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4 FRIDAY. JUE 12, 1674. "IS IAYOS OF OUB CAUSE.' A "friend of Woman Suffrage" writes to us requesting that we be very careful bow we say anyumnj i of the OraM political coue , bc cause it is the only paper In the State ft WOru IU iaui i uu that speaks cause." AVe once knew a mau who had seven sons. The father was an inveterate to bacco user, but bo always spoke favora blywhen induced to speak at all upon the subject of the grand virtue of ab staining from tbo weed. One day he saw bis oldest hopeful witb a cob pipe in bis mouth, puffing away most vigor ously, "Peter," said be, "haven't I always told you that smoking was a bad, filthy habit, and that total abstinence was tbo proper thing?" "Yes," replied tbo logical scion, "but Jim .and John and Ike and Iteub and I have been holding a conference, and we'va decided that your example is stronger than your precept, and so we've agreed to be governed by the stronger party." Just so with the Oregonian's exam ple. The editor, assuming a virtue that bis conduct will not sustain, says occa slonally a word in favor of Woman Suf frage; but heknows thattheDemocratic vetoing power in the State, which he alone is responsible for foisting upon the people for another term of four yean, (to say nothing of the fossils whom he has, through acting the traitor to bis party, elected to the next Lcglsia ture), is bitterly opposed to Woman Suf frage; and we, knowing this, have just as much confidence in the reality df'bla "Woman Suffrage proclivities as we bad In the integrity of his motives when be used the Orcgonian to foist Nesmlth upon the shoulders of the people as Representative In the name of "political reform," in lieu of a man of pure princi ples and a Woman Suffragist. Actions speak louder than words, and we charge that tlie Orcgonian editor la the worst foe to political reform, and the meanest enemy to Woman Suffrage that the State possesses to-day. Mr. Hill well knew that by disinte grating the Republican party through a sham "reform" crj'i e could elect the enemies of Woman Suffrage. Purposely to throw dust in the eyes of the editor of the Xf.w Northwest, a friend of Woman Suffrage was Induced, against bis better judgmeut, to become bis cat's-paw to rake chestnuts away from Mr. Williams, and thus elect La Dow, an open enemy to Human Rights. Men in the Oregonian or "Independ ent" interest set up a hybrid temper ance ticket fortliesume purpose. Every device which might decoy the votes of stolid men, whose thinking had been done for them by the Orcgonian before it fell among thieves, and to whom the name of that once sterling paper had become a talisman, was resorted to for the sole purpose of defeating the only men through which the Woman Suf fragists had any hope to secure equal rights in tiic State. We are not partial to the Republican party or its conduct. That party has not acted in good faith through many of its representatives; but we know from patieut watching of tbo political neces sities of that party, that through it must Woman Sullrage come to the peo ple in the winter of '70 by act of Con gress. The Democratic party, being In a mi nority in the Congress, could not en franchise woman if it would. The same party being in a majority in the State of Oregon, cannot, if it will, because of the determination of Governor G rover to veto any suffrage bill which the Legislature might pass during his administration. Mr. Hill is a mau of remarknbly -acute intuition. He calculated well upon the stolid honesty of many of his readers, whom be knew could not be led away from Republicanism tn join Democracy; and these he used, our good friend Dav enport included, to further the schemes of the Groverites, by crying out lustily from day to day and week to week, urging the people to vote forhis decoy. How well be succeeded let the Democ racy answer, and the betrayed coufu- sionisls be taxed to prove. How well be is pleased at his success let his jubl lant exultation?, which be was at first so indiscreet as to allow for the uouce to j overcome his cautious judgmeut, attest to everybody. No, good "frieiiil," we want no such aid to Woman Sulu-nge, as that which stabs It in secret through combination with mercenary political rings, under the "atop-thief" cry or "reform" and "purity," and then seeks to conciliate the friends of our eaue by an occasional unimportant paragraph in Its favor. Time was when we were verdant enough to be caught by such chaff, but that day is gone forever. - - t A GEOWii 1B.VDI- iaa jiiiuaiuu. Mus. A. J. Dumv.-ay: During the late canvass I did not see the New, Northwest sufficiently to know its course as to the parties in politics, but I understood that it advocated the elec tion of the Republican nominees. Of course, I was not disappointed in this, as I knew, In company with thousands, that such would be the case Of course, also, I do liot complain of its doing ac cording to its own opinion of right and duty, but I do not think it bad any right to misrepresent mo by publishing j that I am shaky on temperance on equal rights. I do not believe that you i have any evidence of that averment and consequently I will tell you frankly that I bavo lost my faith in your candor and truthfulness. Your relations to the powers tbt bo are sucb that I never expect to see you extricated from their debauching influences, and therefore I shall be obliged to part company witli you. Be pleased to consider this note strictly private, and forward to my ad