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VOLUME X. NO. 19: , - . ' PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1881. - PER YEAR-fS 00.
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MRS. DUNIWAY'S AOCOUXT OF TIIE IXtEBE8TIXO
MEETING OF THE YAMHILL COUNTY WOM
" "AN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. ..
'.-' McMinnville, January 17, 188L
PU RUDEM Or TBI Ntf. N'UKTHWINTt
Since the inauguration of the railroad era In the
.JYamhill Valley, there have bee n so many changes
in the f old landmarks that it is like visiting a
strange country to alight at the McMlnnvllle
depot, where trains from both ways meet and stop,
- while passengers and employes take dinner at a
pretentious hotel. The old stage-coach no logger
toots its warning horn as of yore ; but in its stead
the shOrtof thetlron horse awakes distant echoes,
"land the rumbleof tug railway cars resembles thfc
warnings that precede an earthquake. . v.
We see at a glance that McMlnnvllle has more
than doubled its former size and population since
the railroad -era. Miles -and ni lies of good side
walks lift the pedestrian above the soft prairie
mud; new, neat and substantial dwellings abound
on every handfr a half dozen churches are'visible,
and the main business ftreet, as well as the town
generally, very much reminds us of Albany.
Mrs. J. lie Vore Johnson of Clackamas, and the
undesigned from Multnomah were the ordy
-guestsfromher-twintleswhoT-
Woman Suffrage rally of Yamhill as co-workers ;
but the resident friends of the cause, were out in
force, and we had iTgran"tI,grand time. Tlie rally
was held in the new, neat and commodious town
hall lately erected - by our old :f rlehd of equal
rights, Mr. O. H. Adams.
The meeting was calfed
TfklayDy Mrs. ILA.
to order at & o'clock P. M,
Loughary, who briefly stated the objects of the1
mef ting. The constitution of the Association was
thenread and circulated for signatures and dues,
and warfollowed Toy the electioirof isfflcers Tor the
ensuing year The election resulted as follows:
President, MrsH. A. Loughary ; Vice-President,
Mrs. Ann M. Martin; Recording Secretary, Miss
N. B. Martini Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. S."
M. Kelty . Treasurer, Miss M. V. Olds.
r-The; President appointed the following cuiumlf
tees : On Resolutions Dr. A. K. Olds, Mrs. J.
De Vore Johnson, Mrs. A. S. Dunlway. On Pro
grammeMiss M. V. Olds, Mr. W.J. Loughary. :
The following stirring communication from
HoivLee Laughliny of North Yamhill, was read
- by the Secretary : ; ' ;
Every organisation having for It object the elevation.
enlightenment and larger liberty of every Individual, and
which it rives to secure, to each member of the community
... all the rights to which all persons are entitled by nature.
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Withheld from all the women of thl otherwise great coun
try, and Is withheld for no other reason than the alleged
disability bfwxr'Wat
said and written by the opponent of woman's enfranchise
ment, I have-not aeen or heard one valid reason, founded
poirjunttce and equity, for deriving Intelligent, patriotic.
-tax-paying women of the exercise of equal political right
with men. J have sufficient confidence In the Intelligent
desire of men to aeai justly with the women of this Ktate
to believe, since tne initiatory step has been taken for
restoring women their rights the passage of the Woman
Suffrage resolution by the laleT,cgiIaTufr foi1 amending
the Bute Constitution that an active Interest In the work,
ana a candid presentation or tne subject before the people,
will secure a Legislature for lKrtJ which will ratify the legis
lation already begun. And, after the endorsement of this
Tesohrtf hty3wosepaST rL3,t' be no
"difficulty In securing a majority vote In Its favor when It
comes before the people; for surely there will not'then be
found enough voters in the HUUe so selfish as to deny to
others the right which they prise for themselves more
highly Uian all others the right to vote,
After brjef addresses by pr. Olds and the uiuler
- signed, the Convention adjourned till 7 O'clock p. M.
