session yester-.
day evening and as stated in the Gazette OF
that day concurred in the adoption Oh tne
conference report on the revenue bill
making the Mann bill law, except as
to the Governors signature, and there Is
no doubt of that. The only votes against
it in the Senate were Messrs. Anderson,
Cromwell and Rivercomb.
HOUSE.
Two questions which have stirred the
State for months were disposed OF by the
House. The report Ct the House Judici,
airy committee recommending the removal
of Judge Clarence J. Campbell from the
bench of Amherst county and the report
Of the conference committee on the general
revenue bill. a measure which had its
greatest interest because it embodied the
principles of the Mann liquor bill, were
both adopted.
The knowledge that these issues would
come up caused the largest representation
in the House that has been recorded Tor
months. The vote to remove Campbell
was taken at O'Clock and resulted in 63
yeas and Is nays. There were about III
members present who did not vote at all
Mr.. Read, the new member from Meck-
lenburg, asked to be excused and the
members from Lee and Scott counties
were paired. ,5.
The chair laid before the House a
resolution by Mr.. Duke on behalf OF the
judiciary committee, recommending
Judge CampbelI's removal, and the fight
was on. At that hour the house was
crowded to its capacity. Mr.. Leake
offered as a substitute a resolution de-
claring that Judge Campbell had not had
full investigation that the 20 days
notice allowed him should have been
given before the investigation, instead OF
after, and providing that the House order
a fuller investigation. Mr.. Leake spoke
at length in favor of his resolution.
Mr.. Davis presented to the House
reply from Judge w. G. Loving in an
swer to the structures collected about
him in Judge CampbelPs reply to the
House. Referring to that part where
Judge Campbell said he declined to sup
port him in politics, Judge Loving de-
clared al have never asked or sought
his support. In fact, had his support
been rendered me would have declined
it. knew his method in politics to be
base and corrupt, and have never sought
office in that way" This paper wa;
read, after protest by friends of Camp
bell. and Mr. Davis moved that all refer
ence to Judge Loving in CampbelPs re-
ply be expunged from the record. Mr..
kelley offered as a substitute that SO
much of the language of Judge Campbell
as goes to show the animus be allowed to
remain. The substitute was defeated by
a vote of 40 to 81, and Mr.. Davis's reso-
luton was adopted.
After long debate, the House re-
fused. by vote of Al to 43, to limit
debate, and then quickly got down to
the consideration of the main question.
Mr.. Leake's substitute to go into q
further investigation was voted down by
so large a majority that the author did
not ask for recorded vote. Mr..
Fokes then offered a substitute proyid'
ing for censure instead of removal. Mr..
Folkes' substitute was voted down.
The matter now goes to the Senate fol
concurrence.
The Mann bill was disposed of early
in the day, the House having convened
at 10 o'clock, and, though of greater
importance to the State than any single
issue in the legislature, it was almost for
gotten for the time in the lively interest
in the Campbell case. The question
came up on the reconsideration of We'd
nesday's vote, and was carried by a
vote of 55 to 80. The pending question
was then called, and the revenue bill,
with the conference amendments, was
adopted by vote of SO to Is.
Governor Montague returned, with
his veto, the bill incorporating the town
of Bowling Green, with recommends
ton that the bill be amended 10 meet
certain constitutional objections and this
was done and the bill passed.
Mr.. Davis offered a bill to provide fol
the construction of a channel at Peters.
burg, to carry off fresh water from the
AppOmattOx river,
Other bills offered were:
To provided for allowing various sec
tons to vote on questions of establishing
liquor dispensaries.
To regulate the terms of circuit courts
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Settle
and adopted, calling on the Attorney
General to give his opinion as to whethel
the new constitution requires the adop
| ton oc n uniform, school-hook sVstpm