Word: governor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME, March 9, p. 14, discussing Governor Henry Johnson and his confidential secretary, Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, erred. Knowing your attempt to be fair always . . . I offer you some additional information...
...infer that Governor Johnson made a business of lecturing on the religious aspects of the Ku Klux Klan. As grand master of the Masonic Lodge in Oklahoma, he could not possibly have avoided discussing a subversive movement that almost wrecked Masonry in Oklahoma...
...Governor Johnson is a profound student of ritualism, which may be an original sin, but his interest in spiritualism and occultism is only casual...
...suggest the appointment of her husband as state health commissioner, nor has she suggested other appointments, not first recommended by men supposed to be friends of clean government. The resolution [to dismiss Mrs. Hammonds] was introduced by a Senator whose fondest hope is the destruction of the Governor. Only three votes were mustered on the resolution demanding Mrs. Hammonds' dismissal. Then the sensible Senate voted to expunge the ridiculous resolution from the records. Mr. Johnson has many faults, among them a lodge-room belief in the honesty and decency of men. He is learning politics rapidly, however...
...time the original building burned down in 1764, the Massachusetts General Court had been holding its sessions in it, having been driven out of Boston on account of a smallpox epidemic. The Province of Massachusetts, therefore, provided for the erection of a new building from the plans of Governor Bernard. The new building, which is the one still standing today, was built in 1765-67 at a cost...