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Hen? &fitae5i THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 1878. P0LITI0ALSEErD0M. The women of Washington Territory, In oommon with those of most other parts of this boasted land of the free, may well read with humiliation and in dignation the estimate placed upon them by those who usurp political au thority over them. Their political status as established by men Is promulgated In article four of the constitution recently framed, and is, with the others, being very generally published in the various newspapers of the Territory. We find It hard to believe that there is one woman so lacking In independent self hood, so void of self-respect, so utterly and hopelessly lost to all seuse of dig nity and Justice as to be satisfied with the classification in which she finds herself in the article referred to. Sec tion one specifies that every male per son over theage of twenty-one years, in cluding those born In the United States, those of foreign birth and naturalized, and those of mixed Indian blood, shall under certain restrictions be "duly qual ified electors." Lest "male" paupers. insane persons, and jail-birds be politi cally oppressed and lowered to the class in which all the women of the future State are placed, section two specially provides that such shall not be deemed to have lost their residence and conse quent right to vote "while kept at pub lic expense In any poor-bouse or other asylum, or while confined in prison." To effectually quench all political aspi rations in women and confine the spoils, honors, or emoluments of office to the duly specified "male" element of the State, seotion four declares most em phatically that "no person except a qualified elector shall be elected or ap pointed to any civil office in the State." Of course the male halfbreeds, paupers, et aL, must be specially protected, for how do we know how many of them might be forced to turn "tramp" if the women were allowed to compete with tbem for official place, and thus crowd them out into the cold world ? After a number of sections telling who may be electors, we are told who may bear women company as disfranchised citizens by section seven, which siys: "No idiot or insane person shall be enti tled to the privileges of an elector." And to make women further sure of the company In which they are classed, sec tion eight provides that suffrage shall be denied to "all persons convicted of bribery, perjury, or of any infamous crime." The inertness aud apathy of women regarding the political distinc tions, whioh, contrary to all laws of jus tice and equity, have been made on ac count of sex, has in times past been ex tenuatedon account of alleged ignorance concerning tbelr political status. This surely need no longer be plead, for all of this is spread with unblushing effront ery and insulting detail upon the public prints, and every woman may, if she choose, inform herself. Sum It up, women of Washington; it Is not difficult. Halfbreed Indians, pau pers whom you help to support, foreign era whose sympathies are all with for eign institutions, these are your politi cal superiors, deemed duly qualified to help make the laws which govern you, and to dispose of taxes levied and col lected upon your property. Minors, idiots, criminals, insane persons, and Indians of full blood these are made your political equals. How do you like the company assigned to you? Not withstanding ail their vaunted "protec tion," do you not see who are protected In their rights and privileges as citizens by men? Is It not clear that all politi cal efforts are made with the sole desire of giving the "males" a chance, and to restrict the liberties of women ? Work as you never worked before for the adoption of "separate articles" one and two. The constitution without tbem pro claims anew woman's political serfdom, and should, if they are rejected, be burled out of sight, to be unearthed again only as curious fossil remains In a future age in which men haply shall have learned the meaning of universal liberty. Until this is learned, woman's Interests, when thrown upon the scales of justice with those of men, must for ever "Quick op ay and kick the beam." Abigail H. Smith, the eldest of the Smith sisters, of Glastonbury, Connecti cut, died at her home in that place on theSSd of July, aged eighty-eight years. Her sister, Julia, who survives her, is eighty-sir years old. These sisters have become famous throughout the length and breadth of the land for resistance to taxation while denied suffrage. Again and again has the tax-gatherer levied upon ami sold their effects, under their solemn protest, and that resistance so lauded in their forefathers was ridiculed and overridden in them throughout all of their loop, useful, and eventful lives. The surviving sister has the sympathy of myriads of