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I'oHTMNIl, OlIMIoN, hATI'MiAV, NnVKMHhK 1, 188(1.
kOTIIIMi Iiiih served to oM'ii tin- eyes nf Cnnadi
N iiiih to tin' Kilitical bondage of tlmt jinnt coiin
I try ho iniii'li H tin- pan-American congress, from
which she in debarred simply because, uh a de
pendency of the Uritish crown, hIic Iiiih no independ
cut nlatiiH, no national character. The I'nitcd States
government invited every indeicmleiit tint ion in Ihc
western hemisphere to hcikI delegates to an American
congress, ami there are now in thin country represent
ntiven from every government on the continent, except
Uritihh Honduras ami ltritish, French ami Ihitch (iui
ann These are not in a m il i t it 'it 1 position to cnalilc
them to join with the others in a movement of this
kiml, lnt must depend iiHin the ieaHitreof their home
governments. Not fully n-nliin this Misitioii a por
tion of the Canadian prvsn has found fault with the
apparent neglect of Canada in not inviting her to par
ticipate. When Canada becomes politically the mas
ter of her own actions, the I'nitcd States will not only
rstalilihh as cordial relations as her nnple desire, luit
will, if they choose, accept her as a most valuahle in
tegral jM.rtion of the gnat nation of North America.
A inoM far-reaching scheme is that said to U in
process of consummation, the consolidation of all rail
road lines in Washington west of the Cascades, except
the Northern Pacific. Most of these lines, which
reach every important harU.r on I'uget sound, as well
as tirayV liarUir, on the ocean coast, are in an incom
plete state, and il is said that the new company w ill
finish them as sNcdily as .HsiUe. All transconti
nental companies will I- given anvss to these termi
tial vrt over the lines of the eompany ,, ,,,,,
terms, thus plneing the Canadian, Northern, fnion
and Southern Pacific on an exact equality so far as
the H.rU of Washington re concerned, a privilege
that will W extended to ny tl,r j,. ,lm, 1iy
build to a connection with this system. Of course,
the main line of this company would be the one to be
constructed from Portland, and the fact that at Port
land they will reach both the Union and Southern Pa
cific is the one that makes this project especially ad
vantageous to the cities of Puget sound. Develop
nicntH will be awaited with much interest, for there
is apparently good reason' to believe that a combina
tion of this nature is almost, if not quite, effected.
And now comes Mrs. Mackay disgracing the fair
name of American womanhood by suing the Man
chester Examiner for libel, because, forsooth, it stated
the well known fact that she once supported herself
and children in a mining camp by washing the toil
stained garments of the " honest miner." No true
; American, man or woman, should ever be ashamed of
j having gained a -livelihood by honeBt toil rather than
by the sacrifice of honor and virtue. It is the pride
of our nation that any woman may occupy the highest
position in the land, no matter what was her former
condition, if she have the ability and accomplishments
necessary to sustain her, and have preserved herself
from contamination. It should be Mrs. Maekay's
boast, rather than her shame, that in the days of ad
versity, in one of the worst portions of the country in
which a woman could live, she gained an honest liveli
hood, fur herself and children, instead of following the
example of thousands of others that surrounded her.
The greatest men America has produced once toiled
and battled for a living, many of them in most lowly
and menial employments, and have no reason to be
ashamed of the fact, nor should their wives. The lives
of some of our noblest women have dignified and en
nobled laltor, and the American woman who is asham
ed of an early life of toil is false to the truest woman
hood of her country.
; A Portland justice has taken the first step in cor
; reeling a most flagrant evil, and "timber cruisers"
I will find it to their interest to tako warning by the
fate of one of their number, who has been held to ap
car liefore the grand jury. There has been altogeth
er too much piracy going on in our western cities by a
; ciass of land sharks who live upon the plunder of im
! migrants. It is practically impossible for a stranger,
except at considerable expense and delay, to locate
upon desirable government land or find a valuable
timls r claim; hence he falls an easy prey to the "cruis
er," who, for a consideration of about fc0, offers to lo
cate him on a desirable quarter section. There are
men engaged in this business in a legitimate way, and
that sum is a reasonable one for the services they ren
1t. Any immigrant will find $."0 spent in that way
much lietter invested than a like sum for board and