The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-26
THE CROWD THREW EGGS
At Mrs. Carrie Nation, The Wrecker Oh
Saloons.
SAID THAT SHE DID NOT FEAR THE MOB
She Had No Help Mt Hope aud Rec
Trained from saloon smash-
ing at that Place.

Nation arrived at midnight from Enter
prize, determined to attack the two sa-
looms in Hope, as she had those at Wichi-
Ia ana Enterprise. But no committees
OF temperance workers had chosen to
meet her at the denot, and when she
arose this morning she said she had made
UP her mind not to damage the saloons
here because she was alone. She re-
fused to eat her breakfast because she
feared she would be poisoned, and in
stead talked temperance to crowd that
had gathered in front OF the hotel.
At 10 o'clock she took a train for OF
taNa, saying she wCud VISIT friends
there aud rest few days. Then she
started tor the depot, the proprletors
OF the two saloons here escorted her to
the train, one at each arm, crowd 10Y
lcwug and cheering.
When MIS- Nation loft Entetprise lsst
nignt a big crowd followed her TO the
depot hoo.iug aal throwing eggs.
On me train en- route from Enterprise
TO Hope last night Mrs. Nation entnusi-
astica- y ts.kea. 4 crowd OF Women's
Christian Temperance Union women ae-
companied her TO he station, AS the
train pulled out Mrs. Nation cried:
Goodbye. Keep up The good work;
don't let them open the rum holes again.
She sat down alone Ia the coach and
began examining her dress, smeared with
eggs.
Il always thank God for the tavors He
does" shr sid, AID wneu asked what
feature OF the demonstration soc was
tia kfu. for responded that the eggs
were not rotten"
Mrs. Ma lon began to talk and laugh
as gaily as II nothing had happened. sac
ha4 been eco and collected during all
her exciting experiences both at Wichita
aud Enterp Use, always meeting the sal
lies OF the crowd that hoo.ed her or pet-
ed her with stones with a prayer or an
eXhortation on temperance.
Aren't you afiaid?' she was asked
NO, SIR not a Bit" she answered de-
FANNY I'm doing Gods work.
Her coolnsss seemed more remarkable
because o. the fact that she had been
gwen WIRING that a mob aw4ited her
arrival al Hope.
You'll surrey meet with serious mis-
haps, perhaps be killed, ii you keep this
up she was admonished
Il know it; know how it will end.
Bul when God is ready for me to die.
am ready TO go. | don't want TO die yet;
there is too much good work for me to
do
We've been watching our sons 60 to
years she continued. We've been
praying and waiting for the laws to be
enforced and the traffic stopped We've
decided to wait no longer for men to act.
II the Women's Carlstan Temperance
Union had started out twenty Ave years
ago with prayers and songs and haChets
there would not BE a saloon in the coun-
try today. A saloonkeeper to me is the
same as the man who cuts anotler's
throat FOR his rnonpy
' My object in smashing saloons" CON
tinue1 Mrs. Natltn, 'ls to stiffen the
backbone OF the women against the rum
tran.c and set them an example OF tho
on y way the traffic can be stopped L.
VIII organize them into society Of sa-
loon wreckers. II a saloon cnens In a
town, the women there, II they have no.
blekbone en- ugh themselves to wreck Il
WI SEND Tor me. | Will send for my
AIDES In different towns. They will be
women OF ued ,ubted bravery and we will
go mere and break up the saloon and
Keep it broken up
Natter we have stamped il out in Kan
sas we will 60 TO Missouri. and keen nm
going. | have letters from all rsrts Of
the country asking me to come. hold
thst under the constitution OF the United
States the sa oon can not legally exist
am p ace in this country,
When the train reached Hope at Mid /
nignt q crowd cf men snd bows io7tlaa |
each ether 10 get a GLIMPSE OF the saloon
wrecKer. No women were here IN meet
her and she pushed her way through the
crowd TO an omnibus and was driven 70
hotel, The crowd ran after the vehicle /
aud thronged the hotel office TO see her
out made no attempt at assault.