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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1880)
i' ' , FKKB Kl'KKCH, FllEK VOLUME X. NO. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1SS0.. THE RATIFICATION. irjEB AVOMA SUPKKAGK KKSOMJTIOX BXDOIISKD BY THK IUIGBST AND MOST KNTHUSIAS- TIC ASSBMBI-VGB BVKIt OONVKXKD . IX TUB CAPITAI CITY. mam alusic xxcklmsnt spkbchbs, and okxkkai. rk- jtflCCTO, DESI'ITB THK DIKACKTCI. OO.NKUCT W AN ALBANY " DIVINK" ANI JUS MOOPLCX AM-IKS. 'Agreeable to previous nnnouncemont, the AVom an Suffragists, to the number of many hundred, iml on the evening of the 21st instant at Heed's Opera House, Salem, to ratify the action of the Legislature in passing a resolution to submit to the voters an amendment to the Constitution for bidding the future disfranchisement of any citixen on account of sex. The platform was gaily fes tooned with flags and evergreens, giving a brilliant efltect in the glistening gaslight The doors were thrown open at seven o'clock, and in less than lmlf an hour the spacious hall was filled to its ut anost capacity by an eager, curious and expectant throng of ladies and gentlemen, the former largely predominating. Both Houses of the Legislature were so badly crowded with business on the clos ing days of the session that they found it imjMssl- bie to adjourn at an early hour, as they had prom feed, and the audience was compelled to be content - with the receipt of their respectful excuses till the evening was half spent; but their absence in no way cooled the enthusiasm of the citizens, who were bent upon a ratification jubilee and deter mined not to stop at such triiles as unfinished business or the "third reading of bills." The Albany Ladies' Cornet Band, which had been advertised as a leading attraction, was com pelled to disappoint themselves and the State at the last moment through the tyranny of the cleri cal father of one of the girls, who compelled her to remain at home. Mrs. Duniway explained the cause of the disappointment in an earnest and candid wav, stating that th mi wuevl.fcetlehwn who had I wen guilty f thJrte upon the La ches' itaad umL jfce-'Qregott public had no other tKxaSm itthtal the fflcl thaT BeTlad ortceSn ' fpilty M slandering herself, and bad been "raked i 9er the coals" for it in the presence of some of his very best church members, who had nobly stood by her, in spite of his unclerical and ungen Uemanly attempts at defamation. The exercises of the evening were opened with a violin solo by Miss Dora McCord, accompanied on the piano by Miss Anna Fcarnside. The effect upon the turbulent crowd of toy in the gallery was wonderful. Respectful silence fell upon them Hke a mantle of peace. Even boys who were hired to disturb the meeting forgot for the nonce to in dulge in the hideous cat-calls that whipped out the police an hour later, and compelled the voting citizens of Salem to sit by and watoh the suffering multitude, who endured the torture of their un seemly racket till they were fairly frantic with disgust. Surely it is time that another element should come into public authority, when men are unable to induce their own boys to behave de cently. After the music, Mrs. Duniway delivered a brief address of welcome, and ended by introducing CoL C. A. Reed, who, she said, had lieen the first man in Oregon to come to the Woman Suffrage platform, and who had introduced in the legisla tive in '74 the very resolution they were here to night to ratify. Colonel Reed was enthusiastically applauded as lie responded to the call, and hit speech, though brief, was worthy of the man and the occasion. The women of Oregon have no truer, stancher friend, or one upon whom they more implicitly ly for their final success in securing their politi cal rights, than this gentleman. Mrs. Loughary, the "Patrick Henry of the new dispensation," was the next speaker. She said that she had on the previous Monday received a card from Mrs. Duniway with some hieroglyphics upon it, which, after considerable trouble, she had deciphered, and the words were : "Eureka ! The resolution lias passed. Come up to Salem next Thursday and help us ratify." She had responded fio the call, and was here to lift her voice in unison with the general notes of rejoicing that were well ing up from jmtriotic hearts in every precinct, village and town in the State. She was proud of the Legislature of 1880. She believed it had been predicted that this was to be a historic year. The recent election returns from Indiana ami Ohio had seemed like a fulfillment of that prediction ; but the act of the Oregon Legislature in submit