Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-11-27
CARRIE STIRS WHITE HOUSE,

VhAilIh OllnO XullH nUuNE,
Became Offensive When Denied Ad
mission to PresideAt and Was
Forcibly Elected.
Carrie Nation was forcibly elected
from the executive Offices Friday
morning.
She called there early and de-
manded to see the president. Secre-
tary Loeb declined to allow her tc
see Mr.. Roosevelt, and she became &C
demonstrative that he called upon
two officers to remove her.
She continued to about 30 loud
that it was necessary to take her out
Of the grounds. As she left the
building she shouted: ,"I am going
to pray for . prohibition president
one who will represent the people
and not the distillers and brewers. I"
"You may put me ont of the
building, but if q brewer or liquor
dealer were here he would have been
admitted at onoe."
Mrs. Nation had called and asked
to see President Roosevelt. The
door keeper profersd. her an auto-
graph album, in which she inscribed
the following:
CARRY A. NATION,
YOUR LOVING HOME DEFENDER.
"Vote for prohibition Of the liquor
cause.'
While awaiting an answer to her
request, Mrs. Nation said she wan ted
to see the president about several
matters. 81 understand he carried a
dive full Of liquors on his Western
trip; that he smoked cigarettes on the
steps of the capitol at Topeka, that
his Tag has on it q coat Of arms
Are these thing soe"
Assured that she had been misin-
formed, she replied:
"Oh, we'll, I want to see him any
how and have a talk with him."
When she could not see the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Nation went direct TO the
capitol, aud appeared in the senate
gallery few minutes before the SEN
ate was called to order at noon. She
was soon discovered and surrounded
by pages and messengers boys. and
until prohibited by the senate officials
did thriving business in selling her
cards with tiny hatchet attached.
She took q scat we'll to the front in
the ladies' public gallery.
She announced her intention to
make q speech to the senate, but
when told that she would not be
allowed to do 90 she acquiesced read
lily and took her departure. She
went to the marble room and talked
with Senator Cockrell.
She had been absent from the
gallery about ten minutes, when che
reappeared at ous Of the doors Of the
ladies' gallery aud, raising her right
hand far above her head, shouted
in q loud and clear tone: "Saloons are
anarchy. Saloons are treason and
conspiracy"
She swung her arm around her
head and again shouted; sSaloons
are anarchy" She was preparing
to 20 ON when q door-keeper caught
her and pushed her out Of the door.
When MRS. Nation entered the gal.
lery Detective Redfern, of the oapi-
tol police force. took the place by tel
side, and a. soon az she was expelled
from the gallery he prevented q fur
ther scene BY placing her under
arrest. Mrs. Nation took this pro,
ceeding "a an ordeal With which. shs
was fsnilisr and the police expert.
epced no dificulty In inducing he,
to % with them to the capitol guard.
room
Mrs. Nation Was taken. from the
capitol to the police court, where che
was arraigned on q. charge Of dis.
orderly copduct. was. found guilty
and sentenced to pay . Ane of $S5
This she promptly paid. Mrs
Nation acted - her own attorney