friends of freedom who have known them both through their steady practice of the precept that "resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." Owing to the careuinew of u.e exJ pressman who attends U the matter of placing our mall-bags In the ,. t ofllee on Thursday evening of each wek. our Iastitsue was mailed one day late. l useless to assure our readers that tuis occasioned us chagrin and vexation not at ail inferior to their wonder and disappointment. The Hlllsboro Independent learns that Professor Lyman, of Pacific University, his daughter, Miss Sarah, and his son, "Horace, will go to Walla Walla to teach tuls year, me proiessor ussasseu ana obtained a year's leave of absence from the university. His place in that Insti tution will be supplied by Mr. W. D. Lyman. HEBOISM, THEN AND NOW. ' To the nineteenth century belongs the work of emancipation, nor will reform ers be satisfied to end their labors with the abolition of negro slavery. One-half of the human race in America yet stand wltbont the rights of citizenship, with out equal privileges of education, aud for them the ungracious demand for personal rights and liberty isstilladuty which stands In the way of the moral and Intellectual work they are capable of doing are trying to do. One of the noblest workers in Boston said: "Let us take bold of this question of Woman Suffrage and settle it, that it may give place to other work." This question all observing persons kuow cannot be settled exeept by having the right secured. We have been told by our legislators that they have not time to devote to the arguments of women who besiege them biennially for equitable adjustment of this question. We answer, dispose of this, to you, vex atious question, and it will be out of your way. Dispose of it according to justice and the true principles that underlie our government, aud your council chambers will no noro echo with the protests and petitions that era of such growing magnitude, and such Infinite annoyance to some of you. 1'al, U down in any other way if you can. When your duty is done in this regard, then can we proudly say, now the whole moral and intellectual force of the community is free to work; let us all work together to organize justice, truth aud wisdom. Did you never reflect, brethren, sis ters, how many a woman's endeavor has been given to the suffrage cause during the last two decades that has been needed, and sorely, for science, ed ucation, art, philanthropy, the better development of social aud domestic economies, and the direct influence upon vice and crime? Duty called Washington to leave the quiet culture of Mount Vernon which be loved so well, to strike sturdy and Iotig-cnntinued blows for Independence. A like duty has forced scores of conscientious women to leave the quiet pursuits and avocations of life for the lecture field and the convention. We call the first heroism in the man, aud the nation will never weary of chauting his praises. The same impulse is denomi nated Iovo of notoriety In these noble women, and for many long years It seemed that ridicule would never have done directing her shafts at their de fenseless heads. The motive was the same in both Independence to be gained, the same objeet of their hopes and toils. There are times when fight ing is not only a first duty, but it is an imperative one, and surely women are not to blame if for them the war for liberty is not yet ended. As well and as justly censure the bomesiek soldier and intrepid general who made chill and dreary bivouac at Valley Forge a century ago, for not giving up the con test for liberty when such fearful odds appeared against them as to censure the brave vanguards of liberty, who to day struggle in unequal contest for waging so determined a warfare for right. The heroism that prompted then and prompts now is of exactly the same character, and to censure the present etrife for liberty is to throw odium upon the former struggle for in dependence. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Dear Readers of the Nrw Northwest: You will excuse a short letter, as we are fall of business. We have had a grand, good time at the convention. Mrs. Loughary, noble, earnest, un selfish worker that she is, has gained new laurels in this new and fruitful field. Mary Shane Smith, the little, modest, wildwood violet of the move ment, made our hearts glad with her wit and wisdom. Mrs. W. W. Parker, quiet, unobtrusive, intelligent and ladylike, charmed everybody, and and well, there's no use talking, the women are ahead. Colonel Taylor, magnanimous and earnest, Hon. Sam Corwin, true as steel, Dr. Cleveland, willing, witty and musical, Mrs. Watson, obliging and gentle, and Dr. Thompson, dictatorial and selfish, exacting, loquacious and egotistical, certainly gave us variety. Then there was genial Mrs. Merrill, hospitable Mrs. Trullinger, sensible