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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1881)
V Mi - -H . ! 'i I I: 51 . v 1 1 . t - i -:t' . Fxa htuch, " Fui iPkbmm,. Tm Pnur-ut.: VOLUME XNO., 27. 7' PORTLAND, pRFXJONY .THURSDAY, MARCH 17fc jKbl. PF4i , Veah-$3 on. .n. m .- a. a ,( !;- ''jV-'r . 'H'l'-i Jrur : THE 5Vi;T isTDE;; Is ikpkxikxck, March 14,' 1HS1. After hastily finishing our lat week's fetter, we "as ImHtnearFtnTlo Uo CoarllloTiiK', wluTre yEJ" rwereHgreVted byii crowded liouso of eager "and re' rThUwlll nake the niwhauU Lujpv aalt wU ' I revive trade aud vet buIue lu uiutiun. ., T- - '. . .. . . " it. l'romitly, on tue tveiung ol inurHuay, r frieuN of Wonuin '-Suffrage ..met tne. Court House, among t hem a'a.fliw" ait artajr.of young people an we ever aaw together any where. Young ladiea and joung, gentlemen all happy in their Bpctful llHteiiora,-. whose attention was directed for two hours to the solution of the problem, "Why ;-tNot?" "Tlie woman question wai the' theme of conversation In every circle from that time for ward during our visit; and it was regarded as an encouraging omen when nobody of a"ny influence, brain or character could be found to , oppose We found opposition , iu one quarter, however, of ' which It Is well to make mention It became -necessary, in order to collect subscription, for us to enter aaloou and present.the bjll in tbe pres ence of half a. doswn protectors of women, who were sitting inside the screen, drinking, chatting or- playing : cards. :' Du r4uslnes .as jwththe proprietor, who made a' persoaal explanation In referettoe to the. account, and oonduetvd himself in a gentlemanly and courteous manner; but there -warpne-feilow, a voter, Wear-eyed, U!y lounger around the bar, whose leering. mpertuepce and imbecile giggling excited our lofty and supreme coatempt. Our stay in that aaloon (sacred to the presetce of men bhly laste abou half a minute,' and then, bowing to, our debtor, we made 'a hasty exit, hearings from1 the-drunken imbecile above mentioned a loud, coarse guffaw as we went, foN -lowed hy the exclamation; -which-he evidently I'grcd-if-hli . : ,-,-r nv- ' . .-- I - - - thought witty, "I wonder If sAc's golt out to '"votetl V Home other man,, whom drink and beast liness had hot yet robbed of gentlemanly instincts. roundly, Rebuked hts ' fellow'' sovereign, anA we hurried on, out of further hearing, burdened with the humiliating reflection thAt the babbling idiot who got the rebuke has in his keeping: the power of the ballot, ef the nature of which he only un derstand enough tocknpwjiKt JiejcariJisett .in oppoMition to the enfranchisement of his betters. We are glad the Incident occurred) for we'are sure there are inert ' who' heard h!m?who will ' never again oojeci 10 womau a rigni o a voice in mak 1 ng the neoessory laws for. rostral nhig the pol 1 tical power of masculine ImbeeUen. On Tuesday evenlngwe Were again greeted by an oveiilowing house, aud, on Wednesday, , at - "i o'clock P. M., the friends of Woman Hutfragd met and orpanlred the llenton-Countv Woman Rnf- frage Association. After temporary organization was effected and a Constitution made aud adopted, the meeting adjourned till Thursday evening. wexlneiyswrirptcHlnyherniidCT making calls, and otherwise ,MoIng,.'lhe xlty which baa grown to uch large proportions that it requires much locomotion to get over It. There are many ladies In business here,11 enjoying the supreme right of , self-protectlou, and glorying In it The Misses Tuller Jtecp, a first-class private boarding-house at their own handsome and well- v onlered hone: Mrs. Vincent runs the, well-known Vincent Hotel, and. MmneniphJU Is proprietor of a first-class restaurantrfTJierel also lh usual quota of millinery stores, dress-maklngind tal lorlng establishments, etc, owned by women, and there are three young ladles engaged as composi tors In (h JJUtdc .brticel The ?or, since the death of i lamented founder, Mr. AV. H. Carter, has been under the control of Mrs. Carter and son, ...wlth; M.t Vahti,a. Witor,,' purlblC Wends, -Johnny Hpangler and wife, ormerlyi of rAUany, .