The evening session brought out a large audi
ence. An excellent combination of brass and
string music was tarnished by an amateur band of
-jroung gentlemen, consisting of Messrs. Hawley,
Juoughary, Windom and the Sanders brothers.
Mrs. Loughary again stated the objects of the
ventlon and then Introduced Mrs. J. De Vore
Johnson, who favored the meeting for half an
hour with an interesting, spicy and logical essay,
entitled 'Our Thanksgiving," which we know
was written on the train as the lady was coming
up from Portland in tlie forenoon. The essayist
was accorded -the deepest attention and retired
amid hearty applause. V; r r- - ; ;
Brief speeches were then 'made by ,Rev. Mr.
Buss, Professor Johnson andJyour correspondent.
Next came the reading by Mrs. Johnson of Ten
nyson's "Lady GodWft," followed bya tumultu
ous encore. The lady responded with an inimit
able rendition of Vas Bender IIendphecked 7.
4elng again encored, she rendemla second Dutch
Legislature In granting equal property rights to the women
of Oregon. ' ... . ' r- '. .
AiMfnrf, That we thank the Legislature of UWO for IU
Just and generous act In passing a resolution for so amend
ing the 8tate Constitute that It may be legally possible
for the next Legislature to submit the proposition for a
Constitutional Woman Suffrage Ameadincnt to the vote of
the people In 4i.
Jftwofrerf. That pur thanks are specially due to Senators
Hurch andMcConnell and Representatives Laughlin and
Galloway of Yamhill, who voted "aye upon the Woman
Suffrage resolution. ' . v
Knotted, That we urge the Kuffraglsta of the county to
litrni Woman Huffrage.clubs, hold mass meetings and con
ferences, and strive In every other honorable wajrto render
the movement acceptable to the people. "
Reaotvrd. That we wllF"Ueall honorable means to elect
men to the Legislature of 18K2 who are pledged to sustain
the Woman rUiffrage rewrJutlon passed by the Legislature
of imml' . . .( , ',. v ; '
AnoM, That we believe our fathers, brothers, husbands
and sons are not afraid to grant the women of th,e State
equal rights with themselves, and we look confidently to
them for the needed votes to Insure a Tlotory. ,
The resolutions called out speeches from Pro
fessor Johnson, Mr. Loughary, Dr. Olds, Mrs. Olds,
Mrs Loughary and , the undersigned, and were
unaniiAously adoptet ", .
- Adjourned to 7 P. M., when another immense
audience Vembled, very many not being- able to
obtain sea
After music by the band, your correspondent
was introduced by Mrs. Loughary as the speaker
of the evening, Vliyrot?M being the subject on
t occupied an hour ami a half.
torn Id the best orderand most respectful attention.
-Music was again furnished.
A' brief address fronk the-President cJosedrih
exercises, aud the Convehtloh adjourned iine die.
On Sunday, though there are six churches In
McMlnnvllle, there was uo preacher, and no
luoriilng eerctsei exeptliyMrvlcfftJylilemfy"
Warren In the old 01 lege wherV we usejl to go to
'meeting in tlie days of auld langsyne, to tisten,
with babe in arms, to the preaching of Father
ChandlerBut we. were told that these failures of
preacherado not often occur.T Rev. Mr. Hoberg
usually preaches In the M. E. church on the third
Sunday of . the month Rev, Nelll Johnson,
though stricken with the weight of years, occupies
the C. P. pulpit occasionally ; tlie Church of Eng
'-" "firkfri Hn PB'tTiflT'i ih" rhn"n prlns h1 tniatnrnu. afh.r tini rnir irlin n hia work
the Baptist church played truant Hence the lay
service above mentipneil was all we had ; but it
was good and acceptable." In the evening, the
commodious and well-arranged M. E. church was
opened by the obllgingtrustees for the large audi
ence which assembleuld hear, our lecture on
Lessons of the Century." lioqd order, harmony
and good cheer prevailed, and the' friends of fhu
man rig ht were glad. A - J r .'