Mrs. Hanna excuse us, reader, we can not write of anything else save the good people we have met, who have put shoulder to the wheel to help us forward with the work for woman's liberty. Mr. Ireland, of the AUorian, from whose journal the minutes we send with this are compiled, deserves special mention for his kindness, for which mention he may not thank us, but it Is true, and he deserves It, therefore he gets it. Had all the papers treated us as fairly from the beginning as has the Attwian, there Is many an editorial fight on record which had not been chron icled. Have just met Bradshaw, of Yamhill, and "shaken hands across the bloody chasm." Guess he'll vole all right in the Senate next time. But this hasty scribble must close. It must go In the mail. To-morrow we are off forOyster vilie. A. J. D. Astoria, August 12th 1S7S. Sarah Andrews Spencer, of Washing ton, rehearsed before the convention t Rochester a pathetic story of her girl- uuou. bue told how, some forty years S0 She Was buuml mil Inln TThlto lavery in her native county of Stu u .?' y an '"Operate father. By the mother.' .I,.? '"dren Wero not theIr who b.e,nsed lo tu fiber, " he w , Th.r' wllu "'em alone belong.. .1".: Bh,Mm d 1, iu tue mother Spencer expressed the . J Mrs. next generation of women mhZ not only their m.im-... . . mIBut that the own MWell. ""their homes kt HOUR WITH CORRESPONDENTS. Prom Itochestcr, New York, where the "third decade" meeting has re cently been held, comes the followiug, to which is annexed the Initials of Susan B. Anthony : "The New NORTH WEST of July 19tb 19 here. Glad to see vou nushiiw exemption from taxation. ! If the right to representation is voted down, we must drive the government to take that horn of the dilemma. 'Ex emptlou from taxation' should be written on our banners heuceforth. Were it not that I should be compelled to go so far from my aged mother, I should feel like crossing the continent to help Washington Territory men to vote for Woman Suffrage. California, too, needs help. It does seem as though we must gain the battle ere long." Such courage and heroism after u "thirty years' war," is simply sublime, and must command the respect and ad miration of opponents as well as friends. Between exemption from taxation of the property of unrepresented persons, representation as an accompauimeut to taxation, and a public renunciation of tile doctrine that "taxation without representation la tyranny," the govern ment will in the next decade be forced to choose. The lat even the most prejudiced opposers of universal suffrage will hardly agree tn. The first the cu pidity of meu will forbid, so it I reason ably clear that the demand the women are now making to be allowed to repre sent themselves will gain the day. While the labors ot Miss Anthony would be invaluable in Washington Territory at this juncture, and her words would inspire tlio friends of Woman Suffrage to redoubled efforts In the campaign, all must applaud the filial regard that forbids her to place the mountains and deserts of a conti nent between herself and her aged and venerable mother. This sentiment iu Itself 13 sufficient refutation to all the malicious misrepresentations of un womanliness that have pursued Miss Anthony for the the three decades in which her voice has given echo to the great principles of uuiversul liberty. A friend writing from Des Moines, Iowa, says : "Our Polk County Woman Suffrage Society will publish a small weekly paper devoted to the enfran chisement of woman during the month of the Iowa Industrial Exposition, which opens in thiscity September 4th. We did the same last year, with good re sults. A constitutional amendment was perfectly iu order when the political ne cessities of a pirty demanded the negro's enfranchisement, yet, when women by thousands ask for that for which not one black man petitioned, they are coolly told that a majority of women do not desire the boon, and remanded back to the State legislatures. So in our State we are working with whatever of money nnd influence we can bring to bear to compass the desired result. We fear that we have not enough of the former lo command sufficient of the latter, but wo use what we have in the best possible way, that Is, by dissemi nating knowledge on the subject of equal political rights." There is an idea worthy the consideration of the executive committee nf the State Woman Suffrage Association in the above extract. The publication of a small daily, devoted to Woman Suffrage and bristling with the most cogent ar guments In its favor, published and dis tributed gratuitously on the fairgrounds during the continuance of the State Fulr, would doubtless be productive of incalculable good for the cause. The cost of such a publfeation oould be easily computed, and woman's ingenu ity, if applied in that direction, could easily contrive to foot the bills. We