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tr. .. . . . , s a....,,. I." THE NEW NORTHWEST, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1881. f; 1 ft i i W . it- i I i , t. .; ' U Journal or Ih jyopU. - rarfcnradenJ IWtticf C"d Retlaion. - ' Ml9 ! o him, mnd TkornnffUtf Rodlenl tn Op- pmin mnd Krpooing IJU Wrong o fA Ma. v - 4UB8cnirrjojr ratks iix adyanckji L. On 1W. y Jitv...... .t....,.-.---y' f? J Mis hlttkM, - ..w , .. 1 M rkrnr JrmA. . I t Ar Jiottfk to City Urvtu deilvmSj-. 0 jA4ortimU cmht' tnmrrtrd at RttuomabU Prito-. 1 . v jaaaBMaaaaw jt CVrwKMMt hUrntUd or pubiication ikoultt be od- f (a iSrftfor, md Jf butinem Iritrrt f DUSIWAY FUBLlStllSd COMPASr, " V. ft JTa.Aiv'o PvrUami, Oregon. OBTLAJJD. OREOON, THURSDAY. ANUARV 3D, Mil. THE CONVENTION. - Public sentiment ha lately- grown rapidly- In favor of the. principle 6f "equal right for all," which Is o plainly rlghrAnd JuslTa the expre : lon lUelf implies. ThI growth Is greatly due to the passage by the Legislature of the resolution fori "Woman Suffrage amendment to- the State " Constitution, which served to rivet the attention and secure the support of many lukewarm friends. ;HanlIy realizing the force the cause of woman was mustering, thousands had thought little and cared leas about her wrongs. When suddenly the. rjMiflrage resolution was adopted without any or-" ganlzed effort on the part of women's societies to secure it, people-were sharply awakenjdjtoj -sense of the situation. The idea dawned that there must have been radical changrin the ...opinions and conscience of many.mejnTto cause the adoption of the resolution when the' only, work done to obtain It was the publication of an 44openJetter" to the law-makers from the senior editor of this paper.The handsome vote which the resolution received has shown-many, timid people that Woman Suffrage Is, popular, and they are now conilng to the assistance of those-who have had the courage to battle for the right In the face of fearful nodd. These constant seces sions to the rank of the-worker for the re ." form, and the wide notice which the resolution -and debates attracted, and the respect commanded by th very favorable vote in both House of the Leg' ire, especially In the Senate, have con- rrtribL Vti4M4rHhewkeIhe-ase f until the development of popular good-will In It '. .favor is vastly greater than . has heretofore been noticeable. " - -. . . . v The coming State Convention, to assemble In this city on the Bth proximo, will prove the truth , of our statement that never, before In the history , of the Woman Suffrage cause In Oregon ha there been uch rapid and perceptible crystallization of "public opinion In favor of the right of all persons to voice In the Government. which they are "? ftaxei to malntalif. Thl Convention bids fair to , tsurpass, In enthusiasm, number and exercises, xny preueding one. Those held In the past few years have received) respectful consideration from the prese and the general public, and the approach - Ing session will be even better received.- Invlta ' tlons have been mailed to prominent people all "Tver.thet State,' and many will be present and par-' "tlclpate In the deliberation of the meetingrhile those who cannot attend will doubtles send let ter to treadT' Effort aWTbeing made to secure 4he help of "the tiesr"CornerBand'bf "AnanyT and will probably be successful. Members of the -Committee on Programme Inform u that they have met with the greatest success In securing the services of prominent ladles and gentlemen for esrays, addresses, readings and vocal and In strumental solos. In no Instance have they en "eountered that snobbery and affectation of superi ority which formerly caused excessively "nice" leto refuse to assist because-they fes ml It - - "would not be reckoned a "reputable" by their equally nice'V friend If they aided a society which J working to secure the freedom pJL;oman jtnd the consequent elevation of the race. ' The near- est approach to affectation yet met was the state ment by a young lady.that.ahe Mid not wish to eJdentlfleditUJheimeetlngjvb : take a number on one evening's programme to "obi Igey the committee. She was Informed that he need not discommode herself, a there wa no lack pf talent to afford good exercises every even ing; whereupon she declared that she w anx- toasslt, ami was psrtiaUy-promieaapcer This young lady Is but one of the multitude who are