The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-26
R e PORT
-oF THE
n mes Investigating TO-


resolution of this Hovsa OO5s
the 9th day of January laSt aQopa
tne olnclal conduct of his Excenag''e b
bert Ames, Governor of the S' ts.ac II
sissippi, and to report the resn lac ~
vestigation back to this Hons III u n.
submit the following report. veg lel1
For thirty-eight.days your Can
been diligently and industrionUsqIrl 10
in the discharge of the duties dorl,, rll,
it by the adoption of the reS0l'.'i 9.
said 1t has sat from three TO ffT r.GN e
cry day. and has examined fir nous
nesSes; thirty-siX of whom ,Fs
ed as Republicans, and ninetqan" 'e cs
Gratis. At the beginning of tba u
tion.your Committee directed n ,IR'e,
can member thereof to inform HI. + Helis
cy, Governor Ames, of the noin,, lac
witnesses were being examined INV.
to day, touching his official condn mvN
request him to send in to the Comm.
names of such witnesses as ba
desire to have summoned aud evon,
virdication of his official acts Ve "lus
mittee states, with pleasure tba, u Y
quest has been complied with. and w e
mum Der of witnesses has been sr. t.e
and examined at the instance of b;-r
lency, the Governor, and in fact IN
presence before, and eXamination /
Committee was requested by bi,'
been summoned and examined fill
the exception OF one whose illness y
was summoned, prevented his artsrS
The testimony taken has not been =.
and with a view of developing bpt =.
of the case. but your COMMITTEE
fairness and justice, endcavOred IA :,
conclusion fully justihed by the nro'.
both sides, and impartial as betw...
people of the State and his Excellar..
Governor. Your Committee has coo,l
it a question of too much importance,
nit of a hasty or superficial examio'
And in pursuing this inquiry, its MAJ,
have endeavoreu to divest themSeIys,
partisan feeling and political and NEW.
prejudice, and TO keep steadily in Nav
one great object to be attained by n,
yestigat,on, that is, to ascertain yhetb.,.
official conduct of Governor Ames br j
nished the people of the State with gr,
which would justify and demand N,
parchment. How far your Commita
succeeded in excluding from their dqT.
h4
their report upon the impregnable br
ton OF truth, as furnished by the testim
they submit to the judgment of this n |
and to the arbitrament OF an impartial
lie. The conclusion reached by
Committee has not been sought a. i
sired, but has been forced on them
convictions OF duty. and gladly would
have arrived at different cohcIum
the honor of the State and its chief eys
tive officer, if the testimony in the ease
justified them in doing so.
Your Committee, therefore, submit
Adelbert Ames, Governor of the Sa1
Mississippi, should be impeached and
moved from office for his official mis-
duct in the following instances:
|. In refusing To execute the laws ty i
inc to remove w. Nj. Conner Shelf
NOXubee county, from office in Aud
1875, at which TIME he was reported 70 /
as defaulter, holding twenty two thouq
dollars ($22,000) of public money, sod
tuslng to pay over the same to the CONT
NoXubee.
2 In refusing to execute the LAVISH |
ease of NJ. l.. Holland, state Treasure
was reported to him by the Attomey4|
eral of the State in the summer oils
be i'm office and in charge OF the StaNIM|
ury without having given bond anls
rity, as the law requires.
3, LII calling for United States troop
January, 1875, and causing A. }, EIml:
Sheriff of Warren county, to be eiecelhl
his office by SAID troops, and another 4
installed in his stead, in violation Of 4
Constitution and laws of the State.
4. In permitting III. Cassidy, Jr, ca
cellor of the - District, and J. B,Das|
District Attorney of the - D;uia
exchange offices, in violation Of he0I
stitution and laws of the State.
5. In permitting the cODvict 10
penitentiary, by contracts approya
him, to be leased out to his partisan irsll
Messrs. French & JObes, in 1915, vl.sl
pay or com pensation, when the Smt 4
victs were leased to other parties within
very short time, by French Il JObe 4
large sum of money.
6. In the removal of w. b. Pyll
Chancellor of the 10th District.
z. In the removal of w. A. DIeEl1
Chancellor of the 18th District.
8. In the removal of Thomas "a
tian, Chancellor of the 4th District
g. In the appointment of c. CaII9e
c. Abbott, J. ID. Barton and VIM =
Chancellors of their respective DlstTcA
10. In his abuse of power and yoA
of law in directing Peter Crosbys re'u-
Vicksburg in December, 1874, and ID
tanning said Crosby in his efforts 70 70 J
possession of the office of Sheriff oil hla
county by force of arms, whereby cOll
between the races was brought oD !
much blood was shed and many llVe'
lost.
II. For his official acts in armlls
militia of Kinds county in SeptemOeI
October, 1875, in time of peace, ana ma ''E..
ally for detailing Charles Cald"eils =, -
pany composed of cOlOred men, 70
arms to Edwards Depot, said coIhpAIt!
ing differed in part by, and the Ias i, /
file composed of, colOred men known l |-
participated in the Clinton riot, anu VI
them, armed and defiant, to psI' ~.
streets of Clinton, going to ana NM
ing from Edwards Depot, with tIlt Vs.
ate intent to create a disturDanO' Il
plunge the country in war OF T"'''
all its attendant horrors. 49,.
In support of the foregoing specl.lss,,,,'s
your Committee is of the opinion, ' 0.a.
proof will show that the judicial ~ psF-
ment of the State Government ha as.a Nv \
been tempered with by his EXceiIJS ,rsr
that he has sought to paralyze, 10 ; ug~ d
emasculate and to render it ent'''
servient to his will.
That his ExceIlency has ia lr n
refused to execute the laws W. 3
action in some instances, anu 5:,st
removal of officers in Others Nnrl
his personal or partisan interests w" van. 3
promoted thereby. That he Is TE
for the conflict between the races a. loS
burg in Decem Der, 1874, and for Wv no@r1
human life which then and there OH
and thot hn mould hux-a hpCu ItcE A