hope to hear from some of the leaders of the movement on this point at once A friend at Dallas tells us that he has found two ladles who are "too strong' minded to pay the bills sent from this office." So far as our knowledge goes, strong-minded women alone, of all re spectable womeu, ever have money with which to pay bills. This being the case, we Imagine our chronicler to have unwittingly stumbled upon the wrong explanation of the refusal men tioned. If such Is the case, however. we are comforted in the assurance that, when their minds become made up to pay, they will be equally determine) to carry out their intention. "A certain deputy sheriff," to whom reference was made by Mrs. Duniway two weeks since in an article headed "Anonymous Letters," hastens to as sure us, with much warmth and earnestness, that great injustice was done him in the reference aforesaid. Of course we will not refuse to "set him right," as he asks us to do, so far, at least, as his own denial of the knowl edge of the existence of the anonymous letter Is able to do so. The chirograph of the two letters Is certainly not un like. The sentiment of the two toward the person to whom they are addressed is similar, but, as wo said before. w will give the author of the first the ben efit of his denial of the authorship of the second, overlooking the assurance of the man in asking a courtesy at the hands of the New Northwest. A perplexed auutle asks us : "Why is It that boys, even when they are little fellows, so frequently show a disposition to tyrannize and domineer over their sisters? Is it because nature iutended them for rulers, or bemuse they are not properly disciplined?" The latter, we should say, decidedly. Every human being, according to our theory, has a spark of despotism In his or her nature. This spark Is fanned Into a flame orsub dued, according to circumstances, cus toms or discipline. Boys are so ofteu assured, in every imaginable way, that their petty tyrannies are tolerated be cause they are boys, that they early be gin to have an exalted idea of their own selfhood and consequent dominion based upon sex. This is the fault of parents, whose first duty Is to establish correct principles concerning equality of rights In the family. The transition from family to society, from society to State, from State to nation, is natural, rapid and easy. If perfect equality of rights was established in all families, one suc ceeding generation would do the rest. THE STATE PAIE OP 1878. To the Editoh of tub New Noirrn v mi The auuual recurrence of our State Fair has become a fixed Institution among us. It grew up iroui very small beginnings, aud but few persons know the difficulties with which it has been surrounded most of the time since its first commencement. A few far-seeing men of large minds ami exteuslve infor mation inaugurated It here. There has been much prejudice Iu the minds of some eople against it. The large pre miums offered by the society on racing stock, the great encouragement ex tended to sporting men on the grounds, and the selling of "pools" openly, and, as a consequence, exteuslve smaller gamtiliug, have had a demorallziug effect on very many persons attending the State Fairs. Aud the fact of small gambling, In almost every conceivable form, being practiced upon the fair grounds during the continuance of the Fair, fhe picking of pockets, aud thefts committed upon the property of tent holders, have had an Injurious effect. With all the precautions used by the managers of the Fair, ardent spirits have been clandestinely sold or brought on the grounds and drank there largely. Compluints have been made that pre miums have not been awarded upon articles on exhibition according to their intrinsic merits. Lastly, It lias been said that premiums upon articles Iu the pavilions, muue anil arranged by our worthy, ingenious and skillful ladies, have been cutirely too low. To all these objections a plea of guilty may lie eutered. What, then, is the remedy, or is there any in the case? Most as suredly there is a remedy, and it should be applied. All the qualified members of the society have a vote In electing the whole board of officers, managers and directors of the society annually. U a majority or all these choose to frame rules aud regulations by which all these objectionable uats are done or tolerated, the public mind mint abide the results. I7cc versa, and matters would be different. The horsemen, or sporting gentlemen, as they nre commonly called, have gen erally held control nf the fairs here, and, if so, can we reasonably expect anything different from the present and past demoralizing results of the (airs? we Know mat gambling, In all con ceivable ways, Is Immoral, dishonest, and bears in Its train a legion of vices. It is, therefore, the duty and the Interest of all moral, temperate, religious and public-spirited