dress at SUyerton the statement of my account with the New Northwest, which I will settle immediately. Yours etc, T. W. Davenport. Home Hill, June 2, 1S74. Hov. T. W. Davexport Dear Sir; As I have no "private" political busi ness witb anybody, you will please con sider me too "good" to allow your note to go down with you into oblivion. Therefore to answer thccloslng clauseof your communication first, I wilt state that you are not in arrears for the New Northwest, but that you have yet to receive ten numbers before my part of our mutual obligation shall be cam selled. What I said about finding you shaky about "coining out on temperance and Woman Suffrage," I am compelled, my dear sir, in sorrow to repeat I went to hear you speak in Portland on purpose to tret an opportunity to TEMPEBAKOE. The evening tempcratico meetings at the Methodist Church arc gradually in creasing in interest.' The attendance is not always as'largc as it was during tbo first fover of public excitement, but tlio meetings are conducted on a mush more rational plan than at first. It was for somo time feared by many that any attempt to interfere in any way with legislation would cause the" women to bo siezed with a mortal panic, and thus thwart the designs of God, who had chosen them as His special agents to ac complish this work. Many persons sat eveniug after eveu- ing, in the crowded room, feeling, when ever they arose to speak, that they had gags in their mouths and mental mana cles upon their consciences. Rather than throw cold water upon the faitli of the weak or misguided, they endured the bondage, uutll now, those who were most fearful at first are among the most forward in promulgating tbo very doctrines which we advocated in the be ginning, and which they frowned upon as "side issues." We are glad our friends are learning that there no such things as side Issues in this great batte of Armageddon. We rejoice that they are being prepared, us the days roll on, to put on the whole armor of God, and thus meet the giant j evils of the laud as becometb valiant sol diers for the right. LETTER EEOM SALEM. Tothe Editor onunXcff Northwest: The political papers and speakers have' shown up the knavery of public officials pretty fully; and, as each party nas proved the other to be dishonest in om- cial conduct, who can doubt- but their accusations against each other aro but too true? Yet the overdose they Have National Woman Suffrage Association. Tiio crowuld statcof our columns pre cludes the possibility of publishing a full synopsis of the,many excellent speeches mado in the lato National Suffrago Convention; and reported in the New York Times. The following selection is from Rev. O. B. Frothlngham's oration: The Ladies at "Work. Wo may congratulate ourselves on' what has been accomplished. Another important step must now be taken. A substitute, for the resorts which have brought ISorrow to families and ruin upon young men, must bo provided. Before the saloons - closed this would have been a stroke of policy, now it be comes'au act of positive duty. Tlio resort snouiu oeneut meiuaiiy, There was no more reason whv a ncr- rrl.T... l.u ... r..n rtl In lllplr CIV1 GXCcl- 1 SOU SllOUltl I10t Vote llPCnllSin sllfi WaS a t n.nro 1 1 . ....1 r.1. .-cdtntl V mntltllllv llV lncc forciblv reminds jhc of a certain woman, than that she should not vote healthful and Intellectual reading, . . ,., , .i.,. -iiv because sho was not six feet high. It ' morally by pure association, and phys patent medicine hawker, who annual! was not a questl(m of C0( butof hu. , P f ueedful' gvmnasJtic .1! I . . II ...III. nri-Inrrnllt flirt TnM I 1... - .1:.! . I . l r . .. . . w. . . . ... maun..?, no uiu nut ucueve uiui Mumcu , training, It is not enougu 10 get in on the average were better than men, ! motion cither of these forces, we should THE WORKGOES ON. John Pinnell, of Seattle, is preparing to close out his entire liquor business and "connections." Also to keep a first class house of entertainment. Now, let tlie temperance people sustain him in his new life and thus encourage other brothel-keepers to follow his example. We remember how badly shocked the conservatives of Seattle were when we spoke In tlio Brown Church once, over two years ago, upon the subject of liquor and prostitution, but we arc rejoiced to see that the ball that was set In motion hoist vour banner, and do what I could , . . , V , ,,4 , by that humblo eilort lias kept on roll to help you to Congress. I listened pa- J i -i : 1 -. .. .... .i l .. ing, and that thegoodseed sown is bear- disgusts us all with crying out the pecu liar excellence of his- own nostrums. The political peddlers have lately been keeping up a lively competition with each other In this line; but if any of them have promulgated any new or wholesome doctrines, for the cure of the diseased body politic, they have been so sly about them that their prescriptions have failed to reacli tlie persons afflicted, or even catch the ear oi tno attentive listeucr, who watches the battle from the outside of the partisan camp. I found, lately, in a single is3tie of the Daily ami Weekly Mercury, and tbo Portlaud Weekly Bulletin and supple ment, the words signifying "thief and liar" occurring over one hundred times. Theso epithets were sandwiched between sucli choice expletives as "scoundrel," i condition of inferioritv. E.nd now, "villain," "rogue," "white-livered cow- ing from the depths of disfranchise arils," etc., etc. And tlio same elegant expressions abound In about the same proportion in nil of the political papers. Now, how does all this look to honor- ablo mothers who wish to sec their sons and daughters imbued with honest principles? What mother Is so silly as to hope that she can bring up her sons in the way they should go when this Infection of dishonesty taints the whole political atmosphere? And what hope have we that men will ever purify tlie "filthy pool" without tbeaid of women, when every effort that they put forth only makes tlie bail grow worse ? May It never be our lot to witness another campaign of sucli ignoble type. Yours, with earnest prayer for belter limes. Mrs. J. A. Johns. Salem, June Cth, 1S74. 