JULY 15, 1880.
THE 0HABCE8 EEFDTBD.
The Commute appointed last Spring
byU.be lax-payer of School District No.
1, to investigate tbe charges against the
eolesey of the pufcite schools of Port
land, have rendered Ibeir report, Id
nearly every instance refuting tbe accu
sations of the enemies of the common
school. The report Is quite ieogtby;
therefore these eoJumns will admit por
tiom.sDly of it.
Ib reply lo the asaertion that "the
machinery of the sobooU has grown to a
toe expeaaivo and cumbrous system,"
the. Committee nod that, while tbe lax
to. support the schools has increased hut
30 percent & tbirteeu yean, the ooet of
tbe police department has increased 50
par aetit in Ave years and the Are de
partment 44 percent; that tbe increase
of eebeol population in the last four
years Is four per cent greater than the
increase lo expenses in that time; that
tbe grotrtb of the school population has
required annually a more thorough
grading of pupils, and more buildings,
rooms and furniture, and teachers of
mere skill and devotion, in order to do
pood work in all tbe classes.
In refutation of tbe Briticism that too
too many stadias are crowded upon the
pepite, tbe Committee state that such
studies only are pursued as are author
ised by law, and that they are much the
mom as in tbe old-style schools, but
that "the present systematic coqrse
gives definite and better results of study
to larger numbers." Tbe Committee in
this connection take exception to tbe
number of readers, geographies, arith
metics and grammars seed. They es
pecially denounce Clark's grammar,
which is almost universally recognised
as tbe finest text-book extant on tbe
subject. In partieelar should it be re
taittsd In tbe High School, where Its,
complete analysis of sentences and ca re
fa 1 explanations of the idioms of the,
English language can he comprehended
by all who are qualified to enter this
n shoot. - After tbe Committee's lauda
tion. ,af tbe Portland schools for keeping
pace with the times, it Is in bad taste to
assert that grammar, one of the prinel
pal studies, "can be taught orally with
a few varied sentences on the black
board iu two or three terms." Clark,
would laugh at the construction of num
eroue sentences 1 n tbe report.
In reply to the charge that "the High
School is not a proper part of the system
of public education," the Committee re-!
port that they find "tbe High School
only n extension of tbe grades and
classes" its name "ouly a term to de
note tbe necessary -advance grades of
hffSe pubjie schools like those of Port
land." Tbe nae is convenient, but
not essential. If offensive, it can be
dropped, though Us classes remain.
The Committee recommend, Jn refer
ence to teaching languages, that Eng
lish only be free, and that tuition be
charged for instruction in foreign lan
guages. To refute the charge that the criminal
and pauper classes come from tbe al
toiirtants of tbe common schools, much
statistical matter from the school re
ports of great cities is employed, show
ing the falsity of the assertion. In
Portland, the case is as follows: "Of
tbe C graduates of tbe High School, 56
(88 per cent) are engaged in useful work,
and 8 (12 per cent) are in professional
study. Of the 301 graduates of tbe
grammar schools, 113 (37 1 per cent) are
lwrwing higher studies ; 167 (55j per
cent) are In useful work ; 21 (7 per cent)
are unknown; 3(1 per cent) are of qoes
Uouabte character."
Taken as a whole, tbe report is satis
factory, to the tax-payers and the up
botdefBof the public school system. It
wm adopted at the eitlaen' meeting at
tbe Court House last Monday evening
without a dissenting voice. However,
if the friends of common education
think tbe war on tbe schools is settled
by this lepott, they greatly mistake.
Tbe muttering are already heard, and
next year tbe assault will be renewed.
Let friends all remember that "eternal
vigilance" on their part is necessary to
keep off tbe treacherous hands of the
THE BIGHT TO SUPPORT A ETJS-
BAXD.
.The action of the Chicago School
Beard in-forbidding tbe employment of
married women as teachers has been de
nounced as a ertme by tbe Woman Hof
fragtets of tbe country, some of them
asserting that & woman lias as much
right to support a husband as a man
Ins' to support a wife. This statement
surprises many opposition ' journals,
which think the "antiquated sister
hood are -so desirous of "catching the
men" that tbe are willing to support
husbands. The truth is that no person
of sound body and mind has a right to
be supported, though, if men claim to
support women, tbe latter may as well
"have tbe game as tbe Dame." There
is nothing more despicable than a pa-
hast man who lives off tbe earnings of
uis wwe.; and an idle, healthy wife
woo.si be equally despicable were she
enuowea with the same privileges In the
world as her husband. As the matter
stands to day, a woman may perform
the I W me dalles for a generation, and
Jier husband will be credited with sup
porting her. To get any credit at all.
she must do both her work and her bus-
band's. If she wishes to rapport him.
nobody will deny her tbe privilege of
doing so; but all will think her .more
generoBS'tban wise, and that her bns-j
hand is certainly little of a man. The
Chicago teachers may so tier some in
convenience from the senseless ruling of
tbe School JJoerd, but tbe Woman Sof
fiAgi cause will be tbe gainer, as it will
arouse "many persons (particularly tbe
husbands of the teaehars) to the. fad
that woman must have the ballot If her
rights are to be respected and her bus
.band is lo be supported.