meu of our State to be come members of the society, and, by their presence and votes, or, if absent, by their influence, tn elect such officers, directors aud managers of the Fair as will, at least, insure fair premiums, stop gambling aud drunkenness on the grounds, and enforce the laws of the State and the rules of the Fair, to the well-being of all present. But it cannot bo expected that, on the assembling nf fifteen or twenty thousand persons to gether, most of them Intent on sport, ami msny of them extremely hard cases, that a moral, upright course of conduct woutd be observed by all. Bad persons carry their natures with them wherever they go. For that reason, laws are made to be enforced against evil-doers whose couduct injures peace able, law-abiding persons. If the authorities of the State Fair are power less to punish lawless conduct upon the grounds, then the property belonging to the State Agricultural Society should be sold, and the organization dissolved And now I approach a subject of vital Importance to the perpetuity and wel fare of the society. If all the lady mem bers who attend these fairs nnd are in terested in them could have votes, and help to elect officers and managers of the fairs, a thorough ami radical change for the better would be the result. Though our Slate constitution nnd laws forbid their right of suffrage in po litical action, yet we know that they have a vote in the Grunge, in the Good Templar lodges, aud iu sundry other orders, and, wherever this is the case, the sharp edges of uieu's coarser pro ceedings nre rounded oil, aud a more re fined, delicate and orderly course ot events is manliest. And why not have them vote In all of our State Fair elections ? We need reformation, sound policy, and judicious management of our fairs. I have tieen a member of our State Agricultural Society nearly all the time since its fir3t organization, aud I reel n deep interest in Its welfare and perpetuity. I would, work for its last ing welfare. I am a friuud to every laudable enterprise iu my adopted State. I hope to see our approaching State I-alr ecllpie all Its predecessors In Its great display of all Industries aud productions of Oregon. Our present crops are good, aud Western Oregon is in peace and general prosperity. David NUWSOMB. Salem, Oregon, August 4th, 1S7S. Free tuition In the State Agricultural College to sixty young men oversixteen yearn or ace is ndx-erllsed. Auotuer sample of the superior advantages which are accorded to boys In public institu tions and at Stale expense. Yet persons continue to tell us that men legislate and provide for womeu better than they could or would do for themselves, and expect us to remain gratefully dumb be fore the awful announcement. A terribly destructive rain and wind aud lightning storm occurred In New York, New Englaud and Canada on uie 10th. especially along the coast, me death list will tirobably reach thirty. The tornado was cnufiued In a length of two miles, and about aquarter of a mile In width. No deaths by lightning. The damage to property is estimated at $100,000. MINUTES OP THE 0. S. V. S. A. FIRST DAY MORNING SESSION. The called meeting of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Association met in Astoria, pursuant to adjournment, at ju a. n., August 7, 1S7S, tho President, Abigail Scott Duniway, In the chair. Minutes of previous ession read and approved. The President then read the following address : The object of our meeting, as you are aware, is to so take couusel together that we may be enabled to devise ways and means to carrv on the wnrlr nf womau's enfranchisement to its com plete fulfillment. Never have our pros pects been so favorable and the outlook so hopeful as now. Our movement has risen from the ridicule and misrepre sentations of former times to a jkjsUIoii of acknowledged merit. We are heard in the Senate of the United Slates, in State legislatures, aud In constitutional conventions. There is not a vlllago or hamlet In all America where the voice of our pleading Is not respectfully con sidered. The iron grip of prejudice Is fast loosening his bold, aud his twin brother, Ignorance, will speedily follow In his wake. The present dissatisfaction throughout the nation concerning theexlsling order of tilings In the political world shows plainly to the nualythal thinker that this government of the United States, which men call a republic, but which is, iu reality, an aristooracy of sex, this goverumeut of one-half of the people by the other half of the people, Is on the eve of an important change. We no where see the old party lines so rigidly drawn as formerly. Women are not the only class who are being imbued with a higher sense of freedom. Men are prov ing that the leaven of freedom is work ing with them, as well. They are rising iu their Individual selfhood as never be fore, to rid