LEGISLATORS WAVE REVOLVERS.
STIR IN TENNESSEE.
POLICE AND WARDERS STAND BY " Times."—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. NEW YORK, September 28.
The Governor of Tennessee is trying to force two Bills against the liquor trade through the Legislature. Opponents to the measures thwarted him by absenting themselves, and preventing a quorum.
The Governor then stationed armed warders from prisons to keep the members in their places. The Mayor sent tha police to see that members were not coerced. The Opposition made obstructive speeches while waving revolvers.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16358, 30 September 1913, Page 7
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