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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1880)
.t . I. -T', l-r:;::-:, n i ' y.fl,i ' ' r nwcut rm ruM, rui rsrt.s' ' .,J1 . .1 . ' ' ' ' - ' r' "" . ' i 1 rn ill "1' 11 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 11 1 ' .' - . . , . - " " VOLUME 3Cia If.-" 1 a . v. -'.'i'" - ''. -'',-l,ORTLAND,'.ORBqO; ITHUR8DAY, 5 . DECEMBER SXm.'-Z' - PER YEA U-f 3 00. - ... . -- - -' - ,- . . ".---"! I I ' - I . - " " .- - I. . FROM PENDLETON TO PORTLAND, (j MRS. "DUNIWAY AT I'EXDLETOX, WE8TOX, , WALLA 'J, WALLA, UMATILLA7 THEASCAbES, ; f - VAXfOUVErir AD HOME. - 7", ' PqRTLAND, December 28, 1880. Peak' Rkadbmi of the 3kw Xokthwissti LrrrrJ:f,. ,1 The attendance at the lectures in Pendleton In- creased rapidly after the episode mentioned in the last letter, and the enfranchisement of woman be came the constant theme of conversation on the streets and" ih the stores and offices as well as In the homes. . On Monday the ladies met in the Cbnrt House to organize a Woman Suffrae .AHSocratlon for Umatilla county, the particulars of which have already been published in ' tliese columns. The . organization effected, a grand ratification Jubilee was next In order, -and .on Tuesday evening a , large crowd assembled and. proceeded to business, Mrs. De Spain in the chair.; After some excellent instrumental music on the organ by Mrs. Craw ' ford (an estimable lady who supports her worse than fatherless - children by ; teachings music, though-compelled to hobble from place tcPpIace ,on crutches), "Hold the Fort"., was sung with spirit by an enthuslastlccholr. ' . . The President then said J "bome persons are -born great, some achieve greatness: and some have greatness thrust upon them. L belong, ijulteWh- jubeautlf uLllttie city-whose charter - a m a m m m a m a a a A expecieuiy in rayseii, to ine last or tnese: and as I am unused to pubHcjpeakingrTwill abdi -cate the chair forlhe evening In favor of our lec turer, Mrs. Duniway,-who will ndw address you .upon the great theme, 'Constitutional liberty.'" HmTJeHBpalnooirhfe plause. -: " ' Your correspondent then arose and explained that Mr. J. H. Turner, one of the newly elected Secretaries of the Association, was appointed to read the minutes of, the late organization, but,"1 he had been too busy during the day to look them - over, we would read them in his stead, provided was re- after the minutes were read, he responded in brief, terse, able and convincing address, planting -himself squarely upon the Woman Suffrage plat' . zorm, ana. giving cogent reasons therefor, which no caviller could gainsay. This speech celvedwlth great enthusiasm. Our own argument came jiext, after which vol? untary speeches under a five-minute rule were In order. Mr. Walker, an intelligent young lawyer, for merly, of Albany, was called for, who announced 3filmselfal aiHulvocateof ldmTaKuTfyageTpronT lsed to prepare an address in its favor soon, and excusedJilmseUJmjrtuthexjpeaklng at presents r Opposition arguments were called for, but were unattainable. Ma-Lei HMf"-lfcwyer, being r called for, expressed himself as a Woman Suffra- glSt . -- - ... Mr. Isaac Blum, who Is well known In Port land, and who Is now In the mercantile business in Pendleton With his brother, Lehman Blum, also well known In this city, responded to a call, and made an excellent speech, In which he proph esied the speedy triumph of the pending question 7-rThe hour grew late, yet nobody wrasn a hurry; but temperance In all things, even In a Woman - Suffrage-revival,-if the moving spirit of the new "dispensation, and the time for adjournment was declared. The audience arose and Joined in sing ing the soul-stirring notes of America," after which the people dispersed to their homes, feeling stronger than ever in their conviction that free women would do the world good and not evil all the days of their lives. "'-'--.- ' In this connection it is proper to speak of the uniform courtesy of the sovereign voters of Pen dleton, all of whom, with the single exception of the editor of the;7a Ortgonian, treated our mis sion with that deference and-rcspect with which all ladles willbetreated every where underjhe rgnorpt'aceon" earthftnd good will to men and women which the ballot In their hands will inau gurate. Nobody need tell us that men are as bad as the E. O. editor would have us believe, or that women are as silly and Irresponsible as he thinks they are. - " - ; The meetings, over, we turned our attention to the Improvements ftnd general business enter prises of the town. Pendleton awaits incorpora tion before constructing much-needed sidewalks, but Is otherwise prospering at a ljealthy'rate. A city charter was granted by the last Legislature, which has been reported losf, thereby delaying the public work of the would-be council, and formlng.another illustration of the imperfection and uncertainty