themselves of party shackles and proclaim their determination to do their own thinking; and the needed ef forts to accomplish results for which they are now striving will awaken new necessities in political tactics. The times are ripe fora radical change iu the governmental idea. The removal of old laud-murks, to carry them forward to greater heights, under the inevitable law of human progression, will natu rally break away the dykes that have fora hundred years walled In tho cita dels of government from the equal pos session of all the people; and men, scarcely knowing what they have done, will very soon awake to fiiul that their forward movements have, all uuln tended by themselves, irresistibly car ried ours along with it. Iu the deliberations that are to come up before this body, the expediency and inexpediency, the right nud wrong of woman's demand fore-quality before the law, will be duly considered. I shall not discuss them in this brief address. I would only speak a word of encourage ment, by wiio ting out to you the hope ful Indications of tho political zodiac. We are here not so much for the pur pose of securing our right to equality before the law for that, under the mutations of progress, will ultimately come anyhow as we are here to hasten the work, and to assist In preparing the masculine and feminine minds to re ceive it. There is a work to do before tlie coming State legislature. You are to devise the ways and means to accom plish that work. There is n field of im mediate and important action now open In Washington Territory, where the equal rights of women are to be voted up or down by their male children. Your attention is respectfully called to that field. There Is need of harmonious action upon the part of all of us, aud there is urgent neeu oi muds to sustain our paper and provide for labor in the field. Let no short-sighted selfishness, no side Issue, nor spirit of avarice be allowed to actuate any of us. Let us come up to this missionary work divested of merce nary spirit; aud In honor preferring one another, let each of us prove our inal ienable right to "liberty and the pursuit of happiness" by making of ourselves a personal example of the liberty we seek for all. me constitution was read and pre sented for signatures, and several new names added to the list of membership, The following committees were ap pointed by the President: On programme, Colonel James Taylor, Mary Shane Smith, Mrs. M. A. Hanna; on resolutions, Professor Cedarstrom, Mrs. Dr. Nickllu, Mary Shane Smith; on flnauce, Mrs. P. Watson, Mrs. H. A. Loughary, Mrs. M. A. Hanna. Dr. Thompson, of Portland, was then called for, who responded Iu a briof and logical manner concerning human rights. At the oloe of her remarks, the ses sion adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. Convention met pursuaut to adjourn ment, the President iu the chair. Minutes of previous meeting read aud approved. The question of "Widows' Bights" was opeued by Dr. Thompson aud ably discussed by Mrs. Duniway, Mrs. Louglmry, and Mr. Corwin. The inci dents related by each of the ladles, wherein widows had suffered injustice through the inequality of the laws, ought to hove been heard by every lady in the land. The "Ownership of Children" was next considered, each speaker strongly contendlug for the supreme rights of motherhood. Committee on resolutions reported as follows : Whekbas, The noblest, most sym metrical character can only be built up by a human being having entire free dom; therefore, Jletoived, That the mothers of the race, as well as the fatheis, ought to have ab'nlute equality before the law, aud perfect liberty of action iu every respect. Wiieucas, Men cannot hope to rise alone to a higher level, but must ever beheld back and kept down by Igno rant, weak-minded mothers aud wive therefore, , " Jlesolved, That every true man de siring the welfare and progress of the race ought in every possible way to as sist women to rise from their present bondage to custom aud barbarous laws, and should with his whole heart accord to them that full personal freedom, dear m ih hpirts nf men and women alike. Wheueas, Our hope ror tlie luture is In the young; therefore, Resolved, That every mother should feel it a sacred duty to so train up her sons aud daughters that they shall re spect and defend each other's rights, and shall together work for the eleva tion nf humauity. Whekkas, We can only hope to re deem our nation from corruption and disgrace by obtaining a majority in ravor or purity, sobriety, aud nouesty; therefore, Jlesolved, That tlie army fighting for the rlghtat the polls should be recruited from the ranks of womeu, who suffer so intensely from the rutu of sons, hus bands, fathers, ami brothers, and whose moral sense is admitted to be purer and finer than that of men. Discussion upon resolutions postponed till Wednesday