1. tlin Imha flint vmt wntlltl . "I IICUMJ p II fcWW J " " i come out boldly lor the great issues of tlie age, but alas! you were "as shaky as any of "em," and not a morsel of aid or com-. fort did you give us. Then I invited you to call at my home, that I might bear from your own lips a favorable won! which I was panting to waft to my readers upon tlie Northwest breeze. You appointed a certain hour to visit me, but alas ! you neither came , nor sent excuse, "and consequently, I will tell you frankly, that I have lost , my faith In your candor and truthful ness. Your relations to the powers that would like to be, are such that I never . expect to see you extricated from their ( debauching influence, and I shall, there- J OTJH HONORED DEAD. fore, be obliged to part company Willi A emended otIce of tbo beautiful i'ou- ' and IninreSilve ceremonies of Decora- How do you like to -take your own D inadverteutiv omitted last good ing fruit a thousand fold. It is not pleasant to be a martyr to to public opinion forrightcousnessakc, but such a sacrifice alawys brings its re ward, after all. Dr. Mary (). Brown and another lady who went after this same John Pinnell much more vigorously than we had done, after we had left the city, were much greater martyrs than wo, but, like the crusaders, their work opened the way for the more conservative peo plo who, but for them, would never have bail the courage to act at all. Stiece-w to Seattle and temperance. and to a large extent llicy were responsi Die :or intemperance and tuc loonsn ncss of men and of society. If the women wero thoroughly atid profoundly in earnest, they could do much to pro mote that great cause. Intemperance, however, could not bo suppressed in the preseut generation by all the good men and women in the world; it was an in grained vice which could only be worked out of humanity in the course of ages. Ho behoved that the admission of woman to the right of suffrage would be a great help toward reform. The educa tion of both sexes together 9howed that there was no danger of the evils which many said would entail from it. Strong as were the impulses and passions of life, uniler a proper moral and scientific education, they could be repressed, and men and women were better for associa tion. Women bad forever beeu In a cora- Isemcnt mil mrtial degradation, tbev crasped at the prtec so near their hand. He drew attention to the arguments against tlie admission of negroes to tlie ballot; but their enfranchisement would fit them for their position. So with wom en; they would riso from their condi tluii, u ml in all respects be the equal of men. He bad no doubt that before a great while the administration of I he American Government will undergo very enseutial improvements. I Ap plause. He had very little doubt that compulsory education would be one of them; he "had no doubt that a more stringent administration of tlie Natu ralization law would he enforced; he believt-d that some intellectual-qualifi cation tor the franchise wouia ue re quired, and he had very little doubt of the admission of women to tlie fran chise. Applause. Mr. Ernestine L. Rose said: What right had man tomako laws for her; the laws were binding on her as on man, and all she asked was participa tion in their formation. In England, nearly two hundred members of the House of Commons wero in favor of Woman Suffrage, and tliero was no doubt it would come into operation usu them all. . All rational appeals are to the mental, moral and physical nature. The grati fication of a false appetite has too fre quently blunted the intellectual percep tions, dimmed the moral lustef and par alyzed the physical power. But as long as none of these are destroyed, wc may and should hope. There is an in fluence and a power in social Intercourse which frequently home Itself cannotex ert. It is this unseen attraction which draws men to saloons. A social glass delights; but they have no desire to drink alone. It i only when the appe tite gets complete sway that tbo con vlval feeling expires, it is then that the cravings of the social nature become weak. Surround other resorts wuii me attractions which saloons furnish and they will be accepted ns a substitute. Men would gladly accept them because the delights of tlie one are real and ben eficial, of the other unsubstantial and dangerous. It is not for those who have not beeu j icmpieu 10 say mere are iiu auiatiiuua in a saloon. There arc allurements which the novice vields to, either un conscious of the fatal end or utterly reckless. A large proportion of our vountc men are self-supporting. Their parents live mues away Their homes are where They have no home influence to restrain lliem, no liome association to improve and ennoble them. Occupied all day by their work, their hands busy, their tongue3 still and their minds in the groovo of duty, how natural that they should desire relaxation. Where could thev no? The nuestion is. alas! too ment.wilLinaugurato a system which ,-sii .AnL-n nn nrpinium to those whose oca t in iIp;i1 iii moucv and usury, and continue to prey upon tlio industries of the pceplc. Wall street, and the agents of foreign capital which run tlio Government, saw mat aueuiuia .