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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1872)
FlUnAvZT..SEPTJaiPEJt 27, 1872. EEMOJAL. The office of the New Xonrmviax has been removed from the corner of Third and "Washington streets to the Oregonian building on Stark street. The editorial room will be at our resi dence on Sixth and E streets. Sub scriptions or orders for advertisements will be received at the business office of the Oregonian or at the editorial office. 210 PAPEETAIE WEEK. The New Northwest will not be is sued next week, on account of the State Fair. "We have labored hard and ear nestly to make a readable paper, and now we intend to rest a week and cer tainly one week in fifty-two is nothing more than right. Our children have worked hard to get out the paper, and the' shall have the benefit of the Fair. After the Fair we shall bo somewhat recuperated and better qualified to fill our position, and shall hope to make a better paper than heretofore. "We will send fifty-two papers for the year, so our subscribers will not lose anything. THE SUITBAGE PETITION. At the urgent request of numerous gentlemen and ladies, we this week in sert the Woman Suffrage Petition so amended that both sexes can sign it: TO THE OREC10X STATE LEGISLATURE: As many women desire to cast their votes with their country's friends at the forthcoming November election, and thereby lend their influence to promote good Government and encourage wise and appropriate legislation, we would respectfully pray your Honorable Body to pass ap act during your present Ses- sion instructing judges of election to re ceive and count the votes of women in their various precincts throughout the State. Harriet M. Shanahax, President W: S. Association. W. W. Williams, Vice President. a. J. Duniway, Acting Secretary. MASSACHUSETTS AHEAD. Below we present our readers with the eighth plank of the Massachuseets Re- publican Platform We call the special attention of our Legislators to its strong significance: 8. Resolved, That we heartllr approve of the recognition of the rights or woman contained in the fourteenth clause of the National Re publican Platform ; that the Republican party of Massachusetts, as the representative or Lib erty and Progress. Is In favor of extending Suf frage on equal terms to all American citizens, i irrespective 01 Rex, anu will nan ine aay vnen the educated Intellectandrnllghled conscience of woman will And expression at the ballot box. Three cheers for Massachusetts! She "hails the day when the educated intel lect and enlightened conscience of woman will find direct expression at the ballotrbox." Now let Oregon go still further in the right direction. Let her as a State, un der the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitu tion, pass an act instructing her judges of election to receive our votes, and then three times three for Oregon throughout the world! HAEEIED WOMAN'S PROPERTY BILL. WTe call the special attention of our many readers to the Bill for an act re lating to the rights of married women, which appears elsewhere. While we look upon this Bill as a step in the right direction, it does not by any means meet the difficulties of the case. The old idea that Mian must specially legislate for tcoman breathes through every section, and while the women are grateful to their friend, Mr. Webster, ... ,. ,., . ., , , ,' . ., .'idoor. Tins rule applies alike to the for his well-meant endeavors in their' ... . ... , ,., ... , .. . , .cii.i wi'e of the wealthy citizen and the behalf they beg leave respectfully to mgtna9 of th mocllanic. Bolh say to him and all other law-givers that tllemselves fo'r bread rv 4- 4 1. in ilm rt llr.nnn nil " . , , , I, , , . 7 ftjjeviui ltrgibiauuu til uiismrcs uiiiuia m regard to sex. They want the marriage contract recognized as a full co-partnership in which neither party can claim "marital rights" fsee sec 7th) above the other; that each shall in all re spects have perfect freedom to do what ever he or she or both may deem most conclusive to the family welfare; that each may have full and untrammeled privilege to hold the other to all bar gains in which both are equally con cerned in precisely the same sense as other partners conduct their pecuniary affairs. Iu brief, let special or sexual legislation be consigned to the other relict of barbarism, and let no wife or husband bo compelled to comply with any special provisions of any Legisla- i tive Act, to receive such powers as are I theirs under the great principle of inal- j enable rights and equal and exact jus- tice to all parties. DIVORCES. Mr. Cranor. from Linn, has intro duced a Bill, the principal- provision of which provides that in all applications j Bows and ends or no. 9 gros grain rlb for dissolution of the marriage contract bon fall down the back and mingle with Kmiony 8Uau hcanl oray n a veJ1 of French neti wniuu ,s finished open court, the trial also to be by jury. by a simple hem. Flowers and berries It is thought that this act will lessen ! nestle at the top and trail carelessly the number or divorces, as neither party ! down the left side. Tills hat was seen Z w iriv tZl -lvr ?rivat0 troub-- in the window or Mrs. Kingsbury, cor- wnbCS,ire,yhPe;r or Third and Alder streets. We or human reason ana be set aside Tim . . ... . . .. i idea that unfortunate victims 5 tJJ JT ? Alexandria " made of own folly shall be compelled, like v!c ",CUt VeJVet' atld!tnm,m!d .U tims ofome heinous crime enduring Sft !"f fro? f,,nb'fifnw.hcd the lash or law and vengeance, to ret ' Sa French V' ? I n main under a galling yoke of hymeneal hats S 2 J?. t'0 7 bondage, begetting children iu disgust quat Z Umf "1 T T P? and bringing them up in hate, while outhfnlfacS becomiuS for the very brutes