TEEAT ALL ALIKE.
A EALIOAL EEMEDT TOE A GIANT
EVIL.
There is a ccrtaiu class who. when
ever a woman is detected in something Dr. Holland, who has in the past few
FRIDAY -SEPTEMBER 15, 1876. disreputable, instantly proclaim her a years advanced some of as extreme ab
Woman Sufiragist and endeavor to surdities concerning "woman's sphere"
EDITOEIAL COEEESPONDEHOE.
Dear Readers or the Hew Northwest:
Some two weeks ago we took leave of
you at Council Bluffs, since which time
we have been too warm, too busy, and
- "r . . . ... j
XOTiCE. make ta, out of her 8ina agalnst the as any current writer who is read and too lazy lor epistolary euoria ol UJr u-
1 1 - I - . 1 eAtn tnn TUa lAlimaxf frftm I .fill T1fl I
AMntu 11111 Tiiease take notfce that it is a n-ntnn movBrnent. ThaRelknaD frauds quoted as authority, or who makes any "H-1""- j
great tax upon us to par express charges upon were no goonerdisclosed than than tlrene pretensions to logic, has lately been ad-
Bluffs to the home of our childhood
.mall suins. and they will confer a great favor , fc f 8elf.rlKhte0US vancing some wholesome and common- took us through an agricultural region
by renaming to us through money orders or P" V uxa Jl .,,l, Mn. .. n- wi,l whiM. of passing loveliness, abounding in
things if women were allowed power. are worthy of all atteution, and we lowns n villages, cuuroura uu
Women of the Belknap class are never earnestly commend them to the atteu- schools, nnd but lor the excessive, op
suffragists, but that makes no differ- tiou of our legislators, who sit now in pressive, and debilitating heat, wecould
. I. ., e.. ... ..., l r t f.. I wr In iwl lint
ence: eulllbilltv takes the bait just as in council at Salem. If our law-makers
registered letters.
LEGISLATOBSATTENTION !
The women of this State, or the expo-
d , , j astena- douot persistently close their eyes to
portion thereof, propose to bring before J " J . , ..ii i.,,,,
you, at no distant day, a bill asking
that a law be framed which shall estab
lish Impartial suffrage. Dropping all
side Issues and speaking directly to the
question, they intend to present argu
ments to support their demand, which
they hope and believe will command
your earnest and calm consideration.
First, they assert that women have
the same interest in the establishment
and maintenance of good government
that men have. As they are to the
same extent bound to obey the laws,
suffer to the same extent by bad laws,
and profit to the same extent by good
laws, they claim solely upon the prin
ciple of justice that they should be al
lowed equally with men to express their
preference in the choice of law-makers
and rulers. As a further argument for
this, we quote from the most celebrated
and revered document in American his
tory that "governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the gov
erned." Goodwin, in his treatise on
"Political Justice," says: "The first
and most important principle that can
ciouslyas though they were leaders in the glaring fact, they certainly know
the movement instead of sneering syco- that the laws we have regulating and
phants who "have all the rights they punishing social sins are totally inade-
want," Even if it were provable that quale to meet and control the giant
these women are in every instance ad- evil. Of this let the abortive attempt
vocates of suffrage, it would not nrove to close certain brothels in tills city
that thev should he disfranchised unless only last spring speak. A few paltry
fraudulent voters among men should be fines were paid it is true, upon the ver-
trpntpd likRwisp: nnd if lustice were diet and evidence of men whom it were
thus summarily dealt out, the number
of "legal voters"among those who have
held high places in government employ
would be alarmingly diminished.
To show the readiness with which op-
indeed a wide stretch of charity to sup
pose were, themselves, all guiltless of
the sins upon which they sat in judg
ment. For a little time vice in these
quarters put on a less unblushing front,
nonents catch at straws and endeavor to- but nothing permanent was gaiued,
magnify them into cannon and turn and perhaps not a single misdeed less
theui acainst the cause of equal rights, was committed. The majesty of the
we codv the following bit from the
Springfield Mcpublican, which bit has,
however, gone the rounds of many coun
try newspapers, more or less garbled :
All sorts of people exist In this little world.
Mrs. Alma Van Winkle, of Chicago, "a tan,
commanding looking lady," representing a
Woman Suffrage association, and representing
grave eccentricities of spelling In her writing,
has been exposed In a flagrant attempt to
'stri te" some of the women teachers of the cl ty
law, though making loud assertion,
failed utterly to enforce the measures
have fancied ourseif In fairy laud. But
the fervid heat seemed to melt the very
elements. The brazen sun glared upon
the sleepy cornfields with a blistering
brilliance; the grass and clover wilted
in the sultry atmosphere, and your
humble servant, finding it impossible to
keep up the usual nightly meetings,
was compelled to lie in the shade and
fan herself for dear existence.
