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THE CONVENTION.
XLyrltnda ofJWomsjvSulIragel all oyer Oregon are
" asked to remember tie "forthcoming FUte. Con
. mention and lend their aid to make It grandjiuc-r
tnu. Uin y who cannot attend can send the an
ual fee of one dollar, and as much more aa they
can spare, to Mrs. M. A. Mmunas, oi inu-cjiy,
tfi Corresponding Secretary of the, Association,
who will faithfully report all funda placed in her
Band. Thla money la needed for campaign funds.
Tti YTM.-C. Anialt has been secured for the
suasion,' which will begin on Tuesday, February
Hi, at 10 a. M., and continue through four days,
t . . mmw ' ' t . 1 I . I 1 I
llung weanesuay evening, aim owing uh r n
day night. . . . ' -" - f
' THE WOMAN'S CONOHr; : j
Perhapa there is no womnif'i association In
America that is Indirectly prodiictlve of greater
good In adrabcing the iolitlcallreedm'of women
titan ih WomanartngrtC Tlieldea of this
Congress originated with Kllzabeth Cady Stan
Ion, who deMred tlmPir should te especially
political In Its nature from the first. - Other
leaders.. Joined, the movement at an early date,
WOMEN AS FINANCIERS.
--Never- in- the hIstoryJofchurch-bulldIrig and
mTnlser-supportlng enterprises In this or any
other country , have men been enabled to manage
the finances of their religtoua work, without the
aid of women, who 'have raised the money to meet
the debts while men have borne the; honors and
filled the responsible places. Even 'the 'Young
.Men'a Christian Association, of this city, which
Jgnorea the 'eUtenoV of women Jn Its title i
forms of government (though it does admit the
existence of souls for them1, has become so deeply
involved that nothing hut the financial manage
ment of the women It Ignorea will ever pay Its
enormous, back rent or sustain It current
expenses. H , -. '." . ' "'V ' ;
The Open Temperance Association was always
In debt while the men managed Its finances; but
the ofllcers appealed to women In their strait, and
the result was magical. A'fewniwlal7uppeni
and concerts were given, and the result was a re
: pJenifhtJ exchequer, rent .paid beforehand ,a new
piano, and a happy, Belf-respectlng society. ,
Tlie Nkw 'Nokthwkht advises the Christian
Association to drop the appellation," "Young
Men's," and take women into copartnership and
bestow "upon "them a share of the "offices. Then
let a committee of women be appointed to man
age the finances, and the debt will be paid. But
women should refuse to do the work until they
are recognized as individuals by the Association.
, The finances of the Government also need the
managing ability of women. If they were voters
the spirit of-patrlotUm could easily be aroused by;
the leaders among -them to audi, a degree that
they could,; and doubtless would, hold i fairs
enough upon a few successlre Fourths of July to
Iay the National debt. .1
THE WOULD MOVES.
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Francis Dana Gage is writing to the Woman $
Jourrutl from her lu valid' retread giving Inter
esting rcmlnlinence of the early days of the
woman movement. ' Aa an instance of the consist
ency of the opHUion in those days, she tells of a
meeting lu i3,' lu Dayton, Ohio, where sjie jiad
been advertised for the first speech, and had taken
her place on the platform, when a eolumn'of well
dressed ladies, Very fashionable and precis,
marched Jn, two and two, a nVl spreading tlienj
selves ina semi-circle In front of the platform,
asked leave to be heard The President of the
meeting gracefully bowed assent, and they forth
with proceeded to say tlnU they were delegated by
a meeting of Dayton laxiies to come hither and
remonstrate against the "unseemly and junchrls
tian posit ion" the wpruen had takenho were
seeking notoriety by making themselves conspic
uous before men. Of course Mrs. Gage was much
more than a match for the "shrinking dignity" of
tthese canting' wIseaivsTiey retired lu confu
sion, with a realizing sense of their own "conspic
uous" position to keep them company. Doubtless
the greater part of these enemies to human rights
have long since' capitulated. Quite a number
have become apostles of the cause they ouce
ought to retard. The world mores, and the ob
stacles of the pat become milestones to mark. the
progresrof the riht, as years pass and humanity
marches onward toward the goal of liberty."
