FRIDAY. MAY 1, 1874.
ANNUAL CONTENTION OF THE NA
TIONAL W. S. ABSOOIATION.
For more than a quarter of a contnry
the representative women of this na
tion have hetd annual meetings, de
manding the recognition of their rights
as citizens of tho United States.
In halls of legislation and courts of
justice, , as well as in Conventions,
woman's equality with man in all civil
and political rights, privileges and im
munities, lias been debated and vari
ously decided by popular opinion, stat
ute law and judicial decree, without ar
riving at any permanent settlement of
the question. And until the world
learns that there should bo but one code
of laws and morals for man aud woman,
this question can never be settled. But
the discussion has roused woman her
self to new thought, and action, and
kindled in her an enthusiasm that the
best interests of the nation demand
should be wisely directed and con
trolled.
The fact that women are already vot
ing, holding office and resisting taxa
tion; that thousands are enrolling In the
Grange movement and Temperance Cru
sade; that "Woman Suffrage Is to be
voted upon in Michigan at the nest
election, should warn the Government
that the hour for its action has come.
It must now determine whether wom
an's transition from slavery to freedom
shall be through reformation or revolu
tionwhether she shall be permitted to
express her Interest in national ques
tions through law by tho direct power of
the ballot, or outside of law by indirect
and" Irresponsible power; and thus, by a
blind enthusiasm, plunge the nation
into anarchy.
For an earnest discussion of the duty
of the hoir, we Invite all persons inter- j
psted in woman's enfranchisement to
thm liquor question; neither was any
attempt ever made to disunite them.
The ladies did try to induce him to leave
on selling liquor ; his wife resented the
Interference with his business, and
fully sympathized witli him.
As for Mr. Fryer, he was ill while on
the jury, aud rendered more so by busi
ness worry. Undoubtedly this indispo
sition and anxiety about his aflairs was
why he did not hold out against the
other five. According to his own state
ments he was sorry to do anything
against the ladies, and sympathizes
with the Temperance Movement. Mr.
Fryer is known to be an honest, right-
minded man, and as he was theouly one
on the jury who showed conscience in
the matter of the verdict, it is prepos
terous to presume that the ladies had
any ill-feeling toward him. His name
is upon the pledge and the petition to
the Council, and certainly uuder the
circumstances there is no occasion to
charge Mr. Fryer with any opposition
to Temperance ; but rather to give him
the support of tho Temperance part of
the community.
It has even been charged that one
man committed suicide because the la
dies talked to him. That man was
found In the river; but as he had hardly
been sober for the past ten years, it
might be reasonably presumed that he
tumbled in involuntarily. Let us,
however, grant that a husband and wife
have been parted, a man rendered III or
insane, and that another one has com
mitted suicide, all on account of the ef
forts nut forth by the Crusadere to check
er abolish liquor telling in this city.'
Wo would in all earnestness Inquire if
these three cases ofT-set tiie many sepa
rations, cases of insanity and suicides
that are occasioned by liquor?
Let any attentive reader of the daily
papers take note, and keep a record for
one month, or one week, of the divorces,
murders,- defalcations, insanity, sui
cides, accidents and injuries attributable
directly and indirectly to liquor drink
Inc. and he will be amazed. All those
would feel If they could do so unwise EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
a thing. DE.nnEAiirjMoi'TiicXEirXocTiiwiaT:
A great deal ha? been accomplished in Another week of weary waltingcre wc
spite of prejudice, which would ell be start for home! How tho time :flies and
lost, if the women should flag In) their yet how long It seems since that Safur-
undertaking now. wiiat is wanteu is day mornlngf slx wceks ogo wi,en "the
an army of workers which will come up nnwjcll, A,ax lcft her moori,)gs at
to the work with a will. If the ladles of
Portland should patrol Portland Itself for
six months to come, going at regular
times, In small sqVads, 'relieving each
other as necessary, so that the ranks
might always be full, and the liquor
sellers might feel their presence every
where aud all the time, even, if they
never make an audible prayer, or song,
or hymn, the moral effect would be pro
digious. Possibly after six months of
standing guard, and of effort In all di
rections conformable to tho sentiment
of the best.part of the community, a
way might be opened to "go to the fountain-head"
with tills question. Wo
shall be only loo glad to get there; hut
we fully appreciate tho difficulties In
the way. Let no one counsel the yield
ing of a single Inch of ground already
gained. Rather let every one turn Cru
sader in her own way, and keep march
ing on until at last, by high-ways and
by-ways, the fountain-head is reached,
where all may unite In the eflort to de
stroy the source from which flow all the
streams of intemperance. If a moral
earthquake Is necessary to dry these
streams, let us have the earthquake.
turcd laugh fitted audtUecoramlttcc
was chosen. -OnThursday
eveuing,the union prayer
meetingiitDr. Stone's palatial cliurcn,
meet in IrvingHall, New York, on the , newspaper slurs about "hoodlums" and
Hth and 15th ofMay next.
