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TOUTLANU, OltEOON, TUUI18DAY, , DKCKMHKH 2;t. 18H(L
rasters JttF:aoNJ
IB8. DCNIWAY AT U ftRADE AXD PENDtKTON
t iiek ttsuai!" T.nnKT'' op-xkws-a -
(! - rcoXTKMlTIIil.K "KiHTOB."
IKAB ItKAIiriM or THE NKW NwUTHWEHTt , -.
'" Tlie heuvy Bilow-torm, which hold us in thrull
In Ja (irande at the lakt writing, contlnuel with
unabated rijr untifTuemlay, the 6th Inst, when
the weather duddenly moderated, with every indi
cation of u fepwdy briklug-up of the, Wluter
King's reign-.-The eUlrns of Iji (Jrande and
ylclplty turned out n'mntme to the lectures in
spite of the storm, and ou Babbath evening the
Methodist church' was again crowded, the clotdng
discourse, : "The Centennial Year," lelng the
theme, of the hour. Jtey. Mr Eade, the pastor in
charge, very kindly gave us the use of Ids pulpit,
And a choir of ladies and gentlemen furnished ex
cellent music for each occasion! - - : 7
" . lion. M. Kaker, a leading Eastern Oregon law
yer, nsldes here, and has Jone much in times past
to make Woman Kuflrage jiopular. 'ills 'interest
I ing family are also leaders in the causer and we
" shall lSe our- guess if Miss Jesle Ha kur doesn't
make a platArnrtar. Mrs. Ellis, Mrs, Chaplain,
; Mrs. Crtndfllj irs. Alison, Mrs. Akloy, Mrs.
-rValtoccMrs7t?ra
assisted us much in our work by their kindly In
fluence; and a large number of young ladles and
gentlemen 'who. attend the University', evinced.
their interest in the cause by their nightly qttond
ncg andjiearb' cooperation. , .-
The '.deep, snow retarded our work socIallytoTi
' 'grease x tent, but we ventured forth a little In the
business pnrt of the town during the daytime, and
found MrsAnson8 well-fllletTami well-jmfttmlzed
dry gooils. store, 'Mrs. Akley's variety storey'tlie
large men-antlie house of Knodgrass A Miner, the
furniture stre of Mr. J. AV. Oray, the Land Office,
" lnwhich'Mr. Dwlxht is lteklstar and Mr. Chatv
lain Itecelyerranl the onicfeof the 1'awtern )
the editor and publisher, a little Englishman, who
thinks women ought not to vote-bwause.theyUo'
not fighiT tfnd yet, If the conscription actwere to
IgoIintoIeflL
danger of Uie draft, for he isn't tall enough for
military duty but lie vote. This little. editor,
who lias all his life prior to.thls been a suliject of
Queen Victoria, and who thinks the English gvv
ernment the grandest under the sun, is also afraid
that .Woman Huffrage will take Amerl.can women
""""ourofllieTrsphere. He took occasion,-' du ri ng ou r
1 visit, -to print a column of what he doubtless
Thought was argument, to prove that all laws that
'recognize the Inalienable rights ofmarried worn-
en to liberty and property are ''unconstitutional.'