-reside here; also Mrs. Kttton, nee '.Day,' and Mrs. '..ranker, rmerir of irtiaud.;' ; ;;;'rr;; ; A church social .wm jield it the . rcsideuce . ef r Mr.ind Mrs. 8awtelle'ln' the. evening, where' we met many new friends and quite a number of old , ones; amoug .the latter MrsKeaner, whom we had not seen' for t,wenty years, and Mrs, Hpidcll, nee Luper, once an Albany girl. Tbe social was a complete success,' and, the refreshments proved a triumph In thcculLnary1 art., Of all men M ho fa vorVomnn jpuffrage, clergymen should be fore most, for they a reom lulled to depend for support chiefly upon the work tf;wrmcn. After the so cial wi accepted the lnvlfadon of tir, J, Il.'Bal--ley'a family and repaired to their commodious belief in human riglits, were present hy -scoics, a ndjuiena ndjomen if .my!JuJ!3L!l1'Ie.,lIL wee aluo there all alike enjoying tiie omulon that called them out. After .anoeriursely7 the underslgncnl, the Beutoii Couuty Woman Suf frage .Association proceeded to the election of bfilcers with the following result : Mrs. J. T. Vin cent, IVehident; Mr. ijas. A, Vantis, Vice-President; Miss Clemmie Tuller, Corresponding Becre- tary ; Mr. Lafayette WlUou, Keconling BecreUry; Mrs. J, Mason, TreasurejnieiaJJIowIng taud ing committees were then chosen for the, ensuing year:. Executive Committee Dr., J. It, Bailey, Mrs. Ym A KnlghtMrs. K. A. llempnui,,Mra. iwuie Klger,Mr. Gireenberry graith. Committee on Res olutions for future meetings Judge f, A. Cheno- weth, Judge J. Burnett, Hon. Bush Wilson. Confmlttee on Programme aol Order of Buioes Dr. Frank Vincent, Mr. It. C. Klger,.MUs Cora, Bvlley, Mis Llczle C'henoweth, Mr. Wl .King. The , election in eaih case was unanimous, and waa-reeivedrithapplaue-J udge Cbenowetbr being ealled for, responded In a brief speech, say lngtliat ..he waa-at ope time opposed to Woman Suffrage, but hU attention was called to its merits in -HI by Miss Anthony, whose sound logic. ud womanly manner had dissipated his prejudices ; that his wife was an ardent advocate of the cause, and for her sake,.if tor no other reason, he consld- inrtrhe wutd fur its ad- vaucemen t. lir. Bailey , was also called for, and made an enthusiastic apeech., He declared that Benton county, would badly Vscoop" any candl date of hy party ior any office who would refuse to pledge himself in favor of W oman Suffrage. He said that he was In Portland at the State Con- ten tioii and, though he tried for two evenings to "Io HOW MUCH DO WE OWE SOCIETY f .Iiwrvlilic JiukiMri lu W(iun'i( JouriiHl. ; ; A frieiivl utld to we iiot long ago: , "We owe some regard to the usages of society. We ha ye no right to wear such a dress that society feels it self aggrieved or? outraged by our wearing it." J 'Was "She right? ; "" '-"' It seems to lite if we" wear a.drens that auswers 6ur pUTpost' agreatdeal U'ttel1 Inaii the drei societywantsu to wear," and Bociety-;f eels ag- grieve4l aud outraged thereby! it issoclety's fault aud not ours.- Society has no business to complain. To be sure, it, has .a, right to let. us aloue just as thoroughly as it likes, and of that we have no right to complain. , If society chooses to get along without us bu account of our clothes, and we choose to get along .without society on account of ill clothe, perhaM we are both as well off as we should be. under other clrcumstauces. Possibly neither party loses much by. bciiig let alone by the other, and neither can by right complain rof being outraged or aggrleVeL ... ". ( , But even admitting that society ia aggrieved, has it aright Jo demand of .u the sacrifice of our conscience, Judgment, health, comfort, inclina tion and pocket? And are we Justified In yield ing to such a demand ? If we can give twenty gootl reasons for preferring the clothes we wear white society can give only