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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1873)
. .u ti X. i "Political rlgl Wilt xkjU ilCrUlCijfjbcnenuiom: fc"' " - "our readers w FK1DAY. ...OCTOBER 21, 1873. SPECIAL NOTICE. The New Northwest failed to come out last week in consequence of an en tire change iu its printing office pro gramme. Our boys have gone from the composing room to the school room, and will stay there for a year at least; and now we are depending upon help .tiif. must bo recularlv paid. So. we repeat our "fair warning." Subscribers, you must sustain the paper. Don't wait for your bills. Many of you owe us, and you know it. "We demand the money, not as a favor, but as a right "We want it to pay paper and press work and printing bills that must be mado or vou cannot get the paper. So lei us hear from you at once. ! "Political rights don't bring pecuniary , man or womau.'1 Wo hopo i ill pardou us fur the long) ligressiou, and we are sure the Bulletin will, for we hereby append an article from its editorial columns which upsets the theory of its "noted young lady lec turer," aud its own quasi endorsement thereof as well: POLITICAL AND PEOTJHIAET EIGHTS. "Political rights don't brine pecuniary bene- flu to man or woman.1 So said the Portland Bulletin some time since. In response to our declare tion that the political right is the basis of all ritrhts .pecuniary and otherwise. We asked a question in reply to the above, which ourreaders will remember was in substance like this: "If pecunt ary rights bring man no pecuniary ben efits, why Is it that he so often draws fat pay as President, Vice President, Senator, Repesentative, Legislator, Govornor, Secretary of State, etc., etc?" As it is generally conceded that a Journallstlo failure to reply to a ques tion courteously asked is tacit admission of inability to do bo, we dropped the subject, for it Is always slow work sail ing up stream without some head wind In the shape of opposition. But as the BalMIn gathers, with never tiring as nldulty, every sllly-pated reporter's re view of every sensational attack upon the principle of Human Rights, whose faulty and Justice It cannot logically oppose, we deem it neccusary to give that Journal a little further candid atten tion. In a recent Issue we find an article en titled "Miss Edgerton on Suffrage," which we copy iu another column, and in which she (Miss E.) is called a "noted vouusr lady lecturer." Why, bless your honest soul, brother, that "young lady" Is lust a dozen years older than our ven erable self! The reporter who gave a avnriDBis of her "speech" was doubtless oue of those whipper-snapper voters of tire "male" persuasion, with down just vegetating on his upper lip, who are so plenty and cheap iu New York that they give their peculiar "coloriug" in the newspapers to everything that women av or da. Never, until women are armed with the peaceful ;oiter of the ballot, will they command respect ful attention from the responsible editors of citv newspapers, unless, like wily slaves .under the old slave-owning rettfme of the South, they "take sides" vtn, tlipir masters. Then the Bulletin Take the case of the widow or Oregon' late honorable Representative elect to Congress, Mrs. Joseph G. "Wilson, lor Instance. Itefore he lea Washington, for a vlnlt to Marietta, In Ohio, where he died.Judge WU&on deposited 81X00 In Governor Cooke's Washington M Uonal Bank, lie believed it to be entirely round not rotten to the core, as It has proved, .vnerhls death, Just before Mrs. Wilson started for Oregon, with her half-orphaned little ones, be applied at the bank to Bet the $1JK0-11 tho money which her lamented husband had ien to provide for herself and dependent family. She was refused. Governor Cooke told her the bank could not and would not pay the money to her until the administration of Judge Wil son' estate had authorized the demand. Then, and not until then, would she get the S1.CO0- Mrs. Wilson had no recourse. She had to sub mit to the harsh, unfeeling, soulless terms. Fortunately tor her, penniless almost as she was, she found a friend who loaned her money enough to pay her way back to her home In Oregon. She is now teaching school at we Dalles to support her children. On her arrival here she had bond prepared, of nn undoubted character, to enable her to draw the $1,000 from Cooke's bank. They were sent to Judge Wil liams, Attorney-General, to be presented by him as her authorized agent; he to draw the money, pay the um she had b-en compelled to borrow, and remit to herself the remainder. The bonds and the authorization to Judge Wil liams reached Washington Sept. 2W. The bank had failed several days before. And now Mrs. Wilson is left destitute and In debt. Had Governor Cooke paid her the tlJUO her hus band had deposited In his bank for safe keep ing, this grievously afflicted and distressed lady would not now be defrauded of her slender means and have this los added to her painful bereavement. Her