Hl attempt at argument la ton shallow forEefatfr
little house was full to repletion, but in the coun
try there is ajway room-ftr iiore. "Mr.:Hhoe-
maker found refuge in the barn, and the- under-
jelgnedjhared zihe iJahdlady'icouch, llehlnd ja
frieiHlIy curtain. About two o'clock in tne morn
ing the stage came over from La Grande, and the
good woman anwte from her bed and math? pallets
all over the.tloor for. the chilled and sleepy travel
ers, who dumped themselves 'down with their
boots on and snored lustily till morning. ' 5
After breakfast, Mr K returnetl to Grand
Ronde, and we took a seat leside a gentlemanly
Dutchman In the great Concord "coach, which was
lashed full of mall bags, inside and )ut, with more
valises, baskets and trunksjjn addition to bump
our heads, against than we cared to take note ofr
The "chlnoak!lhad made the descent of the moun
tain muddy, slippery and dangerous ; but the
careful driver rough-locked the Under wheels,
and we reached the valley with only a half-dozen
hair-breadth escape from the danger of overturn
ing, '-
A dozen miles farther on, in a sink in the up
lands, Is the thriving town of J'endletoii, which,
like all other frontier places we have visited, is
growing rapidly. We were soon at home In the
new and excellent hotel known as the Yillard
Housed IJvermore A Ellis, proprietors -Hee,
greatly to our delight, we met Mfs. M. J. Hall, a
1 well-kuo wU' d resjsmaker-of rorUamlr- ml - were
suddenly reminded that we were sadly in need of
repairs. A dress was Hirchasetl from the store of
the Ilium Brothers, also formerly of Portland, and
several Itours were spent In matching trimmings,
buttons and the like. What a great blessing it
wmkl-be' for,bur-y,mTiFn-1f "thry-mUl--
clothiers' and get an outfit ready-made,TrmThave
the agony off of their ml mis. A good bath and
sound sleep prepared us for the forthcoming lec
tures, two of which have , been given at thlswrlt'
ing,: ami have beeaweU--atteudetllnjpltLif the
shocking condition of the-ntreets. The "chlnook"
has melted the snowrand tneSmud and slush re
nd us of ajanuary thaw in Imnols. There is
fisiderablersicknessr- tiereiTOing mainly to-the
want of prolKT-dnilnagoaVe flnr old friends
upon every hand, and hot a few new ones. . The
Trihunr.' a live weeklv. Republican natter, is
frlehdly to our mission, but the if Orryonifirf
Jrllfynier'a-faperr is on therampage afterwr
as usual, with the classic vernacular of the liar-
bary Coast. The good citizens are ashamed of the
thine that thinks itself an editor, and whicfi, with
the sublime Impudence of the puppy that barked
at the moon, sent ir a copy of its iaHT containing
Jt9scurrllity with-it compliment. It la easy
enough, to furnish unanswerable arguments dn
favor Of, right JnH, but. t U impnanlhla in.
tlon7 butit goes t(Tprove how hard thendoctrinrof
masculine sdpremacy Is dying in some quarters,
and how far-fetched are some of its excuses for vA
little longer lease of. unlimited power over the
"mothers of men. J v
One evening, durlngthe progress of the lecture,"
everybody who wanted women to have equality
with men before the 'law, was asked to rise.
Everybody got up and was astonished to see every-
body "else da likewise. - There -wa - no negative
vote, and the affirmative was declared unanimous.
Monday 'evening came, nd we were ready to
pursue our homeward way, but the staged which
-ameby fitmr Unlotimrunneiwraa full to-w and who of course bellevea that
flowing, and we were compelled to wait till morn'
lng. But we got paid for waiting, for we engaged
the escort of Mr. J. II. Hhoeniaker, a gentleman
Well known in Portland, and on Tuesday came
every the Blue Mountains with him. In a cutter.
The roads were excellent. The four-horse stage
goee oveMhe route each way dally, and freight n to speak again; subject, " Lesson of the Cen
teams are constantly passing, keeping) the snow
packed and In splendid condition for 'sleighing.
In many places the snowaslireerjfouxJeet
deep, but In others not deeper than at La Orande,
where we Judged the average fal to have been
fifteen Inches. Took dinner at the old Meacham
station, not far from the camps of the railway
surveying jwrty.,.. It e will not be many months
before staging in the Blue Mountains will have
become a thing of the past.
At nightfall we reached the last mountain sta
tion,' but not before the now grew wet under the
cutter's shoes, apprising us that the "chlnook"
was In the air and upon the land, and the slelgh
"lnf on our route at an end. The "chlnook" is A
warm soath wind that melts the snows like the
blasts otjijlmooalts breezes are as pleasant as
the- breath: of May to the traveler and no snow
an live In them. They had' played all day upon
the southern and western slopes of the mountains,
laying bare the muddy earth, and of course our
sleigh could go no farther r Mrs. Luney, the
bright and obliging, little .woman wio keeps the
station, consented to keep us over night. The
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furnish those voters who lack understanding with
sufficient brains to comprehend theml If Mr.
