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I- i - THE NEW SOUTHWEST, THUBSDAr, MAY 5, -18S1. f.- i i .... i Jwmrmnir tit VfV : BrascmrrioXfttArtai ir.v aru.vra); aw iw, jfatf i JtfmMAt, , - in ' ' "i ffW JHtmlhi, " . - M 1 UttverM'sfe etfl to iturrtrt mt Jtrattmihl JVfasii to iKt Jitor, md mU Utrrt fa M - imXIWAr TTBLISfltSO VOMPAXr, ' rORTtANn, ORKMOJT, TIIUIISPAT. MAY I. 10. .. L OREGON'S OriX)HTlNITY. We have taken considerable palji this week la -ascertain the renl progress of the maw of W omau Suffrage la different irt of the Union, and aa a mult are enabled to prevent the summary follow In Colorado, the question was Introduced In the Legislature at the last session and wa lost by only one rote. '. single .petition In Arizona, though not a flTered, and there waa no agitation of theaubject, yet the Legislature enacted law -giving women the right to Tote on school matter, Including the . election of Territorial Superintendent. The same law makes them eligible to all schoolofllces. . A majnanwthpeUtlon, tasking for the Jllot .for 7 women, waa presented to the last Maine Legisla ture, the name In double column forming a roll alxty feet In length.' Many hundred women of high character and iwlal position In different localities, la the 8tate signed Ihe pctJtloit-The constltutioual amendment failed to receive .the necessary two-third rote. The constitution -of Rhode' Island exclude, women from all forms of suffrage, so that even to allow them to vote on school matters "requires a -change of the cottltutlon by a popular masculine vote. The resolution failed to carry In the Legi lature,but the sufTragista congratulate themaelve upon the Increase! popularity of' the cause In all ; quarters. "1. "'. . ' . . Wonum Suffrage la very popular In Kansas, but tiie resolution to so amend the cemstltutlon that women may exercise their right of suffrage failed to receive the requisite two-thirds majority. Its adTOcatea will t ry again. . " The suffrage bill failed In Indiana by a vote of 3 to 4 one Herman, one Irishman and one col ared man voting In theliegatlve. Womeueue- mlea are to be found everywhere among the vicious and Ignorant, whether native or foreign horn. . " . :'. .. '" "' Woman Suffrage - baa prevailed InYyomlng '; Territory since 1J9 and an attempt to reinstate the old order of thing would receive scarcely any support ., J ' . InWieonsln,a Joint resolution providingeittal siiffrage ft loth sexea passel one Houe of the - legislature, but failed to pas the other, and the cause Is delayed for two years longer. c In .Vermont, tho women are entitled b'v late Iccl!latlve enactment to all the rifhU of men In- --achool - elections- and chool bfnce."Married Women have now ll.e same property righu In the ! Ureen Mountain State that they have in Oregon.. - In Xcbraka, the situation aa reganls Woman Suffrage Is the same as In Oregon, as stated ast : week. , A lateTexan fawrwhlch mas cxidaiucd In thewe 1 columns reen try, virtually gives women the rijjht of suffrage, lut tlje OjUestlon await declUon by ilte court. . .:.,....,'. . Oregon mut look to her laurels. She Is only a tvw month In SMtvance of Kebraka In her recog bltion W Woman Suffrage. It -tTyct In her power to lead the van In the cause of liberty. But to succeed In this she mut need make hate. That women will be enfranchise!, nobody doubts, and Oregon muM not lose her opportunity. She will not kwe It. Her sons are patriotic, chlvmlric a ltd true, and they will not fall to place upon her a row the honor that can only accrue to the State which shall be able to live lahUbvy as the leader tu the natloa'a greatot act In Its second century sit exUtenco. " " :''r T ' ' r;' -niK-SVVKRAlrSHrAMHI LLr Mr. Anna M. MariinvVrresponding Secretary f the Yamhill county 'Woman Suffrage Associa tfon, writes that the socletjrwtil meet at Lafayette on Ydneeday next. May 11th, at I o'clock rv a wd that two or more session rill also be heki on Thurmlay. The Secretary add: AU the frienls cT huoiaa rights are (yepectfully Invited to attend jind make the several session Interesting, profit Me and soccewfal.' To the aJove, we wlh to add a few wwdvThe -Woman STVaeAseUtin c4 YamhiU fid t&k nsemhcrhlp a number of women ef rare in f(4Vigence and there 1 no doubt that It several scions m&l foirtterettinx and avccvWal;" and lhcy will ali Ttcovo ,,proatable', If opponents of the cnwe ilj attend and listen to the 4)rk4on and argament. iti Ilattle U CnnK H. Syracwse, X. Y, who fcA bee engaged rt teacher I the Woman's tvnepe at SiaJeaa,' cornea with high recomnkenda :; tiaev-She waaedaewted'at Vaaaar, took the" art .vre Syractr rniveeity, knd then traveled rKWrcrfvely tn tgnpri.