at 10 a. m. Committee ou programme announced a lecture for the evening session by Mrs. Loughary. Adjourned to time of next meeting. EVENING SESSION. The President, Mrs. Duniway, being ill, Mrs. Thompson was called to the chair. Beading minutes of last session post poned to followiug morning. Song, by Dr. Clevelaud, "Grandfa ther's Clock." Dr. Thompson introduced Mrs. H. A. Loughary, of Yamhill, who was re ceived with enthusiastic appluuse. An amusing diversion was created fora few minutes by the falling of tlie stage fix tures belli ud the lady's back. But she, nothing daunted, excused the mishap with a few pleasant words, aud the speech of tlie evening began. Sbeuhose for her subject "The Principles and Practices of the American Goyern meut," and proceeded iu a clear, log ical, and womanly manner to elucidate her theme, demonstrating that the prin ciples of our government, though cor rect iu theory, are dangerous in their practical results, as at present conceived and carried out. The government is based upon suffrage, aud this power, be ing only In the hands of a class, becomes an oppressive aud dangerous weapon. She made a powerful appeal for the bal lot for woman, not as a gift from men, but as her natural, Inalienable right, and because the preservation of good society and good government depends upon an equal distribution of power among a people who are equally re strained by the laws. As woman's cause Is also man's, both must rise or fall together. At the close of Mrs. Lou diary's most excellent address, which held the audienee In rapt atten Hon for over au hour, Mrs. Dr. Thomp son craved the indulgence of the audi ence till she might, as she expressed it, "clinch the spikes the speaker had driven home." Her apt remarks cre ated a profound impresslou, and will be long remembered. At the close of these, the meeting ad jourued until 10 A. jr. ou Thursday. SECOND DAY MOIIXING SESSION. Met pursuaut to adjournment, the President, Mrs. Duniway, in the chair. Minutes of previous sessious read and approved. On motion, the report on resolutions was taken from the table and discussed seriatim. The discussion called out a great many deep, logical, and somewhat radical ut terances, Mrs. Loughary, Mrs. Dunl way, Dr. Thompson, and Mrs. Shane Smith being the speakers. Resolutions were adop'ed iu their order. Committee ou programme reported as order of discussion for afternoon session the consideration nf plaus for political action. On motion, the Convention adjourned till 2 1 M. AFTEKNOON SESSION. Met at time appointed, the President in the chair. Hon. S. Corwin called attention to section 20, article 1 of Deady's Code, which reads as follows: "No law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens privileges and immuni ties which upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens." Mrs. Duniway said in reply that, in the light of this clearly-enunciated law. every man who refused to protect wom- au In her right to a voice In making the laws was guilty of a misdemeanor, ami belonged in the category with felons ami married women, under the "admin istration restriction act." The remainder of the afternoon was taken up with the discussion nf ways and means for carry lug the work of the Association before the legislature. An order was given from the commit tee on finance for a hundred petition blanks, to be immediately printed for present and future use in besieging the in-coming legislature. Adjourned till 8 I. ., with the an nouncement that Mrs. Duniway would occupy the evening with an address, in which she would answer the conundrum, "How can women save a nation ?" Conclusion of the proceedings of the Convention will appear next week. Ed. Tho Irint nfMrs Wnrv A T ard I, to I weeks since, and who has been incarcerated In the jail at The Dalles since January t ...11. l. . J uimi(;cu mi me iiiurueroi Her husban I, has been postponed again, and w take place uutil November. To I not Im- prisoned for month3, though a nonentity t mien in pontics, and an t tn . . idiot oy ciassnicaiion, awaiting trial life by a jury notcnmnoae.inf i. I for her r peers iiiisia wuuiau srignis" aspromu Igated and enforced by those who prou Il vaunt themselves her "natural aud legal protectors." Mrs. Duniway la at the sea-side. NEWS ITEMS. ATE AXD TEKRITORIAIm Salem comnlalns" nf tioltirr Inflated hv tramps. The legislature will eoovene Sep- tember 9th. The wool crop of D.uci.s year Is put at 1,500,000 pounds. The Webfont M. E. Choreh hill, recently destroyed by ftre, will be rebuilt. New oats, the first of the season, were brought into Salem on Saturday, August 9th. Not a freicht team luts passed over the Boise City ami Umatilla route for over a mouth. Th vessels ill IMirt at Seattle, or on the way, will oarry to Sn Francisco 13,000 tons of coal. V. Ft. Carter. Slate nrlnter elect, has gone to Shu Franeiseo iu the