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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1674. Theflrstannual meetlngof theOregor. State Woman Suffrage Assoclat on will be held in Portland, at Masonic Hall, Febuary 13 and 14. Delegates from all parts of the Stale are expected to be present. .First-class speakers have been invited to address the meetings". California and Washington Territory are respectfully invited to co-operate with us. Friends, all that is needed to make our cause succeed is earnest efforts among those most deeply Interested, Arrangements have been made with Capt. J. C. Alnswortb, President of the O. S. 2f. Company, and-agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, also with the President of the W. R. T. Company, to return all delegates free who may visit the Convention by way of their roads and steamers. Let us have a rousing meeting in the name of Freedom, Justice and Human Rights. Abby B. Gibson-, a A. Coburn, President Secretary. THE CONVENTION. When the next issue of the New VnitTinvKST reaches our readers the Woman Suffrage Convention will be in progress; consequently, this is the last opportunity for effective exhortation to delegates, whether elected from auxili ary societies, or volunteers in the ser viceall of whom are expected and will be heartily welcomed to be sure to rally around the flag of freedom, justice and humanity upon that important oc casion. Friends, don't wait to be In vited. The cause needs you. Its Presi dent and subordinate oflicere have many cares and much labor upou their brains and hands. There are many sympathizers who have never yet pub licly identified themselves with the movement. Now Is you chance, friends. Come out to the meetings. If you can't make speeches you can listen; if you can't write essays you can vote. The Con vention needs you. Plenty of oppo nents to the cause will be there. They always come. Remember that by patronizing Cap tain Alns worth's line of steamers or the W. R. T. Co. in coming to the Conven tion, you will be entitled to a certificate from" the President of the Association that will enable you to return home without extra expense. Entertainment will be provided by friends In the city for delegates" from a distance. Every friend whether man or woman, who can speak, sing, write essays or read them and rote is Invited to participate. COHSIDEB THE SOURCE, A blind and deaf and idiotic reporter on the Evening Xews, Governor Graver's litigant organ in this city, which we sometimes notice a little just to gratify its vanity, concluded to play smart over the fact that, owing to a heavy storm, the attendance on the first evening of the Centennial entertainment was smaller than It ought to have been, and so, to gratify a splceu that has been Frost-bitten ever since his pet of the frosty name and ardent nature so grati fied his repotorial Imagination some two years ago, he concocted a rigmarole or silly lies wlille the entertainment was progressing, which very materially damaged its financial interests for the second evening. Had the people for one moment realized the straits to which a news paper must be driven when It employs such a monstrosity of phy- j siquo and mind and manner as poor Daly to do up IU locals, the report would have aflected nobody; but the pa per came out Just as they were prepar ing to go out to the various places of amusement, ami the criticism being read without realizing who was its an thor, kept many from attending, and made6ome of the performers ill. It Is very easy for men and women whose talents are of the high order pos sessed by our Jdnd friends who furn ished so much good Intellectual food for the Tea-Party to give a first class enter tainment, but it is not possible for them to furnish Daly with eyes, ears or brains witlt which to appreciate it. When traveling minitrels or anti Woman Suffrage lecturers come along who are known to be disreputable in character, this pure-minded mortal sees nothing "defective" about them or their performances. It is only when men and women of brains and.character and dig nity come to the front that his critical soul Is troubled. Well, well! Like the man when the mule kicked him, we consider the source, and so let the poor flunkey slide TO AGENTS. Will our friends who have monies in their possession which have been collect ed as subscriptions to the New North west be kind enough to forward them at ouce? We are sorely pressed for cash to meet an newspaper emergency. Re member, every little helps, and if you cannot send but little at a time every half-dollar will help to -.well necessary sums wherewith to liquidate ever accru ing bills. Daly is Informed that the reason why "nobody cheered" wben tho Xews reporter was asked to come forward and see if he couldn't hear the words of a certain song the other evening, was be- """'"nc was comnmrwl r the best