Word: governor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scene. The office of Governor Warren T. McCray of Indiana, in 1923. Secretary of State Ed. Jackson, soon to be elected governor, enters and says to Governor McCray: "I know your condition and we might just as well get down to brass tacks. We are very anxious to get this appointment [Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County]. You go into the room of your private secretary, and when you return there will be $10,000 in the drawer of your desk. No one will know about it. You can call Remy over and tell him you changed your mind...
...Governor McCray replies: "Ed, I am amazed that you should make that kind of an offer to me. You evidently don't know me. It begins to look like I've lost my fortune that I've striven for for 35 years. My office is threatened, it looks as if they are threatening my liberty, but I'm not going to lose my self respect...
Trial. The above conversation was part of the testimony of Mr. McCray in the criminal trial of Governor Ed Jackson in Indianapolis last week. The prosecution by the State was in the hands of able William H. Remy (TIME, Feb. 20), whom Mr. McCray had appointed in 1923. It looked like a clear-cut bribe conspiracy, out of which it would be difficult for Governor Jackson to squirm. But he did get out of it, easily, quietly. His lawyers pointed out that, under Indiana's statute of limitations, no man can be indicted for a bribery crime more than...
State could show that Governor Jackson had also conspired to conceal the bribery. This, the State failed to prove. Special Judge Charles M. McCabe ordered the acquittal of Governor Jackson...
...Even Tenor." After the trial, many an Indiana newspaper demanded the resignation of Governor Jackson. But he, in the arms of his friends at an impromptu reception, said soothingly: "I shall go on in the even tenor of my way, paying no attention to any of the malicious propaganda against me, striving always to serve the interests of the people to the best of my ability...