The Washington times., 1905-06-25
KANSAS MOURNS
Loss OF CARRIE
Mrs. Nation Now a Resi-
dent of oklahoma.
A MISSION TO PERFORM
Wishes to Have the Constitution Pro-
hibit Use of Liquor in Any
Form.

Kansas mourns and. like Rachel. will
not be comforted. Carrie Nation has
shaken its soil from her feet. and will
never, no. never. return again.
Henceforth, Oklahoma VIII be her
home, though she viii spend much time
in Chicago looking after a temperance
publication in which she is interested.
She has Just visited Topeka, and dis
posed of a,i her real estate. Shawnee,
0. T., Will be her new address.
But she is not the Mrs. Nation of yore.
She looks tired out, and to an ex-
tent broken in health Her strenuous
life has told on her physically Men
tally she does not seem to have lost
any ability, but she is not as aggressive
as she was several years ago. Only oc-
casionaliy does she flash UP and show
hire and fight, as she was continually
doing when she first came into the lime
light of public attention.
But little notice was given her as she
walked down Kansas avenue Several
hooting kids trotted at her heels d
couple of places along the street to be-
rate men who had cigars in their
mouths. Smiles on the faces of those
VINO happened to be close by was the
extent of the attention which she re-
eeiyed.
$50 you are going to leave Kansas.
Mrs. Nation?' was asked of her,
Praise for Sunfower State.
Eyes and no." she answered. 81 still
will be q citizen of this great and glor-
ious Commonwealth. 1t is the home of
the brave and the free: it is the State
which has taken a stand for righteous
is the fact that It has Republican vot-
~, nix *l,a n
the haart-eyery day they violate it's
constitution. ! like Governor Hoch IL
some tf1ings-but-but he is Repubil-
can. fFhatsis enough for me so far as
he is concerned
.-No,"-sne continued, 7 have 81 mis-
sion TO perform IN Oklahoma 1t is still
a Territory and its constitution is still
Uniformed. / want to make the constr,
tuition of Oklahoma read SO that liquor
cannot be sold for anything. and espec-
! tally for medicinal and mechanical pur-
| poses, which is the big loophole in the
Kansas constitution. My fight is there,
get through at Chicago l shall leave
| Tor Alabama for lecture tour of two
weeks, ano then shall go to the North
| west for a lecture tour OF one month
| fix up my home there. l bought ii pri-
maEily for my daughter Nine children
were born to her in fifteen Years. and
| her health is shattered and broken down.
4 but IOuT OF ntf p6Df@S are I. just
on the outskirts Of Shawnee I bought a
! tract of four acres wit, a house on IT,
| In which she will live. When / go there
| will build a big, his1 Rome for my
! SELF at which every home defender car
| get bed and meal If he comes to see
me. 1 shall call it The Home Defenders
| Retreat -
Mrs Nation. will you ever smash
| again?" was asked of fer.
'.If the Lord moves me l will, was
| her answer. II never know what
am going to do.
"a report was circulated recently, Mrs
| Nation. that you were to- be married
! after You got cut of the Wichita jail,
| was mentioned to her
She laughed. why. / wouldn't mar
ry for anything on earth. was her an
| swer. Not that l do not belive in The
sanctity of marriage. I think it is tn.
most sacred thing in the world. But
i have mission - perfom IN the world
/ / have too MANY men to attend to in
stead Of tying myself down to just one
The others might get jealous"