The Detroit times., 1908-08-29

Republican party. and the audience
laughed, but when she referred to
President Roosevelt and Billy Taft
as being in league With the saloon
keepers who are sending 100000 per
sons to hell every year." Kisses came
from numerous men In the audience.
Kisses Roll Carrie.
Hiss. IL you like angrily declared
the speaker. Geese and snakes hiss.
But let me tell you that what say is
true, every word of it, The president
and Bill Taft are In league with these
devils and every vote you cast for the
Republican party is vote that will
count against you on the Judgment
day. / am going TO speak the truth to
you and then you can't say that Car
RE Nation didn't tell you.
The preachers, too, came in for a
share of her scolding. Many preach
ers,' she said before they go into
the pulpit will take dirty quid Of
tobacco from their mouths. For
these. the speaker said, there is no
salvation. for tobacco, in her opinion.
is as bad as liquor. She also spoke of
the lunches prepared by saloonkeepers
for their trade and declared that the
food was highly seasoned in order that
II will create an appetite for drink.
and this, in nearly every instance,
was satisfied at the bar.
Mrs. Nation said that her raid with
the Ratchet and bricks on the Kansas
saloons was brought about after she
had pleaded with the prosecutor. the
states attorney and the governor to
take action against the drins empo-
RUINS. Those officers In Kansas were
perjurers because they violated their
eaths, just as the officers here in De-
troit are violating their oaths,' she
shouted.
Has a Vision.
Mrs. Nation said that she had Wis
lon the night before her Ratchet
smashing experience In the Kansas
saloons, in which the Lord promised
to stand by her in whatever she
might do. After this. she gathered
bricks. wrapped them in papers SO no
one would know what she was about
to do. then drove to the town and pro-
ceeded to demolish the saloons. She
was greeted by cheer after cheer from
the audience as she told OF the beer
and other liquors running over the
floors OF the saloons and into the
streets.
They said | was crazy and Jaw
breaker, but who OF you would laugh
and cheer me IL | had gone into a
grocery store. or a dry goods store
and used my hatchet?" she queried.
Not one of you would encourage a
law breaker However. my smashing
days are over. | do not Intend 10 DO
any smashing In Detroit. / cleaned
I'D Kansas, now let the Detroit women
clean up the dirt In Detroit. The
Lord knows there's enough OF It,"
Ii is the intention of Mrs. Nation
to go to Holly Saturday when Gov.
Warner is there and bring him to task
for not performing his duties as chief
executive OF the state.
Ministers at Meeting.
Seated on the platform with the
speaker were the Rev. John Sweet
| ID. D., district superintendent or the
Detroit conference. the Rev. T.. w
Ryan. d. d., and the Rev. w. @. Nixon
the latter the pastor of the Grand
River-Ave. church I'm which the meet
ing was held. Also on the platform
were large black suit case marked
&C. A. ~" and a smaller valise, in
which she carried her books and SOU
venir hatchets. AT the close OF the
meeting. many came forward TO con
graduate Mrs. Nation and also to pur
chase the books and souvenir hatchets
After the lecture Carrie was follow
ed by hooting mob into a Lafayette
ave. saloon, where she administered a
rrbukr-r rffff Y -ftittet-
Mrs. Nation will speak tonight in
the United Presbyterian church. Grand
River aud Alexandrine-aves. and at
/ D. m. Saturday. in Holly. Gov. War
ner speaks In Holly at the same time
and Carrie challenges him to debate
on the subject. Resolved. That the
Republican party Is The enemy of pub
: lie health and public morals"
meating Is being arranged for Sunday
afternoon in Detroit.
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