willing to JolnJ.he crowd and help weU the :iink whentheylearn that the mbvemenO belng generally endorsed. -Number of these peo ple will all contribute their presence and assist ance, and the owning meeting will be most-Inter- tlnir. Let all who can come from the country ;te present and aid In making an exceedingly in teresting, enthusiastic and profitable timetand a gigantic gathering. (jsieveral Calif orhla State offlctalshve employed their wive a assistant In their offlces, the rfnwlnir nsv for their work like other -Werks or deputies, and the Legislature has or - tdered an Investigation.' The cause may be found the Iactinat the. husband and the w If a are "one, and It I manifestly wrong for "one" to be I holdlnff two position and drawing two salaries; "Wit may be that soma voter want places, and nm determined to crowd out political nonentities, - In thl latter vaaeth huaband o( deputies will iiAve'dlrect proof of the ralue of the ballot, whtch. In the case of Comptroller KentfUld, I worth f 1T00 sv year, that being the salary hi wife ha arawn. ; REPEATED QUESTIONS. There I a never-falling, supply of people who wish to investigate the woman movement, and who desire to know something of the alma, object and probable results of Woman Suffrage; there Is a constant succession of well-meaning conserva a m - - S n m lives, who are cognizant that woman snouiu nave equal right with man', but who are worried about "expediency," and want to know if the ballot will not "unsex" women, a tnougn inai were possi ble; there lh unending train of timid mortals who fear the time for the adoption of Wpman Suf frage hasnot yet come, and whombody thefr feara In ueUon as to the propriety of postpoji ingthe inauguration of the innovation, to some future time; there is a small, persistent and diss greeable army of individual who are always conjuring up Impossible situations when women are enfranchised, and wh based on the imaginings; ga rru lou sx jj n irajpn Ingp predate no argument, but regard the masculine sex oa human Iteing aslhe only necessary quail. ficatlon for the right of suffrage, and whose ques tlons are foolish and often obscene . . The editors of Woman Suffrage papers are the recipients of the attention of the majority of these various classes, of which the two last-named hav one virtue at ieast--they generally answer their questions themselves, for fear the newspapers will not reply to suit theiri." The others are not so satisfied with their own knowledge, and the fre quency with which it i necessary to answer thera . a t : i a . . . " must ask-questions ana mere are some must give suffrage Journal a tone of sameni Vet w hope no ore will. Imagine we' do not like to receive letters and questions-from sincere per sons. The object Ion- to Woman .Suffrage which rise before people 4Iy be entirely new toNhem, and are entitled to respectful treatment, though having been met ana overcome many times. Tlncwl mm wa fviviur tt m iiiivupI n 19 Via aaniA nljlN Inquiries or objections, we do not hesitate. Re spectful questions indicate interest, and we only want the interest and study of a reasoning mind to be sure that It will endorse equal rights for all. This; week we have received an anonymous communication from a "Young, Farmer, Who evidently eel his Jjck of knowledge, asking for a trite explanation of 'the claim of women that they are enfranchised by the amendment to the Na- tI6narCo1.ntulT6n "print the amendment if not too long." We generallyjgtiore unauthentic letters, but will de viate from the rule in this Instance, and herewith give Section 1 of the Fourteenth Ameudment (italic ours) : " " , - - - AH prrmont born or naturalised In th Unltl Hit, and u(ert toths Jor1dioConthiTof, are citizens of the Unitd mates and of ta Mate wheirln they reside, iso Html shall make or en fore any law which shall abridfe the prtniegira orlmmnnlUesof eUiami of the United Htates.. And section 1 of the Fifteenth Amendment : ' The lixht of Htittnt of the United Htates to vote shall not be denied or' abridged toy the United Mates, or by any Mat. on account of rare, color or previous condition of eryitud. V Young Farmer" can certainly Interpret these words sensibly, If not legally, without our assist- " .. ... ? ance. 1 - - ' QuKe often the public advocates of Woman Suf- gearejisjkedt rv,t'yn8We--DJl ions, to the movement and to furnish arguments in its favor, offloeqhOf KWoaJUWKsi,a-Ietter.. from .a L. gentleman of an interior-town, saying that the debating society ' of which be is . a member Win ooa discus the merltsof the woman move ment, and that he wished a concise statement of the -reasons why women should vote, he being on the amrmawve siue. a n umiwr, m wuw, the gentleman 1 not a subscriber of this paper, or he would be able to prepare his own case, and he failed to end a stamp for a plyi However, we wrote him a letter, senFhlm eojie: of tine-paper bearing on the eubject, and also forwarded some pamphlets. v . -- ---- Occasionally we wonder II the many subscribers who have taken this paper since Its birth do not tire of replies to questions that are hoary with aire : but we reflect that it Is easy for them to pass overanythlng that Isfamlllsr to-themrwhllo Wjs must placidly repeat, with slight variatlou, an- Lawer to respectful Inquiries If we hope to accom plish one of the objects of this paper belong to mold public sentiment into a proper appreciation of the right of all persons including women. The Young Men'a Christian Association oi J.XraturvJiWiirwtYWjadleato bershlp, granting them all the privilege oi the AssocUtlon," such a colleet!ng funds, cloth ing and food for the poor," "reading to the old and the sick," "cleaning the rooms of the Associ ation," "buying a new carpet" and "paying the rent uf the hall;" but It expressly rorblds tnem the right to hold office or rote on amendments to the Constitution. It I not urpriing that men fall to realize rtliolneonslstehcy-of-; thl thing while women are o slow to complain of injustice when they feel it, and so ready to work In subor dinate positions and content themselves by com plaining secret! r. If womenrwlll do their duty by themselves raenr will hot be so slow In per forming their part In recognizing their right and liberties. WOMEN'S KIGHTS IN IDAHO. Mrs. Packard has failed to get her bill "to esUblUh and proteet tbs jifhu of married women" through ths Legtsla tore of Idaho Territory. OrmntU Jtrpublican, - Tills actloti of the Territorial law-maker should awake Jlrs, Packard to i" realizing sense of the position occupied by women. Auy person of aver-, erage Intellect and perception can see In what a senie attitude -they are placed by reason of ther disfranchisement; and tMrs, P. should disc-over, iPshe Can compreheh'dany principle of Justjee 'and equity, that If they hadjthe ballot they' could "establish :and protect their own rlghls, Instead of being rebuffed as beggsrswhen pleading' for favor from the class in power. It would seem that such arebuff would teach her the simple and plain fact that rights are superior to privileges, and that women will never be secure in personal and property pri vileges without polit ical rrghts. Occasionally there may be found a Legislature, wh Ichwlll pass a 'law" maklngthe property prfriJrge$ of women equal to the prop erty rlghtt of men, but women have no assurance that some subsequent Legislature will not revoke the equitable statute ; and they never will have such assurance until they have the ballot, to ena ble them to elect honorable candidates for the Leg islature and dt-fea tricksters and schemers. The right of sutlrage is aramount to all other rights, because it is the key to all other rights. ne-IWse .SYafesmttrt,-in commenting on the bill presented to the Idaho Legislature to secure jmg"LJhelrpiyperty-rlghtM,V denounces it a "vague," "loose," "indefinite," funcer "extravagant," and without "intelligent being tain," meaning." We have, not seen the bill, and cannot say whether or not these, strictures are merited ; butthere are swo-seutences In Nthe Stateanan'M article that we wiy 1 notice. One of them Is: If this bill In to become a law, the legislature might as well dliipense with the IVobalVTourU and repeal the statr utea relating to hunband and wtr. . s the prime use of Probate Courts Is to enable executors, administrators, appraisers, ,iawyers, etc., to absorb estates that rightfully belong to widows and children, it would be eminently right and proper to "dispense" with them, though many meri would thereby be forced to work for a living. As the statutesirelatlng to husband and wife" are nanatMll- linlllai' afirt AtiliMUllvA Wnttltfll fhlp retieaLwouldlliUy-welw "'!."' " " " VZ7Z! X.i.i m .i ..tk.. women. She Is evidently a most legislation in the matteKuntll new laws, basel on efulty and common sensei wuld-lie franml. - The