Turner wants any, more apologies printed in the
TiKW JioKTHWKST, we'd advise him tu dismiss
"that io6r afsSTogy for' an editor or" lake Jils Own
name from the columns of his iuper.
We are so worried because of the Ice blockade
that prevents our return to PortlamLthatl we
scarcely know which wajrto turn. :But the pre
ent mi Id weat her wi 1 1 su rely bu rst- tlie-dce-1 n-t he
Cascades of the Columbia and Tear the way for
steamers before Christmas. r A. 8. 1).
P. 8. Sunday; i a., M. Another L ffrie audience
last t liigni ; . sunjeci, "ine ssew lspensaiion."
Put the questlonof Woman Suffrage to a vote
with a satisfactory result. Put the negative, and
a man whose excellent wife lsahousekeeier-at
women aBoisupported by men, arose promptly.
Called for others, and a boy got up. Asked the
sovereign citizen if he could tell us why women
oughtn't to vote. There was no answer, and the
merry applause that followed was as universal as
enthusiastic. To-night, by unanimous vote, we
tury." To-morrow, at two o'clock, a Umatilla
Count jjfl'oman Suffrage Association Is to be or-
ganIzedlTheweathercontlnues warm and sul
try, too warm for health or comfort But the
"chlnook" has dethroned the, Ice king, and we
have little fear this morning that we can be at
home for the holidays. A..8.;P,
A CHANCE V()R Wo.IEX.
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8me days since! three young women enteml
tho nfflce of the Brookfyti-'iWj7e,to- work as Iwhk
posltors, whereupon thirty men "struck," and re
fused to, work another hour unless the women
were sent-awayt One of , tlje strikers, speaking
for the rest, said they quit iecause It was'degrad-
Ing to work with Women at the printing trade, a
remark which he afterwards modified by saying
they meant It was degrading for, women to work
with men. Of course this explanation Was an
after-thought, as the real cause of the strike wiw a
selfish desire to keep women out of an Important
department of industry, and maintain a monopoly
of It baei, on sexiir ylass distinctions. But
either way it y as a direct slur on all women, em-
lis m t aW t lil.
pnasiKeti oy inereiusaioi uie men 10 wora wun
them. Woman is not an Inferior Udng, to be put
off with lowest 4mpl.oyments. She Is" not on a
level With the Chinaman, and her comietition
therefore does not degrade the noble white' man.
The .men who refused to- work'with.w.oinenlu the
Brooklyn printing office simply affected the "Ifig
Injun" style. This Is one of the cases which are
constantly occurring to weaken and destroy that
beautiful theory that men represent women -and
take care of their interests. It Is one of the. In
stances that go far t prove- tliat while- men- In
thelrafter-dlnnerTemarks and sft sjMeche, In
song and story, may wax eloquent, and in glow-
Jng phrases exalt womenas suKrlor. ltings and
endow them with angelic qualities in the highest
degree, yetwhen they -.come down, to real prac
ileal ever'-day business da not allow women who
In atiyjtfay come Into emTfTTrX?mw
klmr of fair play. All such say In ctlect that
women should not Is? allowed -to choose their ' Own
way of making a living, nor 'allowed a chance to
make it."" The assumption is based on the mean
Instinct surviving from the times of tarbaritn
that woman should be kept as a drudge in ji Urn
ited range of employments a6 small pay, and that
tfldiewirtrtatoflo
out of her sphere." The Brooklyn Incident Is but
one among a multitude of sImIUf onesof!aHy oc
currence In which this chivalrous and knightly
protest against giving, woman, a c.hanco to help
herself Ja 1 made.- On morning- ipers, where en
durance and 'highest physical efficiency are re
quired, it la but rare that a woman can be' found
able to endure the continue! strain of a compos I
tor's work ; but on afternoon "and weekly papers
women can very well fill all requirements lu this
line. In all parts f the country "large numbers
of them -are engaging in It. One of the great
jieetls of social refiinu Ja.cUhirgeiU4int ot-ile-nebi
of Indeiiendent employment for women. If young
women were shown how they could support
themselves decently and In Independence, fewer
ofttrem would bo driven 10 marry 1 worthless
young meu llalflhe. marriages en tered Jnto.by
young women who take this step because they
can't do anything else, are. Imprudent and foolish
in themselves and evil in their results. vWere
young women taught to support themselves and
shown ways to do ltthere would be fewer precip
itate and inconsiderate marriages, a propcrre
stratnt upon which would be the greatest of all
possible social reforms.
