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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1881)
Far tirrwH,' F ' l'srss, Frkb PntrLR. t VOLUME X NO.-aW- PORTLAN IOEGON, Tl I V RSDA Yf A PHI L 7. 1H1. PER' YEAH $3 . ;T. NATIONAL SUFFlUfE;AS()CTI() " The thirteenth anniversary meeting of thc.Na- tional W'oman SflrageAs'sociatlon will be held tu . Tremont Temple, .Hotoii, on Thursday and Fri - -day, May 2th atid 7th-ll jH-rsoua Jijerested in tills great reforiu are invited to le present; '( . ,,Tlie question whether we are' a nation or acini- TVconlora 1,1 iUmmA the country from the Inauguration theGovernmenC 1 Imve , fatUnl to .ee -one Hilary valid reason, to Mich heroic action; for to tlud uiilea entitled to, and that all k(liew whether Wfi.mTmttVscifT firmed by States cltlzeSisTiTp and suffrage practically synony mous. Not,v however, having been pressed to their logical results, the quest lonas to the limits of State rights and national Mtwer is still umler discussion ami divides this great political "parties. 1 As the final settlement ;of this principle Involves the enfranchisement of women, our question I one of national politic and the real Issue of the hour. It not only divides the ' political parties of the country, hut also the leaders In this movement who are seeking the recognition of their political riirhts. . The National Woman Suffrage Association de-. mauds national protection In the citizens exercise 1 of the right of suffrage to be secured" Fya Six " teenth Amendment to the Constitution. ' A right so vital should not be left to the legislation of the States,. Ho long as woman is ostracized anywhere, . she Is humiliated everywhere. What would it - avail if within one State her political rights could ' be secured, if the moment she passed an iniag ' laary line, by the law of another State she could , be disfranchise! compelled to' exchange 'the seal of the citizen for the badge of the slave ? - . . Having declared the theory of' universal suf- - frage, thejiation must stand or Jail by thaLpxin- clple. It has not stopped at education or prop erty or nationality or color; it must not' stop at r sex. '-'. - .., impelled by the con'stantly." growing demand v among women for a voice in making the laws they are required to obey, various State legislatures have extended partial suffrage to them ; but the . great .-duty still remains that 'of securing to' - woman by national law the rigiit to have her opinions counted at the haltot-box uon all ques tions .of publ ic Welfare. . No mail, no body of men, no partjyuo Slate, can represent woman or exer- else this right forher; r , r L v . -. Tlie highest; judicial authority, the. Supreme Court of the United States, having decided that 'the letter of the present Constitution Is not ex . pliclt enough to protect woman in her political .Tights, we are compelled to demand a Sixteenth Amendment:-which ,BharHliereaf ter reiideraex- " legislation an iiiiwsslbl1Uy. Woifieii, .being citi zens of the United States, if defrauded or Insulted, the Staw as against a foreign power.- Hut w'hile the Constitution has been cartful to guanhjlie irlglits of citizens oiY various minor subjects, such - as holdiug national control over ieace and war, trade and commerce,LboUhdaries, ostal affairs, . etc., it Iras left the great fuiidartiental fight of self government under the control of States', each sep .' arate State fixing its limitations accord! ng-to its own enlightenments, except In the case of the col- tired Tnale-ritt7.en.The; natural and Inalienable : " rlght'of self-government thus having -been hut . partially confirmed by the Constitution of the . . United States, the pressing of this lniMrtant phase of our question has become the great duty "of ther National Woman Suffrage Association. ( The se;urlty liot