who deemed Itlnextiedleut to allow Woman Buf-
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lragetWUlseowrill-iheiXnigrele it ainiiKioii ua inr iom biiu iuiioi
rejudice against Jt was supposel to be too strong
for the association to overcome. Mrs.1 Btanton,
lading herself unable to control the elements of
sycophancy with which she had to deal, quietly
withdrew to the background, with other brave a 1-
lteroftheTBalI6rT6r woman, and patiently
'waited developments." ''. . . '
. Th Congress has now been an i organized asso
eUtlon for several years, and, In spite of the
efforts of sonte of the leaders, to taboo the subject.
Woman Buffrage has become 4 1 greatest: issuer
The snembers are no longer scared by the thought
at the ballot, and the officers have at last yielded
t Ui logio . of events and bicoine BufTraglsts
Ormselveai Papers written by women are real
y women at every session , Uon political econ
omy, the science of government, the responsibili
ties of citizenship, the care of children, labor
saving machinery, chemical cookery, cooperative
housekeeping, the dignity of labor, hygiene, mon
archies, republics, finance, farmers' wires, manu
factories, and other topics, all evincing theHeep
eai analysis and-closest study, '.combined-with
woman's practical Insight into the common-sense
application of such Ideas as are vastly needed in
.the oounclls -of the N atlon. Women of - culture
aducatlon, wealth and refinement are studying!
ne neeus or me poor iuu uuieraie 01 ineir sex,
ut not, as in times past, with the view of dis
pensing charity among' them.' They re rather
devising ways and means to assist them in help
ing themselves; They are teaching the over
worked wives In farmers' kitchens, n city and
Tillage boarding-houses, and In dresa-makers' and
aailllners' shops, that when they do the work,'
heir husbands have no inoral right, and should
Save no legal power, In any State or Territory, to
eontrol the moneyT"" ' ; . ,
r Tlese thoughts, reflections and efforts have rc
ayed upon the women who comose the Congress.
At everjrjurn they have, discovered.that.the one
thlqg needful inthe hand of working men or
women Is Ihe ballot the law-making, law-con-trolling
power th rough which alone any class
may command the control of Its own earnings.
These wealthy ladles no longer say that they have
all the rights they want, for they see that the rich
and the fortunate compose but a very small pro
portion of the women of the country who are
taxed without representation and governed with
out consent. --! ' ' ' -
7 On December 16th, In the United States Senate,
V r. Hoar presented a petition for Woman Suf
frage In the Territories, which he said was signed
fry ladles of the highest attainments and occupying-places
of the highest respectability in society,
and which contained arguments that, to his
saind, had never received any answer worthy of
the name of respectable argument, The morning
hour having expired,, the educational bill came
Dp, and the further consideration, of the question,
Wa deferred. Commenting on the action of the
venerable Beaator from Massachusetts, a Denver
paper aalcjt "Orandam llpar, of the Senate,
thinks the right of suffrage should be Immediately
conferral upon the fair sex. The good old lady Is
fortunate In having as co-laborers the pugnacious
Lucy Stone and our own spirited Dr. Bliss.'
Which moved the Denver Ant clops to remark
had -"sustained the Senator's assertion that no
tad . yet been made
Voraan 8uflrge,',
to the reasons urged' for
AT WASHINGTON,
""The American Woman Suffrage Association,
under the leadership . of the Stone-Dlackwell-Livermore
combination, held a very Interesting
December.. The . .Woman's ' Journal says the
weather was all that could be desired and the
meetings -were a decide! success. .-Dr. Mary II.
