Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-17

i that the right of habeas corpus had
 been suspended, and declined to re- cognize them. In this attitude Cover nor Holden supported him. Even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina was defied. Finally the adherents of the Ku Klux Klan and opponents of the Governor obtain ed an injunction restraining the state treasurer and the state paymaster from paying out monies for the eX- penses of the troops. Governor Hol- den got around this, to his own satis- faction at least, by dismisslng the paymaster upon whom the injunction had been served, appointing another and having the new paymaster pay the soldiers.
 The Ku Klux Klan was extremely powerful, particularly in North Car olina, during the days of reconstruc- ton. North Carolina was probably the foundation head of the dreaded K. K. K. The secret organization was power in that it controlled the mem bers of the State legislature. Many of the State senators and assembly, men were members of the society, and others dared not defy it, knowing only too well that many of their con- stituents were members of it. Con- sequently Governor Holden was inn peached and tried. He was acquitted of the charge of illegally declaring the counties in state of insursection. but was convicted of making unlawful arrests and of bringing in troops from another state and of violating the writ of habeas corpus. He was removed from office and disqualified from again holding office in North Carolina.
 Powell Clayton was Governor of Arkansas in 1871. He was impeached by the Legislature, charged with hav ing among other things, conspired to deprive the LieutenantGovernor of his office, illegally removed judges from office and illegally filled their places, taken part in election frauds and with having unlawfully issued state bonds for the benefit of certain railroads. In order that the Cover nor might not get away, he was lock ed in the Executive Chamber and the door nailed. He escaped, however, and campaigned so effectively for himself that by the time the charges reached the Senate committee of that body, it recommended their dismissal, which the Assembly finally consented to do.
 The impeachment of Governor David Butler, of Nebraska, in the same year was more serious. He was charged with having converted $16,0O0 of state funds to his own uses, with accepting bribes, giving state lands to railroads in defiance of the law and with sell ing State lands and retaining the proceeds. Butler was acquitted of all of the charges with exception of that of misappropriating the $16,00O. He was removed from office.
 Henry c. Warmoth, Governor of Louisiana, was impeached in 1872 charged with having offered a $50,- 900 bribe to Lieut.. Governor P. B. s. Pinchback and with having forcihly elected the Secretary of State from office. Governor Warmoth's term of office came to an end, however, be- fore his trial was brought about, and the matter was dropped.
 In 1876 Governor Albert Ames, of Mississippi, was tried by the Senate as the result of an Assembly im- peachment charging him with having defrauded the State of $33,750, with having given prison labor contracts to personal friends, conspiracy to slan- der a political opponent, unlawful re- moval of various state officers, incit- ing race riots with inflammatory speeches and with granting pardon to convict on the payment of $3,- 900 to a third party. Governor Ames offered to resign. His resignation was accepted and the charges drop ped.
 Lieut. Governor Alexander K. Davis was impeached soon after Governor Ames, charged with having sold pardon to a murderer while the Gov ernor was absent from the State. He tried to follow the example of Ames and resign, but the Legislature did not allow him to escape. He was tried, convicted, removed from office, and disqualified from again holding office in that State.
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