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,rTTC MOANING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. ALL EYES ON OREGON Is She For or Against Greater Pacific Commerce? THE EAST WAITS TO HEAR FROM US Commerce Rather TbaH Polities at Stake In This State Caapaiga- Ma'st Be Xo Faltering. WASHINGTON, May 2G. The whole country Is watching Oregon. "Will Bhe declare on June 4 for or against the de velopment of Pacific commerce and trade? "Will Oregon show the-Eastern States that she 1b not unmindful of our vast trans pacific opportunity? Will she lead the way, throughout tne section -which has greatest interest at stake. In urging upon the rest of the United States that there must "be no faltering, first. In courageous ly meeting our unavoidable moral respon sibilities In the Philippines, and, second. In developing our consequent material In terests in all the far East? The verdict of Oregon on these vital Issues is eagerly awaited In -New Eng land, In the Middle States, in the South, and in the Central "West. All these sec tions expect Oregon on June 4 to declare herself either for progress or stagnation, and, as Oregon decides, accordingly will be her standing and reputation In the other chief divisions of the country which have not actually as much concern in our future Asiatic policy as the Pacific Coast. May I suggest that I speak advisedly and from personal contact, for, while discuss ing the question of our Pacific develop ment by special Invitation before ali classes of people, laborers as well as capitalists. In nearly every state, I be lieve there have been unusual facilities afforded me for ascertaining public senti ment. In this connection it Is no exag geration to state that, as the real truth Is known In regard to our position In the Philippines and our opportunities in the Orient, opinion is growing In favor, not only of keeping our flag In the Philippines, but of becoming masters of the Pacific seas and the Oriental markete. Effect of Oregon's Decision. If Oregon's decision Is negative, she cannot expect the East and South to heartily respond to her Invocations to co operate in mighty enterprises and In broad policies that will bring permanent pros perity to the Pacific Coast. Can Oregon logically ask Congress to appropriate money for the Improvement of the Colum bia, Willamette and other rivers within her borders. If she announces on June 4 that she Is opposed to the fullest devel opment of trade on the Pacific Ocean to which these rivers are tributary? Can Oregon logically expect Congress to order the further dredging of the Columbia River bar and those of other Oregon har bors, if she elects men to Congress on June 4 who would erect an Insuperable barrier to our commerce with Asia by withdrawing our flag from the Philippines and destroying our prestige and influence among SOO.000,000 Asiatics, along a coast line opposite Oregon's shores of 5000 miles, and having already a foreign trade valued at Dearly $2,O00,C4)0,O00, of which our share now is onlj on-tenth, or $200,000,000. where it should be half or more? Commerce, Nqt Politics, at Stake. The East. South and Central West are not watching Oregon merely for politi cal reasons: they are maintaining on the other hand that It will be Interesting and instructive to learn the real opinion of the Oregon people on the Asiatic and Pacific opportunity In commerce and trade as held by a state which has supreme concern in its' development. In other words, if Ore gon does not value or appreciate the wide Pacific field highly enough to declare so in unmistakable terms on June 4, it can not be consistently claimed that the states east of the Rockies should support a policy that will advance our material and moral influence In the Orient. Cnnal and Cable Alio Involved. If Oregon votes against holding the Philippines, which we undeniably occupy as a result of the Spanish War, and hence fgninjst paramount America In the Pacific, she will place a discouraging and possibly destructive handicap on such vi tally Important measures as the Nic aragua Canal and Pacific cable bills now before Congress. The members of Congress who now represent Oregon, laying aside political considerations, stand for the development of Oregon's material Interests along those far reaching lines which mean permanent prosperity for the state and Coast. Can she. therefore, afford to repudiate them on June 4? Can she afford to exchange them for those candidates, who, under the coyer of a false cry against so-called im perialism, claim they are also for legiti mate expansion, when, in fact, by en deavoring to straddle the Issue, they are the enemies of that development which is; so necessary for Oregon's well being? Xot a Pnrtinnn Innuc. This is not an issue of mere partisan politics; it is one which concerns without reference to party fealty the lasting pros perity of our good commonwealth. There are many of us Democrats who would ordy be too glad to support the Demo cratic nominees if they were not favorable to-a policy which those of us, who have studied the far East and the Philippines on the ground in times both of peace and war, cannot support without being guilty of -gross moral stultification. If any one would suggest, for Instance, that I have shaped my views to gain favor with the Administration, I would point as in controvertible evidence to the con trary to my reports for the last six years, in