Tlie"' University College ': Coimclir Toronto
Canada, has declined to admit a young laily who
has passed with credit at least two examinations
in the University, on the assumption that it
would lead to a subversion of the moral order and
dlsclpllne-of the institution." Ex. 'The young
men attending that University must be an ex-
cesdingly vile crqwd lf one girl's presence .would
be so disastrous.
Trom the Pendleton Tribune of December 17th t
"Notwithstanding the scurrilous- article towards
Mrs. Dunl way, published In the last Issue of the
Enl Orrgoninn, the editor of that paper Joined
the Woman Suffrage Association organized at the
Court House on Monday everiingl'CnsUtecyji
thou art a Jewel' " ,
B. Oratz Brown, of Missouri, in tlie three days'
discussion In the United Htates-Senate In 1800 on
Henator- Cowan' motion to tr ike "male'Lfrom
the District of Odumbia suffrage bill, said t "Mr.
President, I say here on the floor of the American
Senate, I stand for Universal suffrage, and, as
mattert)f fundamental principle) do not recognize
the right of society to limit It on any ground of
race or sex. I will go further, and say that I rec
ognize the right of franchise as being intrinsically
a natural right, I do not believe that society is
authorized to Impose any limitations upon It that
do pot spring out of the necessities of the social
state Itself. Sir, I have beeR-hoeked,-ln the
course of this debate, to bear Senator declare this
right only a conventional and political arrange
ment, a privilege yielded to you and me and oth
era; not a right In any sense, only a concession I
Mr. President, I do not hold my liberties by any
such tenures? On -the contrary, I believe that
whenever you establish that doctrine, whenever
you erystalize that Idea In the piibllor mlnd of this
country, you ring the death-knell of American
liberties." .: - - . X, :
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That women soon learn to effectively use the
ballot, Is shown bylth fact that- thejaromen of
Salem, Mass, (although school suffragejn the
Bay State Is in Its Infancy) recently held a meet
ing in the Interest of the reelection of the present
Superintendent of Schools,, at which they agreed
to give their support to Miss M, Creamer of Ward
1, Steven B, Ives. Jr., of Ward 2, James Donald
son of Ward 4, and Emma B. Ird of Ward 6,
?7o nominations were made for Wards 3 and 6.. -'.:
WOMAN SUFFRAGE UM ATI LfiA."
(Fmni IVnJLctuii,Trltubih-
Pursuant to previous announcement, a nutsbar
tf tlie friend of. Woman Juffraije met la tlw
Court House ou Monday, DcccmU'r 13tli, i w
ganlze a Umatilla (Jou,nty Woman SuilVage Ass
ciation. :' " ...... ,
$n motion, Mrs. Dunl way M-as ebt-ted PsesidciK
and Mrs..Desaln Secretary pro truu : - ;
Mrs. Dunlway briefly stated tlu obJeeto'oT the
meeting, ami submitted the form of a rnstltu
t Ion, which was accepted. A
The ele'tlon of jermanent officers was next la
ortier. Mrs, N. E. Desitaln was unaniniouslv
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Chosen President, and Mr., lit LIvermore was
made Ylce-President by a simitar vote. Miss
Josle liee was duly elected Reconllng Secretary,
Mr. J. It. Turner Corresponding Secretary, and -Mrs.
S. Seely .Treasurer. , ,
An Executive Committee of five was appointed
by. the Chair,- consisting of Mrs. B, B. Blshoij,'
M rsr-tV- Hexter, M r.-Jr-K-StatlerT MraV J
Hall and Mr. O. W. Walker.
