The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-29
Mrs. Nation Carries Glasgow by
Storm.
Greeted by Hundreds of People
as She Leaves Train.
REBUKES A BARNARD.
Says Magistrates Are No Better
Than Horse Thieves.
Scottish People Slow as Com
pared With Americans.

The State Journal has received from
Mrs. Nation a copy of the Glasgow
Times. which tells of her reception in
that city. The following is an extract:
Mrs. Carry A. Nation, the energetic
American temperance reformer, who is
announced to conduct her first cam
paign in Glasgow this week, arrived in
the city this afternoon.
From the notoriety which Mrs. Nation
has gained owing to her somewhat
hustling methods of endeavoring to in
culcSte her principles, good deal of
interest is being evidenced in the pres
ent visit to Glasgow, and it was there
fore not surprising that the ARRIVAL pat
form at Queen Street station should,
just previous to the incoming of the
Edinburgh train. be occupied by many
persons evidently anxious to obtain
glimpse of the lady whose name mas
figured so prominently in the public
prints during the past couple of weeks.
Notwithstanding her efforts in Dun
dee Kirkcaldy. and Edinburgh during
that period. the energetic lady seems to
have rather benefited than otherwise
from her campaign. and as she stepped
from the carriage this afternoon she
looked. to use an expressive sporting
term. .'remarka bly, fit,'' and. in fact the
CHEEKY Americans bright appearance
provided an object lesson in support
of her contention that the absorption or
people maintain in counteracting the
effects of our quick-change climate.
Wild scene in Queen Street.
Up till O'Clock Queen Street station
had its everyday appearance. but Just
before the arrival of the 2:10 from Ed
inburgh a large and evidently in the
main hostile crowd gathered on the ar
rival platform. On the train drawing
UP the carriage in which Mrs. Nation,
with her niece, Miss Callie More, COun-
T0nn6PR others.
had Travelled was at once surrounded by
a dense crowd, who alternately booed
and cheered.
The marty had consfdera Bile difficulty
in making their way down the platform.
and. indeed. so great was the hustling
that one of Mrs. Nations gentlemen
friends had his umbrella smashed and
his coat torn
scotland VS.. Kansas"
While Carry was making for the
exit. compa triot squeezed forward to
the lady. and. after shaking her by
the hand and giving her welcome. ex-
claimed-"Wal. Carry, 1 guess this is
a sitter proposition than Kansas.
Carry, with a smile, replied-"I'm
afraid so. Scotland is much nearer
hell than Kansas
Mrs. Nation took the demonstra-
ton quite good humouredly, smiling
pleasantly during the ordeal of max
ing her way down the station incline
towards George street. At that point
a diversion was created by Mrs Ma
ton entering the North British Rail
way hotel and from the excitement
amongst the crowd outside it looked
as If some bar-smaShing was eX-
pected. In this anticipation. how
ever the crowd was somewhat dis
appointed. Garry merely passed
through without making any demon
stration in the hotel, her only remark
being, "Oh! a woman selling drink,
addressed to the barmaid. She left
h. do ont in
street where a large crowd. consist
ing for the most part of young lads.
had gathered Several of Carry's adj
visers wished her to take shelter in
the hotel again, but permission was re-
fused. Carry was undismayed.
SHOW me the road to the hotel, and
those good people. 1 am sure, won
harm me- she said with a smile. She
was allowed her own way, and walked
unmolested to McKay's hotel, George
street. which will be her head
quarters during her stay in Glas-
gov. en- route admonishing a business
gentleman for smoking a cigarette.
She was followed to that place by
very large crowd, who continued to
alternately cheer, hiss and boo.
Garry Describes Her Reception.
Interviewed by several press repre-
sentatives in her hotel few minutes
after her arrival there. Mrs. Nation
said her reception that afternoon was
in her opinion the most affectionate
she had yet met with in the whole
course of her travels. 1t was, in fact,
a perfect ''hugging party" Her re-
ception of that day said a great deal
for the cause she had at heart. 1t was
one that the people present would
never forget. and it would stir them
up in the great work she was carry
ing on. They would first of all discuss
Garry Nation. and then they would
discuss the hatred of the woman
against the saloon. They would dis
cuss the terror the saloon was to the
woman. and this must go a long way
TO help her in her crusade, for was it
not terrible that they had to leave it
to an old gray-haired woman over 6 .
years of age to initiate this work and
fight for the liberty of the people
These things reused the hearts and
the consciences of the people. Hearts
and consciences were perhaps the
most stirra BILE things in the human
body. but they were often buried in
rubbish. They must get them dug
out of that rubbish and stirred up to
recognize the evils of this traffic.
Asked how she compared her recep-
tion in Scotland with that in Ameri-
ca, Mrs. Nation said she certainly
found the Scottish people slow as
compared with the Americans but al
though that was so, and the fire did