svtnnafKv TKIfl la at tnnsi I m rwHa nl slK Am MH ..-!.. 1 . v"' " ' '
are going out' to . canvass and. reconnoiter. We
will tell you more about tjLewrran(Lpeoplg-iP
our nexu - , A. H. D.t-
We find the following among the uiicredlted re
print Items of an old paper: 'The wife, the home
maker, devotes twenty or thirty of the best years
of; her. life to bringing up her children. She is
their care-taker (no matter how many nurses
there jnaybejilayand, nlghthejoheursfe
when they are IU, and often their physician too,
She is comini6n, friend, counsellor and law to
them till they are grown. During the years that
her time has been so devoted, her -htwband has
t engaged-i n-busi ness-that- is res peeted--4serrou,
worthy' business that Is counted in the census,
and that rnade money. He has his profitsTlils
wealth,' to show for It. She has her fine sons and
(laughters. They are intelligent, conscientious.
educated chlldreii. Tliey are ti be the future phi
lanthropists like William Jioya liarrison, or
statesmen like George F. Hoar, or good farmers
or mechanics ; or they will be authors like Oeorge
Eliot or Louise M. Alcott, or artists like Harriet
Hosmer and Ahtrie Whitney, or gootl, sensible
mothers, or honest, worthy workers at the handi
crafts, or teachers. In whatever capacity they
serve, they will be good citizens. If we estimate
by results lhelife-woTlrof -man-ami -woman,
which is more serious, which is more important V
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Mrs. Belva A. Lock wood recently rose in the
JeWioirrHe Vasn't ConschlllatedV and mtolln.orn?J,I
mid'tumultuous cheers.
The meeting closed for the evening with .music.
Mnvened again on Saturday at 2 P. M. -The
Committee on Resolutions reported as
follows: '
.lKeteitml, That we heartUy concur i the recent act of Jibs
Supreme Court of the United Stales and said aiie
would like to add a few words to an argument thv
which had just been- made. Chief Justice Waite
said to her, You may proceed, and the matter as
to whether ft woman lawyer can speak in tle
Supreme Court of our land Is forever settled.'
The Clackamas Democrat adds : "One by one the
cobwebs of prejudice and discrimination are being
swept away by the Iconoclastic hand of progress
that respects not venerable age whenjulled with
Farmers' wives' and their needs.
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(From the New York 811114.
Mrs. Clara Colby, of Nebraska, read a very sen
sible paper before the Women's jpongres at Ito-
ion on tlie in wnlch attend the lire 01 me farmers
wifetHer folctutesTbf the characteristics of exist
ence on a farm were drawn chiefly from observa
tion of the. farming communities of the West and
of the far West ; but the life she describes Is little
different from that we see in the agricultural por
tions of even the oldest States at the East.
There is the same monotony, the same seclusion,
and the same lack of wholesome friction with
society, whether the detached farm is lu Nebraska
or in New York, and the dally routine in the one
place is very 'like that in the other. Moreover,
we must remember that our great farming regions
are no longer at the East; that the richest grana
ries of the country and ot the world are not now
in tlie Genesee Valley, but in Minnesota and be
yond. Mrs. Colby first spoke of early marriages as
fruitful of many troubles. Matrimony Is easily
undertaken in rural life, and the country girt as-,
sumes tlie cares of a household and of maternity
at an age wTieiTcity aud village girls are still at
school. Her' health Is likely to break' down In
consequence, her nerves to become shattered, and
the htrnlHhli which severe poverty adds to the
many which are necessarily 1 ucldent to farm life In
its beginning make-her old prematurely, and she
may add another to "the long list of farmers'
wives who are foundTnour Insane asylums."