which I numbly ham mered and hammered away, as any United States- Minister familiar with the situa tion would have done, to awaken Ameri can appreciation of the Asiatic opportun ity. Moreover, before I ever dreamed that we would occupy the Philippines I de scribed them, after traveling from Aparri, In Luzon, in Zamboanga, in Mindanao, in times of peace, as the richest undeveloped portion of Eastern Asia, and, in the hands of a progressive power, the possible com mercial, political and strategical, as well as natural geographical center of that mighty coast line that winds in and out with tew breaks from Melbourne, In Aus tralia, to Vladlvostock. In Siberia. My views. In other words, on the Philippines. China, Slam, Japan, and our policy to wards them, are the inevitable conclusions of long, careful study, and any other Ore gonlan who had been similarly placed would feel as deeply as I do the over whelming necessity of improving every legitimate opportunity to the fullest ex tent. The fact that my name has been mentioned in connection with the proposed Asiatic Commission has not prejudiced my views, because they were openly stated before such a commission was even sug gested, and every one In Washington knows that I have sought no favor what ever from this Administration. The sug gestion of my name for the" commission has come from the "business Interests ex clusively, and has no political bearing. America to Be Firat or Last. God knows that if the United States falters in the present crisis we shall bo laggards until doomsday. If we halt, every European country will forge corre spondingly ahead. If Oregon sets the pace In faltering and halting, it may lead the whole country to waver when the ques tion is squarely before it. whether we shall become the sunreme moral and ma terial Influence In the Pacific or forever trail along behind Great Britain, Russia, Germany, France and even Japan. If sup pression of the Philippine insurrection costs us millions, the sum Is small com pared to the immeasurable cost of a future war to regain the prestige and commerce In the Pacific which we would now lose by withdrawing our flag and forces from the Philippines. JOHN BARRETT. Outlook at The Dalles. Mr. M. T. Nolan, of The Dalles, says that everything looks well for the RepuD lican ticket In Wasco county, but that the railroad plank in the Democratic plat form may draw some votes from the Re publican side. This provides for the repeal of the law allowing only J500d damages to bo recovered in case of death by accident, and for the passage of an act making railroad companies liable for damages for Injuries on account of accidents caused by negligence or malicious acts of fellow workers. A law is also demanded to limit the number of cars which may be hauled In one train. Mr. Nolan thinks some of the firemen and united trainmen may work for these measures, but he says In one of the Legislative districts the Republi can majority Is TOO and 500 in the other district, and he thinks It will be lmpos sible for the Democrats to overcome this great odds, and that the Republican ticket is a safe winner. Tonight's Meeting. There will be a big meeting this even ing in the tent of the Brooklyn Republi can Club, on Beacon street, and all can didates on the regular Republican ticket are Invited to be present. Th's closing meeting in the Eighth Ward, East Side, will be under the ausplcea of the Brook lyn, U. S. Grant. Straight Roosevelt and the Sellwood Republican Clubs of that ward. Frank Melvln, president of the Straight Roosevelt Club, will be the chair man of the meeting. Major J. P. Ken nedy. Hon. Rufus Mallory and others will address the citizens of the ward. Good music will be provided. Treachery In Eastern Oregon. A sample ballot of Malheur County, received yesterday, contains the name of John L. SItz, as "straight Republican" nominee for Joint Representative from Harney and Malheur Counties. This Is the man who was put up through the Instrumentality of Charles Newell, re ceiver of the United States Land Office at Burns, a MItchell-McBrlde sympa thizer. SItz Is no more straight Repub lican than is Franklin P. Mays, of Port land. Like Mays, he represents the Mitchell-McBrideltes. Only that that fol lowing has use for him he would not be on the ticket at all. Mr. Shnttnck's Dcnlnl. L. Shattuck, son of J. W. Shattuck. of Gresham. one of the Democratic nominees for County Commissioner, came to town yesterday and denied the published state ment that his father had sneeringly re ferred to the faith of one of his oppon ents, whom he supposed to be a Hebrew, and that he had entered Into an alliance with R. S. Greenleaf. independent candi date for County Aesessor. The Informa tion upon which the item in The Oregon Ian was based was furnished by a respon sible resident of Gresham, who said he heard Mr. Shattuck make the statement referred to. and there you are. DONE IN THE COURTS. Snlt of the Southern Pacific Corn pan? Against John Bars. The Southern Pacific Company has filed suit in the State Circuit Court against John S. Bays and about CO of his credit ors to have the Court determine what shall be done with $3320 balance due to Bays on grading and roadbed construction contract an the Mohawk branch in Lane County. The contract was let in Septem ber, 1SS9, and the plaintiff alleges that Bays abandoned the work on March 31. 