Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-20
PHASES OF MRS. NATIONS CRU.
SADIE.


Elections are arising from the Ratchet
campaign of the vigorous Kansas dis
jointer Her respect for the law was in
Dictated some time ago when. on being
formally arraigned in a court of justice.
and proceeded to give the court a 'religi-
| Gus" harangue. and WAS astonished that
any one should dare To iuttrpose as an
objection the fact that the court was in
formal session and waiting to receive
her plea. lima sinaton totters to its fall
when we try to call up what would have
happened if such scene had occurred in
Judge Clancys court. This woman. who
poses as the defender of the law is in
truth. so carried away with egotism that
the courts the law and everything else
that would interfere with her are things
to be trampled under foot. Again we
note that in one of her raids the other
day. several of the men who rallied
round her snow white standard when the
smashing began walked off with divers
boxes of cigars and bottles under their
coats. Of course she is not responsible
for that, any more than Won Waldersee
is responsible for the looting by his
soldiers in China.
AS to the shedding of blood, which oc-
CURED at Wildwood Monday night. that
was simply another incident of the Ma
! ton crusade and an inevitable one. The
! only wonder is that it has not occurred
before. When woman reaches the
| stage where she is looked upon by her
| followers as the Joan of Arc of Kansas
! it's a pretty sure indication that she
isn't going to let bloodshed deter her
| from answering the call made especially
to her in Nehemiah ", II, and II Chron-
cles INK, I.
Mrs. Nation says her mission is to pro-
tect the home. Inasmuch as the saloon
is the rival of the home, she smashes tbs
former But what about the lady who
says that the billiard room is the riya
Of the home, and has started a smashing
campaign in that direction? And the
other lady who holds that drug stores
are under the ban of some passage o.
scripture ana mas put nail dozen O.
them out of commission? The best wa,
to protect the home, after all, is to make
it more attractive than any saloon. Mos
American mothers solve the problem b.
following that rule and one of them i
worth a whole crop of Carrie Nations
If the crusader would exert herself il
, behalf of those who have no homes an
try to do something for the people 70
whom the Salvation Army works s
nobly she would command more respeet
+ One writer, in drawing a moral fror
the Nation crusade, says:
, Everybody knows the tale of the in
, toxicated householder whose indignan
, spouse celebrated his return by asllin
him What he meant by coming home a
that time of night, and his rejOnder tina
"all the other places were shut up. L
secure the attendance of men, either a
0 home or at church, by the device {
, shutting up or smashing "all the othe
|. places is a very poor substitute for sc
, curing their attendance by the arts
. the good pastor and successful home
maker 1t may be doubted whether thu
" vira ginous temper which impels a motht
5 to smash saloons and billiard rooms
d compatible with the gentler domest
d arts. But at all events it is clear tn;
a mother is not engaged In making
= happy home at the time which she is d
,r voting to promoting the unhappiness
- the 'other Places