Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-26
CARRIE NATION
BREAKS OUT AGAIN
Visits the White House and De.
mands to See the President.
WAS ELECTED BY OFFICERS
Afterwards Visited the Senate Gall
Iery and Made Such a Nuisance
of Herself Thu She Was Ar
rested and Fined.

VI 6eFSelt nut sue WIS tE-
rested and Fined.
Washington, Nov. 20.-Mrs. Carrie A.
Nation appeared in the principal role
OF a sensational scene at the White
House Thursday. Her request to see
tue president being refused, she be-
came violent and had to be taken from
the executive offices by two police Of
ficers. AS she was being escorted from
the building she shouted at the top of
her voice, gestulating violently:
Il am going to pray for a prohibition
president and we will have one-one
who will represent the people and not
the distillers and brewers. You may
put me out of the building, but if a
brewer or liquor dealer were here, he
would have been admitted at once"
She insisted that she must see Sec
rotary Loeb, and in a few minutes h
was ushered into his office. While she
was awaiting her turn to talk to Mr..
Loeb the four democratic representa-
tives of Pennsylvania and the two re-
publican Representative S of New York
happened to pass through the office.
Mrs. Nation Immediately began to
lecture them on the evils of the liquor
traffic.
This liquor business has got to
stop" she declared. THAT is the great
est issue confronting us. Our homes
are being destroyed, our men ruined
and we must have a president who will
put a stop to it."
Madame" broke in Secretary Loeb,
81 am compelled to request you to dis
continue your talk. If you want to de-
liver a lecture you will have to go out
side. These are my Offices"
You are mistaken" shouted Mrs.
Nation, Historically.
These are the peoples offices. | pro-
pose to do what | can right here and
now to crush the liquor reptile. You
tell me that the president is too busy
to see me, but l tell you that don't
believe it."
Secretary Loeb beckoned to officer
Dalrymple, who had followed Mrs. Ma
ton into the office, to take her out. The
officer took her gently by the arm and
escorted her back into the reception
hall. There she began to a v about
the president conducting a liquor dive
on his special train.
81 have been arrested 10 times" she
cried; but that is all right. l don't
object to being punished for doing
right. I'm ordered out, am 1? Well, l
reckon I can stay in the fresh air,
can't II"
officers Dalrymple and Kemp were
obliged to use some force TO induce her
to leave the executive offices, and final
ly conducted her outside of the White
House grounds. All the while she con-
tinued TO declaim her principles and
to rail at the president for not re-
ceiving hel
Mrs. Nation went direct to the cap
itol after leaving the White House, and
appeared in the senate gallery a few
minutes before the senate was called
to order at noon. She was soon dis
covered and surrounded by pages, and
messenger boys, until prohibited by the
senate officials, did a thriving bust
ness in selling her cards with a tiny
Ratchet attached. She took a seat well
to the front in the ladies' public gal
lery. She announced her intention to
make a speech to the senate, but when
told that she would not be allowed to
do so, she acquiesced readily, and took
her departure. She went to the mar
bic room and talked with Senator
Cockrell.
Mrs. Nation complained sharply Of
her expulsion from the White House,
and said she did not know why she had
been so treated. 81 did nothing to de-
serve to be put out" she said, for l
want it understood that | am a law
abiding woman. She had been absent
from the gallery about ten minutes,
when she r%eappeared at one of the
doors of the ladies' gallery, and rails
ing her right hand far about her head,
she shouted in a loud and clear tone:
Saloons are anarchy; saloons are
treason and conspiracy" She swung
her arm around her head and again
shouted: Saloons are anarchy"
She was preparing to go on when a
doorkeeper caught her and pushed her
out of the door.
The senate was at the time engaged
in receiving bills, but Mrs. Nations
voice was much more penetrating than
the reading clerks, that it was dis
tinctly heard throughout the senate
chamber and even in the corridors.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested
and taken from the capitol to, the po-
lice court, where she was arraigned on
a charge of disorderly conduct. She
was found guilty, and sentenced to pay
a fine of $25. This she promptly paid.
Mrs. Nation acted as her own attorney.