It was night when we reached the vll
lage of Tremont, which was the first
"town" we ever recollect of seeing in
our earlier years, and which we snail
always remember as the embodiment In
our childish imaginings of everything
majestic. Thirty-five years ago this
village was very nearly as populous as
now. To-day, as then, it Is a collection
of a few hundred souls, a number of
whom have resided here for forty years,
attempted, and licentiousness, disturbed or more.
for a moment, speedily assumed sway
even more arrogant and shameless than
before.
After giving at length his views upon
the subject in Scribner'8 Monthly, the
writer above mentioned proposes this
sound Sbd salutary remedy:
If we are to have laws, let us have Just laws.
In the first place, let us not talk about a voluu-
Col. A. J. Davis, our cousin, and his
amiable wife, another cousin, from the
other side of the parental house, gave us
a cordial welcome, enhancing tue ui
buj we found pieces of slate, relics of LETTEE PEOM ALBANY. GIVE TJSJUSTIOE.
some tyros mathematical beginning, I PIT nr-nrr- -inr -mrmrrT I to toe Editor or the New North west:
who nrnliahlv ban Innc hppn n. distant I TTnrl T vint rtmmtaarl In rcrlta unit t I Tn iTTfi thirfppn Colonies exlstedxmon
I tf O 1 IXdU J. II "V JUUUHOfcU ,V IVU 7 J I w - -
wanderer from the old familiar haunts, rather think I should allow this pen of the American Continent, not as a Tree
anu preserved souvenirs or tue laiien mine to rest on in peace: but promises ana represented nation, out as taxeu,
i " i
brick chimney and charred wooden with me mean performance some- unrepresented dependencies of a govertX-
walls. For we fondly remembered a time and I therefore place a few rani- ment that styled itself the protector of
blue-eyed elder Bister in far-off Oregon biing thoughts upon paper for your dls- the interests of these feeble Colonies,
whom we knew would prize them and I posal. I am aware that editors, like When taxed to help support a nation
the acorus Mary gathered from a tree other people, appreciate change; and it and a people that refused them the riffht
hard by, far more than If they had been frequently happens that they furnish to represent themselves and their iuter-
gold from Galice Creek or Santiam. their readers with contributions of ests, and when they asked for this rec-
We were exhausted with exertion in I rather an iuferior quality, merely to oguition of their lights as intelligent
tbe summer heat, but what cared we.' gratify tiie universal demand for vari- human beings, they were answered in
Oh.the birds in the branches were slnjing ety. Variety is the spice of life; hence, this wise : "lie are yournatural pro-
an all-wise Creator has given mankind tectors and guardians; we protect you;
various tastes and inclinations, likes we guard your interests; we maUe laws
and dislikes, so that what may please for your benefit, and we represent you
one may be entirely displeasing to an- in a much more efficient manner than
other. But I am diverging from my it is possible for you, witli your ignor-
original intention. ance of ail matters pertaining to gov-
Albany is one of the quietest little eminent, to represent yourselves."
cities in Oregon. I don't mean by this Now, this is precisely parallel to the
cumstances, shall we see these haunts that it is dull, dead, or even likely to position joccupied by the women of the
again? become so for want of energy. A cer- present time. In the words of the Colo-
A visit at the home of good Father tain air of contentment seems to per- nial Fathers, we are asking our protect-
Landes, an elegant country dinner, aud vade everything and everybody. Mr. ors and guardians for justice, the right
after it a nap, and then a ride to Tre- A. plods along, minds his own business, to represent ourselves, aud the right to
mont, and in the evening we break the allowing B. to mind his; and very sei- have a voice in the making of the laws
bread of the gospel of freedom to a dom do we hear of Interests clashing to by which we are governed. We demand
waiting audience in the old Baptist such an extent as to engender enmity this act of justice from those who have
Church, where Grandfather Scott used and hard feelings between neighbors, usurped the right belonging to one-half
to sit by the pulpit In a great chair that If Mrs. Grundy should become a resi- of the people of this Republic. Who
yet hallows his memory, as it sits there dent of this place, I have an idea that gave men the right to represent women T
unoccupied and solemn as the grave.
Oh, the voices so precious and olden.
That float through the dim long ago I
Oh, the hours so glad and so golden.
That flit o'er the soul to and fro I
How through the long years do we cherish
With the shrill, stirring cadence of yore.