ting the suffrage resolution to the voice of the people was a yet more notable event. She was especially proud of Yamhill and her Senators and Representative, every one of whom had voted right upon the resolution; and shefdt Jikj world !" "We are not here," she said, "to make argumentative speeches, but to ratify and rejoice. The action of Oregon's law-makers has been flushed along the electric wires of the mighty con tinent, and the news is already making glad the hearts of women in every State in the Union. The progress of Liberty is. onward, and women will be free." In the language of the immortal Baker, she was ready to say, "As for me, I tlare not, will not be false to Freedom. I will walk be neath her banner. Twill glory in her strength. I have seen her in history struck down on a hun dred fields of battle. I have seen her friends flee from her; her foes gather around her. I have seen her bound to a stake. I have seen them give her ashes to the winds. But when they turned to exult, I have seen her again meet them face to face, resplendent in complete steel, brandishing in her strong right hand a ilaming sword, red with insufferable light I take courage." Mrs. Loughary's address was received with the hearty and respectful applause invariably ac corded her whenever she appears in public. God made her for a stateswomau. As the "bullet argument" had frequently come up in the Legislature in opposition to the ballot for woman, Mrs. Aurora Bowman favored the au dience with a reading, entitled "Mother and Poet," illustrative of woman's terrible interest in war. The poem was read with thrilling effect, and the character of a bereaved widow was well sustained. Misses Feamside ami McCord again rendered delightful music with piano and violin. Mrs. L. M. Lowe made a brief and pleasing ad dress, eulogizing the action of the Legislature, and concluded with an excellent rendition of Mrs. i -'1 . m ' " ' "m 3MBy? pealing me ringing wnniytMhQregoii jWrfte igPmhflPngainafc - the i. .1 ..., 1 i t. Duniway's Centennial poem, "The Spirits of '78." Miss Olive Chamberlain favored the audience with a beautiful song, her sister. Miss Julia, pre siding at the piano. Miss Chamberlain iKweeseee one of the aweetest, richest and best modulated voices in Hut State. Mrs. noutway read stirring letters of congratu lation from Mrs. A. M. Martin, of Yamhill, and from Hon, J. F. Caples and Geo. p. Riley, Esq., of Portland. She alluded to Mr. Riley, the colored orator, as the "Fred Douglas of Oregon," and re- any government are its only lasting foundation. The experience of a hundred years of American politics had proved that there is a want of moral balance in the councils of the Nation. He did not predict any great or sudden revolution-, from the enfranchisement of women; but he, looked for a gradual restoration of a higher moral standard of political and civil power through the5 combined equality of men and women as expressed- j through the ballot. In conclusion, he wished to know how many of the ladies and. gentlemen present were anxious for the women of the State to become voters, and asked all such to rise to their feet. The audience arose m . c, amid great enthusiasm. " . Mrs. Duniway said that, as they 4 j througlS with the evening, though not half through with? the programme, they would be compelled to ad"- journ. Thus ended the first ratification meeting in honor of a Legislature ever given under the atispices of ladies in any State in the Union. Men may wrangle as they may over the action of the Oregon Legislature in connection with their many conflicting financial interests, but the history of the session of 1SS0, in its action on the Woman Suflrage resolution, will grow brighter and grander in the annals of the Nation, as the years roll on forever. THE CAPITAL. TUB I.KOIShATtfJtK AS IT AWRAKED IN ITS HOCK OK DISSOLUTION OTHER XATTKKS OK OENEKAL I NT BREST. and shoutiivt ''Mfc'-Speaker." SpHtkr M was pale nil 1 evidellEly nervob. Inst hx did The noifte; aud laughter Lit fcdtft bw.d raway at fagffj'and each btiaA gtiahngoly tTlio PresrdonMf th Keiuito. u the &laoV inexiouse uolii maue uuur, .uuijj mm aledietorjgpe-i h8. ISaeh Vjit? to hjghlKr self to hisll0M-.T by his unbiased .linage kk& variahlacJftWtes;. ajrtl kiiidasft. The svCTfjeii and th2f lifSh'fs- .Tflvdeme(itrbT iSe On Assembly of 1SS"J are left upon; the rocorort Wbrna Stato. becomea part of its history. WhriteoeMer has been done of good will lfvo forevor, tor tin - . i . can never uie. w uaraoever or evil uas oeeqcom- Imitted must perish with the march of propeH, 'for evU will ultimately bd. overeomo by god i The Sapnoi? itopraniuves' have Betoraed , to their 4iQinopr and ihftjGpitAl City has donne ita Autumn dress of somfcSr quietode. - ftho, mate school Jeeiyed an appropriatioii ot mmg years. "Jjit ooUortaJth- sumx ,A IPLb mtwoi is a, Ween, rlMdtey. Cse the; 1 $8000 for the two ouough," j5oy JSffr- flio nunntiilent mbt ably 'cjaftduct l.fRK. 