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sens of sex transcends their sense of justice, would prescribe unloving wife
hood as a panacea for disappointments of the heart.
Inexorable destiny will as surely mete out justice to Whitelaw Ried as
the seasons rolL His punishment may seem slow in coming, but if those who
now view him admiringly from afar, as the American plutocratic plenipoten
tiary of a foreign court, could read the innermost recesses of his heart, they
would not envy him the riches and honor that must be overshadowed con
tinually by uncompromising remorse.
PLANS OF THE 0. S. W. S. A.
Arguments in favor of woman suffrage are no longer needed in the
Pacific northwest The ground was so thoroughly gone over during the four
teen years of organized effort which resulted in school suffrage for women in
Oregon, Montana and Idaho, and full suffrage in Washington territory, that
occasional speakers on the subject can do little else than thresh old stubble,
when they attempt by argument to convince the people of the fact which toall
enlightened people is self-evident, that "governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed." What is needed now is the organized
exierienct of the wisest and clearest-headed people, who know the difference
between force and freedom, and have sufficient practicability of idea and
action to shun the Scylla of fanaticism on the one hand and steer clear of the
Charybdes of political trickery on the other. Our ship of equal rights is not
wrecked, but its wheels, shackled by the power of political chicanery, are
struggling to shake loose from the thrall that binds them, impelled by the
fires of freedom, which may be smouldering in places for a time, but only to
break forth again with greater power than before,
Enboldened by these facts, the executive committee of the long silent,
but never sleeping Oregon state woman suffrage association, decided with the
beginning of the present year to call a convention and reorganize its forces.
In pursuance of this call, a well attended and most encouraging series of
meetings was held at the Marquam Grand opera house in Portland, during
which speeches were made by Mesdames Keenan, Thompson, Duniway and
llendrrshott, and by Reverend David Wetzell, Professor De Johns and Mr.
Moses Hull. Excellent music by the Marquam Grand orchestra was agreea
bly varied by the charming solos of Miss Ida McMillan, and elocutionary
favors of a high order were rendered by Airs. Elizabeth Gerrould. Letters
from Reverend Dr. Eliot, Rev. Dr. Kumipcr and Rev. Mr. Clapp were read,
warmly indorsing the objects of the convention. Telegrams of greeting were
read from Susan H. Anthony, of Washington, D. C, and from Henry R.
Mack well, Lucy Stone, Mary A. Livermore and William Lloyd Garrison.
The officers of the state association chosen for the current year, are,
president, Dr. Lydia Hunt King; vice president at large, Abigail Scott Dun
iway recording secretary, Miss Mary E. Combs i corresponding secretary,
Mrs, Nora Seeley Hutterlield i treasurer, Mrs. Hubert R. Duniway; execu
tive committee, Dr, Hunt King,' Mrs. A. S, Duniway, Mrs. C. A. Cohum,
Mrs. Flora McKinney, Mrs. W. A. D'Arcy. Vice presidents for counties,
Mrs. W. A. Dalton, Multnomah) Mrs. Anna D, Reed, Linn; Mrs. J. Devore
Johnson, Clackamas; Mrs. Olive England, Marion; Mrs. Lee Laughlin,
Yamhill; Mrs. Minerva Eaton, Union; Mrs. J. De Spain, Umatilla; Mrs. C.
Donnell, Wasco; Mrs. II. B. Parker, Clatsop; Mrs. A. S. Patterson, Lane;
Mrs. Emma Dicker, Coos and Curry; Mr. M. F. Alfred, Baker; Mrs. S. A.
Sloane, Washington; Mrs. R, Hayes, Tillamook; Mrs. A. B. Little, Colum
bia; Mrs. Clemmie Tuller Bell, Benton; Mrs. 0. C. Applegale, Lake; Mrs.
W. E. Thompson, Jackson. Morrow, Grant, Crook and Harney to be sup
plied, Abigail Scott Duniway and Nora Seeley Butterlicld were chosen as
drlrgates to the late national council of women and national American woman
suffrage convention at Washington, D. C. Mrs, Duniway reported in person
at Washington, and secured the hearty co-operation of the leading woman
suffragists of the world, of whom a number of the most famous are already
preuring to visit the Pacific coast and hold a series of conventions under the
auspices of the W. S. A., of whkh due notice will be given.