of the law. The hotels, including "the Vlllard House, Pendleton Hotel and Bon Ton Restaurant afe'all ruttTdvertowtTirr-Beveral boarding-houses are kept by ladles, that of Mrs.") DeBpaTifberng iartIcuUrlTfloTiriAlffrrtrE.I Jlexter keeps a nice millinery and general variety J store; Mr. J. Hathaway has enlarged his stock of stationery and notlonto keep up with te growth of the town ; I)r K, J.' Somervllle has a spacious ilrug .store; and Mrs. larger; Mrs. Hall, Mrs, jiexter ani owier laaies are Dusy at ureHsmaaing, the amount of orders they receive' proving that the women who employ them are also engaged In business that pays, else they could not hire their dresses made.' There Is much more to-write con cerning Pendleton which well merits special men tion, but we must wait till the streets are mended or the walking better to return ana visit - me schools,' mills, shops,' stores, Indlin reservation, etc., etc., all of which we hope to see before many more months have passed over the heads of their owners. - : 1 xv Early on the morning of the 15th Instant, we boarded the Idaho and Salt Lake Company's stage, bound Westonward. Tlie rain fell In tor rents, and the mud on the" sidelong ridges was AX le deep; but the driver wa careful and the four-horse team, though sptriteil, was steady, and the1 drive of twenty miles through the alluvial, treeless uplands was made without other than ap parent danger. Reached Weston In good season, aml-tookrefuge at the St John Hotel, new and comfortable travelers' home, Lwhere we awaited patiently the cessation of the storm. The next morning dawned cloudless, cold and roseate, and the crisp air was as bracing as a galvanic battery. was not lost by the clerks or the Governor, and whose sidewalks are excellent and continuous. A nourishing school, under the supervlslojTof Rev. Mr, Morrison, a Presbyterian clergyman, assisted by Mr.. Freed and "Miss Cfesswell, occupies two commodtony trotldfrnywrin one of whlch-we-lec-Tliomsn- and- ivtlred-to-mVt-oo44or(Highty-eK tured on Friday evening in the presence of ft large, respectful and sympathetic .audience of ladles and gentlemen -This school-room Is used as a church for the present, and Mr. Morrison, the teacher and pastor, who also edits a little church paper entl tied Church and Home, has enough work on his hands for a woman. Our stay was too short to permit much sigh t-srelng or visiting, rbut wre hope ere long to return and give a course oi lectures and remain long enough to meet everybody. Mrs. Dr Andrews Js here practicing medicine, and Is meeting with good success. Mr. If. B. Starr, for merly of Portland, Is extensively engaged In the hardware business.' The Leader is steadily in creasing Its patronage, and the town Is wide awake on general principles. We regretted our hurried departure, but will come again and make further observations when we have more time to tarry. f On Friday at nooa we-agahx mounted the stage, seated this time above the boot beside the skillful dr! TJUurfiit J nation Walla Walla, twenty 1 miles distant. Dull leaden clouds hovered in the air, obscuring the adjacent Blue Ridge; but the gwitt farms on every hand were visible, and the near-by reservation, with Its thousands of acres of virgin upland, gazed serenely at the sullen sky. There is Idle land enough In this reservation to bread the whole of Oregon if white folks could cultivate it; and yet, the noble red men, whom Eastern philanthropists so much revere, and who possess it under treaty stipulations, can not live unon it without constant government aid. It Is better, for property reasons, to be an Indian man than a white woman In this free country. -' Stopped at Milton for dlnnerrand then drove on to Walla Walla, which latter city is improving so rapidly that It looks like ft young an thrifty edi tion of 'Portland. New publio and private build ings of great dimensions and costly structure are going up In every direction. Sociability, good cheer, thrift and enterprise go hand In hand. We stopped, as usual, at the Stlne House, and found the hotel enlarged and improved,-with-ft-cwfrfnr that no one could object to. ! Went to Mrs. Vaw- ter's, and had a grand visit ; called at the home of Mrs. Brents, and found a brand-new baby girl, which may sometime eclipse Its father as a Mem ber, of Congress ; vlsted ; Mre. Caton, and dined fwrithft Jollyxompany ofTonngToTks at her happy home; .called-at-the millinery stores of Mrs. Schnebly, Mrs. Hessy and Mrs. LeMont; dropped In at the sanctum of Charley Besserer, and found the Watchman prospering; went to the office of the Union, ; but tho editor was gone to lunch; called at the Land Office, and had a pleasant con versation with Mr. Reed; passed Mrs. Newell's Statesman In great .trepidation, lest '"Colonel" Parker, who hiarried It, should use his Imaginary right to say something scurrilous; read the Town Talk, a breezy., little dally that