THURSDAY..
IULISG THE HEABT.
An Olympia minister recently deliv
area an address on "Woman's Bights
nBa tbe Secret of Woman's Inflostoee ."
based on the history of loosen Esther,
and which was replete with nicely
worded sophistries. His claim is that
woman mu't. rule man through his
heart, as a pilot controls a vessel by Its
helm, and that Esther saved her people
by corr.rolllng the heart of Abasueras.
Tnis I a- neat cbcniarlson only com
paring a gigantic eelbottou of matter
with a sentient human being is very
silly. Wby should a woman control
man through his heart ? To gratify his
vauity by making him think be is exer
elsing his own vqlition? If woman's
ideas are right, why Is It necessary that
site should waste time in laying siege to
the heart of man? Ought she not rather
lo have the power of openly expressing
her convictions? Is not Vashtt'a sad
fate good proof tliat the Itearts of men
are sometimes inconstant? Does not
her history testify that woman must be
certain as to her ability to control
man through his heart ?
A portion of this minister's twaddle is
insulting to every noble-souled womsu,
and proves his failure to comprehend
me unties and responsibilities of worn
aubood. He says that "the destiny of
woman Is to be admired ;" that "to fail
of this, would be to fall of the appointed
end or her being." This frank assertion
of the imbecility and worthleesness of
one-half the people of the world is
enough to cnrl with scorn the lip of
every care-worn mother, every loving
wire and every dotlfnl daughter.
The incorrectness of his assertions re
garding woman's "omnipotent" power
over man can be so easily shown, and Is
so potent to every one who will lake tug
trouble to think for a moment, that it Is
surprising that he fell into tbe error,
If woman possessed tire unlimited power
be profess s to believe she does, she
would not be a victim of one-sided laws.
She would not be taxed without repre
sentation, governed without consent,
robbed by probate courts, tried by a jury
not her lwera, denied tbe benefits of
land laws when married, and in many
other ways be made to feel that she Is a
slave Instead of a ruler.
The Washington Standard has these
remarks to make upon the reverend
gentleman's conclusions from the his
tory of Esther:
It Ik a waste of rhetoric to assume that wom
an 1 protected as she should be nnder man-
made lavs, although "the charms which make
her omnipotent" have been exerted ever si nee
th historical event upon which the argument
depends parsed into the annals of antiquity.
If woman rules the heart, she does not always
sway tbe judgment of man.
POLITICS P0E WOMEN.
Viscountess Harberton's remarkable
speech at tbe recent mass meeting at St.
James's Hall, London, on the subject of
Woman Sufi rage, has attracted much
attention in Kngland, and some in
America. The Timet and other great
journals of the old oouutry contained
lengthy and respectful reports of the
meeting, and mentioned tbe Viscount
ess's speech in particular, calling the at
tention of tbe nation to the fact that tbe
woman movement can be no longer ig
nored. The New York Evening Pot,
the San Francisco Chronicle, and other
journals in tbe New World, have beet)
equally just. They have published a
small portion of the lady's remarks.
She said that the objection is made tbat
women cannot understand politics, nud
that the word "politics" is used to mis
lead. It generally conjures up visions
of drainage acts, army estimates, judica
ture bills and agricultural holdings; bnt
her bearers must remember that it re
fers also to married women's property,
and to laws touching the care (at pres
ent denied to them, except on suQerauce
by their husbands) of their own children.
Politios includes, all questions relating
to drink, in which women are greatly,
though Indirectly, Interested ; also tbe
question whether the labor of women is
to be free, whether they are to have the
right of making the best arrangement
they can for employment, or whether
they are to be harassed by absurd re
strictions made by men. It Is said tliat
if women are allowed to vote, they must
be prepared to tike the rough with the
smooth. They agree to that, for at pres
ent they take tbe rough without .the
smooth. She understands "the rough"
to be paying taxes and. "tbe smooth" to
be having votes.
WAXM6WAElf.
We are sorry to see tbe war between
"H. H. M." and "X. E. Z." waxing so
warm. Evidently both are in earnest ;
and certainly each carries tbe argument
weU. But, Jte their differences are sueb
as preclude tbe possibility of an amica
ble conclusion, we hope tbey will let tbe
matter rest hereafter. We confess that
the principles advanced by "H. II. M."
are much to our liking, though we agree
with "X. E. Z." as to the means to be
adopted to gain the end for which both
are striving. Having given both a fair
bearing, we now rest Ibe ease with our
readers, believing their honesty and in
telligence will lead them to do just what
is best,
All parsons attending tbe Spiritualist
grove meeting at New Bra, Clackamas
county, will be returned free by the rail
road and steamship companies upon
presenting a certificate of attendance
front Mr. Thomas Bookman. This ar
rangement will prevail' from July 23d
to S6lb, inclusive.