Corresxndence from all parts of the country is solicited from those who
are willing to assist in this enterprise, for whkh the harvest is now ripe.
SUFFRAGE SOCIABLE AND DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.
The success of the suffrage sociable and dramatic entertainment re
cently given in this city surpassed exiiectations.
There was a large attendance. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe opened the
meeting with a brief but graceful address, ami then resigned the chair to Mrs.
THE ILLUSTRATED WEST SHORE.
Lucy Stone, pleading the fatigue of a busy day, and of the long journey from
which she has lately returned. It took her as far west as Colorado Springs,
and Mrs Howe spoke appreciatively of the generous hospitality of the west.
After supper a suffrage song was sung by Mr. T. A. Callahan, of Worcester,
accompanied by Mrs. Bailey, and brief addresses were made by Mrs. Stone,
H. H. Faxon, Mrs. A. A. Claflin, H. B. Blackwell, F. A. Claflin, and Mrs.
e' n' L. Walton. A spirited song was sung by John Hutchinson and his
daughter Viola. Miss Thompson, of Maiden, gave a recitation, and violin
music was finely rendered by Miss. Margie Haynes, accompanied on the piano
by her cousin, Miss Olive Haynes.
The folding doors of the chapel were then thrown open, and the com
pany passed through into the Mtionaon ; and after another suffrage song by
Mr. T. A. Callahan, the amusing little domestic drama, "A Happy Pair,"
was well performed by a young lady and gentleman of Cambridge.
After more violin music by Miss Haynes, and another song by John
Hutchinson and his daughter, a vote of thanks was passed to the friends who
had so kindly contributed the music and the dramatic entertainment, and the
company broke up with beaming faces, feeling that they had passed a very
pleasant evening.
Many bright things were said in the speeches, A few points only have
been saved. Mr. Faxon said, " It is about time to stop praying for the
drunkard, and begin to pray for the legislature." He paid a warm tribute to
the good sense and efficiency of women, and said it was for this reason that
he was glad to give money to societies of women. " When I give women
$25, $50 or $100, they don't sit down and quarrel over the money, but they
go to work and spend it judiciously." Mrs. Claflin said : " We know we
shall win in the end, because in this struggle somebody has got to give in, and
we know it won't be we" a sentiment which called forth strong applause.
There were some lively expressions of opinion on political questions, but a
spirit of good nature prevailed. Boston Woman's Journal.
The Portia club, of Boston, composed of lady lawyers, had a "gentle
men's night" lately, the guests of especial honor being Mr. and Mrs. George
Howard Fall, of Maiden, in celebration of Mrs. Fall's recent admission to the
Suffolk bar. The other members were all accompanied by husbands or
friends. For after-dinner exercises, instead of toasts and speeches, there was
a mock bar examination, and Miss Greene, of Providence, R. I., who pre
sided, was especially happy as chief-justice and examiner.
A Washington special to the New York Tribune, descriptive of the
woman's meeting in that city, says ;
The world, Ihul is, the world of fashion, in Washington, moves so fast that each year
the woman suffrage convention Is more and more a fashionable assembly, graced by many
of the brightest female intellects of the day.
The women's university club of New York gave a reception and tea at
the club rooms, No. 343 Madison avenue, on February :8, in honor of Mrs.
Alice Freeman Palmer, ex-president of Wellesley college. Previous to the
reception Ma Palmer gave a lecture to the Barnard college students upon
" The Influence of the Educated Woman in the Home."
The Women's Medical college, of Georgia, has this year graduated seven
women as physicians, and a number of others received certificates as nurses.
The salutatory was given by Miss Sara Souther, the valedictory by Mrs.
Jennie Yelvingtbn. Mrs. Yehington and Miss Jennie Newman took the first
and second prizes, respectively.
A new charitable movement has been started by the King's Daughters
in Bangor, Me. A house will be opened, where young women can be taken
care of until they have secured employment, and where those who are not
earning enough to support themselves can be boarded and assisted.
About 55 women of Worcester, Mass., interested in the study of consti
tutional and parliamentary law, have formed a society for the study of these
subjects, with Mrs. Charlotte E. Powers as president, Mrs. H. M. Ware,
secretary, and Mrs. M. B. Lane, treasurer.
The Kansas legislature, before adjourning, voted an appropriation for
improvements and additional buildings for the state industrial school for girls.