-..- be made to induce Congress to inaugu rate measures looking to their relief. Straightway a bue-auil-cry was n.m III favor or "specie paymem, -was shrewd to turn attention from the real demand of the people. The monop olists never for a moment expecieu hoped for specie payment- i knew that such a thing was wholly im possible, and it never was serious thought of; it was only sharp playing. With a foreign debt aggregating two thousand five hundred millions of dol lars, and only about one hundred mil lions of gold to redeem with, they put this pretense forward as a kind of "counter-irritant;" their real object was to de feat us, and, so far as the I'nited States Senato is able, they have done It. The present fraudulent system gave tue money-lenders all and more than alLtlie people could earn, and they determined (even in the face of starving millions apd general ruin) to have it continued, and it is continued and increased to en able them to keep on their same infa mous Rvslem through the so-called na tional banks; the proper name of which should bo the monopolists' newly in vented fiscal agency for robbing the peo ple of the United States, under the pre tense that-it will relievo the West and the South, while they know it cannot, and that the benefits will only enure to the monopolists here on tlie Seabord and their confederates in Europe. It now remains to see if the monopo lists can also control the House of Rep resentatives. , . Tlie simple case, as we see it, is this: The United States have out 1,700 mil lions of paper promises in the form of lmnils which draw iuterest, aud these ay from them. promises are better to-day than gold re they board. ; reaIIv worth more. Tlie people ask that these bonds these so mucu siauuereu pa per obligations, which rest only upon the faith and resources of the nation shall be converted into other and more convenient paper obligations of the Government and be made a legal tender fnrall mirposos without bearing interest. And the wav t make tlie conversion. easily answered. Their natural desires bas been pointed out and adopted by did not urge them. It was the sheer ! the people in their financial sj'stem of a THE WINEQTJESTION. To Tin: KniTounr TiicXEwNoimiwnsT:. I noticed in your issue of May 31th an article from tlie pen of Chas. I.ouIs t-..i t l.i ... i... and answered by the temperance ele ment In the Slate. I have not now the a"" l,,u. """" . '"'. Fi", V' I operation . .... i. .1 'seive. rue cunuiuueii a. suuii. uui iu- ,,-,, ,,ii time to irive th Is matter tlie attention i ,. i.i.i.i .,..i.,t this article its importance demands, but I wish to Mp( j ,me i)0Vereux Blake was call his attention to a stirring article in j called upon to speak. Upon coming a recent number of the Herald oft forward she was loudly cheered, ami ob JfMW from which I copy the t desperation which accepts any social relief. The mere congregation is a source of delight. But the saloon is a delight only in the absence of other enjoyments. How quickly it is abandoned for a dance or auy party which throws men into fe male society. How much more at tractive would be a reading room en- I livened by the presence of ladies than a saloon wliere no lauy can go. The women or Santa uruz who nave ft.-. onnvertaDle Dontl. ine peoino mean to have the currency of this coun try based just as these United States Bonds'are to-day, viz.; "upon the faith and resources of the nation," but inter convertablo with certificates or value, actual paper money which does not bear Interest, and when converted again at tlie will of the holder into bonds shall bear such a rate of interest that it is no Inii'wr Jill obieet to hoard and monopo- !izethcui as is the case under the pres- ;-. rn miini. iiniii ihp lumb of "obl" aml triumphantly conducteu ent fraudulent system wnicn nas ai ti,?. ,Vr r !. lt,Lt XXul tbe late campaign are now at work se- ! ready brought the country upon the minis er, hut gie the the J"? I curing means t carry into immediate borders of anarchy. tho nrotrramme laid down m i . Kncland owes 3,i 00,000,000, repre- ing extracts "It the free aud common ue of nlcoliollr cause the Massachusetts Legislature, but she found great congratulation in the fact medicine, good Timothy? You know that that is tbo most effective, remedy that I ever give for these spells of mas culine rabies. I think, however, that upou due re flection, when you have gotten over the disappointment of a defeat, which I knew was inevitable, and from which I would gladly have saved you, that you will admit that I had "sufficient vvi- week. And now we have only room to say that there is something inexpressi bly touching in this National holiday. The blue and the gray sleep side by sido in almost every cemetery in the I'nion, and Death, tlie great healer, hand in iiand with Time, the Jut avenger, has I cured the animosities of a terrible pe , riotl, when Freedom, in tlie fearful i Rtriicrrln lw( u'ofii Mi.lit .iiu Hlrrbt. rnn- dence of that averment" and that your!., , f omircssloll nml "fa th in my candor and truthfulness" . ,.ftud hui)anil tollbigberpIane,where w be so greatly strengthened that you , t othor t ,lMCS of tllc iame