'IlItA fnAiim a,- rriBdine y-idi wLio T A.. a. iwuuw W1P 3 IT LU urn rr uiey 33t oirfssl.i ot The struggle to pass the nfllorious "levee bill," by whkth a railway corporation is to have and hold a certain piece of unimproved triariVular lroperty In the city of Portland, occupied tin closing days and hours of the law-makers' session at the Capital City, to tin- exelusion of almost everything else of any partieular importance. The Governor's veto, which wax certainly a blv considered and earefullv prepared dot-mm-ii came down upon the unterritied friends of tli with all the force of a Woman buff rage resoluti fcwmiiw.- it unai? vEsmmm JMMT WTMJTO vorken (te.Tot made hi ner, the rapabl uue: Mrs. vane Pniirt'A nuit5x$ fttntifiiieaNiA lated wtfaThe eallel her 'Fre Douglass story," All of them were excited, and some were frai(tl& which brought down the hou Ex-Senator Mitchell was then introduced. His speech was a gem, logically and rlietorieally. No synojisis could do ft fustiee. He expressed him self strongly in favor of the eaue f liberty for woman; stated witli pride that he had had the honor of voting for Woman Suffrage in the United States Senate, and had also gladly given his vote to open the doors of the Supreme Court to the women who wished to practice law. The star of Liberty was ever advancing. A move like the one we were celebrating to-night could never ret rograde. Oregon's opportunity to lead off as the first State in the Union enfranchising the mothers of men was one which would arouse the patriot ism of the voters to a high pitch of enthusiasm. He had watched the progress of the movement from the beginning; was in favor of it from prin ciple; and at any anil every time when it was possible for him to aid the glorious work by voice or pen, he was ready to do so. Hon. John Minto, introduced as "the ladies' man of the House of Representatives," was the next speaker. He said that the principle of equal ity for men and women liefore the law was innate; that men and women had inherited the ower of joint dominion over all the earth from Omnijio tent beneficence; that both men and women are by nature tyrannical, but that men have gained the advantage in law and finance and theology through brute force, and women have long been the victims of the law of might over right. This law would Ive equalized again in time by the bal lot in her hand. As an example of a father's tyranny, he cited the fact that the young lady who had been compelled to break the engagement of the Albany band through a bigoted and wicked jmrenUiI mandate was twenty-five yean old! "Where," said he, "is the young man of twenty five, or twenty-one, whose sense of right could be thus trampled upon by the unreasonable fiat of an angry father? Where is the young woman who ought to submit to such a despotism ? No wonder our women aro so often sycophantic, de ceptive and cowardly. Deception is the counter acting influence that finally dethrones tyranny; but it does it at the expense of principle." He spoke of witnessing a marriage ceremony a few days since, wherein the bride was compelled by her father to sign away Iter right to superintend the education of her unborn children. "All of this is tyranny. The ballot in woman's hand alone can correct it. The fight before us is no easy one. But the agitation will help to educate the voters, and I hope for a final triumph." Ex-Governor Gibbs was next introduced, and The opponents of "the steal," as thev stvled were not Icsh earnest and energetic, but it wts Lcumiat plainly t e seen, as the hours Md away, tMfci&oM4d, timcoeded in his peculiarly pleasant and loeJcal I ' - to, - mis l wlvftfc" hTaiifcWIs7oiTvictIonslBnuarel v onlOietsiflei Mala U "British gold" was at a premium, and the Scotch J company held the winning card. Much heafjd discussion on both sides resulted in occasional, forfeiture of all decorum, and aroii!