Show THE CASE OF MRS NATION it RS CARRIE NATION of or Kansas MRS has bas given ven the courts of that state a problem of oC unusual difficulty She is an ardent temperance advocate of the tb militant Back af of oCHer liar Her convictions Is a cruel personal expert experience e ence enee with fth saloons through a Wayward husband Finding that the liquor deal dealers dealers ers em of or her state violated the law la de defiantly and openly she appealed to the authorities from the governor down for the enforcement of or the law Her for Hera appeal a was liS disregarded d almost aimos con contemptuously and she ahe determined to force the issue To this end she armed herself I Ian an armful of or stones invaded the larg largest i iest est saloon in la the neighborhood and I wrecked wr ked the establishment When she I got through the bar mirror was wa in I fragments the furniture beyond re repair repair 1 pair pall and most of the drinkables on the floor Although the saloon loon man could break the law Jaw ence e ce Mrs Irs Nations infraction of of the peace found round prompt retaliation In ar arrest arrest arrest rest and confinement So far the saloon men were ahead but they had bad captured an exceedingly awkward awkard hant ele Public sentiment was wag with Mrs Nation The friends of or temperance came ame to the rescue and stirred up such a storm that its echoes are reverberating all over the country Public subscriptions have h ve been raised for Mrs Nations defense aid the prosecution pro of the saloons Although Mrs Nation was sentenced to prison for breaking the peace pence bonds were of offered offered offered on appeal Then the prosecutor found a new way of punishing the of offender offender offender fender He secured a quarantine of j the prison wherein rS Nation N llon was i confined and the prison pris n a authorities re refuse refuse fuse to allow the service of a writ un until until i til UI after expiration quarantine which is longer than the prisoners s 1 sentence Naturally enough Mrs Nation and I her friends are art asking aSkin these thes the diligent public officials why it is that one class of or offenders is in prosecuted with such scrupulous energy white while another and less leSs harmful citizen Is punished rigor rigorously rigorously and to the point of persecution I They The have bavo gained one point the chief one DeIn in calling attention to the con condition condition condition of affairs Although a due re regard regard regard gard for the dignity of the law docs does net excuse Mrs Irs Nation she certainly has put her enemies in an uncomfortable uncomfortable able position The chances are good that both the saloon men and the city cit officiate of oC Wichita I hita wish now they had hadn ben been n a little less precipitate in their hurry hurIJ to help the saloon men morn Mrs Nation wilt will wi win and tP she ought to |