Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-04
KANSAS Cl|LON[
HEADED THIS WAY
Mrs. Nation and Party Of Cru.
saders Will Pass Thru
Marshalltown.
aatchets Will Be Left at HON ..-
Their Mission In Iowa and
Chicago.
Hon. A. c. Rankin Visits the
City. Fresh From the Field
Of Action.
Talks OF the Crusa adj. Conditions
Responsible For lt--.ls
Apprehensive.

Mrs. Nation, the modern Kansas cs'
clone in whose path there have been
many liquor joints, is headed towards
Iowa and Niarshalltow There is no
occasion for the Ma rshalltown saloon
list boarding up their doors and win
dows, however. as Mrs. Nation will
leave her Ratchet at home Her pres
ent mission beyond the borders of her
own state is for the purpose of recruit
ing her supporters and obtaining finan-
cial aid TO carry on her crusade. and
She Will be accompanied by Mr.. Nation
and several of her prominent CO.. work.
ers. They Will not even stop in wicked
Dubuque and Oskaloosa but will pro-
coed direct to Chicago after stirring up
things in Des Mones.
Hon. A. G. Rankin. the we'll known
republican campaigner and temper
anca lecturer, spent Sunday In Mar
Shutdown. fresh from the scenes of
Mrs. Nations crusade in Kansas. MIR.
Rankin was In Des Moines Saturday,
paving the way for the Kansas rarty'ss
visit there on Sunday next He has
been attending the state temp rance
convention OF Kansas, and was instru-
mental in inducing Mrs Nation to visit
Chicago, which is now his home. The
crusader " ill speak in Des MONIES next
Saturday night and also on Sunday
Her party will leave the capital city
early Monday morning over the c. &
\, W. and will pass thru Marshalltowns
on No. IA at .: 10. Mr.. Rankin says
Marshal ltown people Will proba bly, be
given an opportunity TO see Mrs. Ma
ton and that she may b-s induced to.
speak briefly.
Speaking of the objects of the trip,
Mr. Rankin says they are four fold
first toilet the people outside of Kan
sas know they are not a lot of crazy
women; second, 10 give Mrs Nation an
opportunityto present the situation as
1T actually exists in her state; third to-
arouse and quicken the temperance
movement. and fourth, TO raise funds
with which to carry on her lawsuits.
Mr. Rankin says there will be no sa-
loon smashing in either Iowa or Chi
cage. and that work in that lire Will.
hr confined TO Kansas until the ques-
ton Is settled there Mrs. Nation has
given her word to this effect, and her
orator friend says She does as she says.
& The latter. willis he is her friend does
not openly approve her methods but
rather evades a square declaration on
this point.
MIR. RAsyKTN'S VIEWS.
y am persuaded the people outside
of Kansas have little conception OF the
real situatian there" said Mr.. Rankin
4 to a I, -R. representative who called on
him Sunday evening at his room at the
fremont. They have mad prohibitio
there for twenty years. For ten or
twelve years the law was very 1igidly
enforced. But the liquor men were at
work solving the question of how
to break he law and and were organic
ing for Its overthrow. The line o1 at
tack decided upon was TO gain control
of the city and town governments and
county attorneys. They gained many
of the large cities by persistent efforts
at every election. Money whisky and
beer We're shipped In in unstinted guam
titles from Kansas City and elsewhere,
80 that OF late years the Kansas towns
can hardly hold an election without
err
tains control OF the authorities, they
open up joints and run in defiance of
tho law, and the officers collect a
monthly fine. The prltvate citizen who
attempts TO enforce the law has
to meet boycotta and the in
situations of the opposition. Iowa
people know something OF this
method. This state of AFFAIRS has gone
their patience. l heard Mother Nation
say in an address:
- AM ashamed to tell the Lord any
more about ii. have been pouring it
into his ears so long, and the Lord
said Go and smash them!' /"
HAS MANY FOLLOWERS.
Asked In regard to the sersiment OF
the people Of Kansas towards Mrs. Ma
tion's methods, Mr.. Rankin said:
The people are divided, OF course,
Many OF the better element are Keeping
quiet, while a large element Of the best
people IN the churches are pronounced
in her favor. attended their meeting
in the First United Presbyterian
church at Topeka last Wednesday fore
noon. The church was crowded full OF
women--mothers in Israel. Ishave been
err witnessed such meeting as that.
Mrs. Nation was In the pulpit with a
big hatchet in her hands, calling on the
women to come and help save the boys
from hell, while sanity mothers clap-
ped their handa and said amen. ii
seemed to me ASH look ID into the faces
of those women that they had been
turned into Walls OF Gods wrath. Mr.,
Nationis certainly a wonderful characst
ter and seems to have absolutely no
fear"
WILL TRY A NEW TACK.
Mrs. Nation. and her followers. In car
rying on the crusade In Topeka, are
going to try diplomacy now and will
not resort to extreme measures unlese
the present plans fail. OF this new nioruss
Mr.. Rankin said they would attempt ia
force from the bench the present police
judge. which would then give HE CHIEF
OF police. who favors the women.
chance to drive the joints out Of the
city. Mrs. Nation declares she win ex :
haust the police Judge and ali the other
oficera up to the governor. and then IL
they Do not take hold she says they