1900. and the company treat the contract as broken. About 50 workmen have filed Hens and garnishments through L. Bilyeu and Thompson & Hardy, and there is an order out executed in February and April by Bays In favor of Sealy, Mason & Co. for SMI. and C. M. Young has an assign ment as trustee for S7E8. Because of the Hens and other claims, the Southern .Pa cific Company wants all of the parties to Interplead, and -have the Court decree how the distribution shall be made. Divorce Stilt. R. E. Cooly was granted a divorce from Alice Ann Cooly by Judge Cleland yester day on the ground of desertion. In the suit of Annie Rosa Otto against John Otto, a decree dissolving the matrimonial bonds was granted on account of abandonment In March, 1S39. The parties were married in London. England, In September, 1S97. The plaintiff testified that the defendant desired her to lead an Immoral life, threw a chair at her, and threatened to kill her, because she refused to do so, and subse quently left her. The suit of Francis Partlow against Hol 11s Partlow, on the ground of cruel treat ment, was heard and taken under ad visement. Court Xotes. Edna McGrath, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, W. J. McGrath was authorized to compromise a claim against the Southern Pacific Company for $200. McGrath was a brakeman. and was killed on the road. S. W. Church, administrator of tho estate of Lucena Oatman, deceased, was authorized to sell the real property to pay $13,650 claims. Fred B. Preston was appointed adminis trator of the estate In Multnomah County of Piatt A. Preston, deceased, valued at $3500. The deceased was a resident of Walla Walla. G. W. Hubbard has filed an attachment suit In the State Circuit Court against J. B. Farmer et al., to recover $303. Ernest P. Eliott. of Oregon City, laborer, yesterday- filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court. His liabili ties amount to $1252 95, and assets JG5, ex empt. A TRAVELING MAN'S OPINION A well-known New Tork traveling man, at the Portland, yesterday, said: "I have crossed the continent nine times in the last five years, but I never before had so quick and pleasant a trip as this one. 1 came by the O. R. & N., of course, and it would be hard to imagine a finer train, better service, faster time or grander and more varied scenery. The sleepers are as comfortable and elegant as flrst class hotels; the diners serve nearly every thing you can get at a metropolitan res taurant, and serve it well and at reason able prices: and the buffet observation car is a whole city club on wheels, with l'brary. reading and writing-room, cafe, bar and barber shop, all condensed in one. And the time Is greased lightning! Think of flying from New Tork to Portland In four days, and from Chicago to Portland In three! Talk about modern progress! You can get a half-century of It boiled down to a few hours in one O. R. & N. 'Chicago-Portland Special' trip!" OREGON WOMEN'S CLUBS A. BUSY SECOND DAY AT THE STATE CONTENTION. Dr. Mae Cardivell on Domestic Science Mrs. Abigail Scott Dnnt- -rraj- on Eminent "Women. PENDLETON. Or., June. L Portland was today selected as the next place ot meeting for the biennial convention of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. The day has been largely devoted to the reading of papers and discussion thereof. Dr. Mae Cardwell. of Portland, again took up the subject of domestic science, out lining plans for having- farmers' insti tutes of the state give a day to its treat ment. Instruction In domestic economy was urged for young women, to solve in part the problem of the servant glrL A movement was set on foot to se cure an appropriation from the Legislature for free traveling libraries. The discus sion of the library subject was led by Mrs. A. S. Dunlway, of Portland, and Mrs. E. A. Ivanhoe, of La Grande. Mrs. S. A. Evans, of Portland; Mrs. Emily Wake man, of Sllverton, and Mrs. S. A. Lowell, of Pendleton, read papers and spoke on the subject. This afternoon the convention adjourned t WHY MOODY t e The Second District has had in Mr. Moody a thoroughly" satisfactory Congressman. He has earned a second term by 9 0 his sturdy and aggressive dc- votlon to the state's welfare. He is alert, progressive and hard-working. The experl- J ence he has acquired In one J m term will be useful to him 9 and to the state for another two years. The Interests of Oregon will suffer If a change Is made. A blunder of even greater consequence would be the election of his oppon- ent, Mr. Smith, who pro- claims his belief In free sll- ver and his purpose to pro- 9 mote that dangerous cause If 9 given a chance. Smith Is a wrong on all other questions of National moment. Moody is right. Must Be Re-elected for a rive to the Indian reservation, the Government school being visited, where luncheon was served by the superinten dent. Miss Galther, with Indian children In attendancs for serving. Tonight Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway ad dressed the public at the Courthouse on "Eminent "Women I have Met." The ad dress was heard by a very large audi ence. Mrs. Dunlway spoke as follows: Mrs. Dnnlvray's Address. Madam President, Ladles and Gentle men: While it has been exceedingly dif ficult for me to so arrange my work dur ing this, the busiest and most Important week of my life, such Is my estimate of the good that Is to accrue from this gather ing of representative women In our State Federation of Women's Clubs, that I glad