hope of re cruiting his health. It costs the novernmenl $55,00O annu ally to have tlx mails carried between Reddiugand iioeeburg. The onlv saloon at Osweao has given up the ghost, and the building is now used for school purposes. The secretary of the State Agri cultural Soeiety daily receives appli cations for space by exhibitors. W. S. Plummer will have one of his large fruit-drying machines on exhibi tion anil at work at tlie stale fair. Ilillsborn Lodce. I. O. G. T.. is iu a tlouriMhing condition, reporting one hundred members iu good standing. Mrs. Mary K. Weticate lias been ap pointed postmaster at Camp Lynn, au office lately established in Baker eouuty. The nubile school at Caneranh com menced on Monday, the 12th Inst , with Mr. Curtis Bnird principal, and Mrs. Ganong assistant. Mr. E. A. Shirley, of Polk county. threshed fourteen aeres of wheat last week that averaged over thirty-two bushels to the acre. One hundred aud two stand of gov ernment arms were sent last week frot tort Vancouver to Yakima City for th protection of the settlers iu that expose locality. Teachers attending the State Teachers Institute to convene at Salem on the 21s will be returned over the usual routes o travel free upon presenting certirlcau from the secretary of the institute. The number of children in Bentm county, of school age ami entitled l school money, is reported at 2.323; am the comity's proportion of school mone; is $2,093 25, giving each pupil 90 ceuts James A. Heme lias leased Reed' Opera House at Saleui for the Stat. Fair season, aud will appear there a the chief attraction, supported by i large company of dramatic people fron San Francisco. Mr. Walker Young, a farmer near Eu ceneCity, intends to exhibit at the Stati Fair of '7S, a two-year-old colt of Perch eron Pride stock, which weighs 4,35( pounds and standsseventeen hands high The animal is gray aud a perfect beauty. The harvest in Douglas couuty show; an unexpectedly good yield of late-sowi grain. Early grain was damaged some what by the late rain, which proved m beneficial tn the spring crops. On the whole, the amount for shipment will be equal to that of last year. The sensation of the week at Astoria Is tlie elopement from that city of A. F. Jessup and Mrs. N. C. Kofoed, who de parted for ban f ranclsco contrary to law. and iu defiance of previously assumed responsibilities, by the "Great Repub lic" Their return to Oregon's seaport will be accelerated uy dispateues tnat have preceded them . rOBEIGNNEWS. Great distress pievails in India ou ac count of floods. Typhoid fever is still alarmingly prevalent at Cyprus. A portion of the Indian contingent is going home at once. Insurgent forces oppopintf; Austrian occupation number 100,000 men, well armed. Three thousand Moliammedaii horse men have appeared Iu the northwestern portion nf Bosnia. A Berlin ili-patrh says : The deficit in the Prussian budget for 1877 reaches twenty million marks. Accounts from Turkish sources place the Austrian loss in Bosnia thus far at 1,000 killed and wounded. The emWkation of 40,000 of the Im perial guard for Russia will begin at Constantinople on Saturday. A tmnd of insurgents has made its ap pearance in the province of Easter iiiad urn, Spain, shotitiug for the republic. There is strong reason for believing the Kintlisb government intends to gaiu a footing In the mainland of Asia Mluor. Tlie Tnrks have abandoned forts north ot Vnrna, and they have been oc cupied by Russians. General Todleben bus announced that he will evacuate Roiiosto am! San Stefanotf fortifications nf Varna are evacuated immediately by the Turks. A special dispatch from Batoum says the population are armed and preparing to resist occupation by Russians. Local chiefs held a council and decided to fight. Dlsailected mountaineers on the Chevill frontier are said to number 20,000. The excitement Is Intense. Tlie Turkish regular army remains neutral. EEOENTEVENTS. Sluce the opening of the United States Court In Greenville, Tennessee, 287 eases of Illicit distilling have been disposed of. The victorious Columbia College crew arrived at New York on the lltb, and were accorded an enthusiastic reception aud dinner at Delmonieu'e. The yellow fever In New Orleans eon- tinnea to spread, ami is now well dis tributed thronghont the first and second districts, with occasional eases iu other quarters of the city. General Butler made a speech at Biddeford, Maine, ou Saturday evening, in which he reviewed the history of tbe greenback currency, and claimed It should be made a legal tender for all debts, public and private. About eight hundred shoe-makers are on the strikeiu Chicago. They demand $12 per week. The manufacturers offer to pay $10 50, which they say is tbe most they can afford. Manufacturers are conferring now with an agent fro"3 California, and seriously meditate ids employment of Chinese cheap labor.