Our ears were with melody ringing,
As In childhood they'd olt rung before,
And the past and the present commingled,
And our fancies with harmony tingled,
While memory shadowed us o'er.
it was uigu noon, and we could re
main no longer in the enchanted wood
and field. When, and under what cir-
her wits would be exercised to the ut- who gave them tbe right to tax us ?
most to find an objectionable character- aud who, we ask, gave them the right to
istic of the place or people. So evenly make laws for us to live by, and under?
runs the machinery of every-day life Have they any inherent right to con-
here that an occasional correspondent I vene together aud say what shalj be
iarity of the occasion by the mistake of The loves that through earth-Hie ne'er perish, finds it very dry picking to make up a j done by and for one-half ol tho nation,
the aforesaid A. J. D., who, in trying to
In the irenulne stvle of the AVashlngton lobby.
be imagined relative to the form and Mrs. Van Winkle assured Miss Curtis, a well
structure or crovernment seems to oe Known lewuerm mc kuwu, .u. sn,i tni-nrnhin vii.
this: that as government Is a transac- have the sltuatiou of assistant-superintendent In the gecond placeilctus have for all two
. fl,m nH fnr ft,. hpi.pflt nfofschoolsatS200ayear,lf she would glvehers)de(, crimcs twosIdcd laW8. Prosmutlon is a
. jji0QQf to be used q ouying up auerman mem-
the whole, every member of tbecom- berorlne 6Chooi board. Mr. Doty was going
munity ought to have some share In its to get the first place by paying S500, and the
administration." The mastery which lady could have hers lor SlfOO. Miss Curtis,
... ... lite a sensible woman, turned the letters over
this doctrine, whether right or wrong, U)amemberot the cttee, who put them
has acquired over the public mind, is i his sale. Not long after, Mrs. Van Winkle
seen in the gradual extension of suf- came for them and flew into a rage that they
frnrp. until nmr. wnmpn nnK' of all were not forthcoming. On an order from Miss
' ' I .-- .i I .l f,ow Mnlal T, o ,1
been taken. There is no evidence that any
body offered or took bribes, but Mrs. Van Win
kle was going to feather her own nest nicely,
If we were one of those who delight to
identify your correspondent in the semi
darkness, "guessed we were his aunt
from Council Bluffs," meaniugtbedear,
paternal auntie of whom we last wrote
But live on, their sweet wealth to bestow. news letter, and as for nossin. there's without the concurrence cf that half.
Everywhere the invitations to lecture very little in market, aud very stale at which remains unrepresented by them-
and visit crowd upon us. The people in that. selves, although taxed to pay those who
the rural districts of Illinois are sadly Politics is just beginning to be dis- in this manner usurp the right of self-
in need of a political missionary. If cussed. The Democrats organized a representation? Yet this act of injus-
you, whom we are said to greatly re- our lved ones at home were only with club a couple of weeks ago, and the Re- tice is performed by a government that
intelligent citizens, are debarred the
privileges of the franchise. The only
method yet discovered of overcoming
the selfish use of power, whether con-
two-sided crime. It Is not possible without a
confederate or a companion. Make the same
law for the one that you do for the other, and
see how long prostitution would last. Do this,
and prostitution would be reduced sevenly-flve
per cent In twenty-four hours. Station a po
liceman at every brothel. Compel every man
who enters to legister his name and residence,
and report himself to the medical authorities
every three days for a month. Provide the
same penalties, the same restrictions, the same
disgraces aud painful humiliations for one
party that you do for tho other, and then see
what would come ol it. There is something
semble.
Notwithstanding the oppressive heat,
the weather was rainy. Mold gathered
everywhere. Fog rose from roofs and
walls aud walks and trees. Perspira
tion covered everything aud everybody,
We had forgotten, in a quarter century's
residence in the dryeratmosphereof tbe
us, we should feel that we ought to re- publicans formed a Hayes and Wheeiei claims justice for the national watch-
main and labor here for a year, club last Saturday evening. Both par- word. Although unrecognized as clti-
A severe headache, caused by over- ties endeavor to persuade themselves zens by the government, yet are women
fatigue, kept us a prisoner on Wednes- that they are bound to gain the victory, called upon and forced to pay taxes for
day, but ou Thursday wo took the train A new way of "telling it" has been the supportof that government, and yet
for Groveland, which we reached discovered by an enterprising Jehu of womeu have always proved as pure pa-
through a more driving rain than we this place. Becoming "too full for ut- triots and as true and loyal to the gov
ever encountered in Oregon. Here we terauce," aud after using his proboscis ernment as have men. Th'.s Centennial
sciously or unconsciously used by those proclainl WOmen as angels, wo should S"t5i splendent in living green. The tangled
possessing it, is the distribution of doubtless declare the above to be false. nas to ,u alarralns dimensions, is verdure was like the tropics in spring-
land of Webfoot, that we ever had seen again meet friends and relatives, and in the manner a sober Grauger some- year of rejoicing is truly a graud event
such a moist climate. Dou't laueh uerei on -?riuay evening, we greet a times uoes a scraper, ue nnus nimseu in tne world's uisiory, ou was it noi
good Oregoniaus. Wo mean it, every
word. The face of the country wa3 re-
power among ail who are its subjects. Knowing them to be human, very much simply and only because the laws relating to
Short or tins, tue very name or a free as mcn are We crant that it may, or it are unjust. No legislation which takes in
government is a misnomer. mav not be true ? If true, what then ? consideration only one of the guilty parties.