Is one case we happen to know of. How many similar cases aro there, of which the details do not reach us? And yet Governor Cooke lives sumptuously upon his large rrlvMe wealth, free of the law! had Mrs. Wilson riPTII ANNUAL MEETING. The American Woman Suilrage As sociation held its Fifth Annual Meeting and celebrated its Fourth Auulversary, on Monday and Tuesday, October 13 and 14, in New York and Brooklyn, begin ning with addresses on Monday evening, at Cooper Institute, New York, holding a business session on Tuesday morning in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and continuing its sessions iu Plymouth Church during the afternoon and even ing. We hope to have full particulars for our next issue. We respectfully acknowledge an Invitation to attend, as one of the speakers, and sincerely regret that we were unable to do so. O, that: we had more workers in this far distant and yet fertile field. The calls upon us as an individual to go out and labor In the political vineyard are more than a half dozen women could respond to, If the earnest and talented friends of our cause who are longing to engage in tho work, but allow timidity and theadvico of meddlers, under the disguise of friends, to restrain them, would but bravely come to tho front, they would be astonished at their own success quite as much as they aro surprised at ours, Friends, you do not know what you can do until vou make tho eflort. Tho sneers of the envious and the acrimony of the Jealous are harmless if you heed them not, and the abominable attacks of thepbscure and Ignoraut mortals who call us names in newspapers, out prov that the truth ha9 probed the ugly ulcers on their body politic which they fain would hide. The harvest is ripe, aud Now, O, Bulletin, possessed the "political righU" enjoyed bv her husband, think you that her "pecuniary rights" would have been thus outraged? Governor Cooke was simply obeying tho laws of man when he refused to pay over the money until the Banio had been administered upon and depleted by those whose "political rights" bring them "pecuniary ben efits." Your story is so well told that we could not improve It if we would. But stay! Iu the face of even one such fact as the above, don't you think that Miss Edgerton might be better employed in severing Mrs. Wilson's political chains than in endeavoring to forge them tighter, when the only advantago that can accrue to her futile efforts Is a little newspaper buncombe? the laborers aro few. What noble, sen slblo woman is ready and willing to put shoulder to the public wheel, and work side by side, or better yet, in the lead, In spreading, in this corner of tho earth, our gospel of peace on earth ami good will to men aud women before th waiting multitudes? The American Woman Suilrage As sociation lias a largo number of itiner ant speakers missionaries who readi ly receive reasonable compensation for their laboraln the contributions taken at their lectures. Connot some of our Oregon talent, which is quite equal to tho best in the distant East, be per suaded to do likewise? As we write, visions or one hundred pressing invitations for a course of A1ISWEES. TO OOBBESrUHUJanxto.' -luufto. DUgwled, Lafayette, writes. . don't want the New NoirrmEST any longer. The woman who binds out ner month-old baby, aud goes over the country making political speeches, shall not longer be encouraged ty me.- In the name of common sense has been aud cone and "bound out" a "month- old baby," or any other "baby?"- Our opinion is that pome wag, knowing you ,111 I. Loan "sttlfllni?" to oo very guiuuie, !"- o you just to see you make a spooney of yourself, which you have doue to per fection. We ought to print your name, in order that everybody In your neigh borhood might laugh at you ; but we desist, in consideration ofyour unparal leled verdancy. Our "batty" is now a great, rollicking, manly school boy; a fine, good-natured, sensible ieuow, will soon bo able to make political speeches for himself. So don't worry. A new subscriber, yes, two of 'em, take your placo in Lafayette; so you haven't "discouraged" us much. Dressmaker. Corvallis: Tho front breadth of tho dress Is now fashionably rufllcd from the bottom to the top. Put abroad flounce on the back breautns, letting it bo overlapped by the narrow ones in front. The overskirt is bunched at the back, as usual, maklngthe wear er look like a half inverted camel In the zoological cardens. Tho latest and most ditlhvjuc styles of dress are made nlain. and of rich material, with bas nuiue waist, trimmed with satin folds and yoke, guipure or Brussels lace, or fine and Intricate fringes, without over- skirts. These last will soon be as obso lete as hoop skirts, unless fickle fashion should be seized with some different freak. W. II. S., Astoria: Very sorry your letter came too late. Let us have more of the same sort. Nothing surprises us now-a-dayp, and your private account of a certuin man and matter may be true, but, as you are aware, It