-cd open dafi anee againt all parliamentary courtesy. Presi dent Hirsch grew weary enough of the debate, as anyone could see; but he preserved his gentle manly demeanor to the last, inspiring the Sgma3 tors, ns lie had done all through the session, witlm the profoundot respect for his coolness of hontl and clearness of judgment. The struggle to pass the bill over the veto at hist ended in success, and the Legislature proceeded to occupy the remainder of the session in rushing through with other equally imjw.rtant but sadly neglected husinoBts. In both House-, the confusion and hurrysi like that of a baud of blackberry pickers whoTutjt played at "adjourning'' till the coming darkness had made the In-rries nearly invlnible, and each was frantic for a partieular "grab" during the last moment of daylight. House bills were crowded uj)on the Senate, and Senate bills were crowded upon the House, in the most rapid and incon ceivable confusion. Resolutions thanking the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, the reporters of the press, and the various ut : Mi4s umh Bote, Secretary: Wagoner, Trbasfcrer, wil& r? Adams, Mrs. Mocres Mi. Deai tto?r, Mr. TJisay, Mrs. Jesvup, Mr. BMMUjiiis,. wwi a(i juany and ate MA Stains oatoir-- f1ow 'Jlie bereaved UtU oBeiip to be matU' laied upon ftnuLngeo CfOod bia thelc tenths. yisjw. tnjiuj a numb.r of tfrJf-orphaifcj, ore'-dl iren without living mot iters, havo been adhUtted fiDm time to timev but it is vexy seldom thatthoso witfiouEi living fathers ever seek mhnMsioii, ex ttH may bo sometimes temporarily, while their moth cas aro at some kind o( work that will not admit of thair pmwnee with themselvc. f!iev, Mr. Dannieon is still, working faithfully, tbouji again iearful oddc, in his endeavor io Qreate sfiUiuiftfein upon the temperance qiu-tio. ,'Dtie regular ireeting was held la-st Tu. s.I:v evening In C!6l Templar Hall, about Unrtv ie. oi is being, proSenfe. As it is always nec:vr jji religiotts rovhal that the Christians first get tjbegai bres Inton harmonious condition to bring About expected result, it is equally : .jKirtaiit 'in a temperance revival tliat the great body of totooilfn no likewise ere it 'hall be po-Ible to fii -ecL Tlley my preach nod they may sibic and iiiijf way Ji"y till doomkday, but aU iu vain, utilase they are ready ail willing for woeueii 1 virte. Luckily, Re . Mr. De poison is & WottW. SnttVagisi aud one who is not afro id to avowfli: - clerks ami couiinittec", were nurneliy iMisse.1. a w:itimen!s from platform unu juifpit ;ilikc. B.-v. committee of two on the jmrt of the Senate and ' P. II. j;urjnit; of the Clirlftia'i clvircda, l Aei" i l. .... ... ,.f 1 1 . . . 1 fnuun i) it t ... ) ... I i tm i i gfc i , w . I. : . .1 . 1 -van. 4 Him- mi nil- wa itiv jii-v r. jFn.in-,i lw . uu fJQIM wfVittv "t uiwrij;iu. ry inn, n- v ? 1 ....... Tl. M nn.l I f.. ... .. 1.2... !.... It... 1 ' . V-'. .it. . 1 I . , . .9. Willi I1JBJI1 iwhi iiui 1 uiijri nuu luiuim 111111 lll.lt I It 1MvV lfw JMUCr rai('H. JcrirVUlCO. V tt till the eleventh biennial session of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregou was now nlou to adjourn, and to ascertain if he had any furthu communication to make to the Senate ami House of Representatives. - A resolution was proposed in the Senate, tha,j "It is the sense of the House that, as the spcoiftl coinmittce of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of a large number of citizens asking for a local option law, has failed to report, the failure is regretted by Uie Senate." MuSli bindBrT'of laughter. There was no second. A meinfier other Sa Iei. Jcrgytuen, e hall be kwj. them also, 'ndustrb-s of women, vltleh .defvc Mns. Snyder, where, yovf can ft rfti stvof binding ou chow, fiwi a paperjbves mi irl'tst yerfr's aln na to tUv Moroo,jlkk Jf Mo omSbeU Bible. Mrs JMM MiKl yellow ajmlo tHkcft h't t3 id yellow IwlillVftWHM ht niilk- support ed sex ih Mtsa IvJ Keep such ffm !sto ki-en the on Jiii a hilboas hupix sibie rei DnuI.v In W state ol Citimn?l)iO'WWm ' a. .1 Saline OWetStg: ' W from Yamhill opened the table drawer of a Known neunior irom auoiner county aim utjiw forth a dozen empty whisky flasks, which hb5f forcd as a "minority report." Uproarious lauglf- tcr. Thus ended the vaunted "temperance legft-J Intion" of Dr. J. W. Watts, Master EugaM1 Skinworth. Hon. B. F. Dorrisantl Itev. S.(J. TrrW4 They succeeded in "stoi)i)ing the cat-hole wftti stove-pipe," just as had been seriously predfecn months before, when they had blowed so In that woman need not vote, for they would dnffliS11 Wrolcof liei-ttWUlUiil in the Revolution. The work without her aid. P0'1! grotto OT this Meal ffoftotd the tide in Indiana, and. lie House a tlosten members sprang to OJetwaxierftfTueadav ihe rtsult will nnbnb!v S ittOTi pifceron dlf fnulMa 1 ly waving u ScuatabJlPl JlntUn Dtewt -aJ. . The riOTi-fls tWr'tt Otto show thnt (Wm. HiSii-lirth firl the fouMtattm for hif iortun(h;tislfMnifit.044 44 from theotlu v Uir -ii j : ' il l P -its vuiriiotnlftfcyiiie amousi accruimr to he. 4 H9 m 1 -iV