Hon. Allen Parker, of Ysquina, Is lo
tbe city. He is a moaiber of tbe legisla
ture from Benton county, and will aver
be found on (be skleof right and justice.
The women may nly on his friendship
nd assistance when any measure for
Faff ref!ef eomw ib House this
, !"LXW EHa-d Woman Suffrage
Assoeratlou will co-operate wtu tho
Vermont suffragists ia holding a grand
convention in October.
A 1IE0ESSITT.
In ISM, In 1S70 and In 1880 has tbe
northern pari; of the oily of Portland
been submerged by the June floods.
It is a possibility that the overflow
may occur every year; hence It Is
evident to all that tbe grade of the
lower portion-of the city should be
raised. A levee will not prevent tbe
overflow, as the flood is eaused by "back
water," which seeps through tbe sell.
The OregoniaH speaks as follows of tbe
necessity of Immediate aotion In this
matter:
To establish such trade Is the Brvi 11, lu to
be done, Tbe plaeaaf beginning on Front and
First mlcht properly be AIdr or even Morri
son, and from there It should be carried resa.
larlr so as to give a (III of at least roar feet
These taeCurendnn Hotel stands. The lower
part of Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth should
be raised In similar manner. It is no great
undertaklnc.and can bedonr pnily if the city
only resolves to do it.
lu many of tho large cities of the
United States it lias been necessary to
elevate the grades. In Chicago, many
of the heaviest building stand on
ground ubich was raised from Ave to
twelve feet, while in San Francisco
blocks of fine buildings occupy manu
factured land, acre upon sore having
been made by filling In the bay. For
instance, the NIanttc building, oorner
Clay and tnsomo streets, ami several
squares from the city front, elands over
the spot where a vessel of tbe same name
sank. We quote from tbe OregoniaH
again :
If we now establish anew grade lor the lower
end of U elty.lt will not be necessary to raise
many large bul'dlngs-snd tbe chance Is In
dispensable U. tbe business streets north of
Washington are to continue the business
streets of tbe city. Bostatxs cannot be subject
to these Inlerrapttoas and the expense they
entail, and owners of property in tbat part of
me city must looK at the fact as It la.
. General James B. Weaver, tbe Green
back candidate for President, Is said to
be' confident of his ability to carry Ala
bama, Tenuessee, Texas, Mississippi,
West Virginia, Missouri and Kansas,
and that he will malfo heavv trains In
Maryland, Iowa, Michigan and Minne
sota. He asserts that If he does not re
ceive a majority of tbe electoral votes,
neither of the other candidates will, and
the matter will go to the House of Repre
sentatives. If thrown into the House.
be will stand an equal chance with the
rest. Ie la Matyr, he claims, has the
balance of power there, and no conces
sion will there be made by his partisans
favorable either to Democrats or Repub
licans. Jn tbe event tbat no agreement
Is reached there, tbe matter becomes a
constitutional question, and it will be
with tbe Senate to decide what disposi
tion to make of it. He will atumn
every State he can before election, but
confines himsoif to no section, and
thinks Kearney's support will enable
him to carry California. He will doubt
less find that Kearney is a heavy load
when the California returns arn counted.
Tbe Greenbaekers of the Golden Stale
have repudiated the blatant agitator.
An exchange says: "Among tho
fiercest assailants of Mr. Bradlaugh's
right, to a seat in tbe House of Com
mons were tbe Jewish and Roman
Catholic members. Although they
had to fight their way into tbe House, a
generation back, against a similar ex
clusion, tbey opposed the removal of
the restriction "in this case, and set
themselves against Mr. Bradlaugh's ad
mission, not on moral, hut on theologi
cal grounds." 'Twas over thus. Among
tbe most rabid opponents of Individual
political liberty for all, are the Immi
grants from foreignlauds, who come to
America to escape tyranny, and yet en
deavor to prevent American women's
emancipation from oppression.
Mrs. Julia Foster writes as follows to
Woman' Words: "Grace Greenwood
speaks of Miss Abbott as the 'little
woman' and the 'brave little woman.'
It seems to me It would be better to
speak of women as women, without
adding the word 'little.' It always
seems to me to suggest somethiug Infe
rior, or to be used to increase tbelr at
tractiveness ; bnt it should not. Wo
never speak of a man as a 'noble little
man,' no matter how small be may be ;
Indeed, we avoid speaking of his stature,
If he Is, unfortunately, below tbe me
dium."
