The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-28
The ONLY Way.
Hrs. Nation Tells Why She
Yields a Hatchet.
NO other Method at Hand For
Destroying Saloons
ATTACKS GOV.STANLEY
Says That Wichita Has Pro-
duced His Fruits.
Speaks From Pulpit of First
Christian Church.
WILD SCENE ON STREET
Saloon Smasher Followed by a
HOOting Mob.
she Fails to Secure Entrance to
Joints.
Pounded with Broom Stick by a
Woman.
WILD SCENE ON STREET
Saloon Smasher Followed by a
HOoting Mob.
She Fails to Secure Entrance to
Joints.
Pounded with Broom Stick by a
Woman.

Recognizing the earnestness ana sln-
cerity of Mrs. Nation in her vigorous
work, we heartily endorse her aims anu
motives and wish her Godspeed
This Is the resolution subscribed 70 oy
500 neople BY a rising vote, in the Flrst
Christian church last night
bi,r temperance meeting in this edit
f7ce on Topeka avenue closed MIS- IA
tons SUNDAY Of talking IN Iopef2a. ole=
spoke TO crowd tnat nl l'- ells scl,,5l
rure seats, aisles and SUNDAY scLo9l
room even to the eight-inch hlgn lnAAkt
class chairs She spoke 81 net pls- ~. ~
organize the women OF the clly, ~
smashing crusade and denounced STot-
ernor STANLEY as the enemy OF pronlpt-
ton and the friend OF joints
Mrs. Nation was not the only speakes
who assafled Stanley S c. Rankin, CT
(s.iraoo thu, sneaker of the evening.
placed the responsibility for the defiance
~ the prohibftorv law and the wide
spread dens Of iniquity upon the neasls
Or the governor and attorney general
He quoted the constitution Wn1ch pro
vfdes that the chief executive or the
state shall b. a governor whose outy Il
Is TO see that the laws are executed Ezt
went on to say that the laws prescribe.
that the attorney general proceed
against district attorneys Wnen the la
ter neglected to enforce the law N tnsiI
territories, and named the long list 1T
principal cities where joints hourlsned'
officials favored them and the attorney
general did nothing. He said an attenp-
had been made to muzzle him. he nau
been warned not to say that the officers
of towns like LeayenWorth, Wichlta,
Pittsburg and so on were IN cOliusicn
with criminals TO violate the law but ne
IF were governor and couldn't exc
cute the laws he also said, * Wouid
resign and step out"
Col. Ben Deerings Of Missouri, also
spoke He said Abraham Lincoln de-
clared that negroes were not property
and the STOVES were freed without pen
nv beirg paid for them, and Mrs Ma
tion has este blished the fact that In the
state OF Kansas no property rights can
be claimed for liquor and saloon nx-
lures"
sunday night the church service were
no deterrent to enthusiasm Frequent
and prolonged Outbursts OF applause
greeted all the speakers
Mrs Nation was escorted 10 the pat
form while Mr. Rankin was speaking
He called her the "bravest woman OF the
twentieth century
If Governor Stanley had one little
piece Of Mrs Nations backbone the
rest Of his remark was drowned in the
thunder OF applause that greeted this
sally Of Rarkin's.
Mrs. Nation explained her work She
IS not proficient as public speaker. Al
though volu3le, she is at a loss Tor a
smooth flow Of words and stumbles ire
quently IN her diction-
I am the law abiding person, she
said among other things We women
must take un the work Of crushing the
saloon because the men have not done
Hheir duty. Yout men, have rocks IN
your hands and you must throw them
You won't give US women a vote nave
fought the saloon for years as other
people do. still wives and mothers see
their homes wrecked and their sons
ruined So { go out with my Ratchet
because it is the only way
II a woman, sitting by the hreslde
with her children. sees a viper ready w
bite them, OF a mad dog, she will kill t.
she viii protect her own That Is what
we are doing,
brute as j have been treated in this very
city I say a brute beast in the field
zTouId not attack one Of his kind as l
have been AT lacked and beaten.
The murder shops do their most
harm on women They are the enemies
IN women'H virtue. / am physician
ana Il know how the poison Of liquor
works its way out in disease and here
Mrs Nation gave public expression
during the course OF TINS tax 70 nef
attacks on Governor Stanley Wichita
was his orchard, she said, and by his
fruits he is 10 be known The dives OF
4hat city, sha called mis- houses Of pros
n an going over to call on Gov
mrnor Stanley tomorrow Mrs Nation
announced.
brief talk Rev. Mr. Emerson said there
were reports current on the street that
ne had come to Topeka to start an &C
4ion for divorce and put him forward Oh
the platform to deny #. Mrs Nation
4ugred twice at his coat tails while her
husband was speaking. He said joking
Nv if that constituted grounds for d.
worce it was the only action liable.
The collection taken for Mrs. Nation
here amounted to $19-
Previous to this meeting Mrs Nation
spoke in the First United Brethren
church This structure is not yet COM
pleted and the audience packed in and
stood up all about the square audience
room. Mrs. Nation told some OF her ex-
periences and explained her coming 70
Topeka
IT this brother" she said pointing to
Rev Mr. Cohientz, had not asked me
TO come to Topeka, I should have been
IA I.ouisburg with my brother tonight
I'VE the wives and mothers OF Topeka
demand that the joints be closed in
wtantly. II they are not we propose TO
40 out and break them up.
This f. the preamble, says Mrs. Ma
ffon. ITO the society which viii or
wanize. I'm going TO have the women
Of Topeka get together.
women We win all be at the state
Temperance society Monday and I want
you to send your name IN
HooTING, HoWLIN9 MOB
Hevolvers and Broom Stick Play q