LEGISLATORS WAVE REVOLVERS.
STIR IN TENNESSEE. POLICE AND WARDERS STAND BY. " Times."—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Received September 29,.9.30 a.m.) 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 the police to see that members were not coeroed. The Opposition made obstructive Speeches while waving revolvers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10886, 29 September 1913, Page 5
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