ly trust the votes of men, who are to de cide a grave question for us at the ballot-box next Monday, to bring before you a brief review of a few of the eminent women with whom my busy life has brought mo 'into personal acquaintance during the lost 30 years. The first woman of National reputation whose personal acquaintance I recall, was the late Myra Bradwell, of Chicago, edi tor of the Chicago Legal News, a great law Journal, of which she was for many years the head. Mrs. Bradwell was, at the time our acquaintance began, and as I now recall her. a beautiful, stately matron. In the prime of life, and even then a recog nized authority on legal Jurisprudence for the State of Illinois, a position she held with honor at the time of. her death. She was as proud of her good husband, Judge Bradwell, who survives her. and of her gifted children, as was Solomon's Ideal woman, of whom it is written, "her chil dren rise up and call her blessed, her hus band, also, and he praiseth htr." Never shall t forget my first Impression of this modern Portia. I was a young .pio neer mother of many children. I had been taught from childhood that it was woman's duty to suppress the struggling desire for knowledge, for utterance and all opportunity for expanding usefulness, of which this Federation of Women's Clubs Is today a significant exponent. I had been taught, and tried hard to believe, that my spirit's demand to hear and be heard In the world was an unfemlnlne something, which women must stifle at any cost. So I was striving hard to be an "astl." and a consistent ono at that, for I was keeping myself out of the news, papers and struggling to make myself, be lleve that my constant ill health was a wise dispensation of Providence. Mrs. Brad-Troll's Care for "Women. Mrs. Bmdwell opened to my anxious mind an Illimitable vista of previously un discovered opportunity. "You are young yet,' she said, cheerily; "and when woman shall havo discovered herself, all women will be ashamed of being Invalids." She then went on to explain a truth which thousands of women have since verified, that the primal cause ot eo much 111 health among women was the divine discontent created by repressed mentality, which, un. der tho conditions that then held sway, made dolls of society women, vassals of most wives, and hopeless drudges of the rest. And. while she said she sympathized with women in bad health, she said sbt was a whole lot sorrier for their husbands, who had yet to learn that woman's great est need was mental vent. She said that health depended upon happiness, and hap piness upon environment. Then she turned, oh. so lovingly, to the teething baby, gave a simple prescription for its swollen gums, and added: "I repeat, you are young yet. By and by. when these babies are men. you will still be a young woman." And. when she spoke, with beaming countenance, of the day that was even then dawning for awakened woman hood (though I knew It not), she left me pressing my throbbing temples, but inhal ing the Inspiration of many a new idea. And so It came to pass that I had a vision, even when I needed it most, of the good time coming, and now here, when women could occasionally turn aside, as men have always done, to seek relief from dally cares and congregate themselves In clubs, to restore their health and spirits through the needed relaxation afforded by a brief opportunity to exchange opinions, and thus expand their understanding. Time passed, and my next eminent acquaintance was Susan B. Anthony. I was then living In Portland: and having entered the arena of Journalism with all the audacity of in experience. I plunged along with so much perseverance that I made a success of my venture. Sasnn B. Anthony. That was in 1S71. and Miss Anthony was 50 years old. I had heard so many dread ful things about Miss Anthony's alleged ante-deluvlan age and Angularity of dis position that I felt more than half afraid of her. But she soon dispelled all preju dice by her womanly ways. Never have I met a more motherly woman, or one who could enter more heartily Into the sp'rit of a busy household. Her visit, like Mrs. Bradwell's, was both a revelation and an Inspiration. Her intimate acquaintance with eminent men and women of whom I had all my life been reading, brought them for the first time Into my very atmos phere. Her reminiscences of Horace Gree ley and his gifted but eccentric wife, of James and Lucretla Mott, of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell. of Henry Ward Beecher and his famous sisters, Isabella Beecher Hooker and Harriett Beecher Stowe, of Colonel Ingersoll aad his happy home life, of WilUam Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Garrett Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and their families, and many others of note, with whom I after wards became personally well acquainted, and of all of whom she spoke with as tender deference as though they had all been absent members of her own family, was to me as a revelation from heaven. She did it all so unconsciously, too, as though repeating the ordinary sayings and doings of one's every-day neighbors, that when In after -years I met and knew them all. it was as if I had known them from childhood.' With Miss Anthony's public career, since her first visit to the Pacific Coast. In 1871. the most of you are familiar. But you have not had much opportunity to know of her social life, which