makes - the i'Colonel" squirm; looked . In upon the elegant book store of Ferris A Jacobs; called at the post office and met Mr. Vawter and sons and Miss May Page at their posts, as usual; saw Charley Davis at his old corner; met Mr. Isham and Mr. Ayers at-their offices; visited Mrs. Brents and Mrs. Vawter again ; wrote Mr. Brents at Washington sewing machine depot and Dr. Day's mammoth drug store visited Mr. Laey's express office, and enjoyed a pleasant chat with Major R, R, Iters in his large and elegant stores Mr. Rees is a member-' elect of the . forthcoming Washington Territory Legislature, and, like all other progressive men, Ismail right ton the Woman Suffrage question. Ret timed to the hotel and ret I ml to rest at nine o'clock, as ton lnhed to find upon reflection that we liad "rustled" so much in one day "and two .even ings. But then, the hofidays were at hand, and we were homeward bound. Oft oy rail the next morning at seven o'clock. There was a rush of travel, everybody 'who had business below being anxious to take advantage of the open river. Thlrty-flve miles to Wallula, which Is Indeed a deserted village. Fifteen miles further on,- and we reachrVmatllla, which has been a; busy place during the season of 'railroad building, but Is now a way station, and is already giving evidence of speedy depletion. IIerewe met Mrs. Wilson and her amiable daughters, of the Wilson Hotel, and a day was agreeably spent In the pleasant company of these ladies, Mr. and. Mrs; Koontz, Hays, Henly and others. In the evening we met a little asembly of sympathizing friends in the new hall, and gave them a talk upon The New Dispensation,"... and on Tuesday went aboard the elegant steamer Harvest Queen and etarfed'down the Columbia, feeling that we were ahuot honie... The railroad Is now finished to Blalock'a Lamllng,-thirty miles above Cell lo, and we were transferred from thfr steamer to the train much earlier than tinder the ohfregulatlon. It was night when we reached Tliel)ailes, and we could hot stop, as we were bound to lie at home by Christmas. So we went aboard the R. It. haustedjtojieed the roar and rumble of moving freight that never ceased. Its noisy din the long night through:"" " ' 1 - ' . Ten a; M., and the Cascades. Here we wait sev eral hours for: the lower river boat, and Improve the time by calling upon the McDonalds, Joneses, MofTatts and Hamilton, all good friends of human rights, whom we always remember with gratitude "r Four o'clock, and Vancouver. Here 'we stop over night to visit ft loved member, of our house hold, noW residing here, but find, on reaching her home, that she has gone to Portland. But there Is no need of 'fretting, and we call fo a few min utes at the store of Mr. 8. D, Maxon, and then go oil to the beautiful home of Mrs. S. H. Daniels, in whose genial company we forget our" disappoint ment" Thursday A. M., and homethank Heaven ! The holidays are close upon us, and- ,. , - - -m r v And UL t bpr lhr4. , The cheerful mil and Iun pans round, For lift with thm Is fair." Uood reader, we hope you have had ft merry Christmas, and Wtflnrlshyou; ft-happy-New-Year.- ' A. S. D. A VOICE FROM SAN JOSE.- Sax Johe, Dteember 36, WT. To THE KtITOM or TH R NSW XoHTIIwkMTl - Can I lelleve my own eyes when I rwd,"TJV Oregon Legislature lia provided an am mil Dent for suffrage for women, and riwnT the later equal bet wwn husband and wife"? I It true that the law has already gone Into operation ? 'If so, "Oregon leads, the world in according Justice to women," should be written in letters of silver and "The New Northwest leads Oregon," should be written everywhere In letters of,goliL May you live to reap the reward you so Justly merit, and the gratitude of not only the women of' the Nation but the men as well. Whatever bene- fits one sex benefits the other. We are so united (whether men believe it or not) that it is utterly Impossible for one to succeed in anything without the assistance and encouragement of the other.. Where the wife and mother is Ignored ln& family,, see how soon the family goes to pieces, and how unhappy and Improvident both the sons and? daughters grow uprTlie difference between the" fumlly and the Nation 4s only In size, and both require the cjoiublned executive, moral and finan cial ability and power of men and women to con st itute a perfect government " The great trouble In this so-called Republic hasi been that the women, ever since the revolution,. have been lulled Into Inaction With the sweet morsel of flattery. They have been told they were angels, and the more fortunate of them have been led to believe t hat because they were supported by fathers, brothers or husbands, everyother woman,, no matter what her needs or aspirations,, ought' to .be aatlsflud.wlth.ihe caiuiltlou-olpheet4he--left of the significant figure, man And yet there have always Iteen thousands of women without , -these props, who