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Updated: June 10, 2025
The elections being over, and a Republican majority in both branches of the Legislature being assured, Governor Alcorn was then prepared to vacate the office of Governor, to turn over the administration of State affairs to Lieutenant-Governor Powers and to proceed to Washington so as to be present at the opening session of Congress on the first Monday in December when he would assume his duties as a United States Senator.
It simply meant that both were to be treated fairly and justly, and that each was to stand upon his own record and merits, regardless of their personal differences. If Senator Alcorn had been in Senator Ames' place the probabilities are that the sentiment of the party would have been just as strongly in his favor as it was at that time in favor of Ames.
The rapidity of the attack; the poise and strength of the black-bearded Russian; the quickness with which Alcorn had risen to the occasion; the absence of all outcry or noise of any kind no one but ourselves witnessing the occurrence had taken my breath away. That an attack had been made on the life of the Prince, and that it had been frustrated by his friend, was evident.
This meant that there would be a bitter factional fight in the party, because both Senators were popular with the rank and file of the party. The fact was soon developed, however, that the people favored the return of Senator Ames to the Senate. This did not necessarily mean opposition or unfriendliness to Senator Alcorn.
In the joint Legislative session, every Republican member, white and colored, voted for the three Republican caucus nominees for United States Senators, Alcorn, Ames and Revels, with one exception, Senator William M. Hancock, of Lauderdale, who stated in explanation of his vote against Revels that as a lawyer he did not believe that a colored man was eligible to a seat in the United States Senate.
"Yes, he told me so. That's why I am telling you the rest of it." Alcorn was smiling, a curious expression lighting his face. "And how came he to be such a friend of the Prince's?" I asked. "He isn't his friend isn't anybody's friend. He's a special agent of the Russian Secret Service."
Bruce and escorted him to the President's desk, standing by the new Senator's side until the oath had been administered, and then tendering him his hearty congratulations, in which all the other Republican Senators, except Senator Alcorn, subsequently joined. This gracious act on the part of the New York Senator made for him a lifelong friend and admirer in the person of Senator Bruce.
A hard and stubborn fight was, however, to be made for control of the State Government. General James L. Alcorn, who had been a general in the Confederate Army and who had recently openly identified himself with the Republican party, was nominated by the Republicans for the office of Governor of the State.
The administration of James L. Alcorn as Governor of the State of Mississippi is one of the best with which that unfortunate State has been blessed. A more extended reference to the subsequent administration of Governor Ames will be made in a later chapter.
Ames was elected to serve the succeeding term. Alcorn was one of the old citizens of the State, and was therefore thoroughly identified with its business, industrial, and social interests. He had been one of the large and wealthy landowners and slave-owners, and therefore belonged to that small but select and influential class known as Southern aristocrats.
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