it is admitted that it is necessary It on,y Eoea to show that there are bad JL., who discriminated ia it is
for men tnat eacii suouia nave a snare WOmen and good women in tbe world, an outrage upon the common sense of justice
in the administration of government, as wejj as bad and good men. It shows
for his own security, it would seem furtherthat womentct'H meddle in pub-
equally, if not more necessary, for worn- jic matters, when they have a disposi-
en, on account or their inrerlor pbysical tion t0 do BOi despite of political restric
power; and If, as alleged by those who tons. There is no evidence that goes to
gained by the joint efforts, by the joint
trials and sacrifices of both men and
women? Yet, after all svomen have
done aud suffered for the country, our
OEUELTY TO CHILDREN,
We have before spoken in terms of
severe condemnation of the inhumanity
sneer at their claims, women are defl- sh0w that the franchise would increase practiced by traveling acrobats and cir
cient in mental power also, that would lbig tendency to evii.'whiie every one cuses in forcing children of tender years ganie, whom death claimed in the long daIe in theM.E. Church aud onTuesday season
only give additional weight to tbe ar- ijnoW8 that to shut persons off from le- to nightly perform difficult and danger- aeo ieavinir her motherless brood to repaired to the home of other relatives There
time. We enjoyed it, in spite of the
beat. Then the glad reunion witli
loved ones of the olden timel Ab, me !
We're all growing old.
On Monday there was evidence of a
clearing up. The blue ether of the sky
;leamed vividly between the many
openings in tho weeping clouds.
Getting a buggy witli a stranger for a
driver, for we wanted to be alone, we
went over to the home of dear Aunt
large aud tearfully enthusiastic assem- in an unenviable and almost unpresent-
bly in the dear M. E. Church, where we able condition. He explains that he
used in childhood to meet the youthful was "waylaid" aud got pounded up
faces of those who now are growing old, somewhat. Those knowing the circum-
and where, alas ! we also miss so many stances are free to admit that many are just (?) Republic only knows us as the
who are either dead or departed to far- "waylaid" (some laid away, too) by the vassals, or chattels of the representative
off lands. same old robber who used our frieud man. Can we then rejoice, and be true
Saturday evening's train took us to up. A delicate-regard for old acquaint- to ourselves? Should there not be,
Delevan, among oilier old-time loved anceship prevented his giving the real with all our loyalty to the government,
ones; and on Sunday we all went over name of the assailant and would-be as-1 a deeper attachment to our rights as hu-
to Hopedale to visit a dear maternal sassin (which is rum), and he isn't pos- man beings endowed with intelligence
uncle and aunt, who, like everybody Hive he would "recognize" him again, and reason, an attachment to the fuu-
else we visit, have the Oregon fever We'll wager a pewter button that he damental principle upon which our gov-
badiy. can recognize tho chap that peeled his ernment is founded, the right of self-
Monday eveuing we lectured at Hope- nose. As a joke, it's the thinnest of the taxation and self-representation ?
A. C. W.
considerable sickness
gument In their behalf, as it isackuowi- I gitimate participation in public affairs ous feats in equestrlaushlp and trapeze grow llp together on these stately at Atlanta, where the weather grew so town, principally confined to the little
in Unity, W. T., September 9, 1870.
edged by all that the primary object of onjv increases the subtlety aud cunning acts. Indeed, it passes our comprehen
with which they participate in themse- S'0I numane people lainers anu
cretly. If knavery and dishonesty is to motuers, even can go repeateuiy ana
i h..ni.hi rrm noun nnd flip r on- witness inese enormities, anu turn
Dosites made the qualification of legal away without rebuke or protest,
- . . .1 T1TI.
voters, we say, Amen; but let the purity
government is the protection of toe
weak against the power of the stroug.
The venerable and venerated docu
ment before alluded to declares that
"taxation without representation is
tyranny;" yet women are subject to
taxation upon their property without
any voice as to the levying or destina
tion of the tax.
