The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-18

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which she said the eyes Of the of the
entire country were on Kansas, and
then Mrs. Nation spoke.
She prefaced her remarks by read
ing some verses from jeremiah, where
the prophet could see great victories in
store for the people. She said il applied
to the present battle With the elements
of the liquor traffic and that victory
was at last within the grasp of the
faithful
1T remains for few little women
with their little hatehets," she said,
Ito do this great work of the Lord |
have found a hatchetaof great use in
the Lords work
Women" she said, as she suddenly
stepped forward. with a dramatic ges-
ture, women. we must be about the
work of the Lord this very afternoon.
There are yet some hell holes here
which have not closed up, in spite of
the promises to the contrary, and We
must smash them this afternoon. This
very afternoon
Amen, yes we will" exclaimed a
hundred women, many of them she'd
ding tears in their excitement.
Mrs. Nation said she was going to
remain, right here in Topeka" until
after the city election, SO she could
/ help in the election of thu mayor.
The meeting then adjourned, after
passing some resolutions protesting
against the pending resubmissiOn resO-
+ luton in the legislature, and, as the
meeting adjourned, Mrs. Nation asked
the Home Defenders to meet her at
the close of the meeting. She was
going on another smashing tour.
Arrested in the Vestibule.
But her plans were destined to be
fruitless. Deputy Sheriff Lawson was
/ waiting in the vestibuIe of the church
! al 40 rr-hs vv~I1 AT-4
came out he stepped up 10 ner with the
remark that he had a warrant for her
arrest.
Mrs. Nation smiled good-naturedly.
/ Another warrant she exclaimed
| What can that be for They have
served three upon me already today"
It's for defacing property said the
officer.
Let's see it" said Mrs. Nation, De
facing property, why / defaced no
property. I just destroyed it. I never
deface any property. That's ridicu-
lous charge 10 bring against me. But
come along. Mister officer. 1 am not
afraid of jail. l have had consider
able experience with them lately, while
1 have been about the Lords work.
Turning to the eager crowd of Won
dering people, she said:
They have gotten another warrant
for me. I'm going to jail again. / will
be right out, though, women and so
/ so on making your arrangements.
Fully 1900 persons followed Mrs. Ma
/ ton and the officer as they started to
the county jail. The officer drew his
/ revolver to keep the crowd back. 1t
/ was with the utmost difficulty that the
! Jail was reached.
/ All along the way Mrs. Nation was
| in the best of hUmOr. The route to the
/ Jail was through the most aristOcratic
/ part of the city and as the people ran
: to EcT To fch he sly = n cT,l
sight of great mob filing up Topeka
I avenue on a quiet Sabbath afternoon,
/ they were met with smiling greetings
+ from Mrs Nation Young men in the
j residences pleasantly nodded and then
/ tipped their hats.
/ The news of the arrest Of Mrs. Nation
! had reached the downtown district by
+ this time, and as the officer hove in
/ sight with his prisoner, ne saw the
J street in front of the Jail an immense
j jam. Further up the street hundreds
1 eff other men, women and children We're
running to the jail as fast as their feet
would carry them.
/ The chief of police with a detail ~
| officers was on the scene and it took
/ much hard work, together with the Wig
orous use of clubs and threats of worse
/ treatment, to get an opening in the
/ crowd sufficient to permit Mrs. Nation
| to be taken into the jail Office.
! negro signs def BOND
There was some delay in getting q
/ bond for Mrs. Nation, and in the mean
/ time she entertained the lawyers anc
/ newspaper men present in some of hei
/ characteristic ways.
! Mrs. Nation soon became anxiou:
| about her bond.
''Oh, now I see" she said, why they
( are keeping me here this way They
knew / was going about the Lord:
| work this afternoon. and the devil pu
it into their heads to keep me here so
could not do it.
"Oh. say. Mr.. Sheriff Cook, There.
4 something rotten in Denmark this af.
i ternoon. Why are my bondsmen no
sent for? Oh. there's a method in al
this madness as Shakespeare and
once.
1T viii be here soon" said the sher
if. please be quiet. Mrs. Nation"
But the bond did not come
Mrs Nation then went ont On RI.