Speakers announced hereafter.
Susan 1J. Anthony, President,
Rochester, X. Y.
Elizauktii Cadv Stanton,
Chairman Executive ComTnitlce,
Tenafly, If. J.
COUNTY . S. CONTENTIONS.
The time appointed by the Executive
Committee of the State W. S. Associa
tion for holding Conventions In the sev
eral counties is now close at hand. j
"We hope that those Vice Presidents i
who have received the instructions of
the Committee have made the preliml-!
nary arrangements for a successful rally
of the friends or Suffrage iu their re
spective counties. Work earnest, per
sistant work is all that is necessary to
make thewe meetings a grand success.
We have out-lived that stage of our
progress wherein ridicule was arrayed
against argument, to such an extent
and witli such effect as to deter the
timid from an open expression of their
views. It is now possible for persons j community as the salopn
violence on the part of the women fall
without effect on tho ears of those who
realize this terrible evil, and who see the
good to be achieved by the earnest efforts
of the Crusaders.
A party of three ladies sat iu conver
sation a night or two ago, and men
tioned one and another of the men they
knew who were drunkards all in re
spectable society and heads of families.
In a few minutes twenty-five names
had been mentioned, though neither of
the persons speaking were old cit we
mean residents of Portland, for women
are not "citizens" and could not be as
familiar with family histories in this
city as if they had been. Hut they
knew cases enough to make the heart
sicken, not only of men of families, but
of bachelors, and mere boys too, who
are rapidly sliding down into the grave
of the drunknrd.
Those jouruals which have only scorn
and jeers for workers in a reform so im
perative as this one the women have
undertaken are nearly as mischievous
nnd inimical to the interests of the
men them-
having a reason for the faith thai is selves. Tho truth is, that journalism
within them to obtain respectful hear-: has been become so degraded iu many
ing of a respectable audience, while
these reasons are made plain.
And though there are many who yet
strive to silence argument, which they
cannot overthrow by ridicule, innuendo
aud misrepresentation, these, their only
weapons of offensive or defensive war
fare, pointless from long aud constant
use, make not the 'slightest impression
upon thearmor, triple-plated with right,
truth, aud justice, in which the advo
cates of equal rights are encased.
The one thing that has so far most re
tarded the advancement of our princi
ples in this Slate is the want of con
certed, united action among its leaders
and friends. To overcome this was the
design of the Executive Committee in
appointing certain days at regular In
tervals for these meetings, and furnish
ing Vice Presidents with similar and
complete instructions for carrying on
the work to the best, advantage. It is
expected that there will be at least two
conventions held In ea6h county be
tween this time and the special meeting
of the State Association, In'Septcmber,
at Salem. See to it, Vice Presidents,
Secretaries, friends, that we are fur
nished at that ttaie and place with full
accounts of the progress of the cause in
your respective counties, and be assured
that earnest, persistent, systematized la
bor will shortly bring about the glo
rious results for which noble, self-sacrl-ficlng
men and women have so long
worked, watched and prayed.
SOME TACTS.
respects that the dally papers are hardly
fit to enter the family circle. Instead
of being guides and conservators of pub
lic morals, tbey are exactly tho oppo
site, and flaunt corruption in our faces,
creating the appetite for unhealthy ex
citement which they are afterwards so
willing to gratify. It is quite time that
heads of families and all good people
should demand a reform in this direc
tion, as well as well as in the one t lie
Crusaders have taken in hand.
"GO TO THE TOUNTAIN -HEAD.' '
Judge Denny, while preparing to sen
fence the Crusaders, volunteered a bit of
advice, which was this: "If you wish
to get ridbf intemperance, do not try to
do it by praying before 'saloon doors,
but go to the fountain-head."
If the Judge had been talking to the
votiug half of tho population of Oregon,
his advice would have had an air of be-
iug practical, which it bad not, being
spoken to non-voters. Everybody
knows that men could, If they would,
have a prohibitory law. But they will
not have it. Tiie earliest settlers of
Oregon favored temperance and prohibi
tion. The first Governor of Oregon
strongly urged It upon the Legislature
in every annual message to that body.
There was the best opportunity in the
world to keep whisky out of this coun
try from the start, and why was It not
done?