great will be ready and willing to continue , 0fln,M. ,0.,,!1V ,,, ,. your patronage to the only paper in tlie u is fU ln, ,1Ill ..... ,nv city which is owned and controlled by nsil,u Hler business for one day in every one person, and that too a person that . , , ..,..,.. has no "relations" in any way "to the of a mfihly con,cU A houor lo a powers that be" or would like "to be,'' Nati()Il lmt bowrs tB doad except such as its editor and proprietor can honestly and conscientiously usu lo advance the great principle of Human Rights, to which she has devoted her ' Tlie Chicago Tribune of May 27tli lars per mouth to those able to maintain sucli beneficial institutions in our midst compared with the results to follow? Wn iriinu llinr. tlio Ifiilipa will mnl: I11W vrino calculated to lessen the amount or intern-. that the bijl was lost only by live votes. a succes3 becausn their presence and lu-pcram-e? And thu quetioii may bo round-, Proceeding to criticise the character of uueKCe s tbo pre-requisite and that Is emi in the light 6f reafon alone, or in that of' the government established only by I guaranteed. eirinice. i men, she claimed that if women wero paiua, Cruz has it now in its power to "Kiit,thcn,iiiircanaiie lo niipixw hiri intrusion wiui ine power iiieycuuiu . build up a reputation for sobriety and the use of inioiioaiins wine will clu-cii lutein-, possibly uiaKo tlio laws more nuicuious. moraiitv unsurpassed by any cotnmu jiernnce? How ran li.wnrn ine uicurowun in uu inv iivhiuuii-uuiu fautl.iuu.i.ui, , y0u hj principle Is in it as really as In mm, sin. ' legislative aim juuiciai, me same incon lirandy, or whisky, and produces tho same ef- sistencies appeared, so that there -were reels, only rcsjulrins a little more lo lo taken, few lawyers in any Mate mat Knew The ooml.lnatlon In which It it found in wine , anything ir the laws of the adjoining does not chance lis nature or operation la the State, and he was a lucky man indeed if leat. Aslveniiuantltyoralroliotlnwlnepro-lhe know anything concerning those of dures exurtly the same cllects nv If it were In -this own. The history of tile past few brandy or whli-ky. The man who drinks fer- years ill connection Willi legislation was menled wine tales alcoliollntiililystom,and fruitful In i-rinu", dishonesty and fraud, he drinks It Tor the RakeoftheclWU the ftlro- The men who were sent to represent tlie hoi produces. Il creatt-i the same liahll and nation Kepi uic uiismess oi mo cumiiry nruirraaime iuiu uunu in - p.nuiaiiu ura .rt , w,vw,v Thev call upon the fathers Piitpd bv consuls corresponding to our aud the young men or this community bonds. Tliee are In substance a circu to come forward aud enterlnto this mat- j latins medium. It is double the debt of ter with a spirit that shall insure it the United States, and this large debt the fullest success. What are a few dol- i,Pnrs three per cent., and the holders of these paper obligations ot iMigianu nave to pay on them an income tax. Why Itv on this coast, and ill doing so she will offer such favorable Inducements to settlement that hundreds of families will come hither to settle and build up a city as respectable in numbers as it is correct in morals and example. Santa Cruz Enterprise. Woman Suffrage. slinnlit the producers of this nation, which lias more solid real wealth than England, pay ten to twenty per cent, for the use of money, while tlie industries or England and other European States n-iv lint tlirp ? From what we have seen for the past four months, and from what we see at this dark hour, the monopolists will keep up tills war upou the industries of the country. A change will come; and when it does come, in anger and ven geance, tlie people will find a way to comnel tho monopolists to disgorge; I and the issue Is uow, thank God, fairly i made and understood. The question . has been ventilated and its ettects llltis- . n., l -, . . .1 . . r l r..ii oppetlle Hint the use or it doc In any kind of in perpetual not water, ror uie last justice oi woman s ngiii iu peneci, iu u, nnd all experience proves tnat i i .minims iiij-j i-uusimiucu mi jcuiiipicn- ijw.n.ij i. .j and propositions of a comparatively fruitless character, and left untouched the great question of the finance of the country. After tinkering at the ques tion for that period, they liually. by immense labor, got a bill through both branches; of Cungre.-s. This bill pro posed to impose upon the nation still more of this deteriorated currency, and A HOT DEBATE. Tlie Chicago Tribune of May lire, her fortune and her sacred honor. Jealousy of any man who holds an humble position in any of the depart ments of Government is beneath an as pirant for Congressional honors, friend Timothy; but your idea that I am en- gives the particulars of an exciting time In the recent Presbyterian Assembly iu ' that city. Soyeral specehes wore made , upon the " woman question," jro , and con, and demonstrations of ap i plausc and disapproval were frequent .rdentxplrlU irreiit multlludcf of those who hecln the us- of wine are led nn lo that of more fiery ixitutlom. j Tlie drunVard's appctlto is as readily formed , and cultivated by wlno as by anient .spirits of any kind. Roason, then, teaches the rallacy ot thcnrsiiment Hint the free, and common use of wine will diminish drunkenness. "If now wc turn to the conldcratioh of fact, . i. i. n ntid.ll. .1. l.i tl.n lli.ltf i.f ornori. jiim iwa m w v ..Am. ( ,. il...i! ... .,11..