Anna Randall-DIehl, to whom the
New York Timet gives tbe credit of
clambering upon tbe railing, waving a
Msg In each hand, and at the same time
shouting In the Republican Convention
at Chicago, writes lo that paper to say
she was in her country home on'Long
Island ail the titne, and in reading the
reports of the Convention was shocked
to find herself ie railed in that undigni
fied and untrue manner. She says:
"Oh, Grant me hottest fame, or Grant
me none.''
Iu tbe July u umber of tbe A'orth
American Review, Miss M. A. Hard
aker tries to prove the Inferiority of
women. Mary Ann is doubtless able to
speak about herself, bat is altogether
tpo general with regard to the rest of
Iter sex. However, she-will secure tho
adoration of msn like Francis Parkman.
It will tickle his vanity to have one
simpering Miss coyly acknowledge his
worth.
Messrs. J. R. Lewis, Francis Heury
and J. S. Herndou, tbe Committee ap
pointed by Governor Ferry to investi
gate certalu charges against Dr. Wil-
kird,. Superintendent of tbe Hospital for
the Insane of Washington Territory,
report tbat they "are convinced that
there are no just grounds for complaint
against tiiehuspltalorlls management."
The Woman's Journal soys tbat never
since Us establishment has It been so
often asked to "exchange" as now. Tbe
requests come from all shades of belief
iu politics and religion, and indicate a
growing Interest In Woman Suffrage.
Tbe New Nokthwkst's experience la
similar.
EDITORIAL OOBSESPONDENOE.
Dkar Ukaiikrs or the New. NoKTiiwnrr:
Now tbat tbe State Fair la over, a few
thoughts In referenco to its management
will probably be in order. Only those
who have attempted tbe management
of any llko unwieldy enterprise can
form an idea of the perplexity and
worrlment arising from It. There are a
thousand aunoyances" continually com
ing up, which uo amount of sagacity
could have foreseen or prevented.
Everybody whose only business consists
In looking on and criticising feels per
fectly ablo to manage the whole busi
ness In whole, iu part, or In detail.
Thon, too, everybody has a hnbby, and
delights In riding it.
It would bo vastly amusing, were it
not so sugge9tlvo of woman's iuipeeuni
oslty, as well as her Inborn acquisitiveness,-to
note the many little expedients
the sex resort lo In order to obtalu u
premium of a fow dollars. Many of the
articles they enter for competition are
wholly useless, and certainly possess not'
the- slightest claim to being beautiful.
Oner little rocking chair, that we have
noticed every year for a long time in a
conspicuous posltiou, has become so old
aud worn that the bits of silk that form
its upholstered covering caunot laet
many decades longer. The number of
dollars that chair has brought at dlfler
ont fairs in premiums would form an
interesting example for tbe new light
ning computator. Some of the quaint
devices of women suggest a struggling
genius for Invention that makes us
fairly tremMo wlth-eager desire to strike
tbo shackles from tbelr hampered lives
and permit them to Indulge their won
derful lfls In Edisonlau enterprises,
where money could aid their efforts in a
practical direction.
One of the greatest curiosities of the
fair was a pair of Iaudecnpo pictures,
made of the hair from the beads of the
Oregon pioneers. Judged merely as pic
tures, these landscapes were nothing re
markable; but tho material of which
tbey were made will startle any be
holder Into an exclamation of surprise
and wonder. Houses, windows, trees,
rocks, mountains, flowers, rivers, boats
and boatmen are all made of human
hair, iu every hue and shade, Ingenu
ously interwoven according to its color.
The author of this unique speolmen of
handiwork Is Mrs. Ross, of Monmouth,
who designs it for tbo State House when
another landscape is completed.
Our hobby is (and we've said before
that everybody has a hobby) to offer
premiums to women's handiwork a lit
tle moro on a por with those offered for
horso-raclng. Let these extra pre
miums be for babies, butter, starch,
6oap, candles, cookery, etc., etc., not
omitting any one of tho thousand femi
ninities already named, unless it he 'the
ever obtruding and always ugly patch
work quilt. Any fool can mako a quilt;
and, after wo bad made a couple of
dozen over twenty years ago, we quit
the business with a conviction that no
body but a fool would spend so much
time in catting bits of dry goods into
yet smaller bits and sewing them to
gether again, just for the sake of mak
ing believe that they were busy at prac
tical work. A dozen such quilts at. we
saw at tbe fair wpuld be noeded to keep
one comfortablo through an Oregon
Summer night, aud any one of the
dozen would require two mouths' labor
to complete It.
Though tbo officers of the fair made
no provision for premiums for human
stock, Dr. Pfunder of this city and Dr.
Wcalberford of Salem, assisted byE. O.
