Louisiana has yet to make history by trying a Governor under impeachment. For a month its House of Representatives had labored mightily erecting an impeachment case against redheaded, dimple-cheeked Gov. Huey P. Long. Last week this whole structure fell to the ground when sufficient State Senators banded together to vote for Gov. Long's acquittal regardless of any evidence against him.
Louisiana has 39 State Senators. Twenty-six would be required for an impeachment conviction, 14 for acquittal. Just after the Long trial started last week in the Louisiana Senate, 15 Senators agreed that...
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