Those who have exclusive power will,
axe fall without discrimination, aud,
when tho franchise Is thus limited, let
the "venal crew who have schemed and
planned" to defraud the nation take
their place beside women who, for dis-
with rare exceptions, use it for their ex- honest practices, ar tabooed, and let
. - i mi.!- , .1 i I ' .
the grand army of women who would
scorn to bring their "conscience to the
public mart" take their proper places
elusive benefit. This may be done in
the honest belief that such use is for
tbe best good of all who are affected by
it. A wrong, however, to those upon
whom it is inflicted, is none the less a
w-roug by reason of the good motives 1, cIean.handeJi pure 0f heart."
luupuitor uy wuum lb la luuitieu. u
injustice can be greater than to deny to
any class of persons not guilty of crime
all share in the political power of a
state. Persons to which such share is
denied hold their rights, if they can be
Whether there is a law in this State to
prevent such barbarity or not, we do
not know; but we know that, if -such a
law appears upon our statutes, it is vio
lated every year by the traveling
nuisances, neavily billed aud im
mensely patronized, that, under various
names, visit our State, repeat their
stale platitudes and threadbare jokes,
exhibit womeu in immodest apparel
grounds. The old home looked at us insurieraDiy scorciiing that we sue- folks, such as dipthena, mumps, and
like a ghost of departed days. The fa- cumueu to a melted butter condition scarlet fever. JNotacaseof small-pox,
miliar haunts are peopled now by ant yielded up all effort save an impos- or even a genuine scare, yet.
straugers from tho far-oIfDeutch-land, 8lbIe attempt to keep cool. The farmers are beginning to "tote'
wiio could not understand our mother ine next Friday brought us cool, Ore- in their produce at a lively rate. The
gon weather and we came on to Mt. damp, cloudy weather, however, is a
MEETING OP THE LEGISLATUEE.
invoke your considerate judgment.
beside those of their brethren who have and children in wonderful performances,
kept themselves In this regard "white- ana, after a season, depart, carry
ing wiin mem mousanus oi uoi
lars hard-earned and greatly needed at
home. If we have not a law to prevent
tbe employment of children in these
shows, our State Legislature, now in
session, could do no more kindly and
uumane act man to pass one. It we
have one, our State and municipal au
thorities could serve the ends of human
ily in no more Christian manner titan
We find
The Oregon Legislature met in ninth
biennial session at the new capito)
building on Monday, September 11
said to have any, subject to the will of Members had been collecting in the city
those who hold political power. Upon from the remote counties since the mid
these truths, and others that we shall die of the week previous, and the morn
from week to week bring forward, we iug train .conveyed thitherward those 0y seeiug that it be enforced.
A SPEOIALO0OASION.
Let all who take an interest in wom
an's enfranchisement make special ef
fort to attend tbe special session of the
State Woman Suffrage Association,
which was called for the special purpose
of devising ways and means to induce
our law-makers to give careful, candid,
and special attention to the demands of
woman for political equality. We do
not care for the rhetorical flourishes
that render pleasant and attractive our
regular sessions. These are well
enough, no doubt, but what we want at
this time Is earnest, eloquent and log
ical appeal, setting forth tbe right and
justice of our cause, and ways and
means to induce tbe assembly to "hear,
pause, and pronounce" upon tbe same,
not from a prejudiced, nor yet from a
sentimental stand-point, but from one
of even-handed justice.
From personal acquaintance with
many of tbe members that compose that
august body, we feel sure that plain,
unvarnished fact, earnestly and courte
ously set forth, will meet with the at
tention it merits. We wish our case
stated to our legislators, not as to ty
rants who deserve sharp words and rail
ing speech, but as to men who desire
honestly and faithfully to discharge tbe
duties aud respoubibilsties of their posi
tion in a manner thatshallshow justice
and Impartiality to ail persons who are
expected to obey the laws framed for
the government of the commonwealth
of Oregon. We do not sue for favors.
This will not make us what we of a
right ought to b
ent.
whose homes were at more convenient
distances. There being no contested
seats in either House, the organization
was quietly and speedly effected. Hon.
John Whiteaker was elected Presldentof
the Senate; Syl. C. Simpson, chief
clerk; J. W. Baker, assistant clerk;
GeorgeP. Wren,sergeant-at-arms; John
Hansen, door-keeper, and Laurel Rals
ton, page. Hon. J. K. Weatherford was
elected Speaker of the House; W. L.
White, chief clerk; J. R. Wiley, ser-
tbat humanitarians in other localities
occasionally look after these helpless
waifs whom some cruel mischance or
wayward freak of fortune has thrown
into the power of heartless taskmasters.