Because men said, "The Hudson Bay
Company have always some liquors on
hand; If tre do not sell it, they will have
a monopoly of the business;" and they
did not believe In monopolies. Rather
than the H. II. Co. should drink wine
and brandy, or sell a little of it now aud
then, they would have everybody sell
ing It, and everybody drinking it, to be
even witli the Company. That was
eminently good logic, certainly. From
that hatred of monopoly the evil grew
Going to the
fountain-head would involve the reform
of these able logicians, and the repeal of
their laws. .Can women do It?
If Judce Denny can point out a way
by whfch the women of Oregon can re
neal old laws orenact new ones without
a vote, we shall be happy to bo enlight
ened. But unless he can, or unies3 ne
can give us the ballot, advising us to go
to the fountain-head, which is law, Is
the merest mockery. Suppose the
women gave up tho battle now, aud
ceased to Blng, pray and exhort, what
would become of theTemperance cause?
Would men carry it forward? Every
THE TEMPEBANOE ELEMENT IN THE
COMING ELECTION.
It must be apparent to those who have
noted the agitation and consequent ad
vancement of the Temperance reform,
that the Tcmperauco element in this
State, If rightly directed and applied,
will prove a power in tho coming elec
tion. It is scarcely to be supposed that
the Convention shortly to bo held in
this city, will attempt to put forth a
separate ticket
Such a course would he both futile
and unwise futile, inasmuch as certain
defeat would await such candidates ;
unwise, because there aro already men
In the field. who are of known Temper
ance principles, whom to endorse would
give a prospect of success. '
Temperance, like religion, is often
"wounded sore at her own altars and
among her friends," by tho untimely
and mistaken zeal of her votaries. The
truth is Hint many of tho laborers in
this cause have becu more enthusiastic
than practical, aud while expectiug
great results, have neglected to form
feasible anil senslblo plans whereby
these results might bo achieved.
It is indeed time for us to understand
that misdirected effort, however indus
triously and vigorously carried forward,
is but a waste of Urae-ra useless expen
ditureof energy and a vexation of spirit.
We have long enough endeavored to
exterminate tills evil tree, whose fruit
age is poverty, misery and death, by
hacking at perchance iopplngofi some
of its brandies. Wo liave not as yet
been able to so much as check Us vigor
ous growth, much less to uproot it.
Lodges may work, lecturers continue
their eloquent appeals, ministers exiiort,
women pray, Temperance Conventions
meet, discus? the question and pass reso
lutions, and the future will still repeat
tiie past and its verdict will be failure
So long as we are afraid to touch this
thing in politics, so long will our best
efforts bo futile. The Temperauco peo
ple of this Stato expect of tills Conven
tion a strong, comprehensive and radi
cal platform. They also have a right to
expect candidates to be placed .thereon
who will have a chance of success, or at
least whose defeat will not be so over
whelming as to render them a cause of
laughter to their opponents. This can
only bo accomplished by rc-nomiuating
the best and strongest candidates already
in the field, who can be relied upon as
Tcmperfnca men.
We do not expect the greatest political
triumph for this cause while women are
not allowed an expression through the
ballot box, but even if Temperance meu
must be in a minority, they may by
prudence, wisdom and discretion, render
the minority a respectable host, with
whom to stand were an honor.
The 3lf California has the following
We will not vouch for tiie wisdom of tho
Board o Councllincn of Cincinnati In votlue
to repent all Sunday ordinance, but It may be
!ald In their favor that they have been csra-
vated.lf not driven, into the act by the lntem
perale course of the crusaders, who, notwlth-
utamllne all the opinion llieir lanaucai
course ban aroused, stilt roam the street In
band like hoodlum. Should the Aldermen
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to do pretty much an they please on Sunday.
This aet of the Councllmen Is natural enoosh.
The woint-n there are, nnd have been an Intem
perate as arc the men whom they attempt to
force Int.. the eoudltlon of sobriety. "With pls
vola at the hcadsof the dealers In some of those
eiterncliiM.they vtolatethe laws In faTorof
personal security by threntenlnu lire at the
pistol .!,. This i. not the way to work
can aid a t;ood tauw.
This is the stylo of comment to which
certain journals and certain individuals
are much giveu. We hear it said In
Portland that the Crusaders hav n,
tempted, in one Instance at least, tr. nirt
a husband and wife, and that thw w
driven one of the jury men Mr. Fryer, to body knows that they would noL They
. b- j j iuC.r pcrsecu- are asked to do "nmithln.r flso" Do
WE ENDORSE.
The nomination of Hon. W. C. John
son, of Clackamas county, for District
Judge, meets our unqualified approval.
Ho is a man of ability, discernment,
sound judgment and strong setise of
right. Iu proof of this wc submit the
following resolution offered by him at
the late Convention of theState Woman
Suffrage Association, in tills city:
Eetoltal, That tho distinctions now existing
under the law between estates In dower and es
tates In courtesy, by which when the husband
dies Ills wife has the use of one-third of the
real projicrty, and wln-n the wife dies the hus
band has the use of nil her real property. Is an
unjust and Invidious relic of feudal batbarism
and Khould be abollhcd.-
He will, in the event of his election,
fill the responsible position named with
honor and credit to the party that has
placet! him in nomination.
