Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-27
hare Was out One Dissenting
Vote Each In The Senate and
House Of Delegates on The
Removal Resolution.
JUDGE WILL FIGHT TO THE LIMIT
He Declines TO State What cours He
VIII Pursue, But it is Believed He
win Make an Appeal to the Supreme
court-ResOIutions acIlIns for Re-
moYal Of Eastern Shore Jurist.
Special to The Dnily press.A

III Especial 10 me Daily PreSS.)
II RICHMOND. VA, March 26.-After
! arguing throughout the entire day,
slon the method of procedure to be fol-
n lowed. the House lale this afternoon
II voted 10 remove Judge blackstone
kirom the bench of the Eleventh Judi
I cial Circuit. and an hour later the
n Senate concurred in the resolution.
Il There was but one negative vote TO
4 the resolution ipsszlah House, even
4 though several of the delegates lodged
into the hall and avoided the issue
Just before their names were called.
The resolution as adopted was that
which was drawn by the majority fac
\ ton of the committee
Delegates Page and Withers smoke
vehemently in favor of the minority
resolution, which. in effect would
Lave allowed Judge Blackstone to in.
iroduce witnesses to establish his
! claim as not guilty to the charge of
gross immortality and neglect of OF
iiciai duty as set forth in the resolu
lion for removal.
Withers created quite Il sensation ir
the lower House when he told of how
Judge blackstone would bring his case
before the Supreme Court and added
that that body would in all probabi!i.
~ overthrow the action of the General
Assembly.
The evidence on which the accused
1urist was removed was not heard ex-
cept f@ the House committee, and
those defending the minority resolu.
ton held that their report was simp.
ly TO sustain the alleged charges and
had no bearing whatever on the
charges as preferred in the recon-
mendation for removal.
Senator Noel, of Lee. who profarre1
the charges against Judge Rh. s.
ed the Democratic senator's TO loo,;
up and take notice, when he said that
there has been some suggestion that
these charges against Judge Black
stone grew out of his audacity to cri-
ticise Governor Swanson. He added
that if Judge Blackstone was removed
hastily and this fact got abroad, Their.
was no telling what might be the re-
suit. Continuing. he said that he did
not mean to intimate that such cir.
cumsiances had anything 10 do with
the charges or any of the votes. But
he had dared make the reference and
general numbering floated through
The the Senate chamber.
a singular thing about ihee vote
was that the lone vote against the
removal in the House was cast by
Delegate Soutrerland. OF Dickinson
and Wise counties. 1t was asserted
afterwards that he had said that he
wond not vote 10 remove Blackstone
when the Democrats had put man
like Judge Rhea on the corporation
commission. Senator Carter of
Rappahannock. east the vote against
removal in the upper House.
Mo Hard Feeling. Says Blackstone.
Judge Blackstone is alleged TO have
said after the vote had been taken on
his removal. that he had no malice
in his heart towards any delegate or
senator and that he was glad TO be-
lievc that each one voted for what
he believed to be just and according
10 the dictates of his conscience
Judge blackstone was present in
The galleries when the vote was taken
in each House and during the entire
day he listened 10 the argument OF
the delegates.
III an interview tOniS.., Judge
Blackstone said 81 don't propose 70
state the method by which will pro.
cceded hut the fight is not ended.
don't acquience that this Judgment
final and will proceed by appropriate
legal means to protect myself. do
not consider that have been remover
by due process of law"
To Elect Successor Today.
The legislature will sit in Joint
caucus tomorrow for the purpose OF
elccting successor to Judge Black
stone. The concensus of opinion to-
night is that either Ohio F. Mears. o,
Accomac, or n. w. Westcott, of
Noi7 hampton will f5t the appoint.
ment. The former is said to be
close personal and political friend of
Governor Swanson. The latter is
popularity known as the peoples can
didate
All other candidates for the position