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Show RESENT ACT OF TEJNERNOil Galveston City Officers, Shorn of Power, May Appeal to Federal Courts GALVESTON. Tex., July 16 Gal-i veston'S municipal officialdom today I found It icl f superseded by members of the Texas militia with the exocu-i tlon by Brigadier-General J. F. Wol-! lers of orlt-rs issued b Governor V. P. Hobb that city authorities be sua-1 pended and restrained from interfer-' ehce with enforcement of the state's! penal laws. The governor's order marked another an-other hnpte.r In the' dock workers'! strike here. The it uiiijiil...,iop-rs, riftor an: all-nlcht session, tasueVi a statement denying categorically Governor Hobby's Hob-by's charges of alleged neglect of duty In connection with the strike. Addressed to the citizens of Galvrs-! ton and tho state of Texas, the state-, ment '-barged the governor with ' autocratically and arbitrarily trampling tramp-ling the rights of citizens under his feet" and warntfd the governor that any further encroachment upon the , rights of the people of this city to j govern themselves ,o resisted by application to the federal courts." |