A Poughkeepsie dispatch of recent date
to the Times says
Three children were taken from two travel
ing acrobats named Leon and Murray, by the
society of prevention of cruelty to children
One of the children is named Joseph Donahue
11 years of age, and lives In Birmingham,
England. The second is Alfred, 8 years old,
geant-at-arms, anu lliomas JNeany, as- and livesln London. The third is Harry Ellis,
sistaut clerk. The customary resolu- 9 years old, brother of Alfred. The two
tions relative to members of the press, smallerones performed difficult trapeze acts,
, . . , . and all three performed twice a day. The
etc., were adopted. The assembly met chndren camhere from KngIand fall
Iu joint session to hear the Governor's Leon says he pays astipulated sum for the use
message, which His Excellency deliv- of the children. Both Leon and Murray claim
ered, commencing at 2:30 P sr. on Tues- tliey aia not know Umt tne new law fr the
tongue. But the old trees knew us and
welcomed back the long-gone wanderer.
They bowed witli mute salutations and
kissed our lonely brow with their droop
ing foliage with all the caressing teu-
derness of yore.
We bowed our lone head and were breathless,
As under their shadows we stood,
While around us the dead and the deathless
In loving and hallowed mood,
With all mundane mutations Impressed us,
And like phantoms embraced and caressed us
As we dreamed in the shade ol the wood
But this won't do. We haven't time
at this writing for tho luxury of retro'
spection or tbe ingenuity of rhymes
A half-hour thus spent in angelic soli
tude, and we returned with a heavy
heart to the impatient driver and fly
bitten horse, and turned througli tbe
wood toward the old homestead. The
distance was short, aud we were soon in
sight of the "old elm tree" that has for
generations kept stately guard over
" Tho halls ot our fathers, the old house at
home,
George Landes, Esq., who has long
owned tho farm, aud cared for it all
along right royally, met us at the gate,
his glad wife greeted us at the door, and
we could almost bear the voices of the
dead and distant as we lingered under
the great apple trees aud listened to the
sighing of the summer leaves.
Oh, the volcesthatbreathe through the breezes
From out of the dead long ago !
Our life-blood congeals and half freezes,
In spite of the sun's fervent glow,
As the memories, old and magnetic,
With our sad mood In love sympathetic,
Like tangible ghosts come and go.
But, again, we must shake off the
rhyraiug mood. What ts the matter
Pulaski, where wo began a protracted
meeting on Saturday, which is to close
after three lectures to-night. Here we
are again visiting relatives who are in
sympathy witli us in every word and
work.
If tho weather continues as it now is,
we shall work in Illinois till October
first, thereby prolonging our stay far
beyond our first intention. But we
could not work our way to Philadelphia
in time to meet with the first suffrage
gathering there, and the latest are post
poned to October 2d or 3d, as is also the
Woman's Congress and Citizen's Suf
frage meetings, which we must not
miss.
We're homesick enough to go dis
tracted, but it has cost us too much
money and toil to eome so far to go
back to Oregon now with our mission
unfulfilled.
Rally, good readers, everywhere, to
the support of the People's Paper. You
have no Idea how anxious we are about
the paper's support. The New
Northwest is in good keeping.
See that you hold up Mrs. Coburu's
hands till we return to aid her and
our honored liege and faithful typos
iu their constant, arduous work.
It seems as if we could fly, so solici
tous are we In regard to your coming
convention and the action of the Oregon
Legislature. A. J. D.
Mt. Pulaski, III., August 2S, 1876.
drawback on the wheat business just
now. But under the circumstances
grain is coming in at a greater rate than
one would suppose.
There, Mrs. Ed., if the above "scraps"
don't suit you, you know what to do
with them. Under the circumstances
it is not safe to promise very strongly
as to future communications we'll
wait and see. Yours truly,
O. Reqon.
Albany, September 11, 1870.
A MISSING "BALANCE WHEEL.