When a country boy thinks of starting out for
himself in life, Ills first careJs to look out for a
wife junoug.the. neighboring glrhv Perhapa there J
are not many competitors to interfere with him,
and, If he is a likely young follow, he is not apt to
find It-hard to win a helpmeet. He is not after
money, nor a flue social alliance. - All he wants Is
a wife, and because he has nothing to offer but his
heart the girl is none the less ready to accept him.
Worldly considerations do not affect her choice of
a husband. - -
She receives a cow and a feather bed as her
dowry, and he gets a team from his father as his
was away from town, andJiev. Mrurohett-of-jngf the age of twenty-
one. Tins, sirs, uoiby says, is the common cus
tom throughout the region of . which she knows,
and If. is substantlallyihe same as that prevalent
in the-old States.
The couple may begin housekeeping on a rentetl
farm, oneHliird of the produce of which comes to
them for their toll. If they get more than a bare
subsistence, It must be an exceptionally good year
ror crops ami prices. ierhaps some 01 the young
men may be able to buy .their own farms, or make
ftJlrst payment on litem, in the East the oldest
and In tlHrAVestthe-jotmtcert's
it theliomesteadTliufr the life Is apt to be Irksome
to him, and at last he plucks up courage and goes
afterTilfrtmithers to new fields in the Westi r
i The most eastern States for these pioneers now
adays are -Iowa and Minnesota, but Jthe chief ob
jective Klnts are Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and
Texas. Dug-outs, unhealthy and gloomy at the
Tbest, maybe their first habitation, and even when
houses -are built, they are small, Inconvenient,
and finished only by degrees Tlie women's work
In them is peculiarly trying. "No pnejmJyJamlK
larwltktlie comforbleJiomeatcadiiif the East
can form any conception of what farming Is to the
4 Western woman. The fuel is not under cover,
the water Is hard to draw. When the land is
bought, aiwl not homestealed, there are the pay
ments to be met ; and until the land is clear, the
farmer feels that nothing must he expended for
,comforts In, the house."
Debt and ovCrty rest over these home. Over
work breaks down the . women, who may rebel
against the, hardships of their lives, and seek to
change thehi by escaping from the bonds of mat
rimony. "Divorces are frightfully common
mong the farmers of the West," Mrs. Colby tells
us. And even when the- farmer's wife sees her
husband gaining In prosperity s!u finds' no lessen
Ing of her arduous labors. They may rather In
crease. "More stock, more grain and fruit, more
help to tU-farmer, all these mean more work to
woman. She can seldom procure help, for
such as there is naturally seeks the town.''-. Be
tf "A short lime slriceTMIss AhTilcX Oliver, pastor
of the Wll loughby-a ven ue Methodist - Epl scopal
Church, Brooklyn, delivered m lecture on "Wom
an's Right to Vote," which has been extensively
printed, it having got into tlie "patent" side of
paper. .::-,:. .. --V: , :
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ides taking rare of the house and children; she
must look after the poultry, and, her husband hav
ing no time to "potter" in the garden, she must
plant," hoe, and gather such vegetables as she
needs for the ' table. She is cook, nurse, wash-
maid, chore-)iipyr gardener, all in one." She: loses
regard for. her personal appearance, and perhaps
iteeomos n untidy drudge, ca reless of - beauty in
herself or her surroundings, f 'AiVy thing will do
at home or Is good enough for the family. Tliey
Jive, as they teHyou, ft dog'a life of it, but with
out ft thought that they are Ip any way responi
blefor Oielr wretched nesa.' ,
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They do not even have the diversion ami excite
ment of buying their own clothes. "As a rule,
the husband makes -the purchases, even to pro
curing his. wife's dresses, while she rarely or
never has control of a dollar. Tlie wife remains a
child In finance, and if she Is ever Intrusted wltls-
the shopping, she does It awkwardly ' and un
wisely." She may get to a town twice ft year;
her nearest neighbor may be miles away; the
loneliness of the farm life drives the daughters to
town to work, and leaves theV-niother to still
greater loneliness at home, "in which," perhaps.
the spirit chafes until it breaks the bounds of
reason." . 1
An early' marriage has prevented her getting
sufficient schooling, ami she is lamentably defi
cient in Intellectual resource. She knows noth
ing of hygiene, and only stout constitution can
resist the hard usage to which she subjects her
healih with indigestible food and impure air.