Thomas was chosen President for the Sex t yearw
the clothes In the back porch when her, blood was
heated and the wind was blowing, she taken her
pen In hand and ponders long and earnestly upon
Mipeaker
were read from absentees. On Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Hayes received the members of the Associa
tion In the White HollseTwlttiT eordiallty,"
says Lucy Stone, "most becoming to her and de
lightful to us." Eight States were represented In
the convention, and great harmony characterized
the entire deliberations. The East Is moving Jn
the work, but not so rapidly as the West. Massa
chusetts Is doing well, but Oregon Is doing better.
The little editor of tfie La Grande Republican is
wrong In thinking the editor of the Nkw North
west la "mad" at him for regarding as unconsti
tutional the laws affectlngvthe rights of married
women. A difference of opinion does not Imply
anger. It would be foolish to get Angry at any
tiling so shallow as his article, and we grant him
the privilege of thinking as' supcrflcially as he
likes, However, we would prefer that he should
not misrepresent us, as -he does in aylngweop
posed tle-hlll toaiestablisli nd -protectrtherTightff
of married women." " We simply denounced the
double-dealing of - the woman- wW-eame-1 nto our
office, proclaimed herselfa Woman Jjuifxaglst,
expressed an earnest wish' for the triumph of .the.
cause In which we afe worklng,7and then went
forth to try to Impede what she ;had sanctioned.
We are sorry we hit Brother Wilson so hard, see
ing Ttlhfkes him squirm, but ho'H feel better after
Iht good-natured blow quits hurting.
In Mound townshlpMiaml county, Kansas, at
the. Presidential election, a married lady by the
name of Geha, or Gier, attended the polls, and de
manded the right to vote. In presenting a ticket
to the board, she said that under the Constitution
of the State of Kansas she most assuredly had a
light to vote, even If It was at a' general election,
as the Constitution declared there should be equal
privileges granted without regard to sex on edu
cational matters. She said as Miss Sarah Brown
was a candidate for State Superintendent onone
of the tickets, she claimed the right to vote for
her. She did not ask it as a favor, but as a right,
After a short consultation, the board decided that
Mrs. Geha had a right to vote for the said Miss
Brown, and her ticket was counted accordingly;,.
"7 A t lat a weak - at tack has been made on the
votaries of polygamy. Governor: Murray of
Utah has Issued a certificate of election to Allen
G.. Campbell, Gentile candidate for Delegate to
Congress, though George Q. Cannon, the Mor
mon, had a large majority of the votes cast it be
ing shown that Cannon is not a naturalized cltl
ten of the X'nlted SUtesXongressman W'illiU of
Michigan has charge of a bill which, proposes to
punish and discourage Mormonlsmby disfranchis
ing those who practice polygamy. Ilei'hopes to
get the bill reported this session, so that the next
Congress may deal effectively with the Nation's
disgrace." v ' '
Governor Porter, of Indiana, who was inaugu
rated at Indianapolis on Monday last, is undoubt-
tVatlti-Tmitemiioraryriryts
us that hs urges that at' least two women be ap
answer worlliyWniTlaeTTf
ble institutions, and pays women a high compli
ment for their capacity.
-Tlie Washington W, In' commenting' on the
people who attended the American Suffrage Con
vention, Dec. 16th and 17th, says: "The audience
wa composed chiefly of ladies. The character of
the faces-impressed one-favorably as evincing a
.high degre-of-inteHlgetlce antl-stainped with
the Impress which thought leaves." It was an as-
srablage eminently resiectable, and it-would
hare been hanl to find a masculine audience that
represented as much fiower and Influence In the
world as this assemblage of quiet and thoughtful
women. They were the heads of fumlUe. the
leaders in the church work, and the arbiters of the
social world and yet they were, convened to se
cure more power. ' The. character of those assem
bled made the object of their gathering" an
anomaly, Tliey were probably the nwt powerful
soap-suds and hardrubl)Tng on the wash-board,
-ud there's a cold In hejheadrfrom banging out
L. B. Cox, which scribbles for the Eqt Orego-
nian, lias already Incidentally 'received more no
tice In these columns than Its Importance der
mands, and we must decline to further lower the
New Nojithwest by engaging In controversy
with it or replying to. the long tirade of abusive,
vilifying and slanderous invective against the
founder and senior editor of this paper, which it
scrawled on the 1st int., though profe-wlng to be'
"loth to enter upon personalities" (to the amount
of more than a column).When tt can advance
some -argument against the equal rights of human
beings, Instead of Its assertion that "no lady
wants to vote," we shall give Its remarks our at
tention; but we will not attempt to compete with
it in its chosen field of scurrility, billingsgate
vulgarity and obscenity.