will do no good to agitato it now. We're ail "iu for it" till the term expires. Wo must do better next time. It Is useless to try to hinder the official course of a man in office by traducing him, whether lie deserves it or not. Keep such men out, is our motto; but if in, or if they get in, In spite of us, make the best of a bad bargain and get all the good we can lectures crowd upon us. Conventions i out of them. aro to bo held, societies organized, aud communities convorted In every pre cinct. The work is Herculean. Who will help us? Or, rather, who will un dertake this work, and give us the time Country Milliner Hats with brims rolled at the sides are very stylish. They aro all high in tho crown, and worn high upon the head, making a tall woman look like n hay stack with a THE BIITEEEN0E. In order that our thousands of readers may see how badly an obscene and so called Democratic organ at Eugene was worried overour well received address in that place, on tho "political situation," wo Belect from about two columns of base personal diatribe the only par agraph which we, as a responsible and respectable journalist, could copy with- , by-and-by out running a verv narrow risk of being, The Member elect that we need to devote to our editorial , center pole looming nt the top, bedecked duties? I with festoons of tomatoes, potato vines i and "tickle" grass. J. W., "Walla Walla: our poem will appear next week. You will see that THE P0WEB OP THE "NEW N0ETH- WEST." The Woman Movement in Oregon has lost a vote in tho House of Representa tives for the two ensuing Congressional terms. It has lost it, though, in a way ilinf Is tint, nnlv Imlf n vlolorv. but is a precursor of an unexampled triumph four stanzas, after the "star," were omitted. The sense is complete, and the general style of the poetry better without them. You have a talent which vou should cultivate. Let us hear from remarked to a Democrat and Guard. Says the Guard: Wr entertain the gravest doubtsa to whether there Is on tho face of the earth any being who can tell as many untruthH In one hour as did thCTlepraved female who harangued nn au dience at the Court House last Saturday even ing, and we are absolutely certain that no per son except her could tell them with such fervor. But for the sake of the reputation of Eugene we are proud to say that thero is one respectable newspaper in the place, which, although it differs from us In many particulars', iHdcccut,dignified and reliable. This paper, the Journal, says of the lecture: As announced, Mrs. Duniway spoke at the Court House last Saturday evening, and was greeted by a larger audience than has attended any political meeting In this city for many a dny. Althoughshewassevoreonbotli political parties, she told about as much truth as could well be spoken In that length of time. Her peech won well received, notwithstanding the fact that a great many doubt the propriety of a woman lakin the stump in a political campaign. Now, to all the Democratic small fry who are snapping at ourhecls, wo say in placid serenity, snap ou. Your bowl ings only prove that we havo frightened you thoroughly. If we had only had one month longer time to devote to the people's interests before election, we beforo election that he would "defeat his adversary, the Smith without an alia) by three thousand majority; and," added he, with emphasis, "if it were not for that d d heifer of the New Nouthwest, I'd win by five thousand." It Is llttlo wonder that tho weaker portion of the Democratic press, Includ ing the Orcgonian aud Reporter, grew frantic and called us names; for they all knew that If we had had one mouth longer lime In which to work, before election, among Republicans aud Dem ocrats, exposing the OnyoHian's trea son, Mr. Nesmith'a anti-Democratic record, and the political situation just as it was, uutrammclcd as wc were by partisan alliances, their candidate of double and doubtful cognomen would have been defeated. As it was, ho was elected by less thau two thousand, con sequently, by his own confession, the Nkw Northwest he'll exenso us for not prefixing his adjectives controlled three thousand votes. HE G0TS0AEED. The timid editor of the Orcgonian, who says he imU editor ho only controls the paper and writes the editorials got so badly frightened o-er the effective work we were doing to dofent his candi date for Congress that he called lustily should have had a gentleman in Con- 1 A it lva. vnn loarned to fear us ; J --", " will quote them with amazing gaslo. !arrested for obsenlty. Low indeed have , prominent gentleman in this city just The reader is here requested to paue in ; our voters' governmental ideas fallen ( Mil editorial until ho reads "Miss Ed-1 when a man can be elected to Congress- , carton on Suffrage" iu another column. whose satellites arc of the stamp of tho Now, we win goon. .ui n. itca that "Indlecrlmato male siilTrage is al ready a source of evil and danger, as it gives ignorance equal power with Intel ligence." Very