- " 'RELIGION IN SCHOOLS." Cnder this head appears an artkla In, a lata XortA America Jtevie by Bishop McQifade, In which there is grave talk about uOod' being driven out of our achool-houaea.' The Bishop oonsolea himself by saving th belief la growing day by day that the public schools as now oonstl toted ara failure.' Ha regreta that "schools .which won sympathy on the plea of providing a plain education for plain people liave spread out Into high schools, colleges and universities." lie tetl us that "educated rogue are shrewder, and ecane with greater facility from the mesheaof the law," and that "house of correction are mul tiplying out of ill proportion to Increase of popu lation." -Just what the Bishop expect"UTo believe con cernlng "religion In school,' Is hardly made clear by these deductions, but the Inference would aeem to be that Ignorance "ahiong plain people" Is so ciety's ontyTsJegtiardrTh" doea not show us how it Is possible todcterralne before hand who are to be "rorue among the "etlu- eatett, nordoes he seem to know that all humanity are children of Father God and Mother Nature, eu- dowed by their Creator with an equal right to all the privileges of education within their power to grasp, suoject not to lue superior dictation or I be priesthood, but to the modicum of common sense bestowed upou them by a power antedating and superseding prierts and prelates. To read hi paper,- would lead one who does not' know better to Imagine that our .public school are hot-bed of Immorality and Infidelity, and-that tbeonly wy to auppreathe tendency of the time to wicked ness I to upprce the school entirely, leaving the education of the few to the Christian power of the land, which he evidently believe I centred In the hierarchy of the Catholic Churchr TI)e Bishop say that 'since the State haa no religion, and cannot teach morals on the author ity of TH vine truth. It Incapacity to educate I beyond dotibt," and finishe up hi remarkable display ofblgotry by bewailing the "unwilling of the- majority to conceile to the mtuority the right that are heaven-born, and that gtiard and uphold the conscience of every cla In the community."'. , It would be ell for this member of the "miuor- Ity," that claim the right, a aacb, to uguard anl uphold the conscience of the majority," to Inves tigate a tittle In the direction of truth ltself.be-; fore tie again speak. He would possibly learn by such Investigation that all truth I Divine. He i laboring under a mistake when he assert that in our public schools nbe State is allowed to come between' the father and the child." He forret himself when he charge tbe breeding of com munistic social heresies' upon our public school. He display!!! Ignorance when he dccUreaJLhat knowledge doe not lessen vice. He i Wind to the fundamental 'truth of humanitarian ethic when- he fall to see that the "niultiplicatioa of our house of correction" I an evidence of our broadenlug Christianity, and hot an evil result of f the public school. He is rig b tin one thinrjfor he say that "virtue and ruoralityVto become a habit of life, need the teaching ant disciplining of the school, as well aa of the church and iamilv." It will now be In order for him to attend regu larly' upou our public schools for a few terms and learn there, as he surely will if he will be honest ASSOCIATED PRESS DI8PATCHE3. By, far the greatest - expense . connected wl th modern dally Journalism 1 that accruing from th use of telegraphic dispatches. It I a gratifying convenience to the conscience of a progressiva people to be able to rend the morning paper, con tainiog new