The Standard winces at our reference
to the imbecile administration of Buch-
day. The message contains many Items Thp mwr, ,,,, .,, , llh that our thoughts thus seek to jingle? anan and the waruiim- conveyed bv it
of public interest to which we will refer the children lor New York. The next day, accompanied by Mary against putting a bachelor in the Presl-
next week, une oi tue nret resolutions Tt !a t i,nnMi ,,. ti,Daa mo Landes. a dear schoolmate of ve auld dpntia! chnlr. anil dndirintr tho m.oatinn
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carried by both Houses was to the effect be compelled to disgorge the mouey
luata j.ouicuumi.u UB uu.ui.eu i earDed by the3e children, for their
visit the insane asylum and inquire
into tbe care, condition, etc., of the in
mates, with instructions to report by
bill or otherwise tbe propriety of erect
ing a State Insane Asylum.
maintenance and education, or for
their return to friends, if they have any,
who will protect them.
lang syne, who, during all the active,
turbulent years of our pioneerexlstence,
has been quietly working out her al
lotted maidenly mission iu herexcelleut
father's home, we repaired to the old
log cabin school grounds, now a cornfield
entirely, retorts by citing women of the
Belknap type, who have "have brought
degradation upon their liege lords." As
men do the choosing, it certainly is not
obligatory upon them to choose "bal
ance wheels" of tbe type referred to,
i7 .,.,f i i and pisture, and wandered through the while the country is full of honest, sen-
The fight for United States Senator state Falr wl be lhe mos't standout neId anJ, woods as though we again sible and capable women, though re
Ill begin early next week, and it is not affar ever witnessed In Oregon. Every- were children. We hunted the bed of cent developments lead us to doubt
will
probable that much legislative business
that will couduce to the general good
of tbe State will be accomplished until
after that contest is decided
THE 0. S.
SPECIAL SESSION OF
W.J A.
The undersigned, Executive Com'
mittee of the Oregon State Woman
Suffrage Association, hereby call a
Oregon. Every
body's wife aud children expect to ac
company everybody to the State Agri
cultural Grounds and stay a week. The
displays iu every department promise to
belargerand more magnificent than ever
before. If Webfoot mist does not inter
fere, the show will be prodigious.
tho old creek for soap stones, traced the
old paths that childish feet had long
since forgotten to tread, caressed the old
stumps of dead trees whicii used to
shade our never-to-be-forgotten play
houses, aud even found aud laughed
whether any sort of "balance wheel"
would enable Mr. Tilden to properly
balance the damaging accounts which
figures furnished elsewhere cause to
stand against his reputation for honesty,
What a pity that "Uncle Sammy's fore-
Mart. Brown brings out his Demo
cratic rooster and makes him crow as
-free and independ- (.special meeting of the Association to boisterously over the Democratic ma-
. -
over tne spot wnere your corresponaent sight and sagacity" did not lead him
used In childhood to pull on ber shoes previous to 1862 to provide himself with
and stockings before coming iu sight of a wife, so that now he could fall back a
the log school-house on Sundays, when ia Belknap et al and by saying in pit
we all went to "meeting" there. What eous tones, "The woman beguiled me
We do not ask raecwiZ nrlvI!PrP ,.nntTPn0 t Rnlpm. OrPirnn. on the 2Gth foritiPS in soma of tho f!onfpilpmn lulutk Jcul """i J lJ fua JU iululluu I auu 1 axa Steal," go scot Iree. If wives
Ctonven- States as though anybody ever expected .' " can-t always
but privileges equal to, and in common I day of September, 1876. The
bold public men level.
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with those of our brethren. And we tion will continue its sessions, with a Republican triumph in those locali- T .ouucu' psiuii,i uui tlley make convenient scapegoats, eh,
hona to pIvo reasons for thn faith tr.nl in usual Inf prmlsstnns. for thrpa or more Hps. A nlpar waste of breath nnd horn- manJ Pel memories. ftrr Standard i
D - " I ' ' I - - I rTH.n I .nf f nl 1 1 nlnir.-iMiinri
wtfhln no thnf: chal! ha fifinatftarpf) en I Aava T?!ro Bfiaalnn of 1ft n'filifilr A XT I haef I f J Q
" " " -l-U.l.l.V. - A. !- yi-M-WU Ml- W V WW I , . . . t . I - t
cogent and powerful that our law-mak- on the day specified.
ers cannot gainsay them if they would,
and would not gainsay them if they
could.
The Bruall-pox still rages in the Chi
nese quarters in San Francisco.
Ex. Com,
August 8, 1876,
H. A. Loughaky,
F. F. Victor,
A. J. Duniway,
Jacob Conser
E. M. Roobk.
O. S. W. S. A
Did you ever see any one pick the poorest ear
Manchester, N. H., claims to be the swings used to hang under the great su- of corn on tho dish? statesman
only manufacturing city of New Eng- gar maples aud tried, Oh! so hard, to No. We are accustomed to dine with
land where the mills have been in oper- think we were a child again I persons of good sense and discernment
ation without interruption on full time, The logcabln school-house was burned
and without reduction of wages. This down in the long ago, and golden corn Yellow fever has made its appearance
1 city should be the operative's paradise. 1 waves over the resting-place of its ashes; 1 at New York.