refuse such thrall, is too Miss McNamara also disphy, omo absurd to be tolerated for a moment by beautiful deigns for fall wear OnIhat sentient beings. with a velvet brim, slightly rolled and And now, while men and women of a crown or white linen, i- IHnuned Villi brains and culture are everywhere dc- crvlnrr the jury system aa one far be hind the present age of reading and general Information, for oneiLegisIalor to prove himself such an inveterate fogy as to try to fasten the penalty of jury trial upon tho already, too numer ous horrors of divorce, Is but another evidence of legislation run mad, which sexual law imposes upon Its victims. We do not by any means advocate di vorces, but we should prevent them by proper education and regulation in re gard to marriage rather than by brutal chains which cause the hymeneal yoke to gall and fret its dissatisfied victim till very often suicide or murder accrues as a dernier resort of some desperate creature, who sees in this crime the only escape from a bondage which is won-e than death unless fraught with affection and congeniality. THE BALL IS ROLLING. Susan B. Anthony, the ubiquitous and irrepressible champion of Human Rights, was summoned last month by telegraph from her home in Rochester to Washington City before the Con gressional Republican Committee, in council assembled, to coufer with her, as President of the National Woman Suffrage Association, as to the best method to adopt in the present political campaign for the further recognition of their inalienable rights. The Commit' tee have said amen to everything that the Suffrage Party could desire. They have appolnied Mrs. M. II. Barnard, No. 1104 L street, Washington, D. C., to publish a woman's campaign paper to send ofi" every week or oftener. They have also given Miss Anthony a big check to carry on campaign meetings; and the Rochester Mayor and Commit lee paid all expenses of the woman's opening campaign meeting in that city on the 20th. Of course our friend Susan is in ecstacies, and well she may be, for her twenty years' battle for the political recognition of woman is well nigh its great fruition. But Oregon is ahead of New York, dear Susan. She will be the first State in the Union to enfranchise her women The Republican party not only meets the expenses of woman's campaign meetings, but the Legislature, now in Session, gives us reason to hope for the passage of a Suffrage Bill, so that we can all vote according to the dictates of our understanding at the coming No vember election. If the self-conceited, self-complacent Sage-hen of Chappaqua could have fore- seen the present political power of woman, he would have piped a differ ent tune when the editor of this paper visited him last May. But it's too late, Auntie Horace. Jfe tlon't like men to be so much worse than women. We like to seo them stand by princijrte for the love of it, and when we see public aspir ants like yourself engaged in repudiat ing the work of a life-time to further their own selfish Interests, we know enough to accomplish by power that which we cannot effect by persuasion. Greeley, Tilton and Sumner, tho Tri umvirate to whom true reformers looked as guides to lead the people through the wilderness of onc-sexed politics, have proved recreant to their duty and gone over to our enemies. Let them abide the consequences. S50 PINE. Such items as this wo often clip, but seldom comment upon: .i ine uverpooi ponce court a vounz wnmnn was fined JoO.or, In default, one month's Im prisonment, for onerlng herself as n domestic servant with a counterfeit certificate (if charac ter. Does anybody believe that that woman would have been fined for ply ing the trade of a prostitute with a "counterfeit certificate of character?" It seems that the whole masculine idea of legislation tends to drairtrinir women down to dependence upon the i sale of their persons as the only legitl- i nmfo rn- in L'on flio ivnlf frrttv. How long shall these things be JURIES. Mr. Corwin has introduced a Bill to abolish the Grand Jury system. This is a much-needed reform and will, we hope, receive the attention it merits. Under this system of secret espoinage It is a great wonder that we do not have more cases of false Indictment than we do. We should be glad to see the whole jury system overthrown. The people have out-grown It The age Is in ad vance of it, and under the stupid under standing of the ignorant dozen who can be detailed to try a case only because of their ignorance, justice too often be comes a mockery and equity a liam. FASHION. The fall styles of millinery arc now j displayed in all the first-class Mores, One very beautiful hat is of the New ! Jubilee style, covered with black vel-i vet, the trimming of gros grain silk be- ing laid on in plaits around the crown and made lo stand up high In the front. rolls of black and white Velours, thenars by addressing L., Bos 1004 crown being almost covered witu a plaiting of broad, black lace, from which depends a bow and streamers of j gros grain ribbon. White ostrich tip and spray of fall roses complete the trimming. In dresses we notice the usual amount of puffing, ruffling, folding and plaiting. The long polonaise is looped very high at the back and falls near the bottom of the dress behind, but is comparatively short In front, reaching but little below the knee. Wo notice in Mrs. Ach's a new goods for wraps and out-door winter suits, of double width nud very good quality, with a fringe at the edge to use for trimming. This is a very sensible and desirable material for winter wear, and we hope to see it universally worn. Jacob Mayer, Front street, has an ex cellent assortment of fall millinery and furnishing goods for tho trade. We were shown through his salesroom a few days since, and