Norton of tbo Vuletle, got up a side
show and offered premiums for the
prettiest girl and boy babies, ibe choice
falling upon two very pretty and prom
ising ones fiat carried off the blue rib
bo u amid tbo general rejoicing of friends
and relatives. If the Society will offer
a handsome premium next year for the
largest family of healthy and bright and
pretty children, accompanied by the
fresh, healthy nnd happy mother, we'll
give more to see that show than any
oilier, aud so would' any Intelligent
lover of humanity. Thoroughbred hu
manity must be tho next consideration
of agriculturists.
Ono very grievous detriment to the
fair how grievous uobodyjet con tell
was the Illegal and yet constant exhibi
tion of monstrosities. Ono of these was
a woman without feet nnd legs, who sat
upon a rocking chair and propelled her
self by trestles worked by hand power.
She was accompanied by a villainous
accordion and two women, each armed
with a like abomination, with which
they attracted large crowds about the
monstrosity, and told pitiful tales, In
broken French and Jargon English, of
their "sister's" misfortunes. On of
these beggars rattled a cup under the
face and eyes of the undersigned, and
asked alms as follows:
"Will ye, madame, be zo good as lo
glvo one leetle zum for ze zupport of me
zister, who Iz ze cripple from ze typhoid
levarev"
"Beforo I'd make sueh an exhibition
as tbat of my sister's misfortunes, if she
were my sister, I'd opon a wash-house
by the sldo of a Chinaman," we were
foolhardy enough to reply.
"An you'ro a China lover, that ye
arc bad looeh to ye ! Ni ver a bit would
I demane meself by wor-r-kin' alongside
o' a Chinaman, at all, at all! But, If
yez wants to put yeraelf on a llvel with
tbe dlrtby haytben, there's no law In
Amerlky to hinder ycz; but I'll 1st yez
know that I'm a daceut woman, an' will
put up wljli none o' your Insults!" she
exclaimed, marching off with a lofty
air, and doubtless remembering her
French again when sbo encountered a
wiser customer.
Wo went 'on our way rejoicing; but
we'll soon see whether or not tbe Grand
Jury will do Its duty by enforcing the
law against such exhibitions.
There are scores of temporary booths
for trading purposes on the grounds that
ought to be destroyed. The new Pavil
ion Is so much finer that its presence
calls loudly for better surroundings.
The camping grounds for men and
horses should be kopt separate. The
premlumsson racing should be so re
duced tbat a hundred dollars could be
afforded for tbe best beshel of wheat,
fifty dollars for the best butler, and a
like sum for cheese, etc., etc. . There
should also be premiums forautborsbip,
agricultural essays, poetry, and tbe like,
aud a liberal reward for the best treatise
on cookery, accompanied by practical
illustrations by tbe author of tbe same.
This would call forth a sharp contest
among women, aud effectually Moor
paloh-work aud kindred nonsense.
The Agricultural Society deserve
great praise for their zeal and enterprise
in carrying forward tho work for so
many years under, so many difficulties.
We are glad to learn that the receipts of
the present year are sufficient to so re
duce tbe indebtelne&i as to place tbe
Society, beyond the Mwer of speculators,
who have been hoping to secure the
lauds through mortgages and twelve per
cents.
Salem, after the fair, relaxed into her
wonted quietude. Tbe hotels onee more
assumed their normal condition, and
tbe merchants and restaurant-keepers
relapsed Into their usual non-exciting
routine of plodding endeavor. The Su
preme Court is now iu session, and,
though the figure of Justice yet stands
on the Court House steeple with her
back to tbe State House and tbe scales
iu her left band as of yore, she no longer
looks hopelessly solemn and despair-,
lngly anxious, as she did while Prim
and Kelly swayed her scepter to snit
themselves, regardless of her claims for
one-half of her people.
So many smiling faces of old-time
friends gre ted us everywhere tbat we
were hardly conscious of tbe passing
hours. " Spent Friday at the Peniten
tiary, aud were much pleased with
what we saw of lu geueral manage
ment. But, bow our ffenrt did ache for
the weeping mothers some of whom
we met whose sons are iiere suffering
tbe penalties of outraged law. If all
erring sons could see tbe terrible so lie r-
mg thai is brought npon parents
through the misconduct of those Incar
cerated here, it wonld certainly (tut a
check upon tbeir downward career, now
and forever.
On Saturday afternoon we- took tbe
express train for Jefferson, tbe quiet lit
tle home of many a friend of -human
rights, and here we remained for two
days, the guest of good Mother Roland,
I aud the recipient of the glad greetings
!of everybody. We were loo tired for
riectures. and last in tiia mood for visit.
iug. Tbe Sunday School, with IU quaint
leader, seemed not to have changed a
partlele since our visit a year ago,
Uncle Jimmy Bates, tbe leader in ques
tion, is the oldest of all the Oregon pio
neers, having first set foot upon tbe soil
Iu 1832. He retains and teaches the
theology of the Puritans, and lias an
abiding faith in the power and person
ality of "the old serpent, called tbe
devil." Take tbe belief in the doctrine
of total depravity a.-xl eternal damna
tion from him, and he'd be so upset tbat
he'd relapse into insanity. He's an in
teresting character In his way, and he
ought to visit the next Pioneer meeting
and make a speech. Sueh men as Chad
wick, Deady, Nesmith et al would be
nowhere.