Johtt K Swifts of Callforniar one of t he Coram I
China, has arrived In
the treaty was authentic. He further says that,
In addition to. the points heretofore-inade-publlc,
the treaty contains, a clause reserving to the
United States the right to terminate, at any time)
the residence of Chinese laborers In this country.
It was also tacitly understood that the Chinese
cannot be naturalized in the United States, and
that naturalizations already accomplished shall
be considered null and voId.Mr. Swift denies
the report that the Chinese met th4?ommlaslon
era half way in their propositions, and Says that
the points sought were -only - accomplished by
persistent-effort. :" -" ""
From the Oregonian of last Friday :' "If ex-
Senator Sprague continues as he has begun,- he
will win the suit for his wife before the divorce
trial commences. The. fair verdict of honorable
men will be that any woman ought to be released
from a man like him. Whenhe sayiThe Wiall
leave no stone unturned to bring his wife's whole
life out,' It merely, shows that aV great Injustice
was done the world when he was permitted to
marry. Such unmitigated meanness ought to
furnish ample grounds for divorce. To chain a
gifted woman to such .a narrow mean and vin
dictive, fool, Is a thing which no code of morals
ought to be invoked to Justify."
Mr. E. B. Kbbert, of Springfield, writes to the
proprietors of the New Northwest: '"I wish
you to send your valuable paper during the com
ing year. I have-takeurhasryearrand
don't feel like doing without It. You will find
the amount of subscription within." -
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Tlie Independence ' Hirer commenced its
third volume with the current year. . It Is a good,
clean paper, and lias frankly, said earnest words
for the rights of women. The people of Polk
Its
county should and do appreciate It, and
ronage Is gobdT -
pat-
Any publisher or printer who. may want a com
plete newspaper outfit (except press), will learn
of something to his advantage by consulting our I Dr --r
ocwBUTerusemenu-inis wee a.
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"YOURS TRULLS'
Tlie M-ashing atBeaver Dam Farm fias long
been an Intolerable nuisance,-and Yours Truly U
determined to relieve her mind of a rousing com- ,
plaint, even If it is impossible to get rid of the
burden. . .,. 4 . '
'r One would think there was arable land enough
in ail conscience In the three thousand acres con
jointly owned by the governor, Yours Truly, and
he adorable Jim ; but' Jim and the governor
think differently, so they persist In keeping. half
a score of lasher,w grubbers and , tree-fellers at
workdurlhg every Winter stason, thereby, mak- f
Ing so much extra care and work and dirt and
discomfort for Yours Truly that, she, sometimes
grows as desierate as the cow-county editors do
when, they attack you, Mrs? D., and; who think,
when they have jthey throwtrTnud atyou, they '
have.glven-deatJ-blow.to-Woman Suffrage. 1
But Yours Truly profits somewhat by their sad "
example, and stays her jpen ..Jhenshe
Teal shelpohoulti unwittingly make a fool of
herself a tight that, is t present monopllzelhy
the average voter. " ' ' ,
Yo Hung 1 the autocrat of Beaver Dam Farm.", -Tlie
governor used to rule here, or think he did,
hut there isn't a shadow of doubt about the ruling
capacity of Yo Hung. "There is a deal of washing
tq do for the family, which' -consists of mother
and the governor; Jim and Yours Truly, Number
One, who Is Just old enough to get Into all sorts of
Imaginable and unimaginable pickles, and Num
ber Two, who toddles and creeps constantly
through -theT house, going everywhere the cat
goes. Of course, half a score of extra farm hand
largely rfii'crease the washing of sheets, pillow
cases, table linen, towels and uapkius; for Yours .