In advance of the sun. We aeem to have better appetites when we have murder, floods, aulcldca, wife-beaiiugs, Mahofie oomblna tion and Democratic reform for a regular break fast relish' with our egg and coffee. The Assoc! ated Press haa humored the American propensity to feast upon these horrible compound of liidl gestlble tabulnm"tintil we have become a race of mental dyspeptics. The avidity with which Uie average reader devours the latest .Mnliltlc..out rajge, the latet, case . of ' wife-beating, xhiid slaughter- or- husband - murder, or - the - latest bit of Conkllng scandal. or otherr evidence of human depravitycontlnuallyoccuiTingln the 'old country or the Eat, would chal lenge the admiration of the average bu'tard. -We are not going to be Ulilnd.the ttme u we .can Ikd .ourselre. And th . Associated Pre dis patches we need and must have, or we shall not te able to help ourselves in gaining knowledge. ' Sharp financiers are always on the , look-out for corners. The wheat merchant who can command the necessary credit will corner' the wheat mar ket; the railroad king who can 'water the most stock can best corner the transportation business, and the newspaper vombination which can com mand the most cash can corner the Associated Pre dispatcher. We must havewheatVwe can not get on without railroad, audwe are obliged to have the news. Hence these corners. But the merchant who supply us with these Vom moditie often get elephant on their hands.' They hate td wasteranythlng."T'uprofl table railroads. mustywheatand bad dispatches cost money, and mut oe uscaI or soul The average publisher cannot think of wasting a dispatch, any more than other average men can think of letting thelri unprofitable investments lie idle. An item cabled or telegraphedror both, relating the fact that somebody's favorite horse died last night," s of far more value to the publisher owing to it cost thanlhe same new would be if a like Inci dent occurred aero the way, the new of which he could get for nothing. A telegram informing us that somebody In the East, of whom we never heard before. Is the happy father of triplets. Is far more Interesting to the reader -than a like occur- TvtKheXldooflIeninieTeleKrams. Mm. . i with himself, that "virtu and moralitv." or thei ho lU upervie the Asvv itvl rress d is- rein with a J. ptche and cure the American people of its mor- religlon of oing govi. I taught therein ctmtprichenalve talihfulne . discipline never attained or even aspired to by anr sectarian orso- called nllgionrtioxa:ln;aHyiriteiK The good lhshop has tumished another exam ple In proof of the assertion that maoy person talk most learnedly concerning that about which they know least." ' " " . THE CAtE IN UNION. Mr. Minerva Eaton write that the Woman Suffragist of Union are to have a meeting on the. tMa of May for the purpose of reorganiting their Association. A sapper will Ie given for the bene fit of the society. The senior editor acknowledge an Invitation to attend the meeting, and regret her Inability to be present. ' The Union suffragist are gotngjo work right.' The eawse need social eSort in all countieto make It popular and acceptable to timid people. -M rvjaion-ftrrvheTyrr- been among ns, fanning the little spark of nabe lief, but It i so nearly gone not that I don't think it will kindle Into a blare. Sorry she left before the Ntw Nokthwest came, with the lawver opinion concerning the little bill she boast of getting throcgh the lagTLegislatare." We also make this extract from the hvtya let ter: MA young wife haa been on trial this week charged with poisoning her husband. She ha been tried three time by 4ertors of women without particle of evidence against her, and i at hut auTUed a! senrhome. - The Wasco' Oanty Woman Suffrage Associa- Uon hope that Mrs. II. A- Lrghari7vf McMlcn- villey will be present at the next meeting, on the I3d. Instant, and deliver aa adinrvs. The anemberv ef the Association extend a cordial Invitation to both friends aail enesnie of wvoaaa's cause to be present and hear this elv-aect speaker. -': - r ' - " 1 ' " , ' Mr. GarnVkl speak Oermau and rreeth e.oently, nnd Is the tn. rresJrJs wiU ablest talk Wjlh ff J:p!"