support and protect themselves- ; and children by the labor of their hands, with In " many instances less than half the pay accorded to men for the same work. It haa only been within? the past thirty years that the Republican par rjr (thanks to them for that much) established tho v pubiro schools In'every district, illere women have been educated, and the result Is seen In. the woman movement, whleh has. imbued all wovnera . who caa learn wisdom with the spirit of liberty --, I see nothing of the passage of the suffrage reo lutlon by the Oregon Legislature in any paper outside of the New Northwest, except In the Woman Journal, when It should be heralded to- : the four corners of the earth with a heading of: red, white and blue, proclaiming that Liberty has at last taken her proper place with her torch and) startcxLfortbqJight the world. wlth-Jicr-glory Yours for rreeiom, , H. L. Knox-Cjoodrich MAN AND WOMAN. j . The following beautiful passage Is from "Henry's Commentary on the Blble'!L "Adam was first formed, then Eve, and she was made of the man and foC the man, all of which are urged as reasons for humility, modesty, silence and submlsslveness of that sex In general, and particularly the subjec tion jiand reverence whlchwlves owe to their hus bands. Yet man being made last of the creation, as the best and most excellent of all, Jive being made after Adam, arid out of him, put an' "honor upon that sex, as the glory of the man.1 If the man Is (lie head, she-is the crown, a crown to her husband, the crown to the visible creation. The jna.nwftsdiistreflnetlf but the woman was dust doubly refined, one remove further from the earth. Woman was made of arlb out of the side of Adam; not out of his head, to rule him, nor out of his feet, to be trampled upon by him ; but outjgf hlsjjjder Statutes of Texas, that blunderwponthe legality tobeequaJwHnntmrTjnaer ins arm, tobe tected ; and neat his heart, to be beloved.". - READY FOR THE QUESTION t ' ' (rrom the HL Louis Wsatcrn Uf ht.J President Hayes has touched the kejuule of Woman Suffrage, though he may have talkedB wiser than he Intended In his last message to Congress. In speaking of the Fifteenth Amend ment, he says "It will be the duty of the Execu tive to prosecute unsparingly all who have beenv engaged In deprlvlngcitlzensof the rights guaran tee! to them by the Constitution. It i notr how ever, to he forgotten that the best and surest guarantee of the primary rights of citizenship l tobefpundJn,..that. capacltyforBell-protecUou : which can belong only to a people whose right of ' univeral suffrage Is supported by universal educa tion." When the Executive recommends protection for1 women citizens and prosecution against male cltl-' zens that deprive them of rights, as very clearly defined In this message, Justice may be considered! an established governing tower In the Republic. The United States Constitution-stands to-day a much a law to Include tlis masculine and feminine citizens In Its governmental action as the Revised pro- The Canyon City Newt of the 18th lnstaat says : The Woman Suffrage Association held Its reg ular meeting last Friday evening. The time of the meeting was principally occupied In discuss lng-thclquestloYaLqulJflcatlonaahould be required to render a citizen eligible to the elective franchise?' If there be any persons still encumbered with the opinion that a woman can not ably and correctly preside; over an organized meeting, or logically, and even eloquently, debate on any subject they will surely be relieved of that Idea by attending the meetings of the Asso ciation." 1 1 " ' ; Tlie sum of $226, realized by the recent charity social at the Umatilla House, will be distributed among the needy and destitute of Tlie Dalles by a committee of ladles, consisting of Mrs. 8InuotL-itietT--WhatToglo and reason abot-hls now daughter -called st-Mrr-Vlloft's4Mn. BansburyrMrs. Beezley, Mrs. Smith French Ulaim that It Is right fqrJhJWorsUagoYrallbe. and Mrs. Donnell. of the question, placing that SUteinTvaiiceor Mississippi in making women independent When Texas says that the masculine gender' shall Include the' feminine and neuter, and the Supreme Judge of the United States says that cltl ' zens are people, which must Include both themale and female element, and. the Executive recom mends protection to them in their citizenship what more remains but to take possession? Are---you ready for the question ? ' "It Is a remarkable fact that two-thirds of thr church members ln.thla country are women, to -one-third men; while, on the other hand, nine- teen-twentletha of the criminals a re men and only one-twentieth women." Ex, Yet there are thousands of men who argue that the sex whlcbi furnishes nineteen-twentieth of the criminals of the land are the rightful law-makers and rulers of the sex that furnishes jthsuremainlng'one-twen'' ' there Is In the betterlementTof tEeNation I