other sentence In the Statman that partie- ulatly attracts our attention Is ; We are as ready, and will so aa far to protect woman In cItII rights which she can enjoy as any one,conslatent wllh the marriage relation. . . J ' Women of Idaho, read that,- The fitatetmrkt could not more plainly state that you are the Infe riors of y our .husbands, l ourare to be "protected". In the civil right which you "can enjoy," as though you are not capable of "enjoying" every right that' other person "enjoy." What rights do your husbands possess that It would beincon- sistent lor you to nave Are yoq not an. numan beings, endowed with Intelligence, reason, voli tion, ambition, hate and love, the same arthey-- Are you not as pure and honorable 4hey ?,IIave 1 you not the same inherent right as they to com For. instance, there recently arrived at thrtpenionToFydur labor ? When you assist your lui; Ing chlldreu during the w same right to come into full possession of commu nlty . property ou the death of your-husbands as. they have on the death of their wives ? Do 7-014 not endure morein rearing your and your hus band's children than do the fathers? Have you not as deep affection for them as their fathers have? Will you not jieal as Justly by them as their fathers will? Are, you not patriotic and as YouwlU certainly answer these queries in the afflrma'tl ve7 Then what rights that men have will be "Inconsistent" for you to use ? " : The Amity correspondent of the Independence Rirrr Side Includes -theNEW Northwest In a listof'patenrTiewipapers,"and therSrowfrwfy tlie Hull et in and the Atorian copy ,.the false hood. The correspondent 1 Ignorant of the print ing business, or he would know that not a line of this paper la "patent ;".and the Jtirer Hide Is evK dlly Jnnncont of a desire to do an ln,lury. as It Is mentioned first In its list; but the other papers seem to have circulated the report maliciously. The N KMTNokt it w est gives a summaryrcuri rent news, and when an event transpires, It cannot describe something else. When Garfield was suc cessful, we did not choose to write up a dog fight, though knowing that every other paper In the land would note the result of the election; and we may occasionally publish clipping that will appear in a "patent," because we canntLknow what will be selected foj Jhe resyprintsi but anyone should "be able to tell by the width of Its columns, the face of It type, and the style of Its composition, that the New Northwest Is not "patent." "-' " ' ' The first number, of, the-.Sort h wcttern-JLate, Journal ami Jieal..Etate ..Reporter, edited and published bV BenJ.-L Cohen, Esq., has appeared. nm1tvleense of the Hood of 61," wrltteiLlojJ H 1 well edited and neatly printed and should 1 . -J "f a, a . m a I . I IIKmI ana nrwt4 rtsrvm lActNk I SMn r laman the Telegram by Mrs. Coburn, and copied ny me Orrgontanitrmrrrphitrmnd Interesting descrlp tlon of scene and incident of the great freshet It I pleasant to note that the lady' abilities are recognized and appreciated. receive a liberal support from legal gentlemen, real estate dealr-and Insurance companies. In whose Interests it Is published. It will be Issued weekly at f 5 per annum In advance. We wish the renture ucces. CONGRESS OF GERMAN . WOM. EN. , From' the Woman Suffragt i journal of Mjinches- , ter, -England, we learn that an Interesting and, somewhat novel experiment"' ha been made very sijceessfully at Berlin. . On the 13th, 14th and 15th . 0 October, a Congress of Women Societies' wa held, for the purpose-of discussing the education' and employment of women. The Crown Princess of Prussia postponed lier departure for Cologne for a day in order that she and the Crown Prince should honot1 fthe Congress by receiving the dele gates at Potsdam la company with the Prince and Princess Christian. The party waatonveyed from '5 Wlldpark Station to the Palace In the royal car- triages and graciously entertained with miisicand : rreshmentsher Imperial Highness testifying. : cordlaV Interest In the MorkvOf the association. ... ; Many of the papers-read at the Congress were re- . markable for good practical sense and tlioughtful... ...XT ness. V One of them, on .'Woman's Work In Eng land during the-Last Ten yearswas read In Ger- man by Dr. France lloggan, who had beeh spe- ' dally' invited to prepare It. 