A year has brought death to some Jef
ferson households, and marriage ami
birth to others, but this is about all tho
change we note. The people are sober,
steady and Industrious, and deserve the
prospeilty that crowns them with peace
and plenty.
Monday, and Salem and tbe Cheraek
eta Hotel again. Here wespeud another
day In active association with many
friends, and retire early, only to be for
gotten by the call-boy ou Tuesday
morning, aud so miss the express train.
But tlie forenoon Is agreeably and prof
itably spent among -the friends of Hu
man Rights, who are looking forward
with much anticipation to the work of
Uie Suffrage Convention before the
coming Legislature.
Afternoon train, and home, where
again we sigh for a lodge on an Ararat,
or a boat on the "raging eanawl."
What North Portland is going to do
with her superabundance of dirty water
this Hummer we cannot eveu goes.
A. S. D.
Portland, July 14, 1SS0.
From tbe Woman's Journal: "The
late Mrs. Elizabeth Waldron Wiggin,
of Stralham, was a lady of great patriot
ism. Her father. Lieutenant ' Wm.
Shannon, was an officer in the war of
1S12, and gave Ids life for bis country.
And on her mother's side t-he was a di
rect descendant of tbe celebrated Major
Waldron of Dover, who was killed by
the Indians iu a most barbarous manner
in tbe 17th century. In tbe recent
civil war, Mrs. Wiggin saw five of her
six sons go fortli to battle. One of tbem
was killed at tbe storming of Fort Wag
ner, and another was seriously wounded
iu the military service. And yet, be
cause women do not fight, this woman,
who reared six sons to serve their coun
try and fight its battles, is disfranchised
along with eriminalsand Imbecile men."
Au editorial correspondent of tbe En
glish Women's Suffrage Journal states
tbat "the first official measure creating
any lortn of systematic provision for
the poor was passed si nee Victoria as
cended tbe throne. By that act women
rate-payers are admitted to vote in tbe
election of poor-law gnardlana, which
continues to this day to be tbe tbe only
local franchise of any description which
is enjoyed by duly qualified women in
all parts of Ireland."
Howard's "Art of Computation" beats
tbe "Lightning CalouhUor" all hollow.
As a concise and comprehensive tesehcr
of business arithmetic, it is certainly
worthy of notice.:
A new Spiritual paper, entitled the
Jtiting Sun, has been laid on our table.
We have sketched It throagh, and And
it too intensely spirilaal for our comprehension.
FDBTHER OONTBOYEBSY.
To thk Enrroa or the N'rw Kobthwsst:
A careful perusal of "H. H. M.'s" last
effusion, which your native eharity so
far got tlie better of yonr jpdgwent as
to cause you to designate as "thoughtful
and dispassionate," to my mind clearly
reveals tbe ambush that hides the ene
my's gun. I fail to find one word in
either of bis letters to convince tbe
reader that he is a friend, much less an
advocate, of Woman Suffrage. He
must know that tbe "Greenback Lbnr
party" has no power, except it be to di
vide the vote and thus elect an anti
snflragiet. Tbat I am a Republican, I
freely admit. Will "II. H. M." deny
that he is a Democrat? Now for tbe
fscts : There are two great parties ami
no other before the country, demand
ing power aud place. The Republican
party based ou man's supremacy, and
therefore deserving defeat, If it. were
possible to do better is one, and the
stronger faction. The Democratic party
bated on slavery and disunion, ami,
because of its past record and present
friends, demanding defeat is tbe other
and weaker faction. Tbe party of tbe
first art is not a good party, because it
is one-sexed, and consequently incapa
ble of attaining to excellence; but it is
the best we have, and the only hope we
iiave for preserving the Nation's exist
ence. The party or tbe second part Is
also one-sexed, iu addition to its well-
known opposition as a party to woman's
rights. That one of these parties is to
be successful, "II. II. M." well knows,
and there is no difficulty in deciding as
to Ids preference, for lie has built an am
bush and called it "Greenbacks," with
which he hopes to decoy a few votes
from tbe Republican candidate, to form
half votes for tbe Democratic nominee.
By talking to the Woman Suffragists
through the People's Paper about tbe
semblance to a "plank" which he in
vites them to stand upon inside tbeam
bnsb, well knowing tbe while that if
tbey accept tbe invitation the plank will
sink, be expects -to do good service for
General Hancock.