one in favor of the clothes it prefere,' I think we have the best of it, snd that it behove itsicletyi to look about for some solid reasons to offer why we should 'drees according to Its dictum, before it eomplalna of be ing ,aggrieved,n et. ' 1 ' v -i ! J I find the following in a respectable land welt- , W tit tsrti I w, snltf unf afch vnit WOM A N'rt SPII Kit K. tTlerys1eTyrptfr'yoTiMetr'ln "mntagonlsnv to It, for this Is not necessary.' T- am hot positive or It, but I think the numbers of that joarnat sent out to the publlo twenty years ago were not quite so deferential to society as are" the -present onea Perhaps, however, society has made bhonoe-' atter of urem since that time,- bat we ' are all more or less- responsible for the fact lfoiil th nuwtlnmi. hn wm I !1aI1 hh warn linn dreds of others, to get standing room int the hallr that aocIetys feelings arojio easily agIeve4 because of the crowd- Mr. Yantls was called for, outraged. ' We have humored nd petted It4111, There is no cud of everlasting uousonso wrilUn couoorulng womau'i place in the econou' of . ciety nnd-iicr relations to the world- of work and usu. The average thinker, conservative aud tor pi J a he usually Is, Invariably auelidrs her 1o" W" home, aud vets herat tiie supposed UiudaUle ur of ralsl rig a 'ii u nierou s fa iu Hy of "chl Id reu ; though" the lilghent cilid of 1IT 'w'lnnvreaaeluUT' multiply as rapidly as possible; forgetting, sf ia- Ingly, tliat the earth Is t"t increasing in size, and ' that it were not of the. first IniHrtance tliatJt be densely populated at once. Xow. a home aud family are no doubt beautlfut and desirable insti tutions, be the former never so humble, and the latter of never so Inferior a grade. But a large portion of the human family arc destined ilever to enjiy the former at least not of their own; and surely no one will deny that the world would not be. better off Jf they (many of theinj would dispense with the latter. . Among the mass of scntiiueutal rubbish uttered uj)on this subject, we find a specimen brisk In Scritiner'i Mctgailne for February, where the wrltfr emphasizes the idea that woraau's exclu sive place iu the world is within the )rmo at the head of a growing family. The writer fccems Vo forget that nature has provided that but a suiall portion of a woman's life her adolescent period, so to scak can be devoted to this purpose. Her chljdren grow up in a few years, and go out Into the worUl for themselves, leaving her In, the rigor of her years aiwl the prime of lier intellectual powers, to do-what?, Tq keep on raising chil- 4ron till she reaches the allotted apan-ot-AUe ardly. . And then there are multitudes. of women who are denied the blessings of home ajid family, aud must be tUer qwn brvad-winnera, or do worw. . In ,11 the ".yfa ..'tateshfj, woacjt greatly exoeed Jn umbc ;her men,,so tjiat Utere are, not husbands, enough, for. alK even were it de al rable tliat all should, marry, . This fact aUono but excused himself from speaking on account of the lateness of the hour, , Adjourned to meet at the Court House on Saturday evening, March 20th. ' .Friday was-a-lowerlngday, in which snow and rain "and hall jnd wind and sunshine struggled for the mastery, the latter decidedly In'the rear. But we spent the day in canvassing, and' at night re turned1 to the home of the Chenowetlis, preimrak f?ry in ilppsrt liifr int thft mflgrow and . hospitable home wlicre we had a happy sea son of Indulgence in temtnlxoencea ot the bygone days, when we ,' all, lived lii Lafayette, ;. Time . Is dealing gently, with our friend as aforetime, and the glad sunshine of harmony beam' 'through President Arnold was to lecture in .the evening in the college chapel,' his subject 'Tariff." A f pouring rain did nqtprevcnl fine gudiejceiiotfc WlUlStauuing uie lact iiutv xr. tvaiis whs dis coursing on temperance In the Methodist Church. President 'Arnold is a 'free' trade" man, and has evidently, given the, subject considerable atten tion.'