The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-10
WHEN CARRIE
MEETS TEDDY
THERE WILL BE RUcTIoNs IN
THE NEARBY VICINITY.
KANSAS SMASHER IN CAPITAL
Desires 70 See the President Who De.
elares He viii Not Allow the Visit.
Carrie Says He'll Have to. SO
There

Ardmorcito Special
Washington Jan. l0-When an ir.
.resistiblc force represented by Mrs
Carrie Nation Of Kansas and Oklaho-
ma, meets am immovlhlc body, such
as Theodore Roosevelt OF oyster BAY
and Bloody Gulch. there are likely
to be ructions in that immediate vi.
cinity. This statement. put In terms
.of unnatural philosophy represents
a condition that today obtains in
] Washington. The famous smasher IS
now In the capital city and has an.
nounccd an intention of camping here
indefinitely Furthermore. she says
that when she has completed her In.
vcstigations into the wickcdncas Of
this city she intends 10 call upon the
president and give him a few explicit
pointers on the conduct Of the city
government. Mr.. Roosevelt SAYS he'll
be-that is-hc won see her. Car.
ric responds that he'll have to. so
there. An onterprisiug liquid JOY dis
ponser has opened book on the re-.
suit, and Washington gentlemen Of
sporting procliyitics are putting up
their money on the irresistible force
or the immovable body, with odds of
to on the former.
Washington. About two years ago
she hit this town and during her
stay kept no less than twenty-thrce
secret service men exceedingly busy
IN preventing her from invading the
White house for an interview with
the president. After numerous vain
attempts the Kansas smasher gave
up her mission in disgust and until
recently Contented herself with writ.
ing a monthly letter to Mr. Roosevelt,
telling him in words more forciblc
than polite that as president he is
a lamcntable and ignominious fail.
ue
Another gentleman who is busily
engaged in dUdging the lady is Mr.
.Cortelyou. who as postmaster general
excluded from the mails an issue Of
Mrs. Nations paper the Hatchct, on
the grounds of obscenity. Carrie Is
anxious to tell Mr. Cortelyou her hon.
est opinion OF him. but he isn't dcsir-
Gus Of receiving the information and
has ordered his suburdirotcs TO re-
fuse admittanco 20 Mrs Natiou.
/ Mrs. Nation has delivered many lee
lures since coming here and always
TO crowded halls Her uttcranccs
have been cheered TO the echo and
her vehement and at times almost in
ccndiary castigatious of the admins
tratiun have passed unchallcnged. She
has spent muCn Of her time i'm the
slums and declares without hesitation
that Washington is the yilest and
most wicked city in the country, not
even excepting Denver.
That there is a great deal of truth
in Mrs. Nations structures no one ia
miliar with conditions htre denies
Following her usual tactics, Mrs.
Nation has made it a point to empha-
size her arguments against smoking
by seizing cigars in the mouths OF
passersby on the street She Is os-
pecially opposed to the smoking of
cigarettes and many Washington men
and boys have been treated to forci-
bly, expressed lectures on this score.
Mrs. Nation has made no attempts
to smash any Of the saloons of the
capital and declares that the smash
ing episodcs are things Of the past.
"yhe hatchot was an right as a wea-
pom against the rum devils out in
Kansas" she said, but here at the
very heart of the most iniquitous and
infamous government that ever exist.
ed it would be useless. Absolute pro-
hibition is the only remedy and ! am
going to keep after It until get it,"
= Asked as to ner opinion OF the lat.
est attempt Of Governor Hoch Of Kan.
DDS TO enforce the prohibitory law IN
that state, Mrs. Nation shrugged her
shoulders and said:
Maybe he will but he'll have ia
show me. Governor Hoch is a good
man, but"
That last word left the impression
that Carrie hasn't much faith in the
Kansas executive. BuJ perhaps he will
survive the shock