COMING.
The California State V. S. Associa
tion will hold its annual Convention
during the coming week. The editor of
this paper, who went as delegato to the
same from the O. S. W. S. A., will sail
for home immediately after the close of
the session, so we may expect her on
the first steamer In May. Sho has been
traveling and lecturing incessantly In
the Interests of the Temperance cause,
during her few weeks sojourn iu our
sister State.
Though somewhat worn with these
constant demands upon her time and
strength, she is still active, energetic
and determined as ever.
tho Portland dock and carried us away,
from familiar faces of friends aud fam
ily, out Into the busy world of stnmgers!
Yet the journey has not been devoid of
interest. Many new friends, whose ac
quaintance we shall treasure through
life, have met and welcomed us; many
thousands of gleaming eyes, Into whoso
depths we may never look again, have
beamed In kindly intere3tupou usin tho
lecture room; many a whole-souled
"God bless you" has accompanied hand
clasping farewells, and many a soul has
accepted the doctrine of Human Rights
through ourhumble miuistratlons. All
this is recompense for earnest toll and
many keen privatlous; aud, though our
journey, financially speaking, has not
been a flattering success, yet we hope
tlint, like "bread cast upon tho waters,"
we shall reap a large reward of newsiib-
scibers to the "People's Paper" before
"many days."
Returning to San Francisco one week
ago, we found one bright-eyed member
of our household awaiting us, aud her
warm greeting only made us more anx
ious to see the half-dozen others.
Work was at once planned for us for
Oakland aud San Francisco, but the
constant travel and toil of the previous
month had so exhausted us that we
were reluctantly compelled to lie by for
repairs. A whole week has been wasted
because of illness, and now, as we write,
we anxiously wonder how much longer
wo should remain an invalid. Sixteen
years of orthodox seclusion in "wom
an's propersphere"of protected (?) drudg
ery i prior to the espousal of the much
lighter man's (? work of iecturiug antl
editing newspapers, made such inroads
upon our constitution that we are ofteu
ashamed of our present lack of strength
But enough of this.
Leaving Nevada City at the close of
our pleasant engagement in Grass Val
ley, and at that place wcenjoyed a ride in
a private carriage over the fearful stage-
road to Colfax already described in a
former letter; and it is wonderful to
nolo the difference your surroundings
make in your opinion of circumstances.
A splendid team and elegant carriage
transported four of as with eass over
thesame mud-holes and ditches through
which our creaking mud-wagon had
bumped and crashed and labored on a
former occasion. Spent the night on a
Pullman car on the Coiitral Pacific road,
where we formed very agreeable ac
quaintances, and beguiled the tedious
day by controversies upon the Temper
ance Reform aud Human Rights.
There Is but very little enthusiasm
here upon the Temperance question. A
few clergymen have put up a "corner"
on the management of the reform nnd
are using the ladies as cats'paws. A
number of tho most earnest of the lady
workershavehad critical acumen enough
to discover the manipulations of a ccr
tain ecclesiastical ring and have quietly
abandoned the field. Others, however,
refuse to give up the ship and are fight
ing the breakers of intemperance witli
manacled limbs and fettered tongues,
a forlorn hope of entrammeled veterans
whose faith and perseverance are won
derful.
It would seem that the press aud
clergy of San Francisco have entered
itito a conspiracy to acertaln, if possile,
"How not to do it," If San Francisco
possessed six ministers iu nil its borders
as zealous and true to the Temperance
work as are Drs. Lludslay nnd Atkiu
son, and Messrs. Medbury, Izer, Eliot
and Dillon; or did this great city con
tain four reporters as truthful, Intelli
gent and conclcutious as Messrs. Balti
more, Boone, Hodgkin and MorcIand,a
public sentiment might soon be aroused
whicii would sweep everything before it
here just as thesame work Is going on
in Portland.
Yet tho ministers arc not all luke
warm or wire-workers. Dr. Wythe, in
whosecliurchwoIecturedonthefirstSun.
day evening in this city, who Is nowab
sent In theSandwlcliTsIands,l3 very earn
estlu the work. Thesame may be said of
Mr. Freeman. Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Otis
Gibson. ButDr.Stebblnshas broughlin-
dlgnation, nottosay consternation, into
the Temperanco ranks by boldly declar
ing that a man beyond the ago of forty
five Is in daily need of iiitoxlcatingbcv
THE ,L ADIES1 MEETING.