well. Let us look at UiU: "Mule" ignorance, as it now ex ists, has unlimited power over "female" intelligence. Is that Justice, O, Bullctinf How would "the evil be increased" by giving suffrage to woman in the same manner, if "only an increase would fol low without any change" in the re sult? Miss E.'s declaration that by the bal lot the best and purest women would be brought Into degrading contact with tho worst and vilest, is just about such a compliment to her own personal in tegrity as timid Republicans paid them selves when they feared to vote for Hiram Smith, lest they might bo in dueed by so doing to commit "bigamy." The course of reasoning is the same, preoieely. Miss E. sayB truly that her "purer sixers will bo compelled to vote to save the Nation." Tho Bulletin will please iak notico that every viio woman iu th land, who plies hcrlnfainoiiscalllug as bagnio keeper or boarder, influences the votes of from five to fifty men, ac- .tnrdiiiK to her talent, charms, whisky or other iniluence. Nothing but the votea of the good and pure women of the country will counteract this wick edness. And women like Miss Edger- - v!in tiri'toml to SO much lovo of womanly retirement, while mounting public rostrums to proclaim by their own acta the fact that they are only en deavoring to catch a little newspaper praise by pandering to the morbid ap prnbatlvcness of man their practice glvlug the Ho dlet to their preaching will, in the near-by future, sink out of public sight, unwept, unhonored and unsung. The "courtesy" to which Miss E. al ludes, and of which approbate man so dearly loves to hear, is not denied, but otrvovu nrknnn'ledced bv the wise Woman Suffragist. It U the same sort of chlvalric feeling that prompted the olave owner to smile graciously upon fiie obsequious Sambo, or tip his beaver with a "killing" air when meeting tho bright eyes of Dinah. But courtesy, delightful as K its, will not longer be ac cepted In lieu of justice by women of practical good setup and ingenuous dispositions. It is I rue that the "average woman is always relentless toward hlnners of ner own sex," and she exhibits this phase , of vassalage too, procUely as the aver age slave .exhibited the saute spirit when he or she had power to puuUh a dlsbonesb or refractory brotuor or sister, tn the namo of their master. But we bavo waudcred far from the. iWwilb which we began "" fdllorial 1I3P stui'": t f ,m, n .We- that vou emnlovcd the tnrbetl that It was little wonder that, iu Govcrnortorunopposltlontoourpublic;1'18 trepidation, ho should see himself speakiug, although you could not Induce i reflected In tho mirror of his own con- him to meet us in ilebatc, like a gentle- j -' -. man. So, we repeat, snapon; It amuses ; an'l "lnke tlle Pc0Ple e0 through your you and doesn't hurt us. ' ! onUc, lrate MnD" fco E slow- You'll ' learn a few profitable lessons from your , present blunders u you really possess the native talent for which wc have (been p!eaed to give you credit. A ; young man cannot inakeaworso mis- AH APOLOGY. After a lilte reflection, and when it was too lato to amemi tne nmuer, wc,. . .,, . ,,., ,, .... felt sorry that we had, In our last issue, . throw,I)g Democratic mud la Brown Ktoopea to resent tue bukm . - or BuJ of B But we ,mve , for ture who presides over the Male lhghU provided you cet out of that Democrat. Tho gamo was not oniy not , . . wortli the antnuniiioii, uui, ... cjntjong eralU, now that it la captured, iscuurag-: (J . tertstic or tne animai. uLriwmai, pardon us for quoting just oue para- - - JJJpJ; EUH TOE THE D0OT0E. n,.vraKnRTiiwKsr Is now Issuing a. cam-' Our brother of the Yamhill Tirnnrter palgn edition of iOO copies, filledwith the;,3 In ,icckJ of ft u,e BoothlnK igvrun. Ills frantic and futile attemnt It' never too late to mend, n. ever emanated from a de-, quotation iron; i,..aH .Unnvnl nd vlcioiu brain. The inde. cent old hag who weekly hurls her garbage at the shrinking, dingusted public Is only protect ed fro injuat punishment becauseshe Is beneath the notice of a decent public So let her sit and erin over hor own filth and revel In Its reeking fumes. It harms no one and seems to afford the antique Jezebel a deal of salisiacuoa. We ask our friends everywhere to merely consider tho source from which tuoh an effusion emanated. We made a mistake In naming our game we called it a "puppy" which must now bo apologized for. Indbad, we can never bo happy again uutil wo b.ve made honor able reparation 4 tho badly elandcrrd "puppy." TETJLY " ATTENDS THE TAIE. It wasn't' very easy getting ofT. The Governor, whom Yours Truly some times styles "papa," for short, after scct Ing her article ou the "circus," and per haps guessing at its origin, graciously gave his impecunious school-girl a five dollar gold piece tho largest sum she had -ever had in her possession at once. Professor Royal looked a littlo dark when leavo of absence was asked, but as Yours Truly was "in funds" she was victorious, and off sho started for