Truly will have everythiftigiJe&u4f-t he-plow1 -stops.
Not so the autocrat. Yo Hung. ''Any
thing is good enough for men," lie thinks, and he
absolutely refuses to do; their, washing, which
brings the extra burden upon the -protected and
supported shoulders of YoursTruly, And how,
while her .hands are sore, from Ihe effect of hot'
sioners. to China, has arrived in San Francisco,
He states that the import telegraphed to the New
York 7rmW-mlthe-Partftc9ttst
body in Portland to Inaugurate such a reforms
tlon, Mri Di? If Yours Truly lived In the city,
she'd show you how to do, It. But, upon second""
thought, It Is not the city, but the country, that
needs cooperative laundries.:. The Yo If ungs of
Portland who keep wash-houses are Hot autocrats.
Yours Truly has been wondering for the iast
half-minute why half a dozen women within the
radius of half a dozen miles In the country might
not unite their forces at some convenient point -
and hire a Chinaman to do their washing for a g
nomina! sum. Why might we not have a coop
erative-laundry as well as a cooperative
grist mill ? Time was when every woman ;
ground the family corn In. a home hopper. There.
is no more reason why they should not do so now
than there is reason for every woman's cleansing
the family linen at the home wash-tub.
Jim came in Just as . Yours Truly had penned
the above sentence, and peeped over Iter shoulder.
"What's all this about V he asked, with a giggle.
"Read and. see," demurely said Yours' Truly,
a 1 raveled halt of
Two to her knee and untangle.
yarn from his busy fingers. - -: ;
Jim looked hard at Yours' Truly for a lnlnutei,
and went off Into an explosion of laughter. - ,
"You don't mean to send that nonsense off for
publication?" he said, Inquiringly.
"To be sure I do I." was the dignified rejoinder.
"And to go a step further, while we're under that
head, I may as well tellyou that I've cheated the
last Chinaman out of his wages at the wash-tub.
White men won't wash and white women oughtn't
to, and the Chinamen shall have my share of the
business hereafter." ---
"But you say o Hung rebels."
i'So do I( rebel." x
"Then what will he done next ?"
"The same thing you would do if I were to die,
Jim. Get somebody else." . . r r
Jim whistled and looked; perplexed. Yours
Truly arose to her fullest height (five feet one
inch) and exclaimed pathetically :
"Look, my adorable protector. Behold these
battered hands and this tired form. Let your
eyes dwell upon these bouncing hoy s and let;
your thoughts revert to the thousand Ills that
woman's flesh Is heir to. and then ask yourself
this . question :DldYou rsjlrul v3airalaJforall.
mis overworn wnn sue Diarrieu you ?'.;
"If j'ou're not satisfied with the way t treat
Jou, vou're at liberty to. pack your duds and
ravel 1" exclaimed the adorable Jim, who had
once knelt at Yours Truly's feet and begged her
to marry him. declaring he couldn't live without
her, and that ne would willingly work his fingers .
off to keep her in ease and luxury I
Number One came Into the room, crying lustily.'
Yo Hung had hurt his feelings by a cross word,
and Yours Truly stooped to soothe him, with
tears In her eyes. . : :
Jim left the room hastily, slamming the door af
ter him with a bang. Yours Truly composed her
own feelings as best she could, and soothed Num
ber One Into quietude, and put a clean apron on
Number Two. Then she resumed her seat and
finished this letter, not omitting a single Item.
When It Is oubllshed. Jim shall see It. and vou
shall know tlie sequel, Mrs. IV That every over
worked woman who reads tbhr letter mav resolve
that some plan shall be invented to relieve her of
the labors of the wash-tub, is the closing wish
: '-r" ' YocRJi Tbcly.
I Beaver Dam Farm, January 10, 1881. .
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