we assure our lady friends who are in business for them selves that they can here procure excel lent bargains. The style of cloak has not yet been settled for the winter. At present the striped shawls, so fashionable last year, are in full favor. Aprons to overskirts are much wider, and the side loopings are drawn very tar back, THE UNFINISHED LETTER. tVs twilight with Its somber hues' was slowly settling into a deeper darkness, I hurried along the streets of a great city. I was a stranger and felt that painful loneliness the unknown travelerso often experiences in the solitudes of a na-j lion's metropolis. It wa3 not so much as the land of my forefathers. No lo ved one lived on or slept beneath Its soil. To me it had no past no loved exper iences and fond memories. As I passed a beautiful stone mansion. I heard the voice of penitence. Itchained mo to the spot Oh, I shall never forget the un earthly feeling that went all through my being as out upon tho night breeze floated that prayer which had prevailed in the Temple ages agone, "God be merciful to me, a sinner." Instinctive ly I approached the door, which seemed to open by intuition, as a voice mourn fully melancholy said: "Come in; come as one sent by the all-loving Father to smooth with prayer my pathway to tho tomb." Beautiful creature, palcand trembling she stood upon the outer verge of this mundane sphere while the waves of death dashed high around her. One more wave and the frail bark must be swept far out from the shore. From under her pillow she drew a sheet of paper, and handing it to me, said: "Please finish this. It is a letter to my mother, and she will he happier when she knows I am dead. Do this and when you arc dying I will hover over you, and very near, that you may see what awaits you, and seeing, know no fear. Farewell until them." For a moment she was calm, quiet as ' death, save only, "Her eyes, they sometimes swam In light And sometimes swam In tears." How Impressive the scene, and what holy, heavenly imfluences pervaded the room as sho whispered, looking upward, "You have come," and reaching out her hands, added, "here, help me over the river." It was death, and she rested in the arms of Him who had said, "Thy sins, which are many, are all forgiven thee." Pale watcher of a marble corpse, I lingered for a moment toclose the eyes and fold the hands over the breart; then hurried out to tell the story. At sunrise she was carried to Potter's field and hurried among the unfortun ate. A few rude men, with laugh and jest, heaped the little mound above her and placed over her head a board bear ing a single word, "Pauper." I had fol lowed at a distance, and standing a few yards away, noticed the whole proceed ing. Alone I now approached the spot with the thought, "This is some father's, some mother's child." Upon thatgrave I dropped a tear, and over that face, so beautiful iu death, though blurred and blotted by sin, I planted a shrub and a flower, to bloom and shed their fra grance upon the air. Poor child of hu man frailty, she had drank to its bitter est dregs the wormwood of dependence. In an evil hour the floods went over linr. nuil flio m-pnr. suit wnviw flrotielin.1 t i. ' i i ... -c we in-buuro ..u umuty 01 me ail away. Men, and alas! women, pointed at her and said, "J-alien, and no one reached down the long arm of love to lift her up. No one asked after her wrongs. Many turned their faces from her dwelling who iu the secrets of other chambers shrank not from dalliance and guilt Elsewhere other judgment scat eth her among the martyrs; for God seeth not as man seeth, nor judgeth aa man judgeth. Man judgeth the motive of the act. God the act by the motive. while penitent determines all things in the chancery or Heaven Here Is the unfinished letter: L , Sept. 10, IS. My Precious Mother: -1 am dying now; already I am wet with the dew or death. When your eyes shall rail upon these lines, mine, ujion which you used to gaze so fondly in years I would not , now recall, will be sightless and in the j tomb. I have been a great sinner. Under the dominion or the flesh and n thousand other evil influences, I have been hurried on, I know not how. God only knows how miserable I have been through these years or shame. All, all Is Inexncnslble. Offen I have said, I will go back to my mother. In this 1 ,ave railed; but I ask your forgiveness, i and surely you cannot be less mere nil than my heavenly Father, who has taken me to his bosom. Farewell. Your eerlnc child. Edith. i ii r -.1.1-1 1I(ak n'ta 4 ll ft "ffirft- wen, your erring cmi... i the letter as directed with the following: P S. You can learn farther partlcn- In a few days I received a letter stat ing that the mother had died on the same day, wise, gracious providence, gathering her out of tho coming storm. Maybe it was the mother's hands that helped her over the river, thus evincing as one has said, "God givcth double glory to the fallen." Years have passed away since I stood by that grave years full of startling circumstances and bitter experiences but down through all the wilderness of lire I have have carried this memory as a "lump to my feet, and a light to my pathway." r has made me better, more merciful, more like Him who said, "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone." Edward. LETTER PROM ROSEBURG. Roseiicrci, Oregon, Sept. 20, lSVi r.WTon New Noirniwnsr: Since your lecture In this place, the subjects you discussed have been the general topics of conversation. Some burlesque and try to ridicule them; oth f i . ers, wno tiiti not listen to you, argue that free love and tho woman question nre the same, while the more sensible minds reflect over your words and see the plain truth clearly. The minds of tho people are becoming more nnpreju diced, and