Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-25
CARRIE IS HERE.
The Woman of Hatchet and Saloon Fame at the
 Jacques.

smasher from Kansas, came to town this afternoon and appeared as the third number on the program at Jac- que's at the afternoon performance. Mrs. Nation was fresh from Bridge port where she knocked the "stuffin" out of the brewers and distillers of that place last week incidental to her appearance twice day at Polls She is accompanied by very handsome girl, her niece, Miss Geneva Moore, of Missouri.
 From Kansas" said Mrs. Nation, laughing. She, comes from Kansas"
 From Missouri" smilingly said
 Miss Moore, who is almost as tall as Mary Ellen Lease, a faded flower from Kansas.
 Mrs. Nation intended to stay at the Connecticut, on Center street, but hay ing discovered that liquor bar was maintained at that famous and popu- lar hostelry, she immediately decamp- ed and found a resting place in one of the houses of Phoenix. avenue almost directly opposite the stage door at
 Jacques.
 Speaking of conditions as she found them ill Connecticut Mrs. Na- ton said she will not hesitate to
 buckle into anything of public na- l ture here that attracts her attention and needs commendation She said the considers the saloon keeper as res pectable as any other business man. l as good as those who elect him to offlce. You know" said she, sEd- l nund Bourke. the great English statesman said every government is as good as it deserves to be. Now, I there is one thing that condemn and aIr ffr oIrs, 1sl- ] ln Bridgeport told me that he sat with
 ladies who smoked cigarettes. Now
 never saw lady smoke cigar 1 cites. But must say that if it is
 proper for a man to smoke it is prop
 CT also for a lady to smoke, and I do
 not think it is proper for a lady to smoke
 | Tn Bridgeport the head of the l board of education is distiller. They
 might os we'll have thief a tthe head | for he is no better than a distiller and
 no worse. You you will get your
 moneys worth in any other kind of
 business but not in the whiskey or
 beer business. I'm prohibitionist or
 an abflutionist. You know it was the
 abilutionists who freed the slaves. Mrs Nation was told that a promi- nent lawyer here was prohibitionist
 and she expressed delight at the infor- nation.
 She has greater faith in the demo-
 crats than in the republicans and has l none at all in the mugwumps. She did not like the definition given of a republican and a democrat by one of 1 the reporters. She thought it was the l other way and said that all the demo- crats she knew were vigorous and
 strong in til ir political faith She I thought a democrat can be depended upon in office every time, but there is
 no dependence upon a republican. She was very glad to hear there
 were no liquor men in office in Water bury. She does not propose to yGsash
 any saloons here for the reason that they are licensed Mrs. Nation does
 not seem the yirago that some papers l have made her out to be. She said 1 she started on her saloon smashing
 career in Kansas because she saw
 drink ruining the homes of her friends and neighbors.
 She quotes famous statesmen quite volubly and seems to have the bible
 up her sleeve. In fact, during the in- terview two or three reporters appear
 ed to have forgotten themselves and ! thought they were at church. Mrs l Nation referred to the scriptures and l the bible so frequently. She is decid- l ly strong minded. That much is inn l pressed upon the interviewer in avery l short time.
 She is now in controversy with Mrs. l Ella Wheeler Wilcox on the virtues and vices of cigarette smoking.