! He Isa pleasing and attractive speaker, but his argument was scattered over more ground than could be well harvested In one evening. Though a( believer ourself In the principle of frte trade, we confess that part of his argument rather strengthened us -1 n - the idea of protection He clal med that a removal of the UrifFion Iron; foV Instance would cause ah Increase In the price of the produft,' hv, an England and Itussia had time to Increase their facilities for manufacturing It, the price In 4 A merica won Id come down again. We could see nothing In this declaration In far-or of his idea except the Inference that free trade In the United States would be a good thing for Rus sia and England, but 'decidedly deprcsslng'to American Industries. 'But he discerns the germ ofHa great truth In the fact tliat all tariff is ulUi mately pald by the producing and : consuming classed. -We confess that we ,7ceTM cautious about the tariff question as he dots about Woman Suffrage, and we think our reasons for caution'are better than his, since the f reedoni of humanity Is our watchword, and the freedom of the traffic his. We aresorrywe cnnobejtrJhiIslftetjlls upon his favorite political theme, a we, were deeply interested., -.ut: ; ? ' ,1 : The lowering clouds gave wy to a placid moort, and we returned with our friends to a qulcljdeep In their pleaaanti home, from which we awoke. In the morning to bid . them good-by and hasten 'w mm j vs Vsr y ... j . Times in Con-all Is are'dulI,dulicf,dullcsU late freshets have added-MIstress to misfortune in some eases, as the Jos of stock and grain has been iprecedented.' -But tiie good peophfa looking un -loiLJuciLttJlin ijyorKlyt-Ihgn Lgfn theaquinajtay riil- road, and the women of tffB"tarm will soon be on hand with supplies of butter1 and ega for market. aboard the; train,; our destination Independence, wlience'nj6rtyrionJ:.ttt.'.-'v'.' , A.'K.1f' VMIsa Ida Lewis, keeper of the IJme Rock light house, Ke'irport' harbor, saved thellvef Wtyro men w ho broke tlirough the ice three weeks agd last Friday afternoon. This rescue makes in all tit teen or aeventeet) lives that, have bcetl saveif by iMarjAiaeJJftckJWu. ! I . i . f I'M., i mmly ' Ifrs Jessie Fremont haa arnnlteil rlssaae in history among th4 grownHip- sone and daughters of IhTpoof iieJtTeTrof "Arftoha, whom h teaches gratuitously. ; . . ; Ju,h. like a spoilt child, It raises such a hue and cry If all Its whims are not coniplied with, that we make haste to gratify' Its wlnhes In order to utop Its f thlngM-trwhich every woman la liable Is a valid 1 reason wiiy sue snouiaprciare uers'U ineramr la any snd every field of work whlcl),he h tui-abUi r of entering. ; ;.Ml4.H u,' lt, .,, y We are heartlly flck of this ni.tiidlln dawdl ' about the vine and the oak, as Illustrative f the so-ealleil proper relation of. the sexes. .;We ge la : for awaking- th vine ;mure self su'ppsrtlng, and'' noise. It does seem as If society were old enough to use nrtOre reason: ';Perhpa if more of us would "defy" (t and putooraelvtps In antagonism to It," It would behave beUerJ .'"vii.'l iVk.Im i ' t r- , m. ii i, i i 1 1 t i ,1.1 ,ii I ' 1 1 i, 1 ,,( (It" The following are Professor Bertillon statistics TQptecfng tlio futieate In tlnrifuartjet ef-enleldes, In different countries. Why, however,. Dane should be so far more anxious to bwke an end.pt Tifmself than any oUierLuman being, it Would be diftteuU to explain. lu every million of persons I tfmiflrm ftmm inrtH ) Prim i-'- Ammnitg; In Iiatjr ..-,...t....--.. im i-W7ftmw to a7 BUlum....r.........,............ H-il to I(J7 frui 9 to fft Orpt brilsln snd h-Hawl, l)f) to 178 frfn si) o TO dtrwlpa fcmt Jforway:...!!.:..;.;!.'.... W to 1WT fetn'ai 1'S .:...... Ml) to ltTI from 70 to IW Fnuf,......t.-....-......., UU7 te 1877 trun U to 14U VriM-.rl...-....-rr...r,,.ir.rr.,i WO 187H frum . 71 Ut Vtt Unltl Hlilri...',r...'J.M......'.."..'... IWl to" IsTh frm 1(17 to' 1B iienmRrk...:.L.'