I am not obly a Republican, but a
Woman Suffragist. I know tbe party
will never do its doty till it has enfran
chised woman; but I also know that
tbe Democratic party will not only
never enfranchise woman, but will re
enslave the colored man if it ever gets the
power. I believe tbe Republican party
can and will be compelled, by stress of i
public intelligence, to accept this next
great phase of human progress. I have
no sush hope fur the Democratic party,
hence my desire to warn the Woman
Suffragists to ateer clear of the Green
back ambnsh. I trust that I am now
understood.
"H. II. M." asks me to tell him who
tbe enemies of human liberty are. I
answer unhesitatingly Everybody, in
dividually or collectively, who is op
posed to tbe enfranchisement and equal
ity of every other human being under
tbe sun.
I made no attempt to belittle or dis
1 mi rage the Greenback party. I simply
told tbe truth when I called It a "boom
erang." And I only make tbe argu
ment yet more emphatic when I prru.
nounee it an ambnsh.
"H. H. M." says truly tbat an upright
man 'when leading a band of robbers Is
a robber himself; and In this sense all
men are robbers, for we bate robbed
woman of her natural right to equality
with us before tbe law. Until we de
mand the restoration of her rights, and
demand them in such a way that pur
claims and hers mtylio made effective,
we have no right, while excusing a
Hancock for being a robber and glory
ing in it, to attack a Garfield, who pro
tests against a like robbery.
With all my heart, I wish the Green
back party was of a nature that it conld
command national respect; but, r - e
it works hand iu glove with It pre -. it
lea dors composed of tbe klckef-on ers,
fanatics and dreamers of tbe rag-'.:iby
stamp, whose chief claim to financial
leaderabip consists in their Inability to
earn their own livelihood you will ex
cuse me if I prefer better company.
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Portland, July 12, 1880.
MBS. J0SS JEABD P10M.
Salem, July lg, i860.
To the Editor or thk New Xobtbwest:
Women have been blessed from time
to time by the passage of Acts by the
Legislature, professing to give tbem
equal property rights with men; bat
women are not free, nor, can tbey be
till tbey are enfranchised. Men may
deny this as much as they please, but
the denial will not change tbe fact of
woman'a subjugation. Nor need tbey
lay tbe fluttering Unction lo tbelr sonN
tbat women will grow tired of demand
ing their freedom. Men will continu
ally be reminded tbat rebellious women
live and are constantly recruiting tbelr
ranks. The lordly usurpers of women's
inalienable rights will uever know peace
again until they put forth tbelr utmost
ability to secure tbe enfranchise Blent of
the subjugated sax.
Let but one. mm of influence and
power contend as earnestly for tbe lib
erties of women as be would eouteml
for but own freedom were it denied him,
and much would be gained for our cause.
Man has no more right to rule woman
than woman has to rule the Deity. Man
never obtained the right to rule woman
in the first place except by force or
fraud.
An Assessor, in pursuing the dalles
for which the privileged olaas gets re
muneration for labor at the expense of
the taxed and unrepresented class, de
manded that Mrs. Ramp, of this oily,
should give in her Individual property,
for taxation. Mr. R. referred tlie officer
to be husband her representative and
head. But the protector of women pro
ceeded at onee, and upon his own mo
tion, to levy a tax upon hifl own est!--male
of her personal effects, placing
them at six thousand dollprs. Mrs. R.
refused to pay tbe tax, and the sum was
so large that.it was not pleasant for Mr.
It to settle it, so it required a good deal
of official crookedness to set tlie matter
straight. Jusr how the affair was set
tled, I cannot tell ; bnt I do know that
tbe lady would not pay tbe tax. If
every unrepresented woman who ia
taxed would stand her ground as firmly
as Mrs. Ramp did, tbey would soon
worrv tbe men Into granting them their
Inalienable right to 'vote as lo the man-
. a. kl
nor of applying weir taxes to puouc
use.
Oir Siffrscr-1 S iety iu Salem still
keeps upua oiganizstion. I can seldom
attend of late, on aooono'l of making
me a home in the mountainsa home
of which r shall tell yon tho part tenia r
In a future letter.
Mrs J. A. Johns.
8EXEBAL XBWS.
The Hooaae tunnel is nootied.
Mlni o ;h)IIs has 48,825 inhabitants.
Wm. i'. Pel too, nephew of Tlldeo, is
dead.
Tucson, Arizona, ha 7.000 inhabi
tants. Vermont's population ia smaller than
lit 1870.
Cotton is said to be in fine aondltioii
In tbe South.
Stevens & Wilcox, dry goods dealers
of Omaha, have failed.
San Francisco's population ia 23S.068,
including 20,540 Cbitraae.
Hancock Is said to be weak in his
own State, Pennsylvania.
Drouth has caused tbe exhaustion of
the water supply ot Petersburg, Va.