- n- ik.Ti l.lll dice, we shall arrive at the same conclusion, uuihir ine nine iwiiuiiik '"-;i In the llrst phtce.theu.we know that Jntcmper-, bad passed she was glad that they had :ance was a fearfully common and destructive ' noi ine rigiii in vine. one was uiaiih I vice amons the nnclrnu who inhabited win.-. f" that women were in no way resportsi-i.rodiH-InKc.untries.ilidwU.knewnothIn.of1bh for that kind of legislation. Ap- !. i..i .i,ii..., ,!i.nti...ti,m ,t' plausc. I Tiiey were saven irom mat, not then practiced. The lirck especially were 1 evil, and for tins she most heartily famous for Ihelr-UunLenne., and Plato de- thanked Gen. Grant. Applause. She ehires that. durlne the ,rlod of the fea,ls f . could not JKiy hini a higher coilipliment ltaeehus. there could not liound a sober man "'an that be could not dp better if be or woman i all Attica.a diKtrietcelebmtcl for rc a woman. Applause. Men ituii,-s 'should not suppose that women were llinrS. .1.: l'l... ..-n-. tn.t-- VorUtliprelCNSevldeneeIlinnnlemiK.niii.vl o" u "'Ore iiii"K-. " " .... I n.l 1. tknniiU bnnn n fXXtr 1 11 cf I desire to state, ouce for all, that the j wh th stand a,j wbat they have to Jlomrslcad is too well convinced of the , ,i I The only present hope for the people tlie producing masses is m tne House. and local v to ilcnv the pnucinleasone m .t.: r incorrratcd ill the fundamental idea of i 5ntjnll of thfs ,norning; to republican government, and shall nev er, , Jhis b0(, Ul0' rJ, ar now a(ijressIrJg by wortl, thought or deed, oppose the themselves iu full confidence. And political enfranchisement of o nan. wIat ftpenjive-we here? lSutlcr, Field, The doctrine, right and just as It . is, , , f.w oU, with tlle half.way should be advanced and urged only by , f Kelley lKjint tIlc wav aua speak tboso whose intelligence and Inllucnco i i. ... ...... i..,..,' i i.;: ,io command respect aud power, and ad- j of tllL. colIntrv; but with nearly, if not umaLii, iiuk j naif of tlii WHO arc ko aiuw iu uoiuiucuuim iiiu principles of the question, but to tlioso matured, cultivated aud educated minds, who are not only capable of appreciat ing these great principles, hut who know how to urge them upon the world in such a way as to command respect and secure proper legislation in their favor. More can, therefore, be dono by addressing tho masses with arguments relative to woman's welfare, which most directly concerns her bread and t forms a Government service for a very tlie usefulness or the meeting, and asked reasonable compensation, could be born members to let it alone. Let the leaders of no other motive; and I really pity the f stave off this matter of Human Hights man wliose Ideas oi integrity are o m me ijiiurcucs as mey may, mey can not prevent tho coming of an issue which Ihey must meet. The freedom j spirit of woman is awakened and will 'not down at the bidding ofr)riost or i WOBE IHEAEHEST. The ladies of Grass Valley, California, are making every preparation to carry local option, in worthy .imitation of Santa Cruz and Oakland. A late num ber of the Grass Valley Union comes to baud witb an excellent three column address, delivered In that city, May 2Sth, by Mm. v. ic Spencer. w lr t K-IlUb,e- p"Went, and Mrs. Spencer, Secretary or the Tem perance Union, desire all Temperance Lnions having anything similar to for ward it to their society. The women of Hannibal, Mo.. Lav- won a great victory. On election day they stood by tlie polls all ay iom,' License or no license was tlie question. The presence of the ladies decided the questIou. JJfo license was carried,' two to one. tThe fact .deserves uolice and Ihe example ought, not fo'be lost.' badly warped that he imagines that a woman could be bought for a paltry sum of a few. hundreds a year, which her husband receives as a salary, and which she never handles or meddles with and is rum-seller. In no way responsible for. Sucli inslntia-I Tlio march of destiny Is onward, and tlons, I repeat, are beneath you, friend 1 woman will be free. Timothy nnd do no credit to your head - ItH'tHT iii.u lllli'iiiininiHT- - . ... . t m lit i . , prevails In mixlem time, In wlne-prodnetn ?0 -fr"ir 1 1.. ' V tl " Z'K "" .niilrii- i. It .11.1 In unelrnt.l-lx lain!. .llUllit t.J "- , num., I iinuit. v.iui.ui nuiuu.i noso (smiilrini as mini in unrieniii.iys. . . , . .. T ,,, tt,nr n . 1 .,.i !. l. .. r.. tangled iu "debauching influences." be- Hearty. Dr. Crosby .uiiil a long tc- j tcV r lt, ijcilllen ai writes from , uneslti Atlictisoverthedooroftliescbool- avenues of labor. cause my husband cnnscieuliously Mr-'bate upon this question would impair i ('ajr0( Egypt, to the C'wigregationalift house there wero printed tlio words, I hail with delight the fact, that the ns follows- i let liouecciver vnier nere, out n over i suujeci oi woman nuiirage, nas ai last the dooror the nation's capital were put i attracteil the attention of tlie United The ix-ople are ioran.twre!cHe.l,and wiui-. tho wor,1(i ir.ot no thief enter here," States Senate, In which body or coin out umiiiiton. The new life, which seems to , , n,.wi ,0H. many would cross thebined wisdom the question or tho ad hHve stirre.1 western Italy and the eitics h.n 1M,rtaI.s? Applause. She believed . mission of suffrage for women in the the Mediterranean shores. has not touched ihi lnnt atnog our Hepreseiitatives iii Con- J constitution of tlie new proposed Terri vailey or the shore, of the Adriatic Why is j.ress there were many who were neither torv of Pembina was seriously consid thls? Pocstlicrausbllelntheenervatlns cli-:iin,rpsf ,.nP l.niiiirablo. From ' the davs on7l. nml nnlv lost hv a nlOsc vote. And itallords the Jlomcsteatl no little pruie know that California's illustrious Senator, Sargent, is tlie able leader of llu snflnifiHts in the Sennlo of the in.iy. wi)ocvcri.