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to him： 〃Young man； come from behind that bar； your mother did
not raise you for such a place。〃 I threw a brick at the mirror； which was
a very heavy one； and it did not break； but the brick fell and broke
everything
in its way。 I began to look around for something that would break
it。 I was standing by a billiard table on which there was one ball。 I
said： 〃Thank God；〃 and picked it up； threw it； and it made a hole in
the mirror。 While I was throwing these rocks at the dives in Kiowa；
there was a picture before my eyes of Mr。 McKinley； the President； sitting
in an old arm chair and as I threw； the chair would fall to pieces。
The other dive keepers closed up； stood in front of their places and
would not let me come in。 By this time； the streets were crowded with
people； most of them seemed to look puzzled。 There was one boy about
fifteen years old who seemed perfectly wild with joy； and he jumped；
skipped and yelled with delight。 I have since thought of that as being
a significant sign。 For to smash saloons will save the boy。
I stood in the middle of the street and spoke in this way： 〃I have
destroyed three of your places of business； and if I have broken a statute
of Kansas； put me in jail； if I am not a law…breaker your mayor and
councilmen are。 You must arrest one of us； for if I am not a criminal；
they are。〃
One of the councilmen； who was a butcher； said： 〃Don't you think
we can attend to our business。〃
〃Yes；〃 I said； 〃You can； but you won't。 As Jail Evangelist of Medicine
Lodge； I know you have manufactured many criminals and this
county is burdened down with taxes to prosecute the results of these dives。
Two murders have been committed in the last five years in this county；
one in a dive I have just destroyed。 You are a butcher of hogs and cattle；
but they are butchering men； women and children； positively contrary to
the laws of God and man； and the mayor and councilmen are more to
blame than the jointist； and now if I have done wrong in any particular；
arrest me。〃 When I was through with my speech I got in my buggy and
said： 〃I'll go home。〃
The marshal held my horse and said： 〃Not yet； the mayor wishes
to see you。〃
I drove up where he was； and the man who owned one of the dive…
buildings I had smashed was standing by Dr。 Korn； the mayor； and said：
〃I want you to pay for the front windows you broke of my building。〃
I said： 〃No； you are a partner of the dive…keeper and the statutes
hold your building responsible。 The man that rents the building for any
business is no better than the man who carries on the business； and you
are 〃particepts criminus〃 or party to the crime。〃 They ran back and
forward to the city attorney several times。 At last they came and told
me I could go。 As I drove through the streets the reins fell out of my
hands and I； standing up in my buggy； lifted my hands twice； saying：
〃Peace on earth； good will to men。〃 This action I know was done
through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit。 〃Peace on earth； good will
to men〃 being the result of the destruction of saloons and the motive for
destroying them。
When I reached Medicine Lodge the town was in quite an excitement；
the news having been telegraphed ahead。 I drove through the streets
and told the people I would be at the postoffice corner to tell why I had
done this。 A great crowd had gathered and I began to tell them of my
work in the jail here； and the young men's lives that had been ruined；
and the broken hearted mothers； the taxation that had been brought on
the county； and other wrongs of the dives of Kiowa； of how I had been
to the sheriff； Mr。 Gano； and the prosecuting attorney； Mr。 Griffin； how I
had written to the state's attorney…general Mr。 Godard； and I saw there
was a conspiracy with the party in power to violate their oaths； and refuse
to enforce the constitution of Kansas； and I did only what they swore they
would do。 I had a letter from a Mr。 Long； of Kiowa； saying that Mr。
Griffin； the prosecuting attorney； was taking bribes； and that he and the
sheriff were drinking and gambling in the dives at Kiowa。
This smashing aroused the people of the county to this outrage and
these dive…keepers were arrested； although we did not ask the prosecuting
attorney to get out a warrant； or sheriff to make an arrest。 Neither
did we take the case before any justice of the peace in Kiowa or Medicine
Lodge； for they belong to the republican party and would prevent
the prosecution。 The cases were taken out in the country several miles
from Kiowa before Moses E。 Wright； a Free Methodist and a justice of
the peace of Moore township。
The men were found guilty； and for the first time in the history of
Barber County； all dives were closed。 Of course it took two or three
months to accomplish this and not a word was said about suing me for
slander； until after the dives were closed。 Then I began to hear that
Sam Griffin was going to sue me for slander； because I said he took bribes。
The papers were served on me； but I was not at all alarmed； for I thought
it would give me an opportunity to bring out the facts of the case。 I
knew little about the tricks of lawyers； and the unfair rulings of judges。
I will here speak of the attitude of some of the W。 C。 T。 U。 concerning
the smashing。 Most of this grand body of grand women endorsed
me from the first。 A few weeks after the Kiowa raid； I held a convention
in Medicine Lodge。 I got letters from various W。 C。 T。 U。 workers
of the state that they would hold my convention for me。 I said： 〃No；
I will hold my own convention。〃
Up to this time； no one had ever offered to hold my convention；
and I fully understood； although I did not say anything； that the W。 C。
T。 U。 did not want it to go out that they endorsed me in my work at
Kiowa。 The state president came to my home the first day of the convention。
I believe this was done； thinking I would ask her to preside at
the meeting； or convention。 I was glad to see her and asked her to conduct
a parliamentary drill。 She came to me privately and asked me to
state to the convention that the W。 C。 T。 U。 knew nothing about the
smashing at Kiowa and was not responsible for this act of mine。 I did
so； saying the 〃honor of smashing the saloons at Kiowa would have to
be ascribed to myself alone； as the W。 C。 T。 U。 did not wish any of it。 So
far as Sister Hutchinson； who is； and has been the president for some time；
is concerned； I believe her to be a conscientious woman； and whose heart
is in the right place。 She and I have been the best of friends and love
each other； and she has often defended me and spoken well of my work。
But I think the W。 C。 T。 U。 would be much more effective under her
management； if she had understood that Stanley； the republican governor；
wished to handicap her in her prohibition work when he appointed
her husband as physician in the reformatory at Hutchinson； Kansas。 Be
it said to the credit of this christian physician he never used alcohol in
his practice。 And perhaps other bearings have prevented her from seeing
that the republican pressure has injured our work more than anything
else in Kansas。 Many of the wives of these political wire…pul