minds in the city, none of! whom, except our public self, had read the JTeics, so they didn't understand the joke. The Cornelius Frogrcssioiiiet Is a re markably racy, respectable and readable paper. MOBE PEOTEOTION. As our readers will scold us anyhow for having stooped to notice the little Xctcs as much as we have this week, and, as "it is just as well to be killed for an old sheep as . lamb," wo propose, while we aro about It, to prove from its own columns the necessity that women should have a voice in making the laws of the land. This paper has, been a scurrilous opponent or the Woman Movement; let us see if It will mend its ways after carefully perus ing its own locals. The following are taken from Wednesday's issue of this week: A retired barber centrally known as "Foul- mouthed" Murphy, visited the house of John Stanley, while In a scml-dnwten condition, yesterday, and assaulted Mrs. Stanley wuu a view of committing rape. The door of the house was locked and barred, but It could not withstand the repeated assaults of the brute, and wsu at last broken down. Upon entering the house, he took up Mrs. Stanley's little chlld.and after boxing Its ears In a fearful man ner, he picked It up and hurled It out Into the street II then attacked Mrs. Stanley, who, although entirely unprotected, managed to keep her assailant from carry lngout lilt hellish purpose. Her cries attracted some one In the neighborhood, hut before they could do any thing, Stanley arrived upon the scene and whaled Murnhv with a"black-snake" which he happened to have In his hand. Upon being conducted to jail, he Indulged In such blasphe mous language as to shock the scne of the most hardened sinner, and for an hour or two after he was placed In the dark cell he contin ued his blasphemous expressions, kicking at the door all the time in his impotent rase. The voter above alluded to Is always on hand to support the Democratic ticket and uphold the litigant and liquor nuisance and Metropolitan police. The woman whom he attempted to "protect" as above described is peaceable, sober, industrious and law-abiding. Will the Xeics tell ua by what right site is denied a voice in making the laws for punish ing such brutes ? Hero is another quotation from the same paper: William Todd, a Scotch sailor, met a couple of young women on Front street, a little after dark last evening, and attempted some famili arity, when the girls ran. Junn? they reached the entrance to Welch i. Morgan's kaddlery es tablishment, the fellow caught one of them and turned her cloak over her head, with the intention, probably, of carrying her olf; but be was foiled In his purpose by the sudden ap pearance or Mr. Welch, who, we arc sorry to ay,dld not wear out one of his "black -snakes" upon the rascal's hide. Then the Xcws in another column clinches its inadvertent argument for woman's enfranchisement in the follow ing style: The arrest of Todd, the Impudent fellow who chased a couple of young women into a store on Front street last cveuing, develops the fact that there Is no law upon our statute liooks providing for the punishment of these wretches who lay In wait to inult respectable KlrK By a stretch of the Imagination, the parties accused of this offence are generally lined under the or dinance providing for the punishment of disor derly conduct, but were the defence stoutly maintained, we are of the opinion that a con viction could not be had. This is a spct'irs of crime that has become so frequent or late that a lady can scarcely go about her business after dark without running the risk of being grossly Insulted-and since the law takes no cogniz ance of the matter, we suppose the Indies will have to delend themselves by pulling a pistol ball tliroiiKh some of these curs of low degree. And yet, in .spite of such facts as these staring the Xcics in the face daily, that paper will lie, ridicule, abuse, and in every possible way injure the reputation and wound the feelings of conscientious men and women who see and grasp the only remedy for woman's wrongs her equality with man before the law. The -YcH'i-monger is a worseman than either Todd or Murphy. He prostitutes a prominent position where he might vastly aid In the important work of en franchising woman from the legal and financial dominion of dirty, disreputable voters, to a low, groveling and worse than beastly attempt to beslime the workers with the inherent rottenness of his own vile carcass. "The ladies will have to defend tliein- selves with pistol," forsooth! Nosooner would this reptile know that one of them had followed his advice than she i fettles with a glow of enthusiasm upon would be assailed with the epithet, her candid face; that behind the sever-"stroug-minded," aud .insulted just as ity of the logician and the apparent badly as Todd pr Murphy would insult j hardness of manner that rise up against