....V.:......u.c::....:: ism to m from tn to rri . H If .. i mil mill ...i, . . "Naples correspondence-f of tha iSeto JErat "When..such women are found as, Anna Maria Mozxont, Jessie' Marbi, Jjaura Mantagzsa and many others', a' woman's claim ' to' tote Is Incon testlble. The Italian -woman Is a splendld man ifestation of our'prent clvllzatloh-doWutroclden and derided; 'she Is none the less rreiit end ppwef futr'sherf coarageOusry tdy4hcTng" stde hy side' with the people1 whose sufferings' and bppresslohs' she ' shares,' as' well ks ' th'ef generous struggles anf noble iJplranbn's' she UadVanelh lkf a Haif ing tlderiid 'nlhlng;kllf Ito'able" -to -arrest -her progress?' ,J' " -' " .-": "' ! Hester M. Poole says; ,VTlred,,wprnHnappre elated niotkers, your,worK ia grand aud serious. Kever tkmbt 4t. Tiie.tiuio will come wlien it will be.i'Ussed Jivtlte'UHua, antl, in. ad'litiou fcftlthe. rioompuUhlo,:comieiiwiUoiiS .which .caunot . bo U (separated from, it, it will have a money , value witU'Q wi.u ue secured 10 .you uy,iaw.(. riefious work may, le nought tor aU other wpmen, but not foryou, uYou lia- It now,"i u Jn said PresTdenJalrflela , w lfrjys;a nTITic objeptloiw of, some. excfiMyely I'hJeV . ieopte, to I whom Fred; , I )oug lass's ("complexion". , s ,"oflen- slve;, and. reappoint fue, oqlorol orator Marshal o flfcVW ofohuhhv;.,,, Voh,n..l.. . fMrwwttwiwieJaiiiaiiw New Orleans Ttme,U rising woman Joornallrt.'. n:ZlXA She Is yotin'ethuslastici and a'great favorite n 'n.h Ma "'J. ,p)n oi.ijuui n,,in,,a J an run nsfo K-tr r; ' Pi Xt j! HlheWUnfend M.fiHHW IWliiaJ .-il oi ftbii.vl.i n puts a damper on the universal hometheery, and points the necessity for fitting woman for a larger sphere of useTthan that of motherhood. The fact that .woman 'mus, of necessity become , her own supporter. In numerous lnstaucer-a,coodiUauat taking aome of th conceit out of the oak. Lot wonda wWy cr. they xa give tliem an eiuai show with men In the com petitive work of the world, say we. If his eer atea to 'diminish the number of their offspring, society will" be benefited by the-prodttet hm-of a better article of humanity. Let them fit them selves for Intellectual companionship with lateW lectual husbands and sonsIf needs be, for ika bar, for the forum, and for a place, in tbe halls of legislation.:, And especially. If we compel tlirta to iy taxes, let us be generous enough to. extend to them tho same tvll and ioUtleai-rigiit-tha4 we demand lor ourselves. -:.!'. Vrohl the 'bKia, Journal of FeHrunry 20th? "At the great Irish Land league meeting la Faneull Hall, recently, it was noticed by women who were present that the Irishmen wLu, iu the IassachusetU. Ix-gUlaturo, alway' vute against the rights o women, were loud iu tlwir a)plaus of speeches' for herights of, IrUhmeu. It Is a curious fact that men, wilt dare everything' and do anything by pea and speech and blow for their own rights," and at the same time uh over and trt'aJ down, and hoot out of the laud other mea aud women, and not even see their own cowardly attjtude jand actions.'" . , . v- .." .' ... : '-- ApremliienL.HfHclallt. iiKewYork ays the deulU of- the Cxar of Russia has eciiliar ilnt iu this country, and that "the Lewis f Aoitn monopoly have cause to treinble.'' , , He :thea names Vandefbi It and (iouhl as representatives of tbe clas of which he speaks, .aylng 4hey are guilty of; oppressing the people, audt It at "for Jut such opresslon Alexander as killed.' ; The, com lug city election In Chicago .yrV be a close pontest.. Usually tiie whisky f interest has been solid or Uio'Dcmoci-ats, giylng them,con-i . trot; but this year the better class o saloon-keep-; , low. houses running as, ea.Ioooji and to briig aWut . a.undajjirdl nancewtL'on fttLtPPtCCiJL Tub yew lork Jjwih severely erttloisss Pass I,pqdemnhef4igu, fr thipremeTnC11! face of " aa Pr?00 ?V PH"?. repugnance.;, ;h, ,,, . f: ' ' -i - . I - 4 ; ,.1 ..; 6",: I.? i'. . 1 t - - j j i r i ;t.'