you now can speak of Worn an Suffrage without being mocked and ridiculed. Indeed, I think you made many converts during your short so journ In this place. People arc becom ing more enthusiastic for Grant, and they will help to cast the electoral vote of Oregon for him and thereby aid in our cause. Many admired your manner of supporting Grant, not contradict!' or going back on what you have hereto fore said about him, either in speech or through the coin m in of your paper, while at the same time justifying your self. Readv. TERRIT0RIAL NEWS. Kalama is to have a Catholic church shortly. Main street, Olympia, has been much Improved of late. A Congregational Church Is being erected in Seattle. The gardens on the Chehalis Reserva tlon produces rutabagas weighing eighty pounds. Tho Boise City postoffice issues postal orders weekly on an average of about 52,000 or $2,500. During the first eight months of 1S72 the receipts of Seattle coal at San Fran cisco aggregated 8,102 tons. Hlllory Butler, of Olympia, has the contract for building a telegraph Hue for the N. P. R. It., from Pumphrey's to Ilodgdon's. Bcriah Brown assumed the role of lecturer before theTeacher's Institute at Seattle last week. Ills subject, "Teach ing as a Profession." The Jlcacon says the Kalama mer chants are determined no longer to look to Portland for supplies, but will import from San Francisco. This is the straw that breaks the camel's back. The Revenue officers at Olympia, on Thursday of lat week, seized 10,(100 ci gars on the premises of Wa Chung & Co., of that place, for a failure to com ply with the law in regard to stamps, The Oregonian learns from real estate speculators that a few acress anywhere within ten miles of Tacoma Is a good thing. Land that thirty days ago was a dnig in the market at $5 per acre is now jn act! j iii acme tiviii.iiiu iii v anu mu. t - ..i I .1 ...I 1 r,- . The following vessels have been char- , tered on Sound Ports to transport lum her to foreign ports: The bark Wind wanl, to take lumber from Burrard In let to Shanghai; bark Sampson, for Callao, and schooner Legal Tender, for Tquiquc. The Tribune says: "The celebrated Dolly Varden case, wherein the women of Steilacoom, after raising $300 by sub scriptions, concerts, tea parties and dances, fell to quarrelling over its dis position, is still unsettled. Some of tho members favored building a city hall with the money; others thought an Episcopalian Church more necessary and a third party wanted a hearse. As $300 was not enough to secure all three measures, a lively lawsuit was the con scquenc. The decision of Judge Jacobs is anxiously awaited." I The Golden Anc has not yet found Um(J (o Mmle ,Q t,,c elM0eincnt 0r Woman Suffrage by the Republicans of 1 Massachusetts, but suddenly remembers .1 i - e . i . tnat tncre is a class or citizens Known as women, and utters the following pa tnetic wninc: "We exceedingly regret that Mr. Gree ley has never seen his way clear to ad vocate the enfranchisement of woman thus crownimr a life which lias been devoted to the reforms of social evils and the advancement of all human in terests and rights, by the advocacy of the greatest reform of all time; but it becomes the friends of this cause to re spect the sincerity of his conviction ' and to recognize the splendid service he has rendered to woman in nil other waj-s. They cannot aflord to be guilty ornn Iniustice." Weare almost sorry for the suffragists who went to Cincinnati to inaugurate political reform and Joraot to tnelude llomaii SurTrane. t only some wise spirit could have whispered to them "It is a good thine to have the women or America on j-our side." As it is, so for as Mr. Greeley's election the Liberal movement are concerned, it is too late. "The stone which the builder rejected will become tho head or the political comer." Ilomon' Journal. A fine picture or Boston Is given bv Wendell Phillips, in one or his recent lectures on labor rerorm: "Jioston is city in which every tenth person is 1 criminal and every seventh a pauper. , BJSMfi Jfe !"?,rJI?a?"l fil,ed wlth dmnkanU and the bench or .justice Is nearly vacant because one-hair ol tnejuuges nave tiled urunKants." I One or the saddest things about hu V 'fl?n nature is, that a man may guide others In the path or life without walk j ;np jn t himself; that he may be pilot nnd yet a cast-a-way. Married Woman's Property Bill. ijrrnoDtrcKn nv mil. wEnsTEK. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assem bly of the Stale of Oregon: Section 1. That the property. whether real or personal, acquired by anv married woman by her own labor, shall not bo liable for the debts, con tracts, or liabilities of her husband, but shall, iu nil respects, be subject to the same exemptions and liabilities as prop erty acquin.ii uciure murriugt.-. Sec. 2. When any man shall absent himself from this Slate, abandoning his ife. and not making suitable provision for her support, the County Court of the county in which sho resides may, on her petition, autiiorize ner 10 sen, convey or lease her real estate or any nart thereof, and also to sell and disjose of any per sonal estato which shall, at any time, lave come to the husband, and which may remain in this State undisposed of. Sec. 3. The County Court may also, unonsuch petition, authorize tiicwife to demand and receive any money or other ersonal estate which may be due or elonglng to the husband: anil any pay ment or delivery so made to tho wife, shall be, in all respects, as valid as if made to the husband, Sec. 4. All proceeds of such sales, and all money or other personal estate which shall come into the hands of the wife by virtue of the provisions of this Act, may be used and disposed of by the wife during the absence of her husband as her own property in the same man ner as it sue were unmarried. Sec. 5. The County Court mav fur ther authorize such married women to make any contract, under seal or other wlse, iu her own name; and also to irosecuio or deientt any suit at law or I netiuity, to nnai judgment or decree. In like manneras if she were unmarried SEC. C. JiVerV WOlnail SO ailtllOrizml ' may make and execute deeds or other ' Instruments, in her own name, and do I all other law ml acU that limy be neces- , sary or proper to carry into effect the powersgrai euto ner. rsix1. . i lie powers craiucd toamtir- ried woman, by virtue or this Act, shall f t n3 '"V" ' continue, and may be exercised by her ?,lr el"r,s! ?'