The Washington herald., 1907-09-07
FLIES TO The RESCUE
Mrs. Nation in Fight Against
Closing Of Wells.
NAY DRIVE MEN TO DRINK
SmaSher Says People Want Pure
Water, and If They Cannot Get Il
They WIZ Go to the SaloOns-Ad-
dresses District Protective AssOci-
atiOn-Osher Speakers Present.

Mrs. c. Nation, though only recently In
formed of the action of the Commission
ers in closing the public wells of Lhe
District, was right there with a protest
at a meeting of the District of Columbia
Protective Association. in the American
Life Insurance Company's building, last
night
Mrs. Nation, having just returned from
a tour of the Kansas Chautaaqua circuit
Is not thoroughly conversant with the
conditions leading to the preparation Of
this official outrage $50 termed by the
association. but she dealt number Of
telling blows 10 the responsible officials.
announcing herself as an agent in the
hands of Providence, Airs. Nation said
that she felt a personal responsibility in
the affairs of her neighbors. and pur-
posed to occupy q prominent position on
the firing line in the fight for the restora-
ton of well water.
May Drive People Into Saloons.
when heard about 'em closing the
well at Third street and Indiana avenue, -
said Mrs. Nation, I made up my mind
ing tonight, and say just what I thought
Of such high-handed proceedings. People
want good, pure water, and If they don't
get it they viii go to the saloon. I'm
right with you in this fight, but you've
got TO keep az 'em and night 'em every
step of the way. Agitation is what is
needed. and agitation we must have, TO
accomplish anything Look at me- No
body ever heard Of Garry Nation when I
started on my crusade against the vile
curse of liquor. but 1 stand to-day as a
defender Of humanity. and no matter how
low "a man viii He, III reach him a help
ing hand I've got a hatchet 10 smash
with. and nowadays it is either smash or
be smashed. Keep at it and you viii
win
Incidentally. Mrs. Nation announced her
mission in Washington as the establish
ment of sanatorium for drunkards, and
10 that end will on Monday visit a num-
ber of prominent officials, whom she hopes
TO interest in the cause
Other Speakers Take a Hand.
j. W. Nigh. a prominent advocate of
the restoration Of the wells. criticised
the report OF the Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service on the origin and
prevalence of typhoid fever in the Dis
trict Mr. Nigh characterized the govern
Inent of the District as an autocracy and
alleged that eta lion without representa-
tion is tyranny
A thrilling experience in the consump-
ito of impure water was related by John
S Duffy, formerly a resident of Arkansas,
The water Of the Red River, said Mr..
Duffy, contained so many bacilH that the
residents along it's banks were forced to
run ii through a strainer. Mr.. Duffy said
that he avoided this complicated process
by simply obtaining "A long glass, tapping
upon tne side of which caused the ''wiggle
tails 10 descend 20 the bottom, where
upon he drank the fluid without fear Of
converting his inner person into an aqua
riUm.
Spade MIgbtier than Petition.
Arguments and petitions. said MI Duffy
might be very well in their way, but II
his opinion more practical results could
be obtained by a number Of citizens Will
spades who would proceed to open the
wells without the formaIity Of a permit
from the authorities, a suggestion whicl
caused Mrs. Nation 70 sit up and take re
ueWed interest IN the proceedings.
W. 3. Goodale entered an earnest ple5
for cold water. and advocated a process
sion of business men with banners bear
ing suitable Inscriptions.
The compulsory vaccination Of schoO
children also came in for condemnation
Harry B. Bradford. of KensingtOn. Nd.
who announced himself as a wOrshipeT Oi
nature and the dissecter of more animal.
than any man in Washington read {
long thesis on vaccination, which he char
acterized as crime.
More of Vaccination Anon.
This subject viii receive further atten
tlon at the next meeting Of the associa
ton
Addresses were made also by DR.. R. r
Roberts and a. S. Trundle. In adjourn
ing the meeting, Prof. J. Fraise Richard
chairman, announced the publication il
the near future of the National Guard
ian, a weekly, whose policy it will be t
advocate unflinchingly seif-gOvernmen
in the National Capital, in opposition Il
the present anti-republiCan, Un-AmeTiCa,
system, in which power is vested In a tri
umvirate Of Commissioners"