now, and for the past 10 years, has brought her lntoi con tact with the most eminent men and women of this most eminent era, all of whom delight to do her honor. Elizabeth Cadr Stanton. My next eminent woman acquaintance was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was in the Summer of 1S71 that I first met her, as a guest at her beautiful home in the blue hills of Jersey. To Mrs. Stanton belongs the honor of being the first woman in his tory to make a successful demand for the recognition of the property rights of mar ried women, who. prior to that time, ISIS, had lived entirely under the dominion of the old common law of England, the law that, where not repealed, still makes a personal death-warrant ot a woman's cov enant at the marriage altar by merging her existence Into that of her husband, making, under the law. the husband and wife one, and the husband that one. My friends. It Is well for the race that men, through all the ages, have been better, as m6n, than the laws that were complied to govern women by the men who preceded them. There were men living In the great State of New York In 1S4S whose daughters had Inherited vast wealth; and those fathers, 92elng the danger that was menacing this wealth by improvident suitor.!, who were J reaay, as men sun are, to marry a com petence, aided Mrs. Stanton In her efforts to secure the property rlghtj of wives rights which some women, known as "antls," areN using today In a -vain en deavor to beat back the further progress of other women's freedom, with as much success as was achieved by Dame Part ington when she tried to stop the progress of the waves of the Atlantic Ocean with her broom; a progress that flnds new and Irresistible impulse In the State and Na tional Federations of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Stanton Is, in personal appearance, the opposite of Miss Anthony. The latter Is tall, not spare, like the typical old maid of a past era, but as well rounded, though not as plumply stomached, as the modern well-to-do bachelor of the sterner sex; while Mrs. Stanton is short, plump, pretty and roly-poly, in figure much like Queen Victoria, but In features far handsomer. Miss Anthony combs her Iron-gray hair smoothly over her Webster-HRe head, while Mrs. Stanton's snow-white locks are rolled in fluffy abundance and garden row regularly over her classic forehead. Both women are domestic, social and dressy, and move in the foremost literary and In tellectual circles everywhere. I have only time to say of them further. In this con nection, that the older our clubwomen grow, and the further they advance in knowledge and In understanding, the more will they appreciate and honor the self denying zeal of the originators of this woman movement, whose echoes reach today across the continent and re-echo back with a larger utterance from the singing shores of the Pacific Ocean to the Eastern seas. . Dr. Clemence Lazier. My next eminent woman acquaintance was the late Dr. Clemence Lozler. Imag ine a little, plump, pretty, gentle-voiced lady, with short, white curls framing a face as classic as the Madonna's, the oc cupant and owner of a commodious down town residence In New York; one of those "brown stone huts" made famous by the "wants" of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Im agine this little woman, who hesitated not to combine the wisdom of Esculaplus and of Hahnemann in her very extensive prac tice, with the skill and dexterity of a Pasteur or a Koch; Imagine her great mannion filled, as It always was, with Il lustrious guests and many patients from afar and anear, all gathered In her spa clous dining-room for morning devotion, led by the gentle doctor, assisted by her gifted son, an Army surgeon .and his able wife, herself a physician of repute, and one-time president of Sorosls, whose pretty children complete the group, and you have a composite picture of domestic life and family wisdom such as will soon prevail wherever the enlightened club woman's influence can be felt. Then there were other noted physicians often pres ent, among them Dr. Rachel Bodly, now deceased, and Dr. Mary Putnam Jacoby. whoso masterly argument before the New York Constitutional Convention a few years ago can never be resisted or over come by anything but vice, conservatism and Ignorance, which always pull together against the best Interests of the race. There was Elizabeth D. Curtis, daughter of the late George William Curtis, who represented her gifted father in the same convention, whom no member tried to an swer except with a dogged negative vote, but whose argument will live when every voter who recorded himself against her demand for liberty and progress will have been forgotten. Dr. Elizabeth DlacU-rrell. The next eminent woman I recall Is Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. the pioneer woman physician, with a strong English face and a passion for methodical system In her profession that has made her fame world wide. Dr. Blackwell braved the scorn, obloquy and organized opposition of the whole medical world that she might ac quaint herself with the highest medical knowledge and open the way for all time to come to the great and useful army of physicians for whom she broke the Austrian-like phalanx of organized despotism that had previously debarred her sex from her now acknowledged realm. Then comes Frances E.WMard, with her winsome grace and wondrous