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Morgan was assigned by the "Dynamite Squad" to read the charges before the House. When word of the plan leaked out, pro-Long forces tried to adjourn the House for the day. [[Speaker]] [[John B. Fournet]] of St. Martinville in south Louisiana, selected for the post by Long himself, ruled that the motion for adjournment had majority support. Morgan and others in the anti-Long faction loudly objected. They claimed that the voting machine was rigged. To his death, Fournet denied any involvement in a plot to rig the machines. Then a brawl known thereafter as "Bloody Monday" broke out on the House floor. Some lawmakers reportedly used brass knuckles in the scuffle. Morgan rounded up witnesses for a hearing on the charges against Long. The House voted to impeach the Kingfish on eight counts.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5772228/cecil-morgan|title=Cecil Morgan|author=Joel Manuel|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 27, 2020}}</ref>

Morgan was assigned by the "Dynamite Squad" to read the charges before the House. When word of the plan leaked out, pro-Long forces tried to adjourn the House for the day. [[Speaker]] [[John B. Fournet]] of St. Martinville in south Louisiana, selected for the post by Long himself, ruled that the motion for adjournment had majority support. Morgan and others in the anti-Long faction loudly objected. They claimed that the voting machine was rigged. To his death, Fournet denied any involvement in a plot to rig the machines. Then a brawl known thereafter as "Bloody Monday" broke out on the House floor. Some lawmakers reportedly used brass knuckles in the scuffle. Morgan rounded up witnesses for a hearing on the charges against Long. The House voted to impeach the Kingfish on eight counts.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5772228/cecil-morgan|title=Cecil Morgan|author=Joel Manuel|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 27, 2020}}</ref>

However, Long persuaded fifteen of the thirty-nine state senators (one more than one-third of the membership needed to defeat an impeachment) to sign a "Round Robin" document declaring that under no circumstances would they ever vote to convict Long of any violation. The so-named "Round Robin" sealed the fate of the anti-Long forces, and Long finished his term as governor.<ref name=findagrave/> In 1930, he even unseated [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954) of Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, but Long did not take the senatorial oath until 1932, having preferred to finish out his gubernatorial term.

However, Long persuaded fifteen of the thirty-nine state senators (one more than one-third of the membership needed to defeat an impeachment) to sign a "Round Robin" document declaring that under no circumstances would they ever vote to convict Long of any violation. The so-named "Round Robin" sealed the fate of the anti-Long forces, and Long finished his term as governor.<ref name=findagrave/> In 1930, he even unseated [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joseph Ransdell|Joseph Eugene Ransdell]] of Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, but Long did not take the senatorial oath until 1932, having preferred to finish out his gubernatorial term.

In an interview years later the Public Broadcasting Service, Morgan said that he did not consider Long to be "thoroughly evil" and should be commended for his free-textbooks program. But he recalled "'Everything he did cost more than it should have. … it was necessary for the state for somebody with his qualities to come forward, and I think he muffed it. … He left us with a heritage from which we have not recovered."<ref name=findagrave/>

In an interview years later the Public Broadcasting Service, Morgan said that he did not consider Long to be "thoroughly evil" and should be commended for his free-textbooks program. But he recalled "'Everything he did cost more than it should have. … it was necessary for the state for somebody with his qualities to come forward, and I think he muffed it. … He left us with a heritage from which we have not recovered."<ref name=findagrave/>