tier, j-auies are uetermineu to arm themselves with ballots, and then the Dalys, Todds and Murphys will soon see that a "law Is placed upon our statute books fors the punishment of thee wretches." - ' A SIGN OPTHE TIMES. Jas. 0'Mear.i, formerly one of the most radical opponents to the Woman Movement, is out with a late letter from 1 Washington City to the Bulletin which j contains the following significant par-! ,o.,.. iiw.u.. ,, n..loo. tic Woman Suffrage Convention here, t v t.. i. House a bill to strike the word 'male' from the fundamental act establishing, tills District Government. He ex-, presses his intention to press this mat-! ter of sex, which means work, coming from the persevering Ben. We note the appearance of women here from tiie various States, opposing any action to deprive their sisters in I'tah of the right to vote. The increased deference paid to woman delegates here is noticeable, ! and they express themelves as quite de- - lighted with the present situation and future prospects of the cause." WHAT A PITY ! Anient, groveling mind is always 1 ' hdP'"S to tlefwt "8 "PP"' ready to surmise an under-currentof ob-' - scenity In anything and everything which itdoes not fully understand, orcan convert It Into a dirty double -entendre Among this class of persons the eflete simpleton of tho Forest Grove Inde- nentlent is makine his mark. He hasu't brains enough to become distinguished in any other capacity. Sorry, very. The man who controls the columns of a newspaper ought, for the sake of his patrons, to be above low, groveling nas - tlness of Imagination. . it is really too bad that such festering rottenness flourishes in the otherwise decent and delitghtful villoge of Forest 1 elected to certain offices, should she ven Grove. Rut It can't last long, for the ture to throw a ballot, she is liable to citizens cannot endure it. arrest and Imprisonment. SUSAN B.ANTH0NY. A letter from this distinguished cham pion of right, dated Dec 1, 1S73, has just j reached us, inclosed within another of date, Jan. 18, 1674, in which Susan says: "Isn't this too bad ? Here, this minute, comes back the enclosed letter, with a call to attend a Convention just closed. I directed it to Portland, Maine. I have mailed you the Washington papers con taining good, or fair reports,. unless I have put in the Chronicle's report the first day, which was perfectly ridiculous. Rut the second day, noting the strong tide of public opinion In our favor, it re pented and reported decently. "We have never had a better Conven tion. House packed. Mrs. Stanton's address the first evening was the grand est she ever gave, and everybody said she never looked so perfectly queenly as tdat night. On the last evening our dear Phebe Couzens on. "Women as Lawyers" made a powerful and eloquent address. Every way, Miss C, as a lec turer, is a success. She thoroughly charms her audiences. It is a rich com pensation to us old workers to see and hear such brave young eloquence. -May her like he multiplied throughout the land, T hope you will be sustained. If the sympathizers in the movement in the Northwest could realize how powerless they would be if, through lack of fi nancial aid, they should lose a Woman Suffrage organ, they would rally to your standard far better than they do. General Rutler is to present our Dis trict of Columbia Suffrage Petition to the House to-morrow. Next business Is a hearing before the Judiciary Com mittee, on extending suffrage to the women of the District, and then lie will report Rill to the house, and feels sure he can bring Congress to a vote that will make our friends and enemies show thqlr hand on the main question; for tlte Dis trict is solely United States ground, and Congress has sole jurisdiction over the Suffrage and everything else. "Print the petition In large type and make an urgent appeal to every one to cut it out and paste it at the head of a sheet and gather up a few names and send on to Senator Mitchell and keep him provided with new names every morning. "I have put in a petition for Congress to remit my fine thus rebuking Judge Hunt and making a discussion in Con grcssand courts. "I go into Connecticut to canvass the State during last of January and Feb ruary. "Now, don't fail to have a good .society report at our May annual meeting. Shall the names of your State officers stand on our list the same as last year?" The private portions of Susan's letter is loo good to keep, and, although not intended for publication, we are sure ' cttn t III IVimv! ii. rn.nnnllnin f.. it t..i o 1 1 u nil. iuimv u,iiui ijuuiini, icn i teuces. They reveal the soul of a pure woman that will not bo hidden under what sometimes would seem to be a se vere exterior: "I noticed with deep sensations of pleasure your grand Olytn- pia work How it carried one back two! years! and how time tlies! Iu oneseusc t i t . ... . i . I it, seeius urn, a u;iy, uui in auutiier i I have been through so much Hint it seems as If two years could not hold it. The dear friends 1 found in Oregon and Washington Territory will never be for gotten. Love to all who remember me, not forgetting Mrs. Gibson, Dr. Thomp son, the two Mrs. Williams, the Eliots, and the many who compose your own household and relations. How I do wish we could chat together to-night!" Who that has never met Susan II. Anthony except on the ro.