, 1877-05-29
KEMPER COUNTY.

Gov. Stone, Of Mississippi, 1ntcrvlewcd.-.
Ito Says 1io Has Exhausted His Pawer---
Tho Courts Must Do tho Keat.--L!ttlo
Hope that tho Mob Win Ever l'n rum
tAl,ptl.
nprr<.po.dtnes Mt.nph4s 1ra!aneas lind. Dras.},.
JACKSON, Miss, May 9i.-in accordance with
Instructions, your correspondent interviewed
Gov. Stone Yesterday III reference to the ketn-
office tho reporter found Tho Governor a!ouo
aud busi!y engaged III writing. liz laid down
Ills pen, greeted tho reporter very kindly, and
Invited him TO be seated. After !cw commons
he dcsised to Interview him for tue Apa!anehs OH
tho kclnpor murders, In 0r,ler TINT tue outside
world might know authoHtatlscly what he tn-
tended u do about It, and asked tho Governor
posc. The Governor expresses! himself as en-
tlrcly willing to grant the Interview, and the
following conversation took place:
Kcportcr-HGogcrnor,y you uFe no doubt aware
Of tho great destre OF the country, expressed ny
tho leading newspapers. 70 know what 5ou III
lend to do III reference TO the kempcF matter.
Have you taksa any step: to punish tho persons
Governor" Yes, sir; an fully awaro Ut tho
aud an surprised that 50 many Of them should
ba 20 entirely at fault Is TO tho powers Of the
Executive. hayo no power to do ANYTHING at
al. It II solely tho province OF the courts to
Investigate. tho matter, and punisfa Tlolators Of
tho law. went to kempcs al soon a. heard
OF the occurrence, not knowing but that the
mob wa still In full possesslon OF tho county;
but when reached there, ali was quiet, and
no Indication Of fuEthcr outbreak. Had not
the mob already dlspesscd would haVo
quclfea this disturbance, even II i would have
been necessary to rail- aut the militia. Having
fully ssttsded uJself that there would be no
further disturbance, went to Columbus to tee
Judge IIa1nm, tue Circuit Judge, and suggested
10 him to call an extra teFm of biz Court In
Kcmpef, for tlr purpose Of puntahlnE Ylolators
Of tho law. ! had no power to ordcr judge
IlRmm to do sot anl II he does not call tho ex"
tra session the Governor cannot do ANYTHING:
do NOT know whether Judge liaulm will call
tho extra session OF not. Tho Constitution
crtatiyc, aud any one who will take tho trouble
to refer to the Constitution will sec clearly that
have no power iu this matter. Tho Courts
are solely charged with tho duty, anl
euppase will do whatever ts necessary. Tho
mob was composed uf persons well known. and
there can b. no Iilllculty iu ar1estinR thctp. !
havu paid no attention 10 tho great to'do by tho
10 do ! do not think 1t becoming ia INC 10 no
tice them, and ! am not going into tho papars.h
Rcposter--" Then, there being no further do
haucs Of tho county otllcias, and having satisfied
yourself Of the fact, you consider you have
uothluX further to tlo1n
Goyefnor-.."' Certainly, no more than any
other eltixcn.h
Kempcr had exe1tcd himself properly that ho
might have saved Chkolmi DID '.s not anticl-
pats Whist The mob intended to do when hs
! piacel Chisolln in JILL"
Ooyeruor-"Wc!l, Ii tho Sheriff had bccn a
| man of ulore commanding and positive charnc-
ter, he could. perhaps, have preserved the peace,
ChlSol1, hll1Asn wa Aazuae4 BY the Assembling