-newaiandiiiaii.ro.iuceitnc of vat.0UssjiaJesof political opin-! rnileil States. The women of Call wine to grow men mm women 7 uoes noi a , j0. ,ut it WR, icft to tbo present time oiiniiroini.o.i resi on 11 in-opie wno perrcn to produce Statesmotl WllO COUKi StOOP to the meanness xif theft. Applause. The dav of the decadence of the Repub lic had come, unless an appeal was made to the women of the couutrv to redeem it. Applause. Woiiwmi, she RIDIOJJLOUS: Foralitllesqtiad of gangrened political wire-pullers to meet together in secret caucus and put up a job in the shape of nominations for State and county ofli cere, and then parade the sham before the public as "Tho Peoples' Ticket." That tho "people" fall to endorse such Impudence at the polls is gratifying evi dence that everybody Can't be .duped. i.micT i .irum.j. in-mnp. i-r im . 0r tlio Hevolution to tue present lime. tne iciiiiuy ..r ine wu anu tiiowise wmmriiien doV(n tbromth the years when Jefferson, i to it is tilled? it may to Mime cMenu Is the Monroe, Ailuins, Jackson, Webster. eau.e to Minsht In the product ot the null? I fsinv nn,t ("..tllmun flotirlslied. We bad or heart. In conclusion, allow me to say that, judging you from my stand-point, I have not "lost all fulth in your candor or truthfulness." I believe, ay, Aiioic, that you have been used .by crafty men, who are full of political guile, and who deceived you by the "slop-lhleP' cry, Into taking votes enough from a Cou- gresslonal candidate who favors Woman t Sullrage, to elect another who is its avowed enemy. - I am charitable enough to hojie that The leading Woman SuIUaglsts of you forgot to call upon me according to-: nn Francisco are circniatlnga petition, promise and give me an assurance from j which is being numerously signed, re your own mouth, as Mr. Williams did, ( questing the Mayor not lo penult Mrs. that you would, If elected, stand by our Woodliull to make any more indecent cause. And in hope that you may i speeches in the city. Now we expect to speedily extricate yourself from the "de- j hear from Mr. Luce. Of course he'll bauchlng influences" to which you arc , publi&h this item. at present allied, and become your own ; man ouce more,I am, my dear sir, as TlieHfcrinhaswhineillikeawli!pieil ever, your sincere friend, puppy evcrsiucc it found Itself beaten by A. J. Dr.viWAY. i the late election returns. Its fawntugat P. S. Aa a woman's letter is not com- j tcmpu at "conciliation" with the sore plete without a postscript, aud as I wish t j,eaiis are lugubriously amusing to spec this letter to be Intensely "womanly," I tators, and vastly please the leaders or will merely add as an after thought, J the confuslonlsts, who count upon It ns that If you really believe that my bus-1 a "convert." band's place in the Governmental cm-. , HumCV.V.lchi briDR8, LI? ? e,V S1 The Independent undertook, last hundreds, has entangled me "hope- . . . x, lessiy witu "debauching Influences," , week, iu Kie a - you may thank God and the angels aud j Francisco Woman Suflraga.Couveutton. your bumble servant that your wife has, j it Kot just about as -.near' tbo truth aa iuutlou il once did In 'attempting'to report 'one Portland, Oregon, June;il, iGrovcJ - : the riicnclesof the soil totheproducllonof that which destroys inanhooit and womanhood?' The whole extent of country, from Savoy in I France tn Drindisl on the Adriatic, Uacm! 1 field. The people throughout this whole extent fornia will sometime have an oppor tunity to show tiicir appreciation of their great representative atWashing ton. Loiig live Senator Sargfut. Oak land Homestead. . iTTucviii ii. I iinnnit. i ..villi ii. am- are miserably poor and degraded. The Eg.vp- maintained, held the consciences of the Man and Arab are Ihclr superiors. A wine-pro-1 world. Kverv woman was a mother. either liossilile or ac tual. heart there bent a ness that shi the average, any part of men. It was durum and a wine-drinking jieoplc, althniigh in a sood measure free from drunkenness, arc so Hoatcd and steeped In tho Juice of the (trnjie us to become almost' vcielable. The Darwin ian theory is reversed. Olve a man wine enough, let him nw the grape and drill, freely of the Juice; If 1i.iIimi notmlnpse into a inoukey or a mollust. he will ynt Ucnmt the 0001 sjieclmen of the 'genus homo.'" I hope, Mrs. Editor, that you will) of the country? publish these facts for the benefit of Chas. iouis Ktilin and all others who may be led by bis article. to consider wine-growing or wine-drinking eith elevating or necessary. Mits. W. IL McKi'sn. Sheridan, Oregon, June 4, 1S74. In woman's Iiibor Reformers Farmers anil Grangers mat is Onr Dnty To-Day ? New Yokk, April 2, 1874. M.'iie oi conscious-i i.i.i .. ,i ., .i thought far exceeded, on " , T -T . . .ft" such instinct on the rl r " .. .5 , ' ' " " " c f t if lOt U9 To the first question the answer is carried forward all the charities' and s,?Jl Sl. i phllantliropiM of the nation. Was ItL.P m" f n i m !. .i.,. ... .....i iii.i siiowbowtodo nothing to meet the difil- of the country ? And it was time tlie I culAV 1.1.,u -cuato Propwe. aJ. far anneal was made If the interests of tli I as 11 "as l"?.PPwer as. given to i.ai.K- ; couutrv were to be consult!. It lvn' ers tnore millions to tu.t t icm in nerpet this House known to be directly, personally