The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-25
REPORr
VI The
AHies' Anvestigatin.

JACKSON MIssIsso,s
February 81 Il,
MR.. SPEAKER: - The ma. III.
special Committee noin,nnuerSg.
resolution of this H6ssaa ~
the 9th day of January laSt MoPs n
the official conduct of his ExceIpd@o 7a
bert Ames, Governor of the NSS' .ac
sisSippi, and to report the result Ii4e u
vestigation back TO this Housa VI q
submit the following report. Ovs a.
For thirty-eight days your Con
been diligently and industrioTv,gIll
in the discharge OF the duties do,! slas
ii by the adoption of the reSoIG''gUHe.
said 1t has sat from three To 6r r.9Ja
cry day. and has examined 6nn nos
neSSeS; thirty-siX of whom At
ed as Republicans, and ninetean" 'e q
Gratis. At the beginning of tba
tiOn,you Committee directed \ W'@
can member thereof to inform hisFHa
cy, Governor Ames, of the point, LAG y
witnesses were being examined San
to day, touching his official ,uVN
request him to send in to the Con.
names of such witnesses aS LVs
desire to have summoned and Ava.
VirdicatiOn of his official acts Tt
mittee states, with pleasure tb,, ava
quest has been complied with gr3
number of witnesses has been s,.
and examined at the instance ofbi~S
lency, the Governor, and in fact ny
presence before, and examination !.
Committee was requested by bin
been summoned and examined m1,
the exception OF one whose Hines, u
was summoned, prevented his a,,s"l
The testimony taken has not been y
and with view of developing bur y.
of the case. but your COMMITTEE
fairness and justice, endcavored n
conclusion fully justihed by the ma
both sides, and impartial as bqir.-
people of the State and his Eycall.,-
Governor. Your Committee has com.
it question of too much impOrtapc.,
nit of hasty or superficial exsmf
And in pursuing this inquiry, lis ms.
have endeavoreu to diyeSt themSqIyg
partisan feeling and political and ,s,e
| prejudice, and to keep steadily in VI.
one great object to be attained bv b
veStigatIOn, that is, to ascertain wbqiIs
| official conduct of Governor Ames Ig
nished the people of the State with ON
which would justify and demand n,
parchment. How far your Commir.
succeeded in excluding from thejrlsF5
lions all improper influences, and iRh
their report upon the imprcgnabe tr
| ton OF truth, as furnished by the testa
they submit to the judgment of this M
and to the arbitrament OF an impartial
| lie. The conclusion reached by /
Committee has not been sought II
sired, but has been forced on then
/ convictions OF duty, and gladly wOut
have arrived at a different c0deusig
| the honor of the State and its chief y5l
| tive officer, if the testimony in the cag
/ justified them in doing so.
Your Committee, therefore, submit \
! Adelbert AmeS, Governor of the SAL
Mississippi, should be impeached sn
moved from office for his official mR
duct in the following instances;
|. In refusing to execute the laws bT
| inc to remove w. NJ. Conner, SAsft
| NoXubee county, from office in Aud
1875, at which time he was reported
as a defaulter, holding twenty two thMI
dollars ($22,000) of public money iEi
fusing to pay over the same TO the COIiI
NoXubee.
2 In refusing to execute the lwsgI
case of Nj. L. Holland, State Treasure
was reported to him by the Attorneys
eral OF the State in the summer OilSl
be i'm office and in charge OF the StatclI
ury without having given bond an.d
rilv. as the law requires.
3. In calling for United States tps
January, 1875, and causing A. }. Elan.
Sheriff of Warren county, to be eleee
his office by SAID troops, and another
installed in his stead, in violation dl
Constitution and laws of the State.
4. In permitting III. Cassidy, Jr, 0
cellor of the - District, and }. B.Da
District Attorney of the - DStrG
exchange offices, in violation Of thel
stitution and laws of the State.
8. In permitting the cODvicE ~
penitentiary, by contracts approve
him, to be leased out to his partisan nd
Messrs. French 81 Jobes, in 1875, w1
pay or com pensatiOn, when the sane
Victs were leased to other parties Will
very short time, by French q jobs
large sum of money.
/ u LII DllC ISu1ONdl vi w. ~ A.
Chancellor of the 10th District.
z. In the removal of W. A. DF-
Chancellor of the 18th District.
g. In the removal of Thomas y
tiau, Chancellor OF the 4th District
g. In the appointment of c. Cu.a
C. Abbott, j. ID. Barton and Nm l.a
Chancellors of their respective DBHg
10. In his abuse of power and 's1
of law in directing Peter Crosby NV
Vicksburg in December, 1874, ana
tanning said Crosby in his efforts
possession OF the Office of Sheriff Oh VI
county by force of arms, WHEREBY SU'l
between the races was brough. W
much blood was shed and many iva
lost.
II. For his official acts in arI+i
militia of Kinds county in Sepyel'~
October, 1875, in time of peace, %ug .. 4
ally for detailing Charles Cald"tl'
pany composed of colOred men,
arms to Edwards Depot, said comp.
ing differed in part by, and the lsti
file composed OF. cOlored men khV 15 ID
participated in the Clinton riot anus
them, armed and defiant, 10 pa
streets of Clinton, going to anu
ing from Edwards Depot, win Wv l.n.s
ate intent to create a dlstltrp ,,;
plunge the country in war oil raw
all its attendant horrors.
In support of the foregoing spec"ttsg
your Committee is of the Oplnlo,ul, NJ
proof will show that the JuclCl% "a,
ment of the State Government n In.or
been tempered with by his EAcsiSs qss
that he has sought to paralyze, s %lr
emasculate and to render 1t eh'i'V'