One of the most interestiug features
of the Uuiou Temperance meetings is
I H, "ladies' nichl." After the first
brought together a'small'audleuce, pre- i.atage fright" was off a little, tho ladies
sided over by one solitary minister in continued rapidly to master the situa
the dinily lighted -vestry'i with the ii0nrand some of them make very good
whole church-front shrouded in dark- 8h0rt addresses.
nnss. makinir us wish these people could Tf those who intend to speak will only
see how differently they do thing3 In get t,eir subject.iu handjjefqre they get
-PnrtlrinrT?"-"" ' "; no nnd sneak with the object to bring
forward distinctly some idea, or tell
some anecdote, they will soon una mat
erages.
lions
N8w, botli these charges aro unmiti
gatedly false in fact. The husband and
wife spoken oft above certainly never
seemed more thoroiighlynnlled than on
what? Go home and sit down in si
lence, and bear iu patience the evils
that are accumulating with every de
cade. They muzt not do it. They would
deserve the galling of the shackles they
The City Council of Cincinnati have
passed a resolution requesting the Mayor
to enforce the law against women who
pray on the side-walks. Tho Gazette
suggests the proprletyof requesting the
Mayor to enforce the law against the
saloons. It lb a poor rule that doesn't
work both ways.
Tho other evening at a business
meeting of the ladies Temperance
Union, Major Hoyt took occasion to
censure, In very severe language, the
courso of hie pastor (Dr. Stebblns) in ad-
vocatlnc the moderate use of stiniu
lanls.
A union prayer meeting had been an
nounced for the next evening, and wc
moved, at the close of tho Major's speech,
that the conversion of the gentleman's
pastor to total abstinence be mado a
special subject of prayer upon that oc
casion. Mrs. Hoyt seconded tho mo-J
tion, Mrs. Allen, the president, put the
vote, and it was carried, a clergyman
whose name we failed to get being the
only opposlngvoter. Afterwards, at the
request of this minister, we moved to
amend our motion so that it might in
clude "all ministers who need conver
sion," etc Carried without debate. .
A committee of ladles was then ap
pointed to interview the various clergy
men of the city to prevail upon.them
to put themselves upon (he record as to
whether they were for or against the
Temperance Reform. Rev. Mr. Dunn
obiected. "He should feel-mortified if
ladies should think it necessary to In
terview hitn upon theTemperance pro
clivities, as he felt that they had need to
be called in question." We answered
that we presumed our Temperance prin
ciples were quite as well known as the
clcrgymau's, and we confessed that we
should not be very deeply chagrined. if
five hundred ijenllemen wereito .inter
view im upon the subject. "A'fgood ua-
Portland;
Rev. Otis Gibson was evidently
obeying the orders of a coterie of minis
ters who took.. care to remain away.
He protested.thaUGod was.dolug all the
work, through the women of the country,
bnt took care not to give cither God or
the women a gho3t of a chance to do
anything except at his dictation. The
resolution passed at the provlous meet
ing to pray for the conversion of minis
ters, had rendered this extraordinary
precaution necessary. Ho told the peo
ple ever' lime who must pray and what
they must pray for, never alluding to the
prayers for the preachers once3. One
gentleman remembered the promise
given at the previous meeting and diso
beyed orders, but he was the only one.
Obeying the solicitation of our inspi
ration and the request of lady friends,
we ventured upon a few remarks, which
we quote, together with the report in
the Morning Callr "In coming to the
house of prayer this evening, I found
myself quite uncertain as to Its locality,
owing to tho flickering gaslight. Leav
ing Kearny, I turned Into another street,
aud, desiring to inquire for the church,
f was surprised to find that almost every
house of business was a well-lighted
saloon. The exceptions were little shop3
kept by vigilant Israelites, of whom I
hardly thought It worth while to ask
information as to the locality of a Chris
tain church. When I reached the
church I found it shrouded in darkness,
and supposed I must be mistaken in my
selection. Stepping Into a drug store I
said, timidly, 'Can you tell me where to
find Dr. Stone's church?' 'I believe
that is it,' was tho curt reply of a clerk,
pointing across the way as he spoke.
'But there aro no lights,' I answered,
wondering much at the darkness. A
lady then informed me that the meeting
was in the- vestry, and directed me
around the great, costly pile of bricks
and mortar io a back entrance, in which
a single jet of gas was feebly struggling
with the gloomy magnitlconce of the
grand sepulchral edifice. Xow, every
saloon I saw had blazing front lights,
and every room is open every night to
tho public, f thought, as I noted the
vast array of saloons, that the Influences
of evil are greatly iu the majority. Mr.