.,erf. " ano,1,er until her husband shall return to this Lonl? Moi,nt"in tr-T?.ter-'' W m.,,n ,i it.., i.ic . ti.. ! another martyr or Liberty ried woman, bv virtue of this Ael. slmll I .? ...:.i i . . v . 14IV mum vitwiii lit.-? ilJtWlllll 11111113. t Skc. i. All contracts s lawrully made an by virtue 0r edslmll be bind- by any married womau rt.iflmpifv liornlti fviiiiloil Imr upon herself and husband: and she ' .......... ......,...- i.n ,t..rin.r i.o.0..nf i. i..,t.t,...i i Irom tne state, ue nauio to be sued tiiomnn n if slif. rero sino-lp? aim simii . . . . . . - also be liable to be sued forall other acts done, or liabilities incurred, by lierdur- ng the ab.-ence or ner Husband. Skc. 9. 2o suitor action wherein a married woman shall be a party, under the provisions of this Act, shall be eTon return of lr husband abated !... .1 llllW .11. uuu i.y ...... , "1' incaiioii. uo aiiiuiiii-u in urosircuie i .- i. .. i in , . . defend such suit or action jointly with Skc. 10. Even- petition of a married Sordine such netition shall be "iven bv l41":"? ?" .iA'M0" f "a.i.i.2 T if. ii" ?...,; : i.. ...i.5i, ti." mW- IHIM1II1I llLJLlUt 111 lilll'C IIUUlli: lliaLL'3 111 ! t i....... Vi.. i.V .1... sues, til icusk iweuiy uuy ueiore mu time or presenting such petition. SSEC. ll. v nen any married man m .l.i c 4 i...1l I. .. . i . r. ment In th Penitentiary, his wife mav. iiiuni. in in-i uiiiiiiiMM , ins iiu "'. 11113 .lilli: Ollllll UU PUIllUllUCU iU UUllllUU- upon complying with the provisions or this Act, bo vested witli all tiie powers and liabilities nmvidctl in this Aet for married women whoso husbands havo absconded from the State; and the powers so granted may continue and be exercised until the discharge or her hus band from the I'eultentiary. Tin: AK of Pavkii. In Boston now. theyadverti.se paper suits or clothes for sixty-two aim a nan cents a suit Th, is rliean minufrii. tlinurli if n iwrsnn wearing one or them should get caught in tne rain we imagine no would reel still cheaper. They ought to be cool and comfortable, especially iT they are made or wrapping paper, but tliey would hardly keep their shape with the ther- monetcr at tiitrty-tivenud one hundred We are not lnfome.1 what sort or paper they aro made or, but they might be tne means 01 disseminating? a client) lit- erature; one could weara small volume, so that he that runs could rend. It would be economical to havo the suits printed on both sides, so that they could be turned on the second day, and a person could in tiiis way wear a serial tnrotigii tnoweek, "lo be continued" be ing stamped on tne coat-tan. On Sunday, he could put on good clothes, with a sermon, or religious ex tracts Irom the secular papers, pnnieti on them. There is no ciul to the va riety in costume that can be attained In tne use or paper, or to the good tnat can be done. Business men will come down town to their offices In the morninc in a Hiilnr inoii will romi down JMI91II1.S3 mill Will IU1UI, liy 1 11 suit of morning daily, cool and frenh; and sure that they havo the latest, be- cause-tlie telegraphic news Will be Oil llieir baCKS. Xliey Will tlltlS Ue IIIO means of spreading information where- ..voi. !. ,1,0:1, ,. mer clothing will not hereafter tret out of style, but it will get out of date, for a i yommg. JMranue jnacpenaenr. man's old suit will be at once recog- " nized. Instead of being pointed at as "What to DO. A writer in a house having old clothes, he will be noted as I hold weekly gives some excellent advice having old news. "We arc evidently I to women who want work and its wages. only in the beginning of our discover ies or tne uses of paper. Liristtan tn- on. The Goldcix Age publishes the follow ing very just criticism or itself, from its own correspondent: Can you imagine with what disgust I scan its pages now that its light lias crone down In the darkness of the Gree- lev camnaitrn V i oil nave lelt the Held where your triumphs were achieved, the field of freedom iu thought, rclinion, ami government, to mingle in the tur- i.- r! 1 .if .nvt.Iilniif Inl itilttlia A 11.1 f.-..- .....I. v j vo.uv....... v. what a candidate? For a man whom you have repeatedly nan occasion to oppose, sometimes for his wild extrava- gance in tne cause oirjuionaiism, some- times for Ids bigoted opposition to it; whose last connection with you, before his nomination at Cincinnati, was in the character or a rabid and uureasona- ble opionent or woman sufirago a man whom every sober and undeluded indi vidual in the country forsees will bring iu with him nn era or vacillating, wrong-headed and rash government. A portion or the Democracy is just ' now supporting Mr. Greeley becausd ho was an "original Abolitionist." Yet Wendell Phillips says or Horace: "1 ho need not tell you, my friends, what Ifornen rireplovis w nhniiUnnUta iendS Willi abolitionists knew himonlv lunwollln tho WMrr i tho u-rirv years oi our struggle, iie na clear moral vision to sec the i viniuu iu :h:i: tiiu juatiuu ui . . " . our course, bio C.ltl. lint uovpr rriumfro to pnnroa VUV.... - ' b:m 1.0 t.i 1.0.... e . enio ..mi i.e.er given