TO OOEEESPONDENTS.
M. B., Seattle: Address
order. Thanks for
ANSWEES
Mrs. L.
changed as per
prompt notice.
Mrs. M. V. J., Marshfield: Glad to
bear of your success, and bope it may
continue and increase. Money order re
ceived and directions complied with.
S. E. M., Salt Lake: The omission
was doubtless owing to Mrs. Duniway's
hurried departure. Sent paper as or
dered. Thanks for interest manifested.
D. B., Baker City: Will give your
article and theories attention iu due
time. In the meantime would like to
place your name in our list. Borrowing
a newspaper is "unscientific."
Mrs. M. J. F., Albany : Credit entered
and order obeyed. Glad to hear of the
successful canvass for signatures to suf
frage petition in your beautiful city. We
are convinced that half a hundred work
ers could secure two thousand signatures
withiu tho next two weeks.
Mrs. E. A. C, Astoria: Address
changed. We have not only been "do
ing our best," but have treated numer
ous friends both to private and public
exhortations to go and do likewise dur
ing the past few weeks. Mrs. Duniway's
correspondence gives the latest news we
have had from her.
Another diseraceful and barbarous
prize fight took place on the 7th inst.,
this time near Walton, Kentucky,
about 18 miles from Cincinnati. Tbe
pugilists were required to give bonds of
$2,000 each not to fight in Ohio. Retir
ing to the Kentucky shore, they iu the
presence of 600 spectators began the
fight, which at tiie third rouud the
militia endeavored to check. At the
seventh round the Covington Light
Guards stopped the fight for a time, but
as soon as the militia dispersed, a new
ring was formed, and the encountercon-
tinued until twenty-one rounds had
been fought. If the powers that be, or
are supposed to exist, are not powerful
enough to stay such shockingly brutal
proceedings, it is a great and lasting
pity that each combatant could not suc
ceed in making a complete finish of the
other, aud thus rid the world of human
beings whom it were a libel, even upon
bull-dogs, to call brutes.
"ONE OF THE 1IEIT INTERROGATED
To the Editor op the New Xc kthwest:
In your last issue "One of the Men"
asks several questions as to who will
attend the special session oe the Oregon
State Woman Suflrage Association
soon to convene at Salem. With your
permission, I would like to answer him.
No doubt the gentleman has a wife
who Is a believer iu equ&l rights, but
has she the money to pay her expenses
while attending the Association ? And
if she has not, will he give her the
money without her bavin-' to beg him
for it, and to run the risk of a lecture
on extravagance, aud a hint that she
would better stay at home and not be
always wanting to go? But suppose,
for a moment, that his wifu is a woman
of energy, and after attending to her
household affairs and family sewing
she has a little spare time r.ud takes in
extra work, such as washing, sewing on
tiie sewing machine, if sho happen to
have one, weaving carpel, taking in
boarders, or some sucli easy employ
ment, aud earns money enough to pay
her expenses, how many other obstacles
will be thrown in her way? Will he
not tell her she could not do any good if
she were to go ? that she can not speak
in public, so of course it is not neces
sary for her to go? that he can't go and
take care of her? and finally close with,
Well, you can't go, for onu of the chil
dren might get sick, so you had better
stay at home."
Now, I will tell "Ono cf the Men"
that ail the women who bel eve in equal
rights, and who can overcome all of the
above mentioned obstacles and as many
more as the ingenuity of man can de
vise, will be there aud do ill they can
to pusli forward the cause of freedom.
But we ask one aud all of tbe men to
help us. In place of throw ng obstacles
iu your wife's way, help her, as she al
ways helps you. She never says to you
wheu you want to attend a convention
of your party, "I don't think you are
smart enough to speak, so 3 ou must not
go; the baby don't feel well this morn
ing, so you had better stay at home."
No, she would do all in her power to
aid you in your endeavors- to promote
the general welfare of the couutry.
Now, I hope every womaD will make
some saciifice aud go to the Association
and be prepared to do something, if it is
nothing but listen to what others may
say. One of the Women.
Lafayette, September 12, 1S76.
The Daily Olympian, for the past six
mouths published jointly by the propri
etors of the Standard and Courier, will
hereafter be uuder the exclusive control
of the editor and publisher of the latter
paper.
By the terms of the will of the late
Speaker Kerr, his property is all left to
his wife during her lifetime, his sou to
succeed her in its possession. Tbe latter
receives his father's law office.
The Sioux campaign has practically
closed for the season.
A very large and enthusiastic demon
stration by the Republicaua took place
at Pittsburg on the night of the 8th.
Tbe number of torches in the line is es
timated at 4,000.