interested in .the bank mo nopolies, and the other liafi mostly law yers, accustomed to' work for fees, the prospect is remote indeed. Had wo hope of any tiling from Grant, we might pray that he would veto any bill that looked lo perpetuating or extending the Infa mous National Bank robbery system, and thus force Congressmen to bear the people or go back to them for nowcurses. J5ut experience with Grant assures us that he will be as ready to sign the Bankers' Bill of to-day as he was in 1SG9 to convert a debt payablo in currency into ouc payable in coin. Grant goes with the rich monopolists. The farmerof the West and the South are thoroughly organized, and outsldo of the corrupt Republican and Democratic parties, both of which are used by the monopolists. The other industrial classes are organizing on substantially the same as the Giaugcrs' plan. The Catholic Church understands the secret of power. The working people of America nave discovered that an organ ization not political, but which holds the people to a superior allegiance than to political parties, is tho secret of their power, and the work will go on. Let us be more than ever vigilant and see to it that our enemies do not get into cou trol by persuading us to make a political party. Coder no consideration must the working masses at present become a po litical party. There is only one way; let us keep on that way. The Knights of the Golden Circle were not a political party, butexperience demonstrated their power. Tlie Church is not a political tinriv. but experience nas ttemon- strated tho measure of po;er due to its wisdom in this respect. Tlie Kevolu tiuu is uiwn us; let us move as one man, and make no mistake, nor bo disturbed by the artful play of our thoroughly drilled and unscrupulous adversaries. IIokace II. Day. 1 time, she sald iu conclusion, that !,, n,! uatlllS the rsystoni of robbing tne peo- TI, W(inwirs temperance movement, i counsels of the nation thev bad wW . l,Ie- .All that has been j one, or is pro- wm!, ,ns carried sucli devastation to or thev wanted most of il! thJi.c n n.V ! posed to beuoue, will iail to restorecon- , , lej,,.. ,r s hopsol tne yycsi, uns uroKen " indutelliFenTa id et.lii Me, l wonian 1 ,,ew or reinstate our lost Industries. , iirHJklyn,and threatens to sweep Miol rApplnus The ad lltional money will be hoarded, ovcr (ije wliole country. It seems a lit l -vrrL t t,i , . . . . I and be just so much more In the pockets tje ri.l(cttlous at a distance td read of ' Miss Burnliam. a I'hiladoln bin 1-iw. .1... n. . i.i mii,ri t.. 1 ill tlio lliouuuuiiau-.. .1 resiici it,i " wi .uvuii iiik ill latciua mi ... .l.i. it.- tit.a neiioii 01 ' i .. i. .. c.w.. mil. .i . .inn a.i m.i . Or 111 HIV" . wuwmc iui;a uciilcu uu- yer, defined the legal status of woman A notable feature of the teniperauce before the law, stating- that it was slm- ( Confess is extended, adds just so much 1-nly that of a citizeii living under a mrS l.nnleii to the Industrial classes, t Is TWl! 1 f rif..i-ii...n.it Tl".. .. , . . ... .. .: : ..f in .in n v 11 r j i r i it. h,..,,lt,i. iiuiuuii nere witnoul alleCling uic uutt- m ,M"""b" -' ....... t .......i .in jut wnai men permuted and i of Lafayette at the Church one evening! nothing more. Woman was tlie slave this week. The Doctor compared the , . . . .? mns,er- uss Buniham present fight . between the women and StX lliaij iu .uukii '".vntwu JV.IV1I1 1IIUCCX1 OI IHC 'legal ilAlUS 01 WOUlen. niittance,nud praying and singing their way into tlie stony hearts-of the propri etors. But those who arc subjected to it . . - bringing it witiitu tne reacn ",y- X"-" i at close quarters evidently consider it no pie. It .Is simply vicious JeRisia .011, -okC all), raaly of them j,uccumb to this and wholly in the ff 'l',e PA" ! novel form or moral suasion, whether lending class and antrf.fnf,p. a,; temporarily or iermaneutly remains to tors- Thero.haabccnscarcelynnjtlilns(bes . At the evcniiig session or the conven tion tlio following ofilccrs wero elected: and Goliath. Women are tbo weaker vessels, but. liko David before tho ranm or the l'hilistlnes, they aro appointed i ros!,enf' Martlm O. Wright; Vice t.v T,.r,i . JL-f.-ii 11.. irL, t.. tI residenfo,Lucrctia Mottand ElizabeU J v .i.&miijiii- cauv tutiton: C'lialrmaii Aiivisory temperance, whom the hosts or men . Comiiiiiteo l-'moct inn T.. Itosc: Chair-1 1....:. ,...t 1 m.. f .ittee. Susan B. I at as low a rale ot interest- uasu oiiiKi3i.-u. iu yam., xue UOCtors .avwuiku v... i i ..o1ir.ru Iii T-'tirnnpliav- It ' remarks. were entirely original, lolU In'oK matter andniantier, aud were' ltslencdtgocrctary.Lillle.De'vercux Blake; Treas- What tho people, the i. it.it 1. ..;u i.,r..i uir.... m cri.nt. ... 1 wnai mey usK.iur, n.iiw . . ...I IliUkif IUIVJCCI,. l4"; lit - -I j, " -..I-" Utli' J ff 3. la. f , sald thus far 111 tue hub ( nances upon the only question which really concerns the laborer, the agncul-! A Clergyman in Ciarinda, Ohio, was turistortlic manufacturer. These ask j away from home When tho crusade be for and demand that a system shall be (gun. .lie returned in the evening, and established which will give them the saw his wife stauding at the barora sa- uso of a medium 01 excuauge as encap , 10011 singing as loud us sue couuijeu. as ttieir com- He supposed she was drunk, anu, eu- rhis has notftcrlng the Saloon, the tears rolling down i attempted. his face. vbo-saidUiVCome honie.wi'e, masses waut iyou liave,,riiiiied me. JJrunk druni. sua uy.vuru- iUniUKi" - li :ri 1; .t.,nr