'After reviewing the results obtained in education, the opening up of- new employments for women, and the , various associations formed for thelr.mutual protection and advantage, including the latest, the , Somer vllje Club, she touchetl briefly but earnetlyNpn the hlstorj' of the Woman Suffrage movement,; and on the legal disabilities and wrongs Avhlch V underlie lt.Thh7part of her pa tier was listened" , to with the dee;est Interest and attention, whkh Jitthe more noteworfliyTnasmuch as a paper on - Woman Suffrage previously offered to theCpn gress was refused on the ground that any ctmslJ- eratlon or discussion of flie subject In Germany would ;be premature and unwise. In discussing Jhis pajer, the members of the Congress were en abled to Institute a comparison between the con dition of women In Germany and In England;' and the-concluslon wa drawn that, while Eng land is before Germany generally In women's uestions, there are departments of feminine work whtch are carried on In a thoroughly business-like and effwll ve wVy. i n Germany that are sadly neg- lectetl in England. . ureat aiieniion. was paia 10 . the address of Frau Llna Morgensteni, one of the most active and, popular, and also the most fre quently challenged and opposed, among t hiTO err nhllgatlnnit of . . evidently a most capable orator, V ready to give blows, and equally ready at warding them off. -The ladles were Well- supported at the - I first public appearance" by a galaxy of eminent men, Including among others Privy-Councillor Schneider,- Professor One!st,-ahd;Legatlon8ith von Bunsen. Delegates from the various branches . of the German Frauen-bildungs-vereln presented their reports from their various' center of actlon SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION. Although nothing ha been proven derogatory to the character of Mrs. Kate Chase Hprague, yet for over a year past she has been virtually an out--cast from "pollte-eodety" InTWashlngton City.'' TheVorst said of her is that her husband, -who . . . ' i 1 ."'.;r."' 1 c.tA. is . ioousjuy.jeaious, suspicsyna iier iuu nruw CohkIIngNf intimacy. "Polite society" accept his suspicions sis truth so" far as Mrs. hprague is conwnied, andhe is putiinderv atLaaoX.roperty rrnr- U'nfUstyttjieJe4v4he fhllehave you not the Mr. Cohkllng Is Irnpllcated, and he Is everywhere cordially received. Asamaiier 01 course, 11 uu lnned,the,otherdldpmd1f onel lnnoceiitrqli Burthe-poHte society " of Washing the other. ton City decides In favor orthe man and against the woman'. It convicts, ostradst punlshe and damns her, but'acquits, llonlzesapplauds and ca resses him. Both verdicts are derived from the same base suspicion, treated a evidence in one Interested inirood governmenta your huHbasTftatwe-and aaperjury In therotheris-sociaV ulscrimination is an outgrowin 01 me social auu political system which prevails In this "free and equal" republic, and I another Illustration ofhe "protection" women receive. : Awuonesa jira. Sprague has often heard boasts of "the duty of a a a a 'a. men to shield women," ana me sentiment may have seemed. pret ty'.wh lie. she. neeleiI.no help ; . P. but now she finds all such professions are mock eries. a A number of prominent Journals have loudly denounced the unequal treatment of Mrs. Sprague and; the ."intellectual peacock of the Hyperion locks," but none more "pointedly tlian the Sacra mento Bee. We give Its concluding remarks : 7- The prevalent custom of modern society io hurt Its aeorn upon the weak woman alone la neither Juat fair nor manly. s It is cowardly, for It strikes at the weak anl cringes to ths strong. It Is contemptible, In that It wara Opon defenaelesS women andsmllea at those' able to battle (or themselves. It Is neither Chrlatian, nor fiuman, nor decent. 1 If there Is one hlng In this world more disa greeable than another, it is an Irrepresssible bawleroriy of those Individuals who thinks he can sing, and must inflict his songful oul on everyboIy In hi neighborhood.- In a room next' to the New Northwestt ofllee there 1 a tailor and thl "one-ninth of a man" In rasping voice howls his aerlo-idiotlc lay from rosy morn to dewy jeveTand hi buzz-saw tone gei no weeter vpry fast. The content of our office hell-box" are offered as a" reward to Induce some human benefactor to come forward with a device for hit Immediate and eternal suppression. " J " ; The bfficIaT records of the great rebellion are now, being published by the Government .The first volume lia appeared. V . 1.... 1 v"-a