The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-12
ARRIVAL AT DEs MONIES
She Visits Several Saloons But Does
No Smashing.
MANY ADDRESSES MADE ON HER JOURNEY
Such Throngs Follow the Little Kansas Cru.
sader That the Police Stop Trip Of In
sp,cion Mr.. Nation as Glee-
fuI as a Grid.
(By the Associated Press.)

| NBy the Associated PreSS.)
| Des Moines, Iowa, Feb 9-Mrs. Ma
TONS tour through the western part of
and was in sense triumphal jour
ney for the little Kansas saloon smash
| er. She made a dozen addresses from
the platform of Rock Island passen-
/ ger train in the towns she passed
through to come to Des Moines to de-
liver lecture.
| In the afternoon she visited four sa-
| looms, doing no damage, but drawing
such big crowd on the street that the
police were compelled to stop the cru
SADIE. In the evening she addressed
1000 people in the Y. NJ. C. A. auditor
| ium.
The journey from Council Bluffs to
Atlantic was made quietly, the hour
being too early for many people to see
the crusader. At Atlantic the first WIS.,
\ itors swarmed on the train and as Mrs.
| Nation saw them coming down the
| aisle she cried out, jubilantly:
Hello, boys; glad to see you; shake
| hands; God bless the boys and young
men. / tell you l just love you ALL"
Large crowds We're at the station at
Dexter and Earlham, while De Soto and
Bonneville turned out respectfully we'll,
| considering the size of the towns Mrs.
| Nation did not show any symptoms of
fatigue but continued as efervescenl
and jubilant as ever.
At Valley Junction fully 200 laboring
men were present, many of them rail-
road hands employed in the Rock Island
shops. There Mrs. Nation shook hands
with everybody within reach, especia Is
the small boy and then singled out a
red-nosed man as her victim
HE NEEDS A SMASHER.
There's a man that needs a saloon
smasher all right. L can tell him by his
( looks Come up here, my friend and
shake hands with Carrie Nation; don't
be afraid"
The crowd roared, but the man simp-
! ly redeemed in the face and refused to
bulge.
You are one of the smashed" crieo
Mrs. Nation. Il guess I'll have to go
out there after YOU"
The crowd gave way, but Mrs. Nation
| laughed and the man sulked. We've
| got couple of joints in town." cried
another man.
Smash EN-; smash EN- cried Mrs.
Nation. Turning to those nearest to
| her, she called
Fill your pockets with rocks and
| smash the hell joints. Don't be afraid
| God will take care of you
Then as the train started to pull out
1 m hn N0cf CT %
| Moines. Mrs. Nation called out as a
benediction:
| IT'S just like this trip; we're only
passing through this world and making
brief stops, but see to it that we all
meet again in Haven"
JUST LOOK AT THE BEARS"
| AT Des Moines there were fully 5000
people cheering and yelling at the depot
when the train pulled in. AS Mrs. Ma
| ton walked out of the car and got a
| glimpse of the vast throng she broke
| loose in childish glee, saying:
Just look at it; just look at the
dears; may God bless every one.
| After half an hours work on the part
| of the police way was made through
the crowd for Mrs. Nation to reach a
carriage that had been provided. Once
| inside the carriage the clamor for a
shake of her hand was too great, and
| the saloon smasher stepped out of the
| carriage and clinging to the swinging
| door with one hand, frantically grasped
| the outstretched hands and arms with
or and wrung them sincerely,
! crying all the while:
| God bless you. Here's a saloon
smasher; God bless YOU
GIVES THEM HER BLESSINGS.
| After the reception which lasted full
ly fifteen minutes, the crowd was forced
back and the carriage moved up to the
only prominent hotel in the city without
a bar. Here Mrs. Nation received many
hundreds, shaking hands and giving
all her blessing.
| BY this time the enthusiasm had been
worked up to a high pitch and Mrs. Ma
| ton was urged to make tour of the
saloons. This she agreed to do and al
| $3.50 o'clock, accompanied by two city
detectives detailed by the chief of po-
| lice, called upon four saloon keepers III
| their places of business. She was fol-
lowed by an enormous crowd. When
| the bar room of the Kirkwood Hotel
was reached the chief of police held
hasty conference with his lieutenants
and concluded to stop the trip of in
spection, which WAS accomplished
| without objection on the part of Mrs.
Nation.