-trum, or read her speeches as reported through the brains and by the fingers of narrow minded Bohemians, would imagine that beneath the air of earnest, arcu- tentative defiance to unjust legislation which fires tin her whole ortranism and j legal oppression, beats the. true heart of 'a mother of womanhood ? Tho abovo 1 unstudied sentences from her pen are but glimpses of her affectionate inner lifo that sheds its kindliest rays upon those j wj10 have known her best and longest, 1-ong may she be spared to do battle for ' the right. We know a crown of ama- : ranths awaits her in the Relter Land. OEGANIZE M3EGANIZE ! Friends of Woman Suffrage, men and ".-", mtuum iiisiiiicuoiiui party, in j 'ery acf ' ntly requested I to forMi l,,e,r 0vn town without de- y' a woman sufkeaoe political c-i.ru, Composed of members who will sign the following article of association: We, the undersigned, residents of , in the State of , of all political par ties, believing that Woman Suffrage is a vital political issue, do hereby organ ize into a Woman Suffrage IXilitictd Club, tor the purpose of forward Ing the movement morally ana po litically, by the systematic circula tion of tracts and newspapers, by hold Ing public meetings, and especially by ; helping to elect the friends of Suflrage ' to the Legislature and to Congress, and The present position of woman is an anomaly. In some of the States she can , be elected to certalu offices, but- not to others. Her name can be on the ticket and she can be voted for, but she can not vole. A woman can not vote for a ! woman, but she can be voted for by men ' In some States she may hold an office if ' she receivesit by appointment, but, if it Is to come through election, as the 1 voice of the people, it is an offense to the people, and unsexes her; and In fact she 1 is pronounced incompetent ana uuiittea for it. Aud in States where she may be EGOTISH. Our friends will pardon us for pub lishing, occasloualiv. a few of the many words of cheer llko the following mat j are reaching us from every quarter. Many cheering letters that we receive arc accompanied by injunctions of sc cresy, from a morbid fear the. writers have of appearing in print; but we do not feel that we aro violating confidence in presenting these: "Dear Mrs. Dunhcay: Please apply the enclosed two dollars (currency) on my account. Don't know how much J owe, as T have not yet received my bill. Rut I know you cannot supply your friends with the Intellectual feasts you provide for them weekly without funds. And, by-theby, your paper grows bet tor every week. God bless you, dear friend. What would become of our no ble cause wiliioul you ? It is easy to sit by our fires and sympathise with the right, but to go forth and fight for it as you do requires a spirit of self-sacrifice, fortitude and ability which few possess, Long live tiie New NormiWKSTand its noble proprietor. "Please change my address from Am ity to Dayton. "Your ardent admirer and true friend, "T. S. WlIITCOMIi, "Dayton, Or., January 21, '73." We have nolyet sent your bill, from sheer lack of time to attend to it. With everything to do, from making beds and biscuits to washing dishes, editing the New NoitTmvKSTand making speeches, to answering calls and patching trow scrs, engineering Conventions and sew ing on buttons, we find it impossible to bo as prompt in business matters as we should like. Rut let every lady who has a spare dollar for the paper send it along. We must have money to keep it going and will cheerfully acknowledge all we receive. The above answer will also apply to the following: "Dear Mrs. Duniway: I did not re ceive my paper of January lGth; the postmaster said it never came to the of fice. Please send it, for I am deeply in terested iu Mrs. Victor's story, and can not bear to lose a chapter of it. And please let mc know when my subscrip lion cuds, for I cannot do without the New Nokth west. "May God speed you in your noble work, is the earnest desire of "Mrts. S. J. Cabby. "McMiunville, Or., January 2-3, 1S74." THE "OUTSIDE" ON THE WAE PATH. The McMinnville lttent Outside, having been ba filed in its attempt to cast mud on theNEwNoitTiiwnsT, now tries another tack, and opens upon us with a scurrilous volley quite as ridicu lous and false as the other. After garb ling and otherwise mutilating one of our editorials, it accuses us of "wrangling In the Temperance Alliance." The simpleton