- Ilh e Usi; 4 heal tle moral dyspepsia that ( now fed, stimu latedanl aggravated' by the horrors with which the Associated Press have fed the American-peo ple until the eed of crime are sown in every household, to be warmed Into action by the men ial power of every child that can read You may supf Jy the stomach with chalk, slate pencils and suaptone till the yictihi will turn from healthy food at sight of them; and you may fill the wind with crimes, rtan-ation .and -acandal till it will tura from proper knowledge to revel in the un clean. Will not some philanthropist arise in the ltd menial appetite' EWCTrTMPUirrANT BOOK? 1 A Complete Hitory of the Christian Religion to A. D. 3n" by Charles B. Waite, A. M., of Chicago, ha been received at this nice. It is, a it title Indicate., ahIiory "of the Christian re ligion for the firt, 3m year after the birth of Christ, and 1 asserted by its author to be the roost complete review of Itw subject during that time ever published. As he says, "In the preparation and poblication of this work the author ha pro ceeded upon J be assumption that the ascertain ment of truth 1 all Important, and that it pro mulgatios; cannot fall to result In the permanent benefit of the human race." It is a. work that should lie studied, especially by clergymen and teachers as it place tvfore- them in convenient form lyr reference many-historic fact whfch rs si te XutvI elww here outside of an entire library. The author ha gathered together the early Christian literature la a way that brings It within the reach of every stodent, andf nothing is left un snpported by testimony. Whether or not Chris tian theologian will ignore it, remain to be seen. It is not written to oppose the Christian religioo, bat only to arrive at historic truth.. The book form a vols me of nearly five hundred page, and is sold at $2 SO per copy. Those wishing agencies should nddreva C V. Waite-A Co, Major t 't lU La Salle rertjcacr . ,, , , FUTURE JIISTORY. :i When th bIstArv nt t MrM .t.tt r.. ' - W(JllQ from the aUndpoInt of superior wisdom, the losr the world haa sustained through the repression of woman will be clearlr aet forth In Its real cance. Physiology, demonstrate that irl in. kt r.k.tt i .L M . . . . "V1 vrengiu irom tne rather, boya bodily atrength from the mother. If thU were tk . Kim nn.lA I . . luiiifuiwrrwur auciai system, men Would' groW out of all proportion 4o women. On the other hand, girls Inherit mentality from father and boy from mothers. . No man of distinguished l ability haa had n frivolous-minded mother. There -1 but one known Instance of inherited statesman ship In America. This one occur in th AH.m. family, and can be accounted for bv the f.ff AblgilV Adam, the renowned wife of the elder Adams, wat a woman of uncommonly superior mind. . a wp woman atone, pui tne entire race, that ha Buffered by woman's repression. " Like mother, like son,", Is a self-evident truth. Let woman oeemanclpated from the th random of the servitude without wages, which exhausts her time and energy and health and strength and patience; ' ie. ner pegin witn her girlhood to develop the best and grandest possibilities of her nature, and th men of the future will reap the reward of our Jus-" tlce to their mother In -a better development for themselves, mentally, morally and physically, than can he hoped for among the ton of a race of servile and sick ami degenerate mother. " Man' m lararn in l s m s mm w vmmaiw m a .i AM . uascaaa iu iiiiaic iik sis iiitw-ii iir imi in i tr sriim. Bat, seriously, it does seem absurd that no sen sible person I ever employed Jo com pile 'Associ ated Pre dispatches. Why, in the name of sound morals -and healthy mental pabulum, cannot somebody be found-for this business who will y- - I Tt. i rrTTi . . i . t 1 . ..II. 1.1.1. . M. ill- i.riMM m iimA.. Mmrw i rr -rrr Tn. j iruuvu umiimiti wxT)H.tir-iitwt -1 nn ti in i . . : - " an'a destiny, the lord and master of her time, and energy ami actions, ha been the primal sin, and 1 the abiding curse of the centuries. The men of the future will be Just to the motherhood