tho Fair. She would have been excessively happy if her ideal young man with the broad shoulders and honest countenance had been her escort, but he was too bashful to make other than sheep's eye advauccs, and Yours Truly is too in dependent to simper and hint for the sake of a beau, aud too proud to invite him to spend his own money for her cn- oymeut; so she slipped her solitary five-dollar pieco into her fine fitting Alexandria kid glove (the Governor gives her an unlimited run at Clark & Henderson's), and bidding her land lady good morning, she tripped off through a thick fog to the depot, watch ing l'hll as ho bowled away in a hack from the City Stables, going after his "girl," who lives several blocks nearer the depot than Yours Truly, who having lost her meek-mannered escort of circus memories, must needs go afoot or stay at home. "A ticket for the Fair Grounds." The words were spoken timidly, for Yours Truly was attacking a new experience. Tho tlaxen-halred representative of tho transportation interests looked at her with a smile that was childlike and bland, ami handed over the ticketf giving iu exchange for her solitary gold piece two dollars and a quarter. "How am I to get homo again, and where are my meals to come from?" ruefully soliloquized Yours Truly. But nobody took any notice of her, and hurrying with the crowd onto the ferry boat aud into the cabin, she sat down to meditate upon the best means of economizing ata Fair withoutanescort, and with two dollars and a quarter. The day, which had opened with such glad.some granduer, began to gather about her a misty veil of ominous dark ness, aud when the train reached the Fair grounds a second deluge was upon the earth, with no good, patieut Noah to gather the waiting kinds in pairs within his spacious ark. Oh. the ruin and smoke and mud! Why did Yours Truly leave her seat in school, where the ceaseless din of scratching slate pencils made her nerves to quiver? How she longed for a sight of the rusty stove and tho monotony of her accustomed studies! But the crowd bore her on and on. Away wo all went, splash, splash, splatter, through the mud and rain to the pavilion, where with rueful faces aud loud laments the faithful were arranging for the show. But it is no use talking, Mrs. D., Yours Truly cannot do thesubject justice. The exhibition was fine and everybody tried ids best to think that he enjoyed it. While Yours Truly was standing near the entrance, making a critical exami- ! nation of a new fangled cooking stove Ishe was getting hungry, you see up drovo l'hll aud his "girl" iu a spaukmg, mud-be-splattered turn-out, drawn by bob-tailed horses, with a muddy driver In an army overcoat, "O, Phil, I'm so glad to see you." YoursTruly meantlt, Mrs. D. "Why, Sis, what's the matter? You look lonesome," introducing me to his "girl," who looked up contempt uously as if to say, "I want no divided honors iu this arrangement." But Phil, for once, was good-natured and brotherly. We three (Yours Truly feeling meanwhile like an unbidden boy at a frolic) waded through tho mud aud rain to the circus and side shows. We saw country awaius dragging their buxom sweet-hearts by the hand through torrents that stout hearts might quail at; saw tho omuipreseut swing with its lugubrious owner waiting in vain for country customers to seat them selves aud "spark" and swing and munoh prize candy O, sweetness un paralleled! how were ye undone! We visited the confectionery stands, and taking the advantage of the presenco of Phil's 1 sumptuously? We plowed our way through the mud to tho stalls where the flue stock was exhibited; looked anx iously at the deserted race grounds and saw Hiram Smith's tall hat, a head above the common crowd, aud knew by tho motion of his bauds that he was Mectioneering. ButPhll's "girl" showed plainly by her petulant manner that she j felt that Yours Truly was poaching up ; on her pcouliar preserves. Seeing this, j Yours Truly ndroltly fell back and was soon lost among a muddy-booteu, ram cccds, we got cxcelleut meals, hut Yours), Truly hadn't n particle ot appetite. What was tho matter? Her ideal ate vigorouslj- men always do, no matter how deeply they may be in love. Wo strolled through the pavilion when the great hroug of visitors were absent, aud would you believe it, Mrs. D., Yours Truly saw dainty young men busily employed as "committees" in ex aminingladies' undercloThlng. Weren't iucj angiitis uuw v -Ji"--w- Well, it rained and rained and rained! This description reminds Yours Truly of the Btory of an old lady who was egregeously bored by a tedious visitor. "I pulled off my shoes,1? said she, "an' toasted my feet as I always do before goinMobed; I hinted that his family might want him; I made down a bed in the corner and asked him to remain with us over night; but he would neither stay nor go; and there he sot and sot and sot." That train imitated him to perfection "TETTE-E FBOMjTILLAMOOK. My Dear Mrs. Dumwti;r.