had better go slow until he can Icarn to read and understand plain English. The fact is that all the "wrangling" that was done in the Tem- pcrance Alliance, as full reports pub- lished in all the respectable papers aud now on file in the Library in this city clearly prove, was committed by :i very small faction of weak-minded mioi. Not a lady there made one Intemperate speech. Every word that we uttered is on file in the published reports, and the sniveling Outside knows, if it iias one grain of common sense, and will ac knowledge, if it has one spark of com mon honesty, that we stood our ground with dignity and firmness, against the meanest possjble network of petty op pression and noisy opposition; aud tho right triumphed after a hard and long battle on the part of our many friends, against the deceit and treachery and ig- Hiorauce and prejudice of a very few, but very mean and noisy enemies. We aro ready for the next mud ball Try again, if it amuses you. We are not hurt, but we are ashamed of some of woman's protectors. The Capital Qazcllc is tho name of a new paper just started in Washington by Helen M. Barnard. Mrs. Barnard was editor of tho Woman's Campaign, published during a part of 1S72-3. This paper was short-lived owing to financial disabilities. Tiie Toledo Suffrage Asso ciation assisted itsomo by money raised for the purpose; not, however, enough for any very material aid, but sufficient to express the good will of the Associa tion. We sincerely hope that tho pres ent effort, "starting into life," as-it pur ports, "from the remains of the )loian' Campaign," and advocating not only Woman Suffrage but various otiier pro gressive measures, may be more suc cessful pecuniarily, and in all other re npects meet the hopes and expectations of i ts founders. We are informed by tho Secretary of the State Woman Suffrage Association that site is in reciept of many letters from prominent gentlemen, who ex press their hearty sympathies with the objects of the coming Convention, and a number of them have promised to at tend and address the meeting. Dele gates are being elected from various parts of the Slate, and we look for a rous ipg meeting. We also expect the Wash ington Territory Society to be well rep resented. Have not yet heard from v-...u..,., uul .u.D ,.u uuuui uui we shall before the Convention meets. me txaiesman ami uregoman navei formed themselves into a mutual admt-1 ration society. Eacli is congratulating ; itself aud copying the sayings of the other upon its "morality" and "inde- m t r. , . .a pedence" and consequent iucrease of patronage, We have just found out wimf it .... juou iuuuu uut wuat ails t,,v umci-wni Daly. .Never dreaming that he was ai?J"p.?ra;iC0 "reporter" and therefore a "dead head," I Ifsetheirlatu a gentleman collected pay for his supper at tue tea party. Too bad! JHs appear ance ought to "dead head" him anv- ! where! THE TOAST AND TEA PABTY. Socially, the entertainment civen on Friday and Saturday evenings, to com memorate the Centennial of the Roston Tea Party, was a most decided success. The different participants themselves with great credit, and the wnoie performance was well received by the audience and well noticed bv the de cent and reliable portion of the press. Tho principal actors in the entertainl mcnt were gentlemen and ladies of abil ity and culture, who are well known and well appreciated by the Portland public As we prefer to allow the newspapers to ten tiieir own story, we publish from the dailies the notices giveu during its progress, uut we regret to say that fi nancially the entertainment was a fail ure, and the editor of this paper was a heavy loser. Had we followe I our own Judgment and published the meetine as a benefit of the New Nobtiiwest, giving the names of those who were to fake part, as well as the characters they were to assume, our friends now believe that the people, fully understanding the object of the entertainment, would have rallied ully to its support. Rut that Is past. Relter financial luck next time, .Many of the citizens of Portland evi dently care very little about One Hun dred Years Ago, or any of the historic events connected therewith. We are under special obligations to Captain J. 0. Ainsworth, J. W. Jackson & Co., Mr. I. V. Powers, Mr. if. Slien ard, the Good Templars, Mr. Harmon, Air. WitnUerd, Dr. Pilkington, Mr. liroeden, Mrs. Snyder, Mr. Hendee, Miss Peters, Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Gib son, Miss Gibson, Miss Kimberling, Mrs. anil the Misses Rodley, Mrs. D. W illiams, Mrs. Daiton and daughter, Dr. Thompson, Juliu3 Thielsen, Frank Owen, Mrs I). F. Smith, Mrs. Morse, and many other ladies and gentlemen for valuable assistance in carrying out the programme. These liames are read lly recognized as being of first-clas3 tal ent, and our only regret is that through the gangrened malignity of a poor, dis