Mobr & Mobfe. Cincinnati whisky
house is burned. Late, $60,000; insored.
' Tbe Cabinet ia resolved on a thorongh
investigation of the Narragansett disas
ter. A "corner" in pork ha been put up
in Chicago and New York by Armour
& Co.
President Hayes has appointed John
B. Neil, of Salt Lake City, Governor of
Idaho.
Disastrous storms in Minnesota,
Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin are re
ported. Last Saturday 134 deaths occurred iu
New York, CO being children nnder five
years of age.
Tbe connlence fund since the war
amounts to $'300,000, and eoutri buttons
are Increasing.
Merced, Cal., is overrun with roughs,
and the citizens have formed a Cotn
mitte of Safety.
In Baltimore, the heat ts very op
pressive. Several deaths have resulted
from sunstroke.
The Orangemen celebrated tbo 12th
in New York, Cleveland aud Montreal
without trouble,
Dr Tanner baa now-fasted seventeen"
days lu New York, fie is weak and
evidently failing.
The readj asters of Virginia have nom
inated a full electoral ticket for tbe
coming campaign.
Tbe thermometer at Chicago has
reached 100. Saveral deaths from sun
stroke are reported.
Don Cimernn's heilth ia said lo bo
badly shattered, and fears are enter
tained that he will not recover.
Tbe schooner Joe Dovall has been
wrecked on Lake Michigan, and It hi
feared tbe crew are all drowned.
Mrs. Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind.,.
haa been convicted of the murder of her
husband; with tbo penalty" of death.
Blanchet, a French engineer, denoun
ce De Leatep's canal sebeaie, showing
Nicaragaa to be preferable lo Panama.
Colooel Casb, who killed Colonel
Shannon iu a duel in Sooth Carolina
last week, Is under arrest for the crime.
In a roadside fight between .Texas
desperadoes and rangers, one on eaeh
sjiie was killed, when tbo oatlawa sur
rendered. ;
- Oneffourtb of the force of. the Govern
ment printing o nice -will be discharged,
the appropriation for mafnlaining it
being small.
Hie Germans of Indianapolis (En
glish's home are very sever in tbeir
denunciation of the Democratic nominee
for Vice-President.
Capt. Lincoln, of the Tenth Infantry,
wbo shot and killed a drunken n-rivale
soldier who liKHiltetl him, has been ac
quitted by court-martial.
Very lanze numbers of immhzranta
are marching on Indian Territory, ami
it me military are instructed to eject
the Invaders tbera trill be trouble.
Beecber denies that he has abandoned
the orthodox faith, and says he believes
in tbe inspiration of th Bible, the doc
trines at tbe trinity and atonement, and
the apostles' creed.
A Milwaukee woman of excellent
family is nnder arrest, 'charged with
having having poisoned her step-mother
and atep-broilier In order lo get posses
sion of tbeir property.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
says tea can and will be extensively
raised In the uulf States In tbe future,
ft will yield 250 Bounds to the acre, at a
profit of 20 cents a pound.
Lawrence It. Jerome and Edward M.
Patched, two well-known and wealthy
young men of New York, recently stole
$37,200 worth of stock from a meosenger
boy, and have been arrested.
The removal of U. B. Marshal Fita-
sioiHiooa ef Georgia is asked, because
be Is in sympathy with "moonshiners,"
and retards the U. S. revenue olticers in
their efforts to capture illicit stills.
The National Educational Association
began He nineteenth annual geseion at
Cbatauqua, N. Y., on tbe 13lb, witli en
couragiug attendance. Prominent edu
cators from ail parts of the country
were present.
Yellow fever has appeared in New
Orleans. A sailor of a Rio Janeiro ves
sel died there ot the disease. Tbe crew
were not iu quarantine, and every pre
caution has been taken to protect the
city's health.
It Is Impossible at present to tell any
thing about tho crops in tbe est, as
manipulators of the grain maraei nave
their agents in all localities, and mag
nificent lying la done both as regards
Jail are and success.
Kearney was not present on the sand
lota of Han Francisco last Soaday."
Three meetings were ruunlug, and
there doubtless woo Id have been a row
had not the police, to the number of
100, been detailed to prevent disturb
ances. Ths Minneapolis KepoMlcans have
nominated Washbuino for Congress
without a dissenting voice,. .This will
severely rebuke tbe attempt of Ignatius
Donnelly to overthrow the will of the
people as expressed at the polls two
jeirs ago.
At Danville, Vs., on tbe 9th, Thomas
DeJarnette, aged 20, allot his sister Mol
lis five limes iu an effort to kill her.
She was an inmate of a bagnio, and he
wished to "wipe out the drscraee of hia
family." Tbe girl embraced hlui before
he was taken, to prison, saying he was
right, and begging tbat he be not punished.