The Saint Paul globe., 1901-02-10
MRS. NATION MAKES THE ROUNDS
OF THE DIES MONIES
JOINTS
MUCH LIKE WILLIAM J. BRYAN
CURIOSITY SEEKERS CROWDED To
THE RAILWAY STATIONS TO
SEE THE SNTASHER
NO DAMAGE DONE YESTERDAY
Wrecker From Kansas Is offered,
$500 Per Month to Advertise [
One of the Brewing
Companies.

DIES MONIES, To-, Feb. 9-Mrs Ma
ton, during her tour through the scuth-
ern part of the state this morning made
addresses from the platform of Rock
Island passenger tram to as many
crowds in the towns she passed through.
In the afternoon she visited four Des
Moines saloons, doing no damage, but
drawing such a big crowd on the street
that the police were compelled to stop
the crusade. In the evening she address,
er 2,0OO people in the Y M c. A audit
orium. The journey from Council Bluffs
to Atlantic was made quietly At At
lantic the first visitors swarmed into 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 tho
young men; tell you 1 just love you
ALL"
The first large crowd Of the day was
encountered at Anita, where Mrs. Nation
was reused, window opened and hands
clutcbed through the aperture Fully a
hundred persons were gathered or the
platform and as many as could sbrged
up to the car and shook hands with
Mrs. Nation, who started for the plat
form, but the train pulled out too sud-
denly for her.
At Adair there was another large
crowd, and Mrs. Nation, having learned
from past experience, rushed to the front
platform of the car in which she was
travelling, and after the crowd had chs e.
ed and yelled, she grasped hands, and
then in response to the clamors made
q short speech
AS the train pulled out Mrs Nation
called through the window at the dis
| appearing crowd: Peace on earth, good
will to men," This was true throughout
| the journey, and although she never re.
i peated herself, she had a scriptural in
| junction for every town.
JUST LIKE CIRCUS DAY.
At Des Moines there were fully 5000
people at the depot when the train pulled
| in. After half an hours work on the
| part of the police, a way was made
| through the crowd for Mrs. Nation 20
| reach a carriage which had been pro-
| vided. Once inside the carriage tho
| clamor for Q shake of her hand was too
! great, and the crusader stepped out OF
I the carriage, and ciinging to the swinging
! door with one hand, frartlcally. grasped
the outstretched hands and arms with
the other, crying all the time, God
bless you.''
After the reception which lasted fully
10 minutes, the crowd was forced back
and the carriage moved up to the Sabine
house, 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 high degree and Mrs Nation was
urged to make tour of the saloons.
VISITED THE SALOONS.
This she agreed to do and at 1870 ac-
companied by two city detectives detail ed
by the chief of police called upon four
saloon keepers in their places of bust
ness. She was followed by an enormous
crowd. When the bar-ro0m of tee Kirk
wood hotel was reached, the chief of po-
lice held a hasty consultation with his
Heutenants and concluded to stop the
crusade, which was accomplished wi ,hout
objection on the part of Mrs. Nation.
AS Mrs. Nation left the KirkwCod the
police urged that she had seen about all
there was to see and that the other
ladies were all weary. Mrs. Nation con-
sented to desist and went to the hotel
followed by a crowd that filled the street,
cheering and urging her 70 go back and
do some smashing.
Mrs Nation took all good-naturedly,
but refused to turn back and made a
parting speech at the MOTEL door.
OFFER FROM A BREWERY.
During the afternoon Mrs Nation re-
ceived a telegram from a weu-known
brewing company, offering her $500 a
month to go on the road and advertise
their beer, she replied:
''If it is your pleasure that l shall adj
vertise your business with the hatchet,
which is my usual way, L am at your
service I promise that every one shall
hear of. your famous beer
Mrs. Nation lectured to a large audi
ence tonight She will speak here to-
morrow night. On Monday she will
leave for Chicago, stopping en- roGte at
Muscatine, Iowa.