What little social intercourse she has may serve
to add to her labors rather" than to relieve them ;
for when she entertains, she Is overcome with the
work of providing a profusion of food for her
company, and "the extra fuss necessitates extra
stinting afterward."
This Is a gloomy picture certainly, and the life
It holds up to us Is one devoid of all those graces
and beauties which make existence tolerable to a
person of refinement or social tastes. And yet,
that it truthfully represents the circumstances of
the lives of many thousand farmers' wives, there
can be no question. Their hard lot and the dreary
monotony' and coarse toil of. their existence are
told in their haggard faces and dull eyes.
But what Is the remedy T rs. Colby advocates
the establishment of agricultural colleges In
every -Staie,wlUi-fTe-. tuition- for- both meiv-ndU
women, for, by the census of 1870, there were over
20,000 women In the United States engaged h
agricultural pursuits, besides five million farmers'
wives. She would also have colleges of domestic
economy for girls, where the proper preparation
of food, care of the health and dwelling, ftndL
household thrift should be taught. "The educated
woman will manage more economically, govern
more wisely, and work more advantageously, be
sides having ft better time In doing it."- She
should also be stimulated to Interest, herself la
the county agricultural society, and these socle
ties should become ft guild looking after the wej
fareof their Individual members, men and women
both. "The grange might have been such a guild
had it not undertaken to manage. the politics and
the finances of the Nation ; yet even this has been
a great educator to woman in district! where It
has been successfully established' - -r
There Is no class in the country whose moral
and Jmtcllectual Improvement needs" more care,
than these farmers' wives, and none whose social
wantsajttjw JJl-supplied.
Tlie San Francisco Chronicle speaks as follows-
of the caseJ6f CleoWheefrwhO-Choked tor
death his sister-in-law, with whom he had been
criminally Intimate: "On very unusual clr-
cum stance connected with the forthcoming trial
Is that two women attorneys will appear in the
case. Mrs. Clara Folti has been engaged to as
sist the prosecuting attorney, and. Mrs, . Laura
De Force Gordon to assist the defense. The two
women were once close friends, sleeping In the
same bed, but lately a coldness sprang up between -them;
Inthe-rtcerrt --political -campaign thejr
were rivals on the political stump." Tlie Trie
gram of this city sayst "Mrs. Foltz Is well
known In this State, ana being an uncompromis
ing exponent and defender of the rights of women, ,
will doubtless prove a valuable auxiliary In
showing that one of these rights doe not consist
In being choked to death by a Jealous paramour.'"
A correspondent in Ireland "blushes for his sex"
when he see .the employment ofwomen, youngr.
and old. Tliey are patient drudges, staggering
over the bogs with heavy creels of turf on their
backs, or climbing the slopes from the sea shore, -laden
ljke WastVof bu rden, with the heavy nndr.
trodden, dripping sea weed, or undertaking long
journey on foot Into the market towns, carrying
with them weighty hamper of farm produce. - -
A "Jfew Orleans lawyer, in arguing ft tilvorce
ult," held- that a husband bad --legal-right to
make hi wife stand In a corner with a clothespin
on her none. . "If uch mild mean of enforcing
obedience are forbidden," he said, "what I to
become of the husband' authority a the master
of the household 7" .' ;' "
The young daughter of the King and Queen of
the Netherlands cannot Inherit the throne because-;
of the Salic lawprhich in-aomerparw o "Europe"
prohibit trie throne to a woman. v . ,
Mrs. Helen U Cunningham, 0 Elmira, N. Y.,
has recoverePt 700 -from a liquor firm, the com
ftlaint being an injury to means of Support In
conseruence of liquor sold to herhusbjndir
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