Word: militiaization
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...catch word "For the Good of the People" has been tortured and distorted almost beyond recognition, for recent politicians have struck out "People" and substituted "Political Machine." In Arizona today the country witnesses the unfortunate spectacle of a Governor declaring martial law for no palpable reason. The State Militia has been called to "defend" the site of the Parker Dam project against "encroachments" on the State's rights. Had this step been taken before Election Day, a number of motives might be suspected, but since it can have no possible effect on elections, the action must be attributed either...
...little stray money, additional and needless expenditures are intolerable to the people. But Governor Moor's action is not merely of local consequence. He is following and affirming a precedent set some years ago by Governor Murray of Oklahoma which menace every person in the country. The State Militia exists to protect the interests of the majority of citizens when every other method of protection has failed. In the case of the Parkor Dam project, the interests of the citizens of Arizona have already been amply insured by legal contracts. They need no further, and particularly no military protection. There...
Governor David Holtz, back at Tallahassee from the American Legion convention in Miami (see above), felt that an explanation was due with regard to his tardiness in calling out the militia. "It was not a case of calling out the militia to protect the jail or a prisoner in custody of an officer," said he. "The Negro was held in the hands of a mob out in the woods. . . . It would have been futile to have called out the militia...
...during Mexico's 1910-20 period of revolutions. Graduated from the University of Virginia, Oscar Underwood Jr. was in Paris as a law clerk for a U. S. firm when war broke out in 1914. Back home in 1916, he served on the Mexican border with his Alabama militia regiment, then to France in 1917, did not take off his uniform until 1919. Now 44, he is identified with the anti-Bonus American Veterans Association, is a partner in the Washington firm of Underwood & Kilpatrick, is currently engaged in practice before the German Mixed Claims Commission...
...Governor Merriam to send troops into San Francisco, he replied that it would ruin him politically. One by one the potent Young backers agreed to switch their strength in the primary to Merriam. Not until he had corralled most of the Young following did Acting Governor Merriam order his militia...