Word: suppressions
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...State of Oklahoma between its Governor, its Legislature, its Ku Klux Klan, its Supreme Court and its National Guard is very much at odds with itself. The Legislature desired to impeach Governor Jack Walton for attempting to be " dictator " by putting the state under martial law to suppress outrages attributed to the K. K. K. The Governor had not called a special session, but the Legislators decided that they had the right to meet under the bill of rights in the State Constitution...
Calvin Coolidge studied law, and entered politics at Northampton, Mass. He distinguished himself as Governor of Massachusetts by his declaration against the strikers on the Boston police force in 1919, and the measures he took to suppress the strike...
...Philip Snowden proposed a motion to suppress the capitalist system. It was defeated by 368 to 121 votes. The most important speech was that of Mr. Lloyd George, ex-Premier, who said that Britain, entirely dependent on foreign trade, would be the " worst country in the world to experiment with socialism." He informed the Government, however, that unless they removed existing evils due to the capitalist system they would force the laboring classes to undertake dangerous experiments such as the Labor Party advocated...
Police prefects have power to suspend or suppress newspapers. Neither Senators nor Deputies may act as newspaper editors without Parliamentary authorization because they would enjoy immunity from prosecution...
...American Legion accused of being "bums, tramps and vagabonds" and "bought with British gold to suppress truth" was vindicated in Chicago. Arthur Lorenz, former editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung (German), made the above remarks editorially. Suit was brought for criminal libel and Mr. Lorenz convicted by a jury. Unless he can secure a new trial he is liable to a year in prison, a $500 fine, or both...