aloue of woman, but of -all citir Kens, deiendsUfKm Its final decision. The speakers will be Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isaladla lleecher Hooker , 4terelda (i. Wallace, Belva A. Iockwood, ltev. Ulympia Drown, .Hew Fretlerick A. Hinckley, TbVbe WCtMizins, Eliza beth lloynton Harbert, Hachel Foster, Frederick -DoughuuIiUi J)cvereux-lHake, May - .W.right. ewall, Marilla M. Hickfr, Elisabeth L. Saxon, J. Ellen FosUr, Elwanl M. Davis, F, Ellen Hurr, Elizabeth Avery Merriwether, Clemence S. lazier, Rosamond Dale Owen, Iaura De Force fiordon, llobert Purvis, Susmk ll. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn (iage. :.: ELt7!ApKTit Cady, Stantox, President; . Schan It. Anthony, Vlce-Pres't-at-Iarge. ' ' Matilda Josias.Gaoe, Ch'mn-Ex. Com. HAC HKI. VtWTKR, Corresponding Sec'y, -!; c :1W North 12th street, Philadelphia., ; A determined agitation a'galns,t Increased rents is going on In Chicago. Tlie late advances fall very heavily on the worklngiclasses, who also have to pay high rates fr food and clotlning... Without Increase In Wages, It la very difficult for them to . A band of crusaders, fifty itrong, has been or ganized at Beaverton, W'ashlngtoncounty, for the purpose Htt suppressing the - tobacco iTnd . wnisay iramc . . i.rilTEH"FROM MARION COl'NTY - ; ' ; 'MABioNVolTY,pr.fandi,. fwl." To tii k KiiT(K Tli if Nt:w'Vktiiwkt: , ,'; .During the. two years I have bet'ii reading your jHcr, my mind has dwelt touch on the subjwt of woman's enfranchisoment-Airof the argument for and against this quest ion I have vt)lvrhwlv so. the twO sexes are,fellow creatures settles the mat ter at oiice. Hoth, alike are, under thejawj sub ject to Its 'pa ins and (tei'ialties; and for the ttronyef to assert tliat they alone. are the law-making power Is a'proposition too absurd for argument. ; Tlie writer has trailed inucl over the county of Marioifor the last twelve monthsaud he finds, that the opposition to the woman movement is mostly from the"vfelous and the illiterate. The better classes of society are favorable to the cause, and when the time, for action comes, they will jilie present writing, seventeen there find a home attest the sincerity of their convictions in away which cannot.be doubted.- . The seeming indifference 'on the part of 4oelety ladles'' lsVperhai)sr tlHreatest-obstactehtchlhinjrln graieiuuy recciveu. v nen cniuiren are imkcii hi the Home, they are usually destitute )f clothing other than dirty rags. I might suggest, also, lit tle chairs, picture-books, children's pajH'rs, toys, ett anything to gladden their, hearts and lend an air of home to their temporary alo for it Is ufulerstood that Mrmanent homes are' procured by the time they reach the age of twelve years. True and strict' economy is practiced at the" Home.: Vegetables, fruits, milk and butter are raised on theJarm, and soniething oyer, which is taken to market and sold, sometimes amounting the friends of the woman.question are called upon to combat. 4,See," say the enemies s& the cause, "the educateI and refined ladies of J he land take no stock In this, thing none but the strong minded women are favorable to It." It is too true that these "society ladies are still In bondage to a base public, opinion ; but many of them,, the 'better jart, are chafing under the chains which for so long a time have enslaved them: Sbme time ago, in conversation with one of these ladies in Portlaiuljxpressedjinyself as a '.'woman's rights" man. "Are you really favorable to wom en's voting?" said the lady. " ?So am I; Cut I liave been afraid t9 avow" my sentlnients." - It Is a most unfortunate circumstance t)at the leading paper devoted to-the eayse-of -woman's enfranchisement In the Northwest should take 'a stand of oiien hostility to the church. Nothing, In my Judgment, is-doing samuclr