-l have read the "fair warning" m te last Tho People's Paper. At tirst my nean sauk within me as 1 tnougiu, -mu crisis is come and we - are, not. prepared for it;" but I rallied atones, and resoiveu to be one of your many friends who would send you at least "ono new sub- scriber,"and I succeeded, to my enure satisfaction. Now, if all of you subscrib ers would do the same, in your own words, "tho work" would be "done." Then we might know that the "whlte- wlnged messeuger or love, Iigut, knowledge and peace on earth and good will to men and women" would live. Is it possiblo that the people will allow the publication of our little gem to be suspended ? Dear editor, you do not, nay, you can not know the value "and contort of the Nkw Nouthwest to me aud thousands of others. It is as farsuperiortothe com mon newspaper 01 tne uay as a. pure We camo home and Yours Truly, diamond is to a pebble; and when I in dutv bound, informed, the Governor that she had gone und got "engaged." You should have seen him rage and scold. "Nevermind," was.Yours Tru- ly's answer, "You leave your daughter to bum on half allowance, or beg or get married. She's too honorable to do the first, too proud to try the second and too wise to attempt the third for a few months yet, unless" and this was said with much hesitation, "You give her pocket money euough to make her as indeneudent as you invariably make Dick or Phil." ine uoveruor is uousiuenug mu tuac, and that he may come to his senses be fore the next Annual fair, is tho sincere desire of Yours Truly. SEOEETAEY'S EEP0ET Of tie Spiritualist Grove Meeting held at Woodburn. Met at Woodburn. commenced Oct. 3d, 1S73 aud continued for four days, Officers elected for the occaasion: Mr. E. C. Cooly, President; Mr. C. R. Hanson, Secretary. Committee on pro gramme, Mrs. Lewcllen, Mr. Davis. The meeting was very interesting. Excellent speaking and lectures by Mrs. Belle Chamberlain, Mr. Allen Cleve land, and Mr. James Cooley, in trance and normal conditions. Mr. Heath aud and family constituted tho choir and mivo excellent music during the meeting. Spirits described by Mrs. Chamberlain, Mr. Northcut and other mediums, both in public and private, were all readily recognized by the audi ence. BUSINESS l'ROCEEDINOS OF THE MEET-1XO. Report of the Committee of Arrange ment and finance received aud accepted Committee discharged. Report of Committee on land appoint ed at Parrot's Grove Meeting, laid on ta ble for future consideration. Report of Committee on Constitution not adopted. Committee discharged. Committee appointed to see if ten or fifteen acres of land can bo bought at Woodburn to hold Annual Meetings up on, and to report at tho noxt Woodburn moetintr. Committee appointed: Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. Cooley; Constitution of tho State Spiritual Religious Association of Oregon: 1. We, the Spiritualists of Oregon, in Convention assembled, do hereby agree to associate ourselves together in an or cranization to be known as "The State Spiritual Religious Association." 2. Aims aud objects of the Association: The propagation of Free Thought and Ptinciples; the organization of Societies for combining all liberal elements in the great work of Science and Reform; the cmployiug of such missionary or missionaries aud speakers as the funds of tho Association will admit of: authorizing lectures, holding se- anoos, solemnizing marriages, organiz Ing societies, soliciting donations to the fund3 of this Associatlou, and taking aud receiving fees and dues for member ship in same; to take collections where public meetings aro held, and requiring them to make monthly reporU to the President of this Association of all mon ies received and labor performed. 3. The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, Vice Presi- girl," didn't Yours Truly faro deut, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall " 1 . I ...... .r Tmofwa fur ftio consmuic a nuum u j..s..v- - think how much purer and nobler are its aims and aspirations than are those of the selfish partisan sheets that would fain cover you with calumny, wonis fail me wherewith to tell you of its worth. I assure you that I will ever and always do all in my power to in crease your circulation and sustain the paper's finances. The election is over and morality is defeated. I know several good (?) Re publicans who stayed away from tho polls for fear that the election of a decent man would cause them to commit "biga my." Poor, timid souls! Itis tituefor them to stand aside and leave the man agement of polities to tho wise men ana women of the land who are not so easily tempted to sin. We are all looking for brave and tell ing work from your voice and pen in the spring campaign. May the right prevail, and may the exultantopponents of Human Rights be confounded by their own evil deeds, is ever the wish of ours for the cause, Mrs. E. A. Corwix. TH.T.AMOOK, Oet. 1C, 1S73. Housekeeper: Ripe tomatoes will tako out mildew stains. Masii them and spread thickly upon tho stained