Gibson tells us hat God Is always a
majority. To-night I tried to get com
pany for the prayer meeting from the
hotel, but was answered that whisky
was In the majority, nnd I am compelled
to acknowledge that my observation
has verified the fact. Another thought:
If the ladie3 who are visiting the saloons
soliciting pledges, would suggest to the
proprietors the opening up, in their
stead, some sort of rational, healthy,
intelligent amusement and recreation,
patronizing such places themselves by
way of encouragement, many men who
now keep liquor saloons might be in
duced to convert them into other forms
of business. Mint, say what you will,
this work must come, at last, through
iegisation.'
"Far away, among tho fastnesses of the
Oregon mountains, there is a spot where
a strong man with a spade could turn,
by a few hours' labor, tho whole course
of the Sacramento river. But, after the
river has rushed on and on, receiving
the waters of a thousand aflluents, fed
alike by the melting snows of the bold
Sierras and the contents of disgorging
storm-clouds, and finds the sea, at last it
lias become a mighty torrent that a na
tion could not turn. So, away back in
our National Congress sits a body of
men iu whoso hahds lies the power to
prevent tho Importation and manufac
ture of intoxicating beverages. Our
work of wrestling upon the confines of
the Pacific ocean with this vast, accu
mulated torrent of Intemperance is as
futile as would bo our efforts to turn the
course of the Sacramento at its mouth.
But one thing we can do. We cau
awaken a public sentiment by prayer,
if we will, that will compel our law-
makers to go to work, away back In the
fastnesses of American Government, to
strike a death blow at tho very root of
this monster evil." We were just going
to add, "tills must be accomplished by
the spade of justice, which is the ballot
iu the hands of man aud woman," hut
Brother Gibson looked so frightened,
aud fastened his eyes upon us so anx
iously, that wo sat down, leaving the
point tinclinched, though we could tell
that It had pierced the mental cuticle of
every attentive listener.
A very meager report in the Call, got
ten up by a shallow-pated littlo fledg
ling who struggles feebly witli a weak
moustache, contained the following ver
sion of the above: .
Mrs. Dunlway related her cxpfricni-e In flnd
mz where Dr. tone church was. Sho came
nlonsr Kearny street unattended, nnd there
were so many whisky saloons on that street
that she did uot know where to Inquire. The
other establishments were presided over, sho
said, by persons of a certain natunat tleseent,
who would neither know nor care where the
rhuruh was. Jlnvlne nrrtved In front of the
church she found the windows dark nnd the
doors closed, and she thought she had made a
mistake. As a last resort she entered the drug
store opposite and asked the perfumed pill
grinder whether the stately bulldlne over the
way was Dr. Stone's church. Strnnsc to say
the young man did not npjiear to know, but he
bclleveil It was. 'Atter a few more remarks of
dual relcrnucy to the subject, she sat down
and said jio more.
Tbat reportercould find employment
on the Evening Xcws.
On Sunday evening, as we find our
self somewhat rested, we shall speak
In Rev. Dr. Freeman's church; subject,
"Power of Prayer in Hie Temperance
Movement."
Wanted to tell you about having
made the acquaintance or many of itev.
MrMedbury' warm friends, but tills
letter has aircauy trespasseu ueyonu an
nounus. a. j. u,
San Francisco,' April 24, 1674.
auuiu r .
thev can draw largo audiences, and so
enlarge their opportunity for doing
good. We never felt so well satisfied
with belnir a woman as since we have
spen our sisters come out fearlessly for
their right, under God, to do some of
the world's work iu their own way-
The marks of their own bonuage are
upon them yet, showing in many ways
in sad and care-lined faces, tiumoie auu
hesitating voices, faulty grammatical
construction of sentences, and ignorance
of some of the conventionalities. This
is to be expected of us. We are only
children never have been permitted to
grow to our proper stature but by and
by we shall perhaps come of age. anuue
able to act accordingly. Meanwhile we
thank God for the dawn of light, and
cheer on our sisters to their Heaven-ap
pointed work. Let everybody go to their
meetings.
LAV-ABIDING "CITIZENS."
Sax FBaxcisco, April 27. Female canvassers
aro busily enraged. In soliciting signatures to
total abstinence pledges and are meetln-c wliu
lair success. "Wholesale liquor dealers held a
meeting and elected David TorterPresIdent. A
committee, was appointed to draft Uy-Laws
aud Constitution. Tlioobjectoftheinectlngof
the wholesale liquor dealers this afternoon
stated to .have been to perfect meansofprotect-
Inz thelreustomers lu the Interior ofthe State
airalnst woman cruiaders and local option law.
They have determined to raise a ftind of $10CO
toderray the expense ol lestlnc any case that
may arise uuder Ihelattcr In any county ofthe
Slate.
The liquor men are going to protect
their customers against the local option
law! Ah. that is nearly equal to the
"spirit of Portland juries.