eloquence, who alone of all orthodox women could lead the more devout of her sex away from the barred walls of conservatism and let them see that, outside the church, as well as In It, the true fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man abounds evermore. There was Llllle Devereaux Blake, state ly, handsome and gifted, an author and orator of renown; there was Margaret Pafker. of Dundee. Scotland, who has often crossed tho Atlantic Seas to hold wise converse with the eminent women of Manhattan, and many, many others whom I have met at the home of Dr. Lozler, each of whom deserves a more extended notice than time permits. Among the sweetest-voiced, dearest, kindliest women I have ever met was Lucy Stone, who, finding In her girlhood no opening for a woman to enter college, worked her way to the then new West, to Oberlm, O., and who, like her good husband. Henry B. Blackwell, who sur vives her, has left the sweet influence ot a spotless life upon this busy age. Her gentle voice was always raised In sym pathy with everything good and noble, and her memory will live in the hearts of her countrywomen as long as woman's work for liberty appeals to human sym pathy. Jnlln "Ward noire. Now passes before my mental vision the motherly face and venerable figure of Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." and now comes Mary A. LIvermore. the great manager of the famous sanitary commission of our Civil War. And here Is Harriet Beechei Stowe. in whose consecrated pres ence I have sat for hours; listening like a fascinated child to her recitals of her ante-bellum experiences In the South upon which many parts of "Uncle Tom's Cab In" were founded, and of which It would require a whole evening to tell you half. Return with me now to New York, and we will visit Jenny June, thu winsome, dainty and companionable author, the Mrs. C G. Croly of the social world, who is now a venerablo matron. with a life crowned with honor, whose achieve ments in Journalism are widely known, and of whose home life I can only pause to say that, like that of all the others mentioned, it Is most exemplary. Often, when sojourning In Philadelphia, I have enjoyed delightful visits with the late James and Lucretla Mott. In their happy and hospitable Quaker home, where the primmest neatness did not preclude the keenest enjoyment of the many luxu ries with which their home abounded. Lucretla Mott was the stateliest, hand somest "old lady" I ever saw. As straight as an Indian warrior and as graceful as a swan, her classic face always framed by the sheerest and smartest of snowy caps, her sloping shoulders covered with an immaculate and dainty shawl, crossed over her bosom after the manner of our grandmothers' days, she was the charm ing prototype of the club woman of to day, who, while finding time to consider the well-being of the wide, wide world, "looketh well to the ways of her house hold, and eateth not the bread of Idle ness." Of tho eminent women I have met 1 must not forget to mention Mrs. Henro tln, whom we all delight to honor, nor Mrs. Potter Palmer, of world-wide fame; nor Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, nor Carrie Chapman Catt, nor Laura B. Clay, nor Mrs. Keating, nor Emily B. Ketchum, nor Josephine K. Henry, nor "Virginia 'D. Young. I wish I might give you a pen picture of ono and all of these women and tarry with you at their pleasant homes. But I see I cannot; so go with me now to the Nation's capital, and let us look in for a while upon a woman's convention. It Is one of the earlier meet ings of what Is now tho National Feder ation of Women's Clubs. It Is not one ol the great biennials that have grown up of late Into such great proportions as to seem to men unwieldy; but a meeting in which the center of attraction Is the emi nent founder of the Woman's Club move ment, the late, lamented Charlotte Em erson Brown. This noted woman, having discovered that the general tendency ol woman's organizations was toward a crystallization, rather than a correlation of forces, originated the woman's club Idea. She was the wife of a noted phy sician, possessed of ample means, and an ardent friend of the equal rights move ment. But she saw that many women who had not yet embraced the equal rights idea and had become congealed, so to speak, against avowing its princi ples, needed the club movement to fill a long-felt want. So like our own Mrs. A.. H. H. Stuart, the honored mother of the woman's club movement In our fair me tropolis, who began her pubUc work In the equal suffrage movement, Mrs. Brown resolved to circumvent the prejudices that hedged so many women against their own Interests, and give them an outlook, from another direction, at the broader horizon they had hitherto failed to observe. The woman's club movement is flourish ing in a manner that attests the wisdom and foresight of Abby H. H. Stuart and Charlotte Emerson Brown. In Its wise de termination to eschew the consideration of all partisan and sectarian questions, upon which men and women naturally differ (though none can settle them), thus leaving our clubs to grow freely Into the "broader spirit of "diversity In unity" that alone can extend our intellectual horizon along every line, mcral, religious and patriotic, we owe more to the two emi nent women Just mentioned than most of us will soon realize. As became Mrs. Brown's exalted station, she lived ele gantly and