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Carrie Nation returned to Mr. Stower’s store in the hope of finding him there, but they were again disappointed.The women then disbanded, the majority going to tlieir homes. The crowd that had followed them from place to place gathered at the street corners to discuss the situation.Each of the women wore a ‘V«rri»« Nation” hatchet, and a badge with the words “the whisky shop must go In* scribed thereon. Members of the most prominent families of North Indianapolis were represented in the movement and they received the sanction of the better class of the community.MRS. NATION ASKS QUESTIONSWork for Her Ilatcbet in Kansas Will Receive Her Next Attention.The Phalanx is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Carrie Nation, written from Topeka, in which she expresses pleasant remembrances of her trip to Indianapolis and her visits to the saloons on Sunday night. The Kansas crusader sends this greeting to the Phalanx readers:To my Many Kind Friends of Indiana—Your invitations come to a willing and grateful heart, but I wanta „ r *____A DEFENSE OF CARRIE NATION.BY EX-GOV EUNOK JOHN I*. ST. JOHN.Kroui The Pilgrim.From the inception of the Kansas prohibitory law to the present time, its enforcement has been bitterly contested, section by section, ending in almost every case in a decision by the highest judioial tribunal in the State, fully sustaining its provisions. Back of this opposition has stood the combined liquor power of the United States, with an unlimited corruption fund, which has been used freely to influence courts, jurors, prosecuting attorneys and witnesses, and to aid in the election of candidates willing to do its bidding.Two of the most difficult things the friends of prohibition have had to contend with, have been official corruption and political cowardice, the latter extending from the village caucus to the White House. The judges of our district courts, with here and there a disgraceful exception, have been honest and fair in enforcing the law, while the supreme court hastiment accomp writers All i been sa prohibi ure, I d not. 'S are sole it is no fault ol Let ii estenfc the bes inflictei prohibi law, w sanctio larger c one-ten sumed i tion in have t public s drunk, never s; home ci twenty works, excellei splendi teen cl man.
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Indianapolis Patriot Phalanx
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 11, 1901
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