A Committee 011 Resolutions Was appointed as
follows: .Mrs. J. Dcsjiain, Mrs. J. S. Statler and
Mrs. A. I Crawford... This Committee, after a
brief consultation, submitted the following report,"
which was unanimously adopt ed :
- WnmSAS, It 1 a ttmcwh'rinHpl In AMcrtoa pol-
XUt tliat rarcrnnnnl derive their junf povprs from tti
oiiMiit of the fiivprnHl; inl, wIh-d-mm, wunien in n
I'nlli'd HtMl srt UkpU tn mixlaln tht DoiTtrniiicnt mnt
n&y Ha Iswa In llnel violarion of this right of rotnent;
thf rrr, - v - .-.
AVWiwI, Thst W hoartl'y nnr In lh -tn f lira
!-f;Ulwliir of lrwo, In sutniilttlnv a nwtlnf ton for the rstlS- V
ml Ion ifth I'KlMlnlnrtMir IHWj, for m wmfiulltut tu wto
T'ot?SnTiTiTT!liStlTTi7 t 'tMtor 1
th elective fmnrhl" tipii th Women of Orvon In the
Hil lH'llin f lXKi. . r . .
Utmtltml, Thut our thank sit lu to the innmtivmufta
Uirgon Hit aiil Houtte of RrprwntNtlvea ot wh
VUm1 "aye'" on the Woman 8ufrrie r'olutln, for UifJr
ct of aim pie JifkMctijowsrd ths mnthora of men.
irmiimt. That we will u all honorable meana to eta-t
iiomhm to the (-KlNlatureof 1XH whosro plwlgwlto rt
If yjtha JH-tlon tf .1 he scMlomjf IH tut UntowlMg the
tlw fmnchli ut wonri. r- - - r
JJ1?.HJjo" NcTtrU "f ,t ..".".Tb. plea of the
anti-woman suffragists is that the exercise of the
eiectlvjcJranchlseis calculated to-lower the stanil--ar1
of womanhoodthat It would be degrading to
women to mix In the filthy pool of polities. That
argument Is answered by the fact that all of 01
Intelligent women mix more or less in ioHtIes
now, espM?laIly- In all lmjortant elections. In
Presidential elections they frequently become
quite as enthusiastic as the men, and that, too,
without any sacrifice of those flue traits that are
fmptsei wost ie aiorn a uma l! jOjglT!lSPrljyt
exercise of the franchise a momeijtary affair, and
In the performance of which we can see no more. -.-
Impropriety-for woman thnn ttrw u ip 1
unvellwl upon the street could not osslbly be
any more degrading than the waving of a haQ
kerclilef at a political procession, or occupying a
front seat at a political meeting. . They would ex
ercise the privilege with quite as much sound discretion-
and Judgment as the average male votec,
and. certainly with much less . corruption -and -whisky,"
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Luclnda B Chandler, of the Margaret Fuller
Society of Chicago, In a letter to the Inter-Ocean
says: 'Will not women, every where, who realize
the necessity of education upon questions of polit
ical Interest, endeavor to organize women's socie
ties - forthat- pu rpose ? The Margarets-Fuller
Society of Chicago is established toedueate
women In political economy and the principles of
government. Such organizations should be mul
tlplied.- I will be glad to receive communications -f
,-om any person, women especially, who sympa
thize with the idea of education, of study, and
discussion, as the method demanded for the exer
cise of citizen suffrage and a people's government.
If anyone would like further Information, or to
I consult JfLreference to the .furtherance of such -
organizations, please address-me at 16 Ogden av
enue, Chicago, III." t f
"What," asks a correspondent In Iowa, "wilt,
stand out more prominently In the history ef 'the
year 18X0 than the fact that 40,000,000 free people
chose for - themselves - a ruler ??,' - To- thl4 Hhe
Woman Journal answers t "In history the promi
nent fact of this election will be, that out -of forty,
millions of people, one-half, viz., all the women,
were denied the right and the chance to vote At
all, and that, too, after such service rnlhe war as
allies of the party In power, as no other allies ever
gave. These women are now the rtlltlml Jttl ;
of Jeff Davis. . This Is the fact that will stand out
most prominent In history." ...
The Buffalo horror thF burning of a number
of factory employes has aroused the Indignation
of the peophC ' Tliey censure the city authorities
for not providing fire escapee, and demand jt
searching irivestlgatlon-l
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