entertained handsomely. Her home was the center of education, refine ment and philanthropy, and Its atmos phere was permeated with an exalted spirit of politeness and patriotism. In the midst of her usefulness she fell asleep. But. though she rests from her labors her works do follow her. Several Famous Names. At a brilliant reception given In Feb ruary last, at the Corcoran Art Gallery. In the city of Washington, I had the pleasure of once more meeting Grace Greenwood, the well-known author and Journalist, now far along In years; Olive Logan, the famous actress of our war era, now quite deaf, but otherwise well pre served; May Wright Sewall, the accom plished president of the International Council of Women, founded in America In 1SS6, by the mother of all these move ments, Susan B. Anthony, of whom Mrs. Sewall has been a stanch ally for many years; the charming and Intelligent daughters of Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Julia Ward Howe, each of whom was taking part m the festivities In honor of her noble mother, and wear ing her mantle royally. There, also, I again met the now venerable Charlotte R. Wllbour, a noted philanthropist of New York, widow of the famous Egyptol ogist who spent 20-odd years under the shadow of the Pyramids, and who speaks fluently a dozen languages: and last, but by no means least, except in stature, Clara Barton, the eminent philanthropist, and president of the International Red Cross Society, who commissioned me to present to every Red Cross woman and every club woman in the State of Oregon her love and compliments and ask them to read and circulate her "Plea to "Voters," urging them to vote for tho enfranchise ment of the mothers, wives and sweet hearts of her soldier boys. I have so dili gently complied with her request that I have distributed many thousands of leaf lets containing the plea, and now hava only a few of them left. Take all that are left, club women. Read them, circu late them and ask your chivalrous gen tlemen friends to read them before they cast their ballots next Monday. Clara Barton, though the heroine of a hundred cataclasms, wherein, womanlike. N ervotts ITenralgia, headao&e, rush of Hood to the head, nraribness, anini table temper, loss of appetite, sleepless nights, poor memory and a gen eral run-down condition. There is no remedy so sure and safe as Dr. Miles' Nervine. Prom the very first dose its soothing and quieting influ ence can he felt. Nothing in the past has ever equaled it in power of building up weakened nerve tissues and giving strength to the tired body. The weary sufferer who has walked the floor at night with throbbing temples and bursting brain, will find restful sleep and sweet repose, and awake feeling strong and refreshed. Dr. Miles' Nervine searches out the weak parts whereYer they may be had and gives them new life and vigos ut. A Mother It Seemed Certain that Her Doath. Would Follow the Birth of the Child Itovr Help Came After the Doctors Despaired. The sacrifice of a woman at the altar of motherhood is not an nn- usual event, but how unnecessary such sacrifices often are will be seen from the following interview with Mrs. C. R. Simmonds of 140 Mineral Springs Ave., Pawtncket, ii. I. Mrs. Simmonds. irhnw husbandis awellknownandpopu- Jar grocer of Pawtncket, says : "W hea my chUd was born oa April 22, 1S0S, I suffered such an exee ilve loss of blood that I was utterly prostrated aad had no stronrth whatever. Blood poisoning set In and my llfo was despaired of by two of the prominent physicians of this city. "Bofore my marriage I used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo Peopla with good results in building up and purifying my blood and when tho doctors gave mo up, 1 decided to glvo tho pills a trial, nlthoush tha case was desperate. "My husband bought aomooftho pills ontLby tho tlmo I had taken three boxes I had gained so much strength tltat I was ablo to leave my bed for the first time in two months. I continued taking the pills and la another month could go about as usual. My appctlto was good, tha wiu.itiumcu yj .my gunjua ou a -i. verj.- ginuij- rccomraeaa jjr. to anyone afflicted as I was.' Subtcribed and sworn to beforo me this 27th dav of August, 1389. seal Thomas W. ltonissox, 'Xfolary htbltc Dr. "Williams' Pink Plus for Palo People expel impurities from the bloo4. and supply tho material for rapidly rebuilding wasted nerve tisanes. It has performed hnndrods of almost miraculous cures in sovere cases, many times afUr doctors had given up hope DVILLIAM3' Look for this trade mark on every package. 1 1 11 3 ILH p 1 flr rtJJL EOFLE DR. WILLIAMS MEDICINE she distinguished herself by preserving life, and not by destroying it,' is not a striking woman to look at. She is diminu tive In stature, dresses plainly, combs her hair smoothly and speaks timidly. But she has more power to save life at her command than Queen Victoria, who Is I her warm personal friend; more than the President of the .United States; more than that of the army and navy combined. But like Mary A. LIvermore, the famous hero ine of the great Sanlta-ry Commission, she Is the political vassal of an aristocracy of sex. Nobody accuses her of being out of her sphere, but the mothers of our soldier boys are speaking her name with a rev erence that Is born of love, and an admira tion Inspired by gratitude. Fundamental Government. Madam President: With your permis sion I