r.rinnir.i nnnnni. if. ti- o.,,.n.;., r.. the Idea." They claim that Geo. F. Train is in sane. What a pity that his type or in sanity is not contagious. It must have been a remarkable lucid moment with him when he irot oh" tho followlntr. fo- wit: "The Cincinnati Convention was a double barreled shot-gun. One barrol killed Judge Davis, and the other mor - tally wounded Greeley; the kick knocked out what little brains thero was in the Democratic party." i The Martyrs of Liberty. Hon. J. W. Forney, iu his address at I the great Republican reunion at San trancisco, paid the following tribute to Lincoln, Broderick and Baker, which for beauty and eloquence Is like the action of the great Baker himself: There is a grave at Lone Mountain cemetery which it an altar at which every patriot may worship as he studies the marvelous progress of Republican ideas. The stately shaft that points heavenward over tiie remains or JJavid Colbert Broderick is at once a warning and an example. Deafening applause, which continued uninterrupted for sev eral minutes. It warns us never to yield what has been so bravely and so bloodily won. It is an example that no sacrifice is too great to maintain the Republic iu Republican keeping. He died that our faith might live. But for him and his brave followers, this great commonwealth, and the gorgeous riches of its sister communities, would have been swept Into the Rebellion. Like tho Democrats who now support Grant, he broke the chains of party, resisted the usurpations of a corrupt Adminis tration, and by the force of his example, organized a baud of men in California who stood like u wall of fire around the old flag in the days of peril and of death As I stood on the granite that covers lib cranlte that covers ins sacred dust, a fow days since, and looked abroad upon the glorious scene, and recalled tho magical growth or the State lie loved so well, and the fact that, I have heard nothing but praise and honor of Ms name in all this border, I folt that, like that other martyr, Abra ham Lincoln, applause that continued until tne building trembled, my encr- ished frioiul had not died iu vain, and that . Tney never mu wno aie . tt.l".?: Ik .imnr l.i tli v nliU anil nlilla mil I. i0( s'"1 their spirit walks abroad. Though ... . 51?". ... . They bat augment the deep and sweplng thought ti ri tS KKS." ... . . .. ........ llow ?l.ra"Se e tiiviniiy mat snapes lour etuis! mere it another prav in here sleeps Edward D. -s - f mt i . . V i la"' the tribute of prolonged npplame. f J" recollect his magnificent ,.. . , n,.,. ., -,., t J. .' """'""""i " ""' i" cepiemoer, iss): and now woniiertuiiv itTfllH lilt nrrnii nl nt ua nr (hn KilnyilinMA . . ,, ,. r;-"Y Senator applied to himself, when he was laid by the side of his friend, inspired by these cherished names my friends, let us gather new confidence in our cause. By the hoi r triumvirate. Lincoln, Broderick and Baker, let us swear a warmer allegiance to our be- i KSffiS1 and cfoier ll, Tni.,- C Ihmu 11. w,. .1 ...... ... .iicdc .hicv men. inn nrwrrfMis ,r i : p w j r ; '"",., " "L"'?J'""AVi"lue " iTV1 "- ,""" -"'l"i"S mm reuueu, : and I look abroad over this fair land and I 1 f . asK myseii wiiy we suouiu change a President who has do i done so much to help ... .nt(.M, nmsnnritv- fTremen- , .,,.., ...s , i 1 ; J 1 1 1 . 1 " on an bt'FFKAGE in Wyoming. ... . . , . We have always advocated the right or hum principle, auuougii we have hail serious doubts as to the policy o( it being adopted. The abstract right or theory or this much debated question is undoubtedly on the side or the Woman Suffragists, but the great bug-a-boo is, "How will it work in prac- tiee?" "How would VOU like to have your sister vote alongside of a drunken argument has been thoroughly exposed iuii . iiitr luiuvy oi tins specie Ol ui i n ra ri Kunrniiin w innnt w m 1 1 ii mui ; tl?r logical writers, -". jv nuivj kjiiiibii iit Yet is now used aiminst tiie rreelom or women aa it was against the freedom or the negro, only in rt ilillHrpnt liht. Tn lintli inclnnnpq it was a slur uiou our sisters. In one cae it whs supped they would marry the African as soon as the law would permit. '" " f for 1 granted they would linger in the com- i'av "l ui..i;u. it is omy u j wonder t.iat oinni buses railway coaches ami street run nave oeen allowed to i thanks ofthe Nation. exist. Why is it that these fastidious I l.t. We denounce the repudiation of public ffentlemeu ik) not crv out nrnlnsf fhn debts, In any form or disguise, as a national nVII.i; L.V n.,.;t.w.it., f L crtme- We w Itness with pride the rednetlon oC heterogeneous commingling or races, the principal ..f that dew, and of the rates or sexes and colors brought about by legal- Interest uiwn the balance, and confidently izing such methods of travel. The lady fxpect that..iireeeiient national currency wit! who puts her vote in the ballot-box do ! ,vWl "y :' y rumlkm to el not come in any closer contact with 1 11. The iupuiiican party is mimiml of l Tom, Dick and Harry, than she would "biisations to the loyal women of America ror I., ci..r...;.. i..ir. M.n " , Ibetr noble devotion to the cause of freedom; in stepping into the aerage street car. ! their application for admission to further usei It is to the Credit of the press Of i fulness is received with satisfltction; and the Wvominir that it lias almost iinifnrmlv honest demands of any ehv.s or citizens for ad- and III doing SO it lias been sustained by ......, . m1 I ill ciul iivuni i.o..uiar seiiiinie iu JO- day if the iiuestion was submitted to i either Sex tliey would not ravor US rpno.il. Or let either nartv adont a "l J, t!