The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-07
CARRIE NATION PAYS VISIT TO SALT LAKE
Brought Hatchets With Her, But
They We're For Sale.
SPOKE AT TIE TABERNACLE
VISITS PLACES OF INTEREST IN
A STAY OF FEW HOURS.

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wi itor in Zion for a few hours yes-
torIay She brought lots OF
hatchets with hcr-enough 90 smash All
the saloons in toWn-but they were OF
the souvenir variety and Instead OF
rafting the glassware in the SIN
shops. she contenJed herself with SELF
ing her little trinkats 10 the public.
For about three hours Mrs. Nation
mingled with the Saints and the UNI
sanity, but she did not indulge in amy
of her cyclouic demonstrations. anu
ban few knew that She was Jon The Guy
until she had gone on her way. she
attended services at the tabernacle
and after being refused permission 10
speak al the morning session. made
short betwCeu-me0iing talk. visited the
fire department and police station, then
boarded her train
The famous Kansas woman. Who has
chopped hey way Co prominence with
her little hatchet and spoiled more
sparkling cocktails and eXhilarauns
h.ghballs than any other women in
the world. is 0u her way from the coast
Z 90 colorado. and stopped over here for
lhe purpose Of making an address but
tle rates seemed Co be against her.
0Ae thought SD. al least. ana VAS very
much displeased because she was rec
FUSED permission to make an address
Al me great Mormon tabernacle.
Spoiled Porter's Smoke.
She stepped from the 10 o'clock train
yesterday morning and announced her
arrival by knocking "a cigar out of The
mouth oi negro porter with a folded
newspaper. With her satchel Of hatch
ets hanging aJ her side she rode u..-
Town and made her way 90 the tauer-
hacle grounds. She Immediately asked
lne privilege of making a speech during
ihe morning session OF conference buL
was informed that there was too much
business tO be- attended 90 and the time
could not De spared. She listened 90 the
music ana talks and after th- meeting
.r tdlel 90 President Joseph T. smith
~ person t0 be allowed tU talk u the
afternoon. President smith told her
lhat tne time could not be- spared and
politely denied her request.
Noticing that large number. OF peo-
lHe remained In the house after meet
ing. she assembled the platform and.
aItel being introduced by Elder Nephi
w. Pratt made short address 10 those
VINO would stay and listen % her. AS
soon as she commenced President
smith, who was standing near FASTENED
out of the building. She told her hear
rrs that She had enjoyed the morning
services. and congratulated the Nor
mons upon The stand they took regard
ing saloous and Tho use of tobacco. She
hoped that they would succeed boo uu.-
thg down AN the saloons in this state.
Tried to Sell Hatchets.
She declared that the Republicans
We're in che control of the saloons but
were n0t one whit worse than the Dem
"cratS who were Disconnected because
they We're not Iu control. number Of
The people who evidently did not like
her remarks left the building and she
stopped speaking. Opening her satchel
and producing her little hatchers she
began Goo 0ucr them for sale She was
t'ld that she could not DO this u the
tabernacle and she retired 90 the
grounds t1 dispose of them.
Mrs. Nation says that she believed
h0r calling of smashing saloons was
from God. and while the law prohibited
her from continuing 20, she felt that 10
was right nevertheless. She has stopped
smashing now and proposes t0 go 90
England to eNp1und the teachings OF
prohibition
Iu che afternoon Mrs Nation visited
tho fire department where 1n exhibition
drill was given for her benefit She
seemed rfsased with the GrilI and COM
plImeutld the chief 0u the appearance
OF The department Afterward she ud-
dressed the firemeu and spoke Iu very
strong terms aEelnst the use of to-
haccl.
''The men who smoke here" said Mrs
Nation. will he the ones who viii smoke [
hereafter
she appeared Co Doe greatly surprised /
al the absence OF religious literature /
around thr fire department and said that I
iH the future she hoped there would Doe +.
Bible hN every man cot and that .
the fire laddIes would know the scrip /
lures by heart.
Appearance of Mrs. Nation.
Do can hardly Doe said of Carrie Ma .
tiUu that she looks the part Although .
she is woman who would De- picked lut /
in crowd. iI would bee more uu acc
count of her smiling. heamiug face. and F..
her evident good nature. than Tor the /.
hard. serious expression one would rX-
poet to find uu the c1uuleualca of "a 7
famous "smasher" Swinging along the I.
street her sharp eyes on the lookout .
Tor cherry trees or something glse SHE
Gus Kansas farmer taking advantage of 4
tourist rate thau rampant destroyer .
of property
She has the atmosphere of The sum /
flower about her. but DO i- the sum
flower uf tha fields and GOO OF poor
smasbed-up Topeka. she might have
been picked ult of "a quiet Kansas pas
turaI scene. whore run thc riIls OF pure
water that Carrie loves $50 we'll and I
where grows the corn the Innocent.
waving corn. which combines with that .
nice sweet water and makes corn
juice which Carrie does not love so 7
WDlL.