places, lavinir the goods in the sun, This receipt never fails. Mrs. M. J. F.: Sent the paper as you requested. All right. We cannot die till our work Is done. Your letters are particularly refreshing and welcome. God bless you. Other letters will bo answered next week. THE WOMEFS COKGBESS. New York, Oct. 17. At last evening's session of the Women's Congress, Mr. Sarah Jane Spencer read a paper on the co-education of the sexes, and argued that the sex was of the soul, and as in destructible as thcHOiil itself. Rev. Celia j Burleigh read a paper on the relation of women to her dress, holding that the present dress is ugly, unnatural and Im modest, and unless women cau be eman cipated from its tyranny, even tho bal lot can do little for her. The claims of women as teachers was tho subject of a paper prepared by Harriet Beccher Stowe and Catherine Beccher. The Bcligio-Phllotophical Journal, a "Spiritual, Liberal and Roform" paper, which takes extremely opposlto grounds from Mrs. Woodliull on tho Freo Love abomination, is upon our tablo as full of fight as an egg Is of meat. We have often objected to this journal because of its coarse attacks upon the Churches, but there is no denying that it is now doing yeoman's service in beating back tho ti dal wave of sensualism under which Mosos Hull and Wood-Hull are endeavor lug toengulf our land. Address S. S. Jones, Chicago, Ills, 1 i We learn from our exonanges mat we i drenche(i turong, sonic in carrlages.somc at any regular meeting oi rcceiveil seventeen vines iui m-ini-ma-, on nJj all ilavjH?f tho bedraggled un uy a iwa-uurus vote, tive. win tne eensniie BeiuieuiL-u u t appearanco or chickens that Had been proved themselves capable of foresee- ;"res)CUed fr0, swill-patla. Ing tho certain events oi mo near-uy j Tuesday and Wednesday wero spent future, be so kind as to forward us their j n R ecaselosa routine of getting wet and photographs with genuine signatures j jinnginingthat we were all enjoying it. attached? We want mom to piaco on ( IMlU ariU ,js iigjrf" got i05t entirely and exhibition at the Centennial exposition. Yours Truly, having expended the last cent of her two dollars and a quarter, Owing to a crowd upon our coiumn, grew ,j0jeri imioed. But there's a hero Association. Said officers snail perrorm tho duties of their respectfve offices as members of the Board usual in such cases, and shall be elected annually, and hall hold offlco nntil their successors aro tiiily elected by the Association. 4. Membership. Fees for membership BhalIbc,formen,$2 OOporyear; women, free. Any person may become a member by signing this Constitution and pay ing fees where required by this Article. 3. This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the Associa w nrn nnablo to present Olir readers in tQ .,-,. siorv. nn,t Yi.lira TrnK- fnnml this Issue with complete Jolllngo of our hers ghewas standing in the ticket campaign journeying". They will i office trj'lng in vain to get "trustetl" for pear next wcok. a homeward ride whon ler ideal young lion- to elect his "ticket for men" lias left bis sensibilities in a badly rasped condition Hear him, addressing us: "We don't know ho MM, e- any other man, could help getting vexed with yonrlntolerable squeaking." Well, well, klud sir, we havo been called a terror to evil doers from our childhood up. But ful when we should therefore, wa refrain tho costlgalion wuicn you unow you merit when you call us names. Poor boy, it mwit have some soothing syrup. Run for Doctor Geary, quick. The Slate 1 Gazelle is responsible forthl: Premiums, ucxt year, should ho awarded to contesting lady rook, and tho results should bo published far and wide so that the mistake about our young ladles being pretty and useless can be removed. Tho bachelor mind of this coast labors now under tho inlsap. ni.tinn. nnd thoy stlok to restaurants instead of marrying aud boarding at man with the broad shoulders and ost faoe made his appearance, gathering oourage, probably, from the sad predica ment In which he found his hitherto immaculately gotten up diviuily, and made a little speech that Yours Truly intuitively understood. Phil was henceforth nowhere. He may go to Texas with his "girl." We went toxelher to the Pauorama, nave nououui. ub-uu , --- - . niuwlHinnreon partunltlcs to demonstrate - tuda wo two endured the ram and mua ii, o u ovists amoug our Oresron clrls. I i. rtnixii ltret.nirant. where tho which tl?e glrl Will coutoit. ! tholr right, you know, pocket the pro- The Legislature of Washington Ter rilory is now in session, and in response to an invitation from the Woman Suf frage Association, w shall go to Olyni- pla next Tuesday, to remeain a fort night, and help theladiea to try and pass a Woman Suffrage Rill. A Territorial Convention will also be held during our visit. Wo rogret going to press before receiving the offioial Call for publica tion. The J-h-cning Xetr has not only donned a new dress, but, sinco we chas tised it for obscenity, It has been on its good