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."
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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. He
had already got through the first two
bars, when a policeman came and hit
him with a stave.
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Tiie fol low ing persons are duly authorized to
act as Agents, for the New Xortuwiwt :
Mrs. Kern Kalama
Mary K. Snow Sai. - ranclsco
v. v. .Mn onneii
North Yamhill
New York City
Taa nhnnift
Horace II. Day...
Mrs. is. M. Miller.
jirs.i. it. rosier Albany
Asliby l'earce .I(enton county
Dr. 3ayley Corvallls
A. A. Manning. Olyrapla
Miss Vintlnla Olds....." lleMlnnviile
Hiram Smith -ilarrisburg
Mrs. J. W. Jackson Eugene City
AY- W. Reach- Btiena Vista
Rev. "Win. Jolly HUlsboro
lion. T. W. Uaveniwrt SHverton
Mary J. Magers
A. W. Stauard
S. II. Claughton
C. A. Reed
Mrs. o. T. Daniels..
Mrs. Nellie Curl
r.C. .Sullivan
Mr. M. V. Cook
-Gervals
...llrownsvllle
Lebanon
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-.Salem
-Salem
Dallas
Lafayette
Mrs. M. C. Cllne.
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ltondieton
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.. . ' I'.llw
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.. .. Eugene
San Francisco
California
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please forward their name. We want Agent
at every postoffite throughout Oregon aa
Wajhlnjton Territory,