of the n .! m . .t.t. f m ' f 1 1 . I - VY). flUU.lllUi.4U49- Ali;!!!. JUHitX WllLD- UCVei- oped a higher manhood, a nobler womanhood, a better civilization, than the wisest philanthropist ha yet conceived. Z . : . - ' . , " : r -. The San Francisco Argonaut, now In It seventh vjolume, ii I undoubtedly the most readable Journal on the Pacific Coast. As much as m- N.mlumn some of the idea nut forth du'rintrnsf nun in it. editorial column, yet we must aay that there is a blunt ness and force in the way ofjrtating them mat renuers mem aiiraciive; an independence and straightforwardness. In defining its position on all subject that makes patron read it opin ions. As a literary Journal, It Is not excelled by any publication. It I wholly free from gush and seuTIiuenialism, and is' withering In Its satire on the shoddy aristocracy that has risen with mash room rapidity In the Golden City. The publica tion Oftie la Vft -V- r,lifnfnt afmot atwl h -wm.., waaa w aw VaS,W SJBSW U term are $4 00 perj dumm.. Labor Reform League 1 in 'session this week at Science HallNew:York. Among the resolutions adopted, I one which assert that tendencies to . ward equality of the' sexes herald the.riseFof civil iower, wherebv woman shall be free from man's arbitrary control over her person and prop erty, she acting her paiu'ral part In public aa-well-a private affair. : '. '; ; , :." ; T Mrs.t-.,H. Tracy, of Peru, Indiana, speaks thu f "di-franehlsement, and enforced collection of taxes: "If taxation without representation wa - tyranny in 17T, it I equally so In 1S81. I have been taxed to the half of my Income to support municipal, law alone, and not allowed a voice " against havjn ajscree,04lace OTfivr door on our principal strecL" jfieo. C Gorham I receiving unfavorable criti cisms from all sides, and it I very probable that he cannot be elected Secretary of the Senate.'""' FOREIGN NEWS. J In Slain. the Cuban anil-slavery agitation ii very spirited. Peace ha been Concluded Wtween the British and the lUsuto of South Africa. - Correspornlent stationed at St. Petersburg ay, uheiui vocally that the women of Russia are much superior in Intelligence to the men.. . President Grevy, of France, haa accepted the In vitation of the United States Government to par ticipate In the Yorktown celebration. ' The Earl of Salisbury will succeed to the leader- by the deatTTof the Karl of Beaconsfield. The Russian executioner. Frohtoff. has received a hundred lashes for mismanagement in hanging' Thefomidicltvof the Gram! Duke Nicholas In the plot of the Nihilist having been made clear, he ha been sentenced, by decree of the Caar, to imprisonment for life. -- Beaconafield creat ambition was to found a family learine the name of Disraeli, am! to that end he devoted all hi monev. leaving hi entire estate to hi onlv male relative, hi brother Ralph son, Coningsby Disraeli, a lad of fourteen. MSUMhM vnurrh clrrlernr ViftonaVlw V,. are The Independence F"rr Side sUH allow itself to be taade the vehicle by wftieh the Amity Insect ettratale it fvuTTanJtr"aiwit the New orrwtT. Thefollowlg pwagect remarUlXnUod-. represenUtlve In the Monetary Con front The Dalle Mm'ttitrr are ar rlicable t I frrvoce attends merelv as & .hmmxl taklog the Kirrr Sdt and its defaming sneak: "A newspaper that will pbitsh aa anonymov art! tic courtesy, and a man whtf writes saeh an article ever a Ccntion aignatsre-l n coward, striking from behind a shiekl which aDows bo ret am. It"?reaajr-tiat hate ta have the atmlirht 4 tb vvm u hi tu-ttr1 ' rr: . eonsivlerabty stirred bv the withdrawal vt a prom inent minister, T!ev. R. 1L Smith, who disaim any longer a belief In the doctrine of eternal pun lkhnieiiU He will probably found an independent- weieiy. note for a .report to hi tkvemmenL He -doe not wish to aav anvthlne that miirht bo Uken to timlr -1 1 - I. ik ui..:..tu Ik. MUM e4eabcsJageher.l.foMVaasensernJi.l& T A Constantinople cablegram aav four former donJestir in the imperial palace "have admitted t he as! nation of the late Sultan. Abdul Ate. ' They suf&eated -Mm, jnnd then openedveln In -hisainu to niake-14-ariear that--bereommitted veeeHmrtS f 1 1- T