"WEAK-MINDED."
It has taken us several years to get so
accustomed to the odium of being
"strong-minded" that we could endure
it without a sinking sensation every
time we heard the term applied to us.
And it seemed the height of cruelty, now
that wc were becoming rather proud of
our strong-mindedness, to bo compelled
to sit still while Mr. Cronin called us
weak-minded," as he did the other
day in the Police Court. Mr. Cronin
how could you !
"It Is excellent
To have a giant's strength of mind, but it is
tyranny
To use It like a giant,"
As you did that day. Please don't !
criinlualesuits tosustain, laxes were
Hgut'' : li
Mr. Stearns then "visited the Peni
tentiary at Albany, N. Y.,cand found
therein 525 men, mostly young or middle
aged persons, aud SO women." The
Superintendent told Mr. Stearns that
'more than three-fourths of the prison
ers were confessed inebriates, and that
of tho balauce who called themselves
temperate, nearly all were, more or less,
in the habit of using strong drink."
"He assured us," says Mr. Stearns,
"that if the liquor traffic were stopped,
thoPeniteutiary,.iu-his1 opinion, could
be dispensed with." . ,
Acain. in the JXalionai ucmperancc
Advocate, of December, 1373, we find the
following:
How prohibition "falls" In Mnlne is told by
"HarpeiM Weekly," as follows: "There is a
scarcity of something almost e.-ij jciir m
some sections of the country. Sometimes It Is
corn, sometimes frnlt, somotimes potatoes.
But Maine reports anotner unusuai ueucicucy
this year, namely, a falllng-off In the number
of inmates of the prison at Thomaston. There
have been.usunlly.lSO men In theState pnson;
now there are only 1SL And it is stated that
there are only about 23) In all the Jails and
prisons of the State."
That is. in the State of Maine, where
prohibitory laws are in force, the whole
State can oitiy furnish 'M prisoners,
while in New Yorfc.where they have no
prohibitory law's, in just one prison we
find G03 men and women.
The gist of the whole matter is this,
that where prohibition prevails crime is
almost unkuown, and consequently
police expenses are inconsiderable and
on th.e other hand, where the traffic is
sustained by laws, criminals are abun-
daut, and consequently police expenses
are heavy and taxes high.
Yes, the people "begin to see what Is
the matter;" and with the American
people to know their duty ia to do It,
aud we'shall have such a revolution in
political and social affairs as shall
... r il. 1 1
rescue tUlS nation irom wie ueyma ui
shame to which it was being dragged by
the rum power.
I see In a late number or the Bulletin
that the ladies of tho Temperance Alli
ance at McMinnville have ceased opera
lions; but it does not state the reason
why, which is that the enemy they were
fighting has laid down his armsj or re
treated, or something or that sort, but
the ladies stand ready to face the foe
whenever he makes his appearance.
I hopo tho ladies of Portland will
never falter in their work. They have
the promises on their side. They have
come to the "help of the Lord against
the mighty," aud though they may
suffer apparent defeat, yet He who sees
the end from the beginning "is nigh
unto all that call upon Him in truth,"
and their "labor shall not be in vain."
liEKORA.
LETTER PEOM SHERIDAN.
To the Editor of hie .' ew Northwest:
In a late number of your paper I found
an extract from the Oregonian, alluding
to the fact that men have failed to settle
the liquor question, and asking, as the
final settlement will be at the ballot
box, "if any logical reason can be given
why the ballot should not be given to
woman, in order that she may secure by
legal enactment the victory she is ex
pected to gain by moral and religious
influence."
Now, there are two points I wish to
make In connection with those remarks.
But first let me express my thanks to
(he Oregonian for even that feeble con
fession of faith; and further, let me say
that those journals who come out boldly
aud stand firm in defense of the Tcm-
perauce movement and of Woman Suf
frage, are the ones which will wield the
createst influence iu tho "good time
coining "yes, just at hand. Mark the
prophecy !
But tha points I wisu your reauers
to notice are, first, that the men have
failed to find out how to deal with the
liquor traffic; therefore give woman the
ballot, that she may "secure victory by
legal enactment."
So, then, legal enactment is what is
wanted. Well, if legal enactment will
settle the question," why not have it
settled, aud that right speedily ? Iam
truly glad the Oregonian is. taking tue
right view of the case, and shall expect
its influence hereafter to be used in
favor of prohibition.
The other point i9 this, that it tue
ballot is given to woman, she will use
it to "secure victory by Jegai enact
ment."
Now. Mr. Oregonian, if you believe
this and I have no doubt you do why
not use your influence to secure equal
rights for all citizens? iou are a zeal
ous defender of what you conceive to be
the rights of men. Then why this dis
tinction ? Why are you so ungallant as
to leave thewomeu to fight their battles
alone? "A word to the wise," etc.
