The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-28
MAY COME no ToPFKA.
Mrs. Nation, Saloon Fixtures smasher
Threatens to Continue Her Work.

| Wichita, Dec. 2S.-Bfrs. Nation was re-
moved to the county Jail last night,
| whence she issued a manifesto to the
! friends of temperance everywhere in
which she acknowledges there was
method in the apparent madness"
4 came to the governors home town, y
she continues, ito destroy the finest
saloon in it, hoping thus to attract pub
| lie attention to the fragrant violation
of a Kansas law under the very eye of
| the chief executive of the state"
The damage to the saloon is hard to
estimate. 1t was finished with stucco
secured from the worlds fair buildings,
and many blocks of it are shattered.
! The painting of Cleopatra cost Mr..
Noble, its author, nine months time
painting it, and was still his property,
| being rented by the saloon It has been
| seen at nearly all the street fairs from
Canada to the gulf
Mrs. Nations husband is a lawyer at
Medicine Lodge, an intimate friend Of
! jerry Simpson and politician. Mrs.
| Nation practices osteopathy and was on
her way to Missouri to visit an osteo-
pathic school. Before she left home,
however. she stated that she intended to
raid every saloon in Kansas and rid the
state of the joints.
After her arrest Mrs Nation. sent two
demands to the sick bed of Governor
Stanley for him. as governor Of the
state. to come to the city Jail and take
charge Of her defense. On Mr.. Stan
ley's refusal. she telegraphed for Jerry
Simpson, her old neighbor, at Medicine
Lodge.
A formal charge of malicious destruc-
ton of property was filed against Mrs
Nation late yesterday afternoon by Ma
han Bros, proprietors of the saloon. A
band of local w c. T. u. women called
upon her in the evening and held a
prayer meeting in the cell. They then
entered into consultation, after which a
note asking the governors assistance
was taken to his residence and delivered
n q fIa
fused to act.
Mrs. Brown, president of the local
union, stated that now that the crusade
against the liquor traffic had been in
augurated, the members of the W. c.
T. U. would take up the work and fight
it to a finish She said that they in
tended to test the law and ascertain to
what extent the public officials intended
to uphold the same.
Mrs. Nation said last night:
st wish to give my reasons for doing
this. It is in defense of humanity.
These murder shops are grinding up
100, 900 boys every year, and we women
must protect the boys.
II am determined to rid this state of
the joints We have a law here that
prohibits the sale of intoxicants, and if
the authorities do not enforce it I will
do so myself. The same law that pro-
hibits the sale also gives every citizen
the right to enforce it, if the officers do
not do so. I cleaned Kiowa of it's joints
and I will do much for Wichita II
am given the chance.
st stopped off at Wichita on purpose
to destroy the fixtures of these saloons,
and would not have stopped in my work
by simply destroying the bar at the
Carey had not the officer interfered with
me. I defy them to formally arrest me
or to try me. I'll make it so hot for the
officials that they will be glad to let
me alone. They know that they are not
enforcing the law and also know that
have a right to do So My husband is
not a lawyer for nothing. He has post
ed me on the law in this matter and I
am only acting according to the law.
am the president of the Barber county
w. c. T. u, and in going about raiding
joints as I do am only doing the work
of the order 1 was also arrested in
Kiowa. when raided the places there,
but they soon released me From
Wichita will go to another joint city,
perhaps Topeka, but will keep my
movements under cover"