injury to tht cause aa this fact. Without tjje aid of church H;oplelnthls;matter, the cause hi hojclesn. Churchmeu generally know that, without th cooperation of womenliVcertaiii7m6niTjuestlons, the' mlliennlum will never be usheretl Into the world ; hence they will sustain the woman move ment I iir- spl tifr Of t lie ahiresahl hosfYHfy. - A- Um weak-minded ieople, however, will let side issues bias their minds, au'd be lecf to opjose the truth from insufficient grounds. ; : ' - : In viewing this, tlie great question, of d"?' the writer stands ukii an eminence-not -ajpconleil to all. In a certain organization to which he has hartf the mmVrishttoTOtloliatT votLojEhl no novelty. With his ast experience Land observation in full view, he has no fears as to the result nay, the iulure wouhl be dark but for his hopeful anticipat ions of the day when women will help make the laws which they jalfke wltli men musfobey. , V j . C. From a recent nuinlH-r wf. theA Atchison Chaw 7o--"A jury in Cincinnati has Jut acuittel a imr-keeper-Tiaminl Joe Payton, wfo sliot topd killed his mistress two years iigof'rThe jMor girl's name was Nellie Stickiiey. (Irowlng tirel of ihe continued brutality, and neglect of her 'rotee tor,' she fell Into unfaithful ways. Tlie moral Joseph was so hocked by her Infidelity that his noble reason was dethroned fofrulsMit-five in In utes. " During the time that he was In-reft of his Intellect, he shot and killed thetoorjjreature, and a JUryof fools has just declared that he.-was not guilty of anyoffetise 'against society,. tHca Use he was Insaue-at the time of committing the mur der. It Is not clalniel tha 1 'ay ton is crazy now. On the contraryhe Is quite. BaiiivWhen tl ver dict, of acquittal was .rendered, he exultlngfy slioutetl'I beat them.V" r "Miss Jennie C. SKtirf a native, of 'New .York, J agel years, cohimittetl suicide Iir Saii Fran cisco' inn the 21st ult. The deceased- wqs formerly a school-teacher in Humboldt county, and for the past three monthsJ&idded at Nori-VK Pine street. Khe was very religious and frequently attended the, revival of Moody and Sankey -and other religious meetings.' She hadjbeen known to remain in her room for hours praying and reading her Rlbln A tv autopsy showed that death resulted from sub mersion; '' ..Miss, twelve DalsyBt years, ''was awarded -the prize v for the best essay at the close' of the school term '.Tmeejemandjlpnhdj -fesoTvlo fight what moant. to nothing lew of Woman inferior to That of Man r was hindled recent disgraceful irwrial I lie. In Congress, It thtn AKkalf An m4 1 W1lrkavlst fjavl h m Air 111 Wt9ta 1 as a a mm Y 4 tm iKuultu. A I a T mm ma ivywi VIS UV W V MUUIVIUVt with a skill beyond her years. It la needless to say that her mother isanahlewoman and a suffra gist. . ' " ;.v.-;;. .ItJs proposed 'to have girls for pages In : the - THE CHI tDKEX'S All! SOCI KIX. ' Tl'KNKH, Or., April 4, 1M, ' T "fur itou or thic Nkw Xi'iiniwm; - Iu the Autumn ot-l, this benevolent Ms-iety fr the aid of Jiomely and destitute chlhlren was fully maturetl. It I but Just to give all honor to the ladies of Salem, whose love and pity for suffer- THE SII.VERTON SCHOOL M EETINfl. , . Sii vkijton, Marcji 2l, lV To T5V t? I rr lit . TII Kt N KW NoUTIIU tfT : ' At the annual Silvertou school meeting, scvertil ladv tax-imvers wife"Tresiiit, evidently as.jr.in h Interested a the men iu the cause of education iu 1 ' general and tlie kcIkmi! meeting in particular. for--a slieltef "for Hieir-hotneles. Mrs. Joseph Wilsn, ilear dearted mother, donatel ttMraiert-s if land, Usn which the two-stry building iiow known as the Orphans' Home I located. And now, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and little children, this Home still needs your aid, your watchful earu ad sympathy. It Is the out growth of women's