behavior and now deports Itself llko a gentleman. Success to it. John G. Saxe sends the following to a temperanoe oonveutlon: You havo heard or "tho Miake In the grass," oftnelerrlbie snake, in the grass; lint now you must know, Man's deadliest foo U a cnake ora dlflercnt class, TU the venomous snako in the glass! One of the most taking miscellaneous writers for tho Oregon press is "Yours Truly," au occasional coutributer to the Portland NkwNortuwEst. Mountain Sentinel, Miee Edgerton on Suffrage. This noted voumriudy lecturer lately delivered a lecture on Suffrago in Brook lyn, atid one of the ew orfc papers tlius speaiis oi tierseit aim wnat sue said: She is by no means a petite beauty, but a substantial, handsome, sensible- looking j'oung lady, and it was easier to imagine than it was with some lady lecturers, that her lecture was entirely tier own composition, fane waspiainiy but becomingly attired in a black silk dress, aud she spoke throughout with a quiet, finely-modulated but rather deep, 'it . s A T : -jrv, .1 not believe in "V oman Suilrage. She argued that the Indiscriminate suilrage already enjoyed uy tne male citizens oi the Republic was a source of danger and evil, as it gave ignorance equal power witu intelligence ana placed tne en lightened benefactor of humanity polit ically ou tne same level witu tne disso. lute idler. The evil would only be in-f creased if the same indiscriminate right of suffrage were given to woman; forthe number of voters would be doubled with out any change in the proportion of ig noraut aud intelligent possessors ot po litical power. The effect of such an in crease in the number of voters would not, she thought, materially affect the political course of the Nation, but she feared it would have a demoralizing ef fect upon women themselves, by with drawing them to some extent from the refining influences of home and bring ing the best and purest of them into de grading contact and competition with tne worst, it inigut be said tliat tuey would not be compelled to vote; but no compulsion would bo needed to induce the most unprincipled reprobate to vote, aud their purer sisters would be com pelled to vote to save the Nation. Miss Edgerton also denied that the ballot was needed, or that the condition of women would be thereby improved in any particular. She acknowledged that there were laws upon the statute books of this and other Slates which might well be repealed ; but she argued that men were not all contented and happy and prosperous because they had votes, and sue also maintained In vigorous language that women could trust more readily for justice to the generosity and chivalrous instinets. of men than to their own sex. In proof of tliis position she referred to thegeneral courtesy with which women are treated by men in all civilized nations, and showed the liaryt, aud relentless condemnation with whicli the average womau visits sinners of her own sex. In conclusion, Miss hdgerton depicted her ideal of womanhood, far different from the frivolous type so common, but which could only be at tained by careful home oulture. Hulle-tin. A beautiful and high-spirited horse would never allow a shoe to be put on his feet. In an attempt to shoe such a horse, recently, he resisted all efforts, kicked aside everything but an anvil, aud came near killing himself against that, and finally was brought back to his stable unshod. This defect was just on the eve of consigning him to tne plow, where he might work barefoot, when an officer in our service, lately re turned from Mexico, took a cord abont the size of a common bed-cord, put it in the mouth of the horse, like a bit, and tied it tightly on the animal s head, passing his left ear under the string, not painfully tight, but light enough to keep the ear down and the cord m its placi. This donejie patted the horse, gently on the side of the head, and com manded him to follow; and instantly the Lowe obeyed, perfectly subdued, and as gentle and obedient as a well ii .loir: suflering his feet to be lifted ...iM, rwrfnet Impunity, actiiiK m all respects liko an old stager. The gentle man who thus furnished this exceed ingly simple means of subduing a veiar dangerous propensity, intimated that it is praoticed iu Mexico and South America in tho management of wild horses. Commercial Advertiti r. Ono thing is settled: Govenor Wash burn, of Wisconsin, is opposed to relig ious fairs aud lotteries. He has called the attention of tho Legislature to the propriety of adopting somo means for "breaking up the schools in which gam blers aro made;" aud Rev. Dr. Corn wall read a paper a few days since, in wlilMi ho nrrrnpil thnt not onlv are tlie I raffling and Tottery tables which arc tho usual features oi sucn omenaiuiucuw directly demoralizing, but that the whole system, by which money that should bo voluntarily given to tho ohurch Is raised by cajoling people into buying articles for their own benefit, is unworthy of the holy cause in which it Is employed.