(r l iv ........... . ..w ..y. ... ... CAl ICr- nioriai convention, aim ueieai, wuum stirulv come to the one opiwsetl to the ritorial convention, and defeat would newly acquired right of the women or In describing the vain and weary search of the traveler for cleanly, simple, and palatable meals along railroad lines, he suggests that good housekeepers who need employment should keep neat eat ing houses where such meals could be found. We wish thnt somebody would accept this suggestion, and make some thing of it. A pleasant, airy room, free ire m mes, where a plain dinner of good i mnlnrinls. nieelv ivmk-wl. i-rmhl in mit would be a very haven of delight to the nubile, and a rolilnn tiost -orrrr to Ifq Tim. prietor. Let there be no attempt to serve ' . I : 1 . -.1 1 1 , , f.i uiuuuui.il luirius aim iiurrnt messes ; with French names: no human being in , his right senses ever eats such things, Such a dining-room anywhere, would make more money in a month than a ; p,,0r governess or mill-worker sees in a , year. To women who know how to cook and who are sensible enough to do it, if they want to, we commend this Idea. Eidiungt. The Lincoln, Neb., Herald gives the following reminiscence or O'Baldwin, the prize fighter: "About a year ago O'Baidwill WHS 111 T.innnln for n fpre- i days the wonder or the metropolis. He i un.J 3-u, e " n,l,er or tlle, mi tVrf1oa8t Vf" wa?,of 1 a V-V in -.t e ra'1"5,ad eurasiva -iiy, id made a most P""" ."iT.0" of llI.msf Jf. f.3 a. l0J ' unmanneretl blackguard. While in the -....".nuii m mm ' inJn,nL,ncd b,ll0.kS.arl, . car, he notlcetl a lady seatetl a Tew seats "c uu iau seaietl a lew scats MOt fni tlt'A rm I(bv I ( bwI linn , e . ., , . . - HOI fry flln " (I.h. ... I .... I..f ...! 41, nn w w tiiicv uiiiiuic, iim. iiivii advancing 110.1 nonllv nske.1 her trt sew a button on his shirt. The lady, in n . " - " , -, mortal terror, excused herseir on the trrotind that she had no needle with her. and the great lout and bully went back cursing to his seat. The lady had no friend on the train, and the passengers, rearing to have an encounter with liim, sat passively in their seats and let the insult pass unnoticed." A Paris shopkeeper lately posted over ; his door a notice that as his daughter had "made a splendid match," he would sell goods at a reduction or twenty-five per eent. for a week. NatiqnaEepubScari -Platform- For I'reslUent, VtYKSES S. GK.VVT. For Vlee President, HEXKT "WILSON-. Presidential EIe(ors, A. IJ. .ilenclimii, of Umatilla County. W. II. lInre,ofVnhIngton County. Jin. r. Unzley, o( Douglas County. The ltenubllran Party of the I'nited States as- Heme oieu in national t oneniiniii" uicoij I'hlladelr lplila.on theoth and Gtli uaysoi june. history, and announces Its position upon tho questions before the country: 1. Durlnr the elerpn vir; nf lt ascendancy atn ileelares Its faith, appeals to ;i It has aeoeitte.! xrltn mml enuracre the solemn duties of the time ; has suppresed a gigButla re- Wlliw'j riillim-lJWieU lOUr Illinium ' decreed the equal citizenship of all and estab- oeiuoii, t'liiiim-iriaiea tour million-, wi alieled magnanimity, it "criminally punished no man for political otfem.es nnd lias warmly- welcomed all who proved their loyalty by obeying the laws and dealing Justly with elr neisnoors. jr inuiait-uanew policy lunam Indians: the Pai-ili.- nnilmmland similar vat enterprises have ben generously aided and successfully conducted to completion: the pub lic lanus nave oeen rreely Riven 10 atimi ri tipntf linmlirrniinn if. ioa., nmtected and en couraged, and a full acknowledgement of the, ngnis 01 naturalized citizens secureu European powers. In the form of National" currency, II has iroi,l.il for the National credit, nnd MistsiiW it under the most extra ordinary burdens. Ii lias negotiated new bonds ntlowerrates.il inti rest. The revenues have been cnrerully coll.-cted and honestly applied. Desnlte the annual lar-n- reductions from the rate of taxation, th.' public debt has been re- niciu iiuriiiK i . r. vjrani s i-resmieiic. a. ... rate of SUflMtifiOa p.-r year. A great financial crisis has been averted, and eace and plenty prevail throughout the land. Menacing foreign dltlleulllea have been peacefully and honorably comprised, and the honor and power of tho .-saiion Kepi in a nigu position mmugnoui me world. This glorious record of tho past Is the party's best pledge tor the future, and we be lieve that the people will not entrust the gov ernment to any part) or combination of men, composed of those who chietly have resisted every step In this beneticlal progress. 2. Complete liberty and exact equality In the enjoyments of all civil, political and public rights should be established and effectually maintained throughout the I'nion by efilelent nnd appropriate State and Federal legislation Neither law nor Its administration should admit of any discrimination In respeet ,0 clti zens by reason of nice, i-n-.il, color, or previous condition of servitude. 3. The recent amendments to tho National Constitution should be cordially sustained be- cause they are right, not merely tolerated' because they are law, nnd should be carried out. according to their spirit by appropriate Ieglsfa tlon,thc enforcement of which can bo surely trusted only to the party that secured the" amendments. - 4. The National Government seeks to main tain an honorable peace with all natlons. pro tectlng Itscitlxens everywhere.and sympathiz ing with all peoples who strive for greater liberty. 