eased specimen of imbecile humanity who was present as reporterforthe little .VWew, anything was said to wound the sensitiveness of any of them. We are very glad the party was given, a.s it proves that we have many friends among the brain power of Portland with whom we were not before acquainted. To the dear friends our heart goes out in grateful remembrance, and when, in the near future, the great principles of human freedom for which we are so earnestly striving shall have become established, and the struggle to attain it have become, like the original Roston Tea Party, a part of the world's history. they will look back to this Centennial entertainment as a marked event in their live". To all who aided, whether by speech or song, or essay or recitation or Ialwr, the cause of Human Rights will be forever grateful. HUMAN RIGHTS IN OREGON OITY, Mrs. A.JiDuniwag: Possibly you de -sire U hear from Oregon Cty. The committee appointed to prepare for au , organization of the friends of the o man Movement here have been greatl, hindered, individually. Wo are Just about to go to work. Will organiz Mondav. Oth nrox.. at 7 I". M. I am sending out papers and addressing circu lars and letters to persons in every pre cinct in the' county. Can you kindly furnish me with names of any sympa thizers in the county that it is import ant to reach ? I shall send you twosub scriptions. Excuse haste. J. DeVoue Johnson. Oregon City, January 24 1871. Gen. Logan, of Illinois, has intro duced a I'tah Bill in Congress bearing even harder on theMormon women than Senator Krolinrhuvsen's. Since this bugbear pf polygamy troubles our vir tuous law-makers so much, why don't they punish the men, who alone are re sponsible for it? Isn't it cowardly to disfranchise the women and allow the men to go scot free when tho latter are the greater sinners ? Woman Sufiraf-e and Temperance A Mathematical Demonstration. Messrs. Editors: In last week' Advertiser your correspondent from Rockport wrote, under the head of l'ub lic Institute, that "some discussion oc curred on Woman Suffrage as a cure for intemperance, some thinking that right acting was as much needed as right vot ing, aud that it was not so much more votes that were needed as better ones." What the others thought is notstated; allow me, therefore, to mention what I think. Surely better votes are needed, and this is one'reason why we urge Woman Suflrage. We believe that more votes will result in better ones. To demon strate: Statistics show that fifty per cent, of the men in the country use intoxicating drinks, while of the women only two and a half percent, use them. The men only having the ballot, there is a con stant battle between rum aud temper ance. Temperance will not acheive a victory until we have more and better votes. How can we have this result in the quickest and best -possible way? i Surely not by trying to make temper- ance men we have tried that a long l time but by allowing women to use , their God-given rights. We estimate that there are one tlious I and men voters In this town, and also j one thousand women who should be al- Mowed to vnto TmMn " will vote the temperance ticket. Here, men, is tue result: iiniluirnliM - imra uy men, U7a votes. WOme,,; 1475 lolal temperance Rum-oOO votes by men, 25 votes by women; r25 total rum votes, .JIajr'ly for temperance, 073 votes temperance 00 votes 0 almost equal to the total number of voters at present. 1 Tills shows tlml wlilln Woman Suf- i fragewilIgivemorevote3,thatitwIIlaIso give belter ones. To make this nation a temperance one, let temperance iuu omen may oe anoweu to irnl riulit the ballot. The estimate that we use in regard to this town, your readers can apply to their own town, the state and the nation. Allen P. Folsom. Cape Ann Advertiser. WOMAN STJTFEAGE MEETING IN SALEM. The Association met at 3 o'clock, pur suant to aiUournmcnt. President, Mrs". Minto in the Chair. . . The minutes of the last meeting read and corrected. j The Constitution anil By-Laws were then read, and several came forward and olned the Association. On motion, an Executive Committee was elected, consisting of Mrs. i.. Strong, Mr. John Minto and Mrs. R. Mallory. On motion, Mr. Avery's resolution, offered at the last meeting, was referred to a committee of three, consisting of Mr. Avery. Mrs. Jordan, and Major Williams. On motion of Mr. Reed, the delega tion to the Woman Suffrage Associa tion was increased by electing the fol fowing persons: Mrs. Belle W. Cooke, Mrs. J. W. Jordan, Mrs. E. D. Towl, Mrs. R. Mallory, Mrs. Wm. England, Mrs. E. Strong, Mra. R. T. Hawiey, Mr. Mr. R. K. Mvrel. A resolution was offered by Mrs; Jor dan and Mrs. Adams, pledging the As sociation to support none but temper ance candidates for office, and to labor for the defeat of all others. It was dis cussed and referred to a committee con sisting of Messrs. Reed, Avery and