charity" and women's, love. Then come to their aid. Ltytle children are there gathered from the ages of two months-to twelve vears ior. neglected, castaway little ones. .At The sewing for these; little folks is almost all done by flic7Board "of "Managers. Redding," clothing, etc., must le made and the same repaired. Any- to over wldcli Is a gotnlly sum, considering all things. The wages paid the matron is $4nO per annum, everything furnished. She Kcema true iimthetrki iwlr patient and watchful ; and. my- si lent thought was, "What a great, loving heart, to takiT Jii all those little castaways !" The little ones go to her with. all their childish griefs, cares, joys and troubles, and are duly sympathized with. The house and the beddlngarealry and cleanly, and the cooking wholesonie, plentiful and good. At present a home Is wanted for one lltUeJboy, aged alsHit six years, pleasant, well-looking and promising little fellow. The others, though home less and destitute, are not wholly under the con trol of the Itoard, having one or loth parents living. - Mrs. Martha M into Is acting Presideut of the u, b tv. which 1ms twentv-tivi. Ilfi- nimiilinn Tl. ladle..jnost sincerely hoe all witl take a lively interest in this Home, ami that the legislature may Iw moirrraritahtyrrrdrTrett trr-the-futnre4-Vllevwhich might truthfully U called "sowings auI double Its S'MMMl for the steady increase in numbers of those homeless little ones demands a larger buiMing, more extensive grounds, and more means generally to Increase their comfort J and help relieve the pressing demands of time and funds on the members of the loard."" These heljH less little ones surely neil the care and aid of the- State as much or more than our convicts, who are well-fed, clothed and house I. The former are iu-t' nocent, thelatterTlyed In crime. M us. I;ifc H. Russia Is U'arlng stine good fruit. Tlie first step towahl representation of the lHople has lecii Ltaiteii.' With a vJit.w to restoration of complete security in the capital, an ukase has been' pro mulgated, ordering the creation of a temsrary Council charged to asitlst th cojnmaiidaiit of the city. This t'ouncil will con'sixt of niemlH-r for each nf the 1HJS city districts, to be electe.1 bjrthe votes of all landlords and iiideKudent tenants. It Is iinderstHMl that the Council will dtcidehya inajorily vote on all nieasures submitted by the commandant, and that decisions ,f the niajorlty will Ih executeil on receiving the Emperor's sane-, tion. Pe rson Vw; ho vote wiH lte eligible as candi dates. A fund for carrying out this measure will he provided from the iuierlal Treasury. The 'Ifff .'AW says that the measure Is juirt of a scheme for the whole empire uJectel'by itlie lale Czar.,! " they were voters or not. Rut, 'for fear thaft some presiimptuotiH woman might get out of her fphere, lie added that it had ."not been customary for women to vote in this deestriet," and that he "didn't knw alnnit others." In reply to a lady tax-payer, who nsked whether we were to be governel by law or custom, the chairmaiT Informed us "jxtrtty by law and pttrfly by custom." lie said that the laws with which the "deestriet" was furnished were silent on the subject; but that, although the sessional record of the legislature gave women the. direct privilege, they were not InmiimI to obey that. " Itelng Informed that the copy of the law which he held -was an old one, and that the new ones gave the rlifht of suffrage to all tax-Hiyers who had resided in the district the reiiirel time, the chairman Immedlately.discovered tnuTrr the se-... tion the old one In regard to widows, and, thoiigti he refrained from saying It, he strongly Intimnte4 that It would not Ik there if alt women were al lowed to vote. Then followed some discussion as to whether the section Was legal, or not, one "protector" In par ticular making himself very conspicuous, nnt tm say ridiculous, by inquiring "why. If nit womeni were allowed to vote, the section In regard to wil- nw was there," declaring that "if It hal never iKfii rHalsl (and he didn't think it bad) that the other Was not legal." When told by a gentle men that IT a section were Introduced reading that alLnne-cyedmenxould vote, that lie jujpposod he, would hardly' claim thattwo-eyed men were thereby probiblted.Jie liecame quite excitel, and declared that "ridicule was not argument no, Finally the oppristlon, finding fhatthey weta gaining nothing, iNeam'e quiet, and Jhe ladle were'lefCto-vote In pace, with tlie feeling that they had gained a small victory. E. C SOWINO to tin: WINIX Skah, W. T.,. March L1,1MH1. To tiik Kmtor or tiik Nrw NoitTiiwrr: tf jour iK'wprip 'mTlnltiiiir tpR'flr-" lug ill the Nkw'Nohthwkht, we have had almost a tragical ci-'lc iu our humdrum life in Selah A t t m m loiiiewinu. ii came in me siuik or n young woman, wlio uIIowimI each of two lover to su-' Me lihifelf the favored one up to the lss mo ment of the hour set for her marriage Several guests', invited by Suitor No. I, were already ar rived atTtre residence of tlie eXKctaiit liridtk, wherelsii was tlie officiating geiitleiiiau, Jut ar" rivet from Yakima City. The beautiful and ex sMislve wuidiling dress had been sent from far away Maine, a gift from the young man' parents to the affianced of their son In Washington Tent Tin. restive and anarcblal enn.lllloii of M.wr- iJ try. I He splen.lM collation and Ihe Jiiuslc for Owing. to the heavy demand on" the K)pulatloii of Ohio for Federal officials, It Is fearel the State cannot furnish hands enough to harvest Us wheat crop, which promises to be very large. The women will probably be pressed into service-to .1.- I 1- . . Nrh Yamhill, aged .. . - V - ' ?f 1Y- re 1ain" i. though their crops rot In the fields. may be comforting to state that in the Reichstag of Germany, on the 29th ultJ wo, oocurred a Violent scene between two members Not that the -German squabble make our rows any the less shame- lie splendid collation and the. Jiiuslc . . 1 . M i ne uanccrs were pnivnieti iy huh young iiiaiw Rut promptly hM tiVlm-k Suitor No. 2tim up t tlie gate, leading a palfrey for hi bride. The girl mounted iu hot liitcJUridiiig away before the eye of the wnlting Judge, iuvftel guests, brotliers, sis ters ami friends, in-inv of whom 'turiwd pale, as well they might, nt the revelation of deeeR, treachery and falsehood enacted . a trom -in. a The-JiidgJ ro.J sowly away, minus bin fee as we inay iruppose, and iisui I4ie hil-topa few Milles oil' nut the olfieiatlng clergyman, on his way toprojioiiiice the marriagi ceremony also. Roth gentlemen' turned homeward, we luqie tm raise a question of exedieiiey for our law-makerc to conider, i. r, : How many licenses can be le gally Issued to one cron, man or woman, at the sa life time? - As (he treacherous plot came to light more than ;aweek lefore the wefig ny arrived, there haM leen, of course, much excitement and some last ting on the final ilntourmrnt of the unprincipled affair. Of course no ptirt, tm wonntn v fo- otherwise than shudder at thought of the life built upcfn..such a foundation, and wltfle. abe blames will also pity the Ignorance and weakness of adeluledglrl. Rut did we ever know a man in plot l deceive, Ixrtray and rulq a trusting' woman ? 1)14 we 1 "-: ih K. F, The New York Evening iW (Deraecratlc) thinks the Republican Senators by their caacse in vpkoldlng Mahppe are1 Impairing the standing of their party. -It says of Gorhani, nominated for HecreUry of the SenaU : ' We know him to be an nnjpri nci pled scoundrel1, , M-lAU-MfniiA-mA,. .ikr-im nri'Ytl1l W H-' SSV . iT- -" '-T? -Sl- ..JU..- Br9SBJSVP -JH ri"- : ft if a. "T I. ft " it-'