5. Any system of civil service under which, the subordinate positions of the Government are considered rewards for mere party zeal. Is fatally demoralizing, and we therefore rftvora. reform of the system, by a law whleh shall abolish the evils of patronage and mnta hon esty, efllcleney and fidelity the essential quali fications for mtbllc position, without practically creating a ltte-tenure of office. G. "We are opposed to further grants of public lands to corporations and monopolists, nnd de mand thatthe National domain be set apart for free settlement by the people. ine annum revenue, aiier iwyiiiK cuitc.ii. debts, should furnish a moderate balance for the reduction orthe principal public debt, and except so much as may lie derived from a tax on tobacco nnd liquors, be raised by duties on importations, which should be adjusted to aid In securing remunerative wa"es to laborers. and to promote the industries and growth andproi pority of the whole country. 8. We hold In undying honor the soldiers and sailors whose valor saved the Union. Their pensions arc a sacred debt of the nation, and the widows and orphans of those who died for the country are entitled to the care of a gener ous anu grateiui people, we lavorsuen auui- tlonal legislation as will extend the bounty of , the uovernmenttoall our soldiers and sailors j i.Hru, . y who were honorably discharged, and who In. L!A.;V .01 Jk y,uecn,i,l '', wiinouv re- gardto length of s.-r ic-e or the cause of saeh. i discharge. 9. The doctrine of Great nritain anil other- Kuropean powers concerning allegiance, once a subject always a subject, having at last, through the efforts of the Republican party, been abandoned, and the American Idea ot tho right of an Individual to transfer his alleglanco having been accepted by Kuropean nations.lt Is the duty of our Government to guard with Jealous care the riehts of adooted citizens I against ine assumption of unauthorized claims ; SnunnW XElEZZ , lecuon 10 voiuiiiurj- emigraiion, j Jhj 'Mnf v ege to abol- . mti'. nf nnKlnn. ' 11. Among the questions which press forat- teutinn is tnat which concerns the relations Of capital and lalnr, and the Republican party, recognize the duty of shuoinsr legislation so aa to secure a full protection and ample field for I idta.and for inn :i!r which creates capital; tho ! S, 'vIgZFZ&i?& civilization. I hate only'Vuimi1."1! m.m dntyta thMr measured for the suppression of violent and. , imi.-sKmin unnnuinnini. m n-nmu iuih nr t;ytfS3b Vhey areP end ed To hi i 1 M'o heartily approve of the action of , rnnfM. In inntln. un.n.ut.- in lliAutntiflvBH I ,i , Vh f peace and fralernni feeling throughout tholand. The Uepublt.-nn party proposes to respect ' a11 right reserved by the neopl.othmselves, as refully as the powers delegated by them to the fstflfe nnd Territorial fi-overninentR. TtHls. iapprovesof asserting wnstllutlonallawsfortho im-r-mii-aim lerruormi sineriuiieiuf-. either the state or National Government. with rights not surrendered by the peoplo to. luiriKj-w .ii iinu. nix uj m- inierierenco ii.ii-r I ill- r.mi ir .smi.inni iiuvcni men I. IT. It Is the duty ofthe (ienerai novernmnnt. to adopt such measures as will tend to encour age American commerce and ship-building. 13. We believe that the modest patriotism, the earnest pnriose, sound Judgment, practical, wisdom. Incorruptible Integrity and Illustrious services of U.S. Grant have commended him to the heart of the American people.and with him at our head we start to-day on a new march to victory. nKS. OKANT'S FRINClrLSS. "I would sum up the policy of the Adminis tration tn be a thoroueh enforcement of every law; a falthrul collenhin of the tax provided, for: economy In the disbursement ofthe same, and a prompt payment ot the debt of the na tion; a reduction or taxes as rapidly as the re quirements of the country will admit; reduc tion of taxation and tariff to be so arranged as to afford the greatest relief to the greateot num; ber; honest and fair dealings with all other people, to the end that war, with all Its blight ing consequences, may be avoid ed, without sur rendering any right or obligation due to tho Unite! Suites; a reform In the treatment oftho Indians, and the whole civil service of the country; and, Anally, In securing a pure, nn trninmolled ballot, where every man entitled to cast a vote may do so Just once at each elec tion witnont rear or molestation or prosenpiiwii on account of his political faith, nativity, or minor. V. S. URA5T." Platform of the "Woman Suffrage Party of , the Pacific Slope. WltEiiF.AS.AVe.the representative women of the l'acltlc t'oasf. in Convention assembled in San Kninrisco,tliis21stdB.vorJune,lST2;boI e- -Ing the time has come tolbrm a party.do organlie under the immeortheA Om an Suffrage Party of the !':. Cfsftuld declare the following platform of prtne PJ , lsU All men and women are ereated tree ana equal, and are endowed alifee with certain In alienable rights, among which are the rights to life, lllierty and the pursuit of happiness. af. "We hold thnt under the Fourteenth and Fineenth Amendments to the ConsdtuUon of the Unlteil States women are aireuuj the Unlteil States women are aireauy """- i . ; ..r UnnrPTTIe LOurb i anu niisiiiieriiir.i I .. - .1 , i si. i-eniims a uivniun . .... ----i-:--. j 11s to the nilllmportof these Amendments.and invlewofthe possib J.iuinc.r.ii adverse decision. we wilt labor with our utmost tea. an 5,r'' for an additional amendment to the Constitu tion to secure these rights. " ; ' ""ir wlth determination for the revision nnd raM' llcntlon ol the Constitution and laws or our res pect 1 ve States. , . tth. All persons alike, IkhIi men and women, aro entitled to equal rights before tuelaw. 5th. All pcrsonsand iart le who oppose t neso principles shall betreate.1 as oirrw.lltlealene niles,rrom whom we will withhold orInatt ence in politics and our patronage H"InfM, 6th. We will work for the SST worthy candidate of whatever jtwrty who wm work with lis, and we will T''o'pfeto nny candidate of any party who is oPI theso principles. uaIte up0n this 7lh. As a political P"rwUof iiatkmallty, common platform, regardless 01 11- f sex, jellglon or condition-