Mrs. Price. On motion of Mrs. Jordan, a vote of thanks was tendered Hon. P. C. Sullivan for his address before the members of the Association, and Hon. R. Mallory was invited to deliver an address before them on next Saturday evening, at the Opera House. The Association adjourned until next Saturday at 3 o'clock p. . THE CASE IN CALIFORNIA. The friends of Woman Suffrage in California are out with a pertinent man ifesto in which they eloquently set forth their grievances, asking tiie Legislature that they may be repealed, and the Con stitution so amended that women may vote. Let our brethren read the following statement concerning the different legal rights of men and women, and then ask themselves if womau's demand is not ust. Indeed, the only injustice we see in the whole matter is the necessity that woman should be compelled to ask for that whicii naturally belongs to her. To the Jfonorable the Legislature of California in Senate and Assembly Convened: The Board of Control of the Calfornia Woman Suffrage Association lias in structed the undersigned, Its officers, to respectfully represent to your Honorable iscHiies, That "Taxation without representa tion is tyranny," as much now, as in the stormy and trying days of the Ameri can Revolution. That "All Governments derive their ju9t powers from the consent of the gov erned," now, anu in tauiornia, as men, and In tho thirteen revolting American Colonies. That "The natural atm inalienable right of all men to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," Is as Important, pressing and sacred in 1S73 as it waB iu 177C. The undersigned further represent that the Constitution of California, the pro visions ot which your Honorable Bodies possess no authority to override1 or annul excluding the women of the State from the ballot-box the reservoir of all just authority, the very citadel and sanctuary, in a republican form of government, of individual freedom and collective harmony, and which virtually enacts laws, defines crimes, determines and executes their penalties, imposes taxes, dispenses patronage, and directs the educational and all tho moulding and controlling conditions of society for good or evil ignores not only our boasted principles of self-government, ' the cherished and sacred declarations of : the fathers and founders of our Federal Republic, which are now, by the people of California, theoretically accepted as political axioms, but it also holds them amenable to laws which they had no voice in enacting, and to which they have never been invited to yield their assent; laws which deprive them of their property, their liberty and their lives. The- undersigned further represent that the women of California are now laboring under legal disabilities, which your Honorable Rodies possess unre stricted constitutional authority to re move, a few of which they herewith re specfully submit: First. They are denied official authority- in the management of the Pub lic Souool Department, anu are, there fore, excluded from the most lucrative and honorable positions of teachers. even though more than four-fifths of the educational staff", Iu large towns and cities, are composed of women. Second. They aro practically ex cluded from sharing the honors and emoluments of thousands of official po sitions, large pay, light work and short days, to discharge the duties of most of wtucii woman 13 naturally as well fitted as man. Third. The laws subiect those of the femmc de pave class to indignities and a system ot surveillance, nroscr otlon and oppresslou, which they do not Impose upon their male partners in crime. That the laws discriminate, with cruel severity, against tiie wife, the fol lowing facts indicate: rirst. Thev con for nn tlm luialmn,! the same absolute control over theman- ngementanauispositlon of thecommon property of the husband and wife "otiier than testamentary" which he nas over UIs own separate estate, which uiiunia uim lacuuies, u lie oe so in clined, to defraud bis widow of her equi table share of the family estate. Second. Thev denv her the same ab solute dominion over her private prop erty mat is possessea by the nusoanu over his Individual estate. Third. Thev denv to the widow the same Inheritance of the common prop erty and the same unrestricted rights to a ll. ilAniiCA f T Tim Its management, ou wo uciuu . husband, that they award to the hus band on the death of his wife, bu t, at his decease, the estate goes into probate, to a a I v n f tl I I11TQ bo closed up oy siraugeia, uj and expensive process. Fourth. They allow the husband, while the common property is in his possession, without requiring even the formality of a legal complaint, the tak ing of aii oath or tho filing of a bond, for the good faith of Ills action, to de nounce, through the press, his wife, and forbid her credit. Fifth They require the wife, who may be burdened with