come now to speaT? not of politics for that Is a question we do not discuss; but of patriotism, our fundamental prin ciple of woman's clubdom. It Is of the question of fundamental government, of individual citizenship, of which I would speak, a question which vitally concerns every patriotic woman at this particular time; a question as far above partisan politics as the heavens are above earth. I allude, of course, to the fundamental question of self government which men are to decide for us next Monday perma nently if in the affirmative, but tempor arily if In the negative. Our great club leader, Sarah B. Piatt, of Colorado, has tasted of the sweets of citizenship and pronouncee It good. Through her and her co-workers, the leading women of Denver and the best element among the men of that city, who could accomplish nothing In the way of municipal reform till aided by the women's votes, the great inter mountain center of the mighty "West has Inaugurated sanitary conditions that have already transformed the city from an abode of disease to a haven of health. In like manner, through the help of the votes of tax-paying women, the public-eplrlted citizens of New Orleans have cleansed their city of the yellow fever scourge, by a system of sewage that men alone were unable to vote Into being. In Lewlston, and in Boise, Idaho, the same Improve ment prevails. Including the successful establishment of our Portland Woman's Club pet enterprise, a free library system In the Interest of all the people. And to you, men and brethren, whom we are proud to welcome to these councils, I want to say, with my profoundest bow, that the eyes of the world are turned today "THE QUEEN Bottled at and imported from the Apollinaris Spring, Rhenish Prussia, charged only with its own natural gas. Annual Sales : 25,720,000 Bottles. "I used to suffer from terrible attacks of nervous and sick headache at least ence a week, and it seemed that my head would split open. I became so weak that the least excitement would unBtring my nerves and I would have spell3when it seemed Impossible to get my breath. I had to give up my millinery business and was on the very verge of the grave when I heard of Dr. Miles IServine and began taking it. The very first night I was able to sleep soundly and the next day I felt like a differ ent person. I continued taking the remedy and now I attend to my customers without aay headache or nervousness." Hbs. W. L. Buhx, Sailor Springs, U1& lYuIes Is told at all druggists on positive guarantee. Write for free advice and bo&ettft Dr. Mites Medical C.v Elkhart, Inak s Peril 'M. - 8SfcMKia fffStSi Jlrs. C It. Simmcndu iiuiqcu rspiaiy in weienu v imams jt Pink Pill for Palo Peopla jluis. (j. a. sixaiOKDS. INK ILLS FOR Sold by all druggists, so cents per box; six boxes, $3.o. mrsmsmssa. aftRSrc: n cents per box; 1 ALE 1 COMPANY, Schenectady, N. Y, mUMIM.)..l.?.r;rytjr toward Oregon. "As goes Oregon,, bo goes the Union." Last February It was my privilege to sit among the veterans ot a great massmeetlng In the great city of Washington, under the shadow of tho Goddess of Liberty. Does it seem Strang to you. gentlemen, that Liberty is always represented by a woman? I account for this anomoly by the reflection that men la all ages have bullded from ideals that la time were to be realized. As I sat in the great meeting just mentioned, Susan B. Anthony, the heroine of the occasion, arose, and said: "I see a face that recalls the roar of the Pacific ocean; that recalls mighty forests of -giant evergreens, with their pointed tops piercing the misty sky: that recalls long ranges of mighty mountains with their highest peaks crowned with, perpetual snow; that recalls broad up lands, stretching away toward the moun tain mines; that recalls verdant valleys, dotted with pretty villages and peaceful homes; that recalls mighty rivers, mov ing ever onward to the seal All ot this means Oregon! At the apex of all this sits Oregon. I am told that Oregon an nually expends tens of thousands of dol lars to advertise her virgin resources through her Boards of Trade, her Cham "bers ot Commerce, her advertising bu reaus and what not. Now, if the men of Oregon are as wide-awake as the one del egate from her borders says they are, they will adopt the equal suffrage amend ment and the state will advertise herself. as Colorado and Idaho did when the men of those young, vigorous growing states made their women free and equal with themselves." I was proud of Oregon that day; proi yet of being an Oregon pio neer; anSjT.vhen you, the chivalrous men of this mighty state, shall prove your selves worthy of our great expectations by your votes for our amendment next Monday, you will rise higher than ever In the estimation of club women, who already like you and you cannot help It. And to you. Madam President, to whoso patriotic foresight I am Indebted for tha opportunity to make this appeal In this first annual meeting of our State Feder ation of Women's Clubs, permit me to say there are many thousands of women in Oregon who join me In tho thanks that well from overflowing hearts. Continue In your glorious work. Mount up the heights of wisdom. And crush each error low. Keep back no words of knowledge That human hearts should know. Be faithful to thy neighbor. In service of thy Lord. And then a golden chaplet "Will be thyJust reward. -- OF TABLE WATERS.".;. &US9 . 3 wm 11 J ! W I WSSMaM maris m