Now I wish to pay my respects to the
Bulletin. In the issue of April 4th
find a statement tiiat the report on the
cost of the police system of Portland
will show a total cost of over "$40,000
during last year," aud the editor asks
if "the people who are -paying such
heavy taxes begin to see what is the
matter?" No doubt they do; no doubt
they begiu to see that the rum traffic is
the cause of such enormous public ex
penses. Now, I suppose the Bulletin
will "rise to explain," but Itlsn't neces
sary. We have proof that the traffic Is
responsible for nearly all our trouble
with criminals. I wish to state some
facts which may throw some light upon
the subject.
In the State of Maine they have a pro
hibitory law. J. N. Stearns, Esq., Cor
responding Secretary of the National
Temperance Society, "visited the county
of Frauklln in that State, and found not
one grog-shop iu the couuty, and in the
county jail there had been no prisoner
for over a year." As "everything was
quiet" In that' couuty, they did not need
a large police force, and police expenses
were nob heavy; and' there helngi'no
Correct. At the recular meeting of
the Radical Club of Philadelphia, Feb
ruary 25, K. M. .Davis, President, in tne
chair, a letter was read asking the Club
to take action in regard to a change in
the marriage ceremony in the Protest
ant Episcopal Book of Prayer, to the ef
fect that the wonl "obey," in tho prom
ise of the wife to the clergyman officiat
ing, be henceforth excluded, so as to
read, "I promise to honor and cherish."
The reason alleged was that the wife is
in every way the equal of the husband,
aud that it is not tho part of one equal
to obey another. This letter, which
was also reau at a previous meeting,
was repeated j'eslerday as a preface to
tho following resolstion, presented by
the Chairman and adopted by the Club:
On the subject of the promise of obe
dience on the part of woman at mar
riage, the Radical Club agrees with J.
Stewart Mill, when he says, In his
Subjection of Woman:"
"Tnat the principle which regulates
the existing social relations between
the two sexes the legal subordination
of one sex to the other Is wrong in it
self, and now one of the chief hindrances
to huniau improvement, and tbat it
ought to be replaced by a principle of
perfect equality, admitting no power or
privilege on tiie one sine, nor disability
on the other." Chap. 1, p. L
Ami with i.ncretta jiott, who wrote
in 1S20 as follows:
'In the true marriage relation, the
Independence of the husband and wife
is equal, their dependence mutual,
and their obligations reciprocal."
lFbin' Journal.
Foolisk IlAntTS. Walkinir alone
tho street with the point of an umbrella
sticking out behind, under the arm or
over the shoulder. By suddenly stop
ping to speak to a friend, or other cause,
a person wanting in tiie rear bad. nis
brain penetrated through the eye, in the
streets, and died a few days ago.
To carry a long pencil in vest or out
side pocket. Not long since a clerk In
New York fell, and the long pencil
pierced an Important artery, that it' had
to be cut down from the shoulder to pre
vent ins pieeuing to ueatn, witn a tnree
months' Illness.
To take exercise or walk for the health
when every step is a drag, and. Instinct
urges repose.
ro guzzle down a class or water on
getting up in the morning, without any
leeiing or thirst, under tho impression
ofthe health-giving nature of Its wash
ing out qualities.
To sit down to a table and "force"
yourself to eat, when there is not only
no appetite, but a decided aversion to
food.
To take a glass of soda, or toddy, or
sangaree, or. mint drops on a summer
day, under the belier that it is sarer and
better than a glass of cold water.
To persuado yourself that you are de
stroying one pleasant odor by introduc
ing :t stronger one; that is, trying to
sweeten your unwashed garments and
nerson bv cnvelooinc yourself in musk.
etc., the best perfume being a clean skin
and well-washed clothing.
Women in the Washington Post
Ofkice. Look in at tho Post-office win
dow. There you may see a highly bred
lady deciphering indorsements in Span
ish, German, French and Italian, and
she scarcely knows herself why she is
in this place, because it all seems so
new, aud yet she thanks Providence for
affording it. A few months ro, resid
ing in Naples with her father's family,
acquiring in easy competence the tastes
and accomplishments which make
woman twice divine, sho was smitten
to the earth with this news: Her un
cle, with madness for stock gambling,
had used her father's fortune and lost It
all, down to tho family plate. Nothing
was before her but work, and necessity
brought fortitude. Blessed bo the God
of human nature for the truth of that
text "As thy day, so shall thy strength
be!" There comfortably at work, re
spected as ever and taking courage, the
fair Neapolltaine see that she learned
for use as well as for science. -T' aching
ton Letter, ' " '