an invalid, Imbecile- or drunken husband, before she can transact business legally in her own name and on her own. account, to sub- mit to a tedious, expensive and humili ating process, before a tribunal which, may finally deny her application. Sixth. They exclude her, however well qualified, from official positions on boards of management of joint stock corporations, for profit, iu wnicu uer money may ue luu-situ. In view, therefore, of the foregoing considerations, and firmly believing that women, if allowed to participate in tho affairs of Stale, would gradually infuse into the Government tho same peaceful, humane and moral ititluence which have, by means of her presence and la bors, made the church aud school tho centers of order aud refinement, aud the home the symbol of purity, peace ana love, the undersigned most earnestly, but respecfully, pray your Honorable Rodies: ... .. First. To so amend the Constitution that it will confer upon women the. right to vote upon the same terms ana conditions that men exercise the fran chise, aud refer thesame to the succeed ing Legislature for its adoption, and sub mission to the people for their approval. Second.' To enact laws which will make women eligible to positions of of ficial authority in all departments of the Public School; provide that they may enjoy an equal share of the clerical ana other offices, the duties of which are suitable to be discharged by women, In each of the departments-of the Munici pal, Township, County and State Gov ernment; that the wife should have full power to contract, and the same abso futeownership over her own property as she possessed before her marriage, so that she shall'be, in respect to her nat ural, personal and property rights, the equal of her husband. . Third. To so change alter s. . amend the laws within constitutional limits, that all the legal disabilities now im posed on the women of this State shall be entirely removed. Mns. M. A. Lewis. President. Mrs. E. A. H. De Wolf, Vice Pres. Mrs. Mary J. Collins, Cor. Sec'y. Mrs. Mary F. Snow, Rcc. Sec'y. Mrs. Eunice S. Sleeper, Treas'r. Officers of the Board of Control of th 1 California Woman's sunragessocia Hon.- Mrs. C. M. Palmer, President. Mrs. M. A. Duncan, Vice Pres. Mrs. E. G. Leviatt, Vice Pre3. Mrs. Lena Clark, Sec'y. Officers of the California W. S. Asso ciation, and members of the uoaru ot Control. San Francisco, Dec. 2, 1S73. Toast and Tea Party. The attendance last evening at Ma sonic Hall was not a3 large as we hau reason to anticipate, in Consequence ot the inclemency of the weather, and the counter attractions. However, the at tendance was quite fair, and the pro gramme fully up to the public expecta tion in respect to the character and the manner of reditlou. Tho exercises com menced promptly at 8 o'clock. The first exorcise on the programme was a piano solo, charmingly rendered by Miss Carrie Daiton. The song and chorus, "There was an old lady, and she lived over the sea," was sung by "Ye Ancient People," consisting of a number of ladies and gentlemen, attired in the unique costumes'of the average New Euglanuer a century ago. This was followed by an original poem entitled "A Hundred Years Ago," read by Master Willis Duniway. Father Harmon next fa vored the audience with a solo, "Revo lutionary Volunteer," dressed In suitable costume. Mrs. A. J. Duniway then read an iuteresling and appropriate "Open letter to the Roston Common wealth," from the pen of Mrs. F. F. Victor. The "Reautiful Snow" came next on the programme but the person who was to recite it not being present, "Sheridan's Ride" was substituted, which wa.s recited by Mr. H. Rreeden. Dr. J. B. Pilkington next read that beautiful poem from the pen of Will Carleton, "Out of the Old House into tho New." An "Old Dallad" was sung by Mb-s Peters (Ye AncientBelie) incos- tume, which occasioned no utile merri ment. Miss Clara Duniway (Modem Belle) sang very effectively a "New Rallad," which won for the young lady an encore. Thomas Hood's beautiful fioem, "The Bridge of Sighs," wasfault e.ssly, we might say. exquisitely, re cited by Mrs. D. F. Smith. Miss Carrie Daiton recited with good elocutionary effect, and in a clear tone of voice, Montgomery's "Arnold Wiukelried," which elicited rounds of applause. The next which followed was a colloquy, rendered by Young America, repre sented by Julius Thielsen, Brother Jon athan, by Frank Owen, and Aunt Co lumbia, personated by Miss Julia Bod ley. The concluding exercisesof the ev ening consisted of the old familiar air, "America," after which the audience was dismissed. A long table extended through the hall, covered with a bountiful supply of edibles, to which all were invited to partake. Many of the audience re mained to supper. Oregontan. MusH ALlNTELLiaENcn A thief was lately caught breaking into a song. 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