Word: interdict
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...peaceably to all these military threats, if they act legally and quietly there is little doubt that they will gain in prestige, for Governor Walton's tactics are anything but popular in his own state. But if they try to override the law--or in this case the direct interdict of the President of the United States--they will lose whatever sympathy they have in the rest of the country. Their former acts in Oklahoma, which have largely brought about the present situation, have been of a nature to alienate public sentiment. But in other cases, such as in their...