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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1881)
-- - 4 ' v THB NEW KORTH WEST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1881. A Journal for the Jtople. ',', ' independent In iUUUw and Religion. ' Alive to all Live Issuesiand Thoroughly Radical in Op posing and JCrposing the Wrong of the Masses, BUBBCR1 PTIOS HATES -fiN -A D VAiftter Cne Year, by Jyliitii eo fiix Heaths, ........';. I ftl Three Months, ............. .v.... w Jfr Month to City Patron (delivered) 25 Advertisement will be Inserted at Reasonable Price. . . ' All Correspondence, intended for phhoation should be arl dressed to the Etlltot, and all business letters to the . , r-v DuxirAr pusLiantxa company, ,, ' yo.t Washington street, Portland, Oregon. rOBTLAND. OrtEOON, THURSDAY; JfOVKMIJEU 8, 1881, X0TWKTO. BUJBSCRlfBERS. "The date printed after the addres of ' your paper denote the time of the expiration of your subscription. WOMAN'S CAUSE IN WASHINGTON. OiTpage "eight " will "be" found : the Qregonlan jwiiraporid an Suffrage bill In the Council of the Washington Territory Legislature, on Wednesday, the 26th ultimo, with the prediction thai this would not he the end of the matter for the present session even; leTprbpheeyhaa been verifledfor, oirMonday last new bill Was offered In the House by Speaker Comegys, "to confer the right of suffrage on woman citizens," Yesterday's dispatches an nounced Ithat MrftJA-fLDt nl wayjhad. received and accepted an Invitation to address the House on the su bject in the afternoon at 3 o'clock , a nd this, morning's telegraphic report contains the following! ' VT At 9 o'clock r. n, ths House adjourned, and Mr. Dun I war proceeded to add re th leflslallre body and a Urge, audience which was prevent In the lobby, In which there were probably one hundred lodlet. The address waa II-, Tlened lo with marked attention throughout, and, at It close. Jloji. W. II. White, 68eattle, being loudly called for, camSSforward, and In a few eloquent and telling remark upheld the cause of Woman Suffrage, on the simple Cjoonda oL Justice and jrlxh VLouLppau fplloweOll .remarks.' ' V . ' . With much hope for the final triumph of the right, the suffragists" await the result of the Legislature's deliberations. - - -V..-. - ' ; "FORCING" THE FRANCHISE. , In its notice of the Woman Suffrage Conven tion,' the lyuiamett farmer said : , . ; The Woman Huffrage movement has claims upon public attention that cannot be Ignored, and seem to gala stead ily In public opinion. While we hare doubU as to the d V Inability of drawing' our wive, mother and daugliter Into politic, we have no contest to make, and feel more doubt than antagonism. W doubt If the great majority of the women of our country can be made to wish the suffruge, and It certainly will not Deforced upon them until they do, and whenever, the time comes thai women .demand the franchise, we believe It will-be granted themi-The great question Is t Will Woman HutTrage make the world better t We need a better world, and whatever can.accompIUh that end'should not be treated lightly. - 'V wi 'y .The Farmer, in outlining a fear , that the ballot' will be "forced'1 upon women, fails, into an error that Is common ; with papers and persons that "feel more doubt than antagonism." It is not the Intention or desire of Woman" Suffragists to "force" the suffrage upon -women who do not ap preciate its advantages and drag them to the polls against their wishes. Women, like men, will be left free to tote or not, Juraathey Choose. There Is a fair- peroenUge of; men-who-never-go -to the j polls, and there woulddouVtlesa he a like propyr- tion or women, let no one ever Dears a word about the ballot's being "forced" upon menTT.Cer tainly ;the Farmer would not advise the disfran chisement of all men because a portion of them do not avail themselves' of the ballot; but its attitude toward the woman movement is ahalairous to that, Standing back and not recognizing -the right of women to the ballot because, the entire sex does not demand 1,ls puerile,. Such a posi tion is Unworthy the Farmer, The ballotXls not withheld-fronrmenntirtheyemantnatlff "forced'! upon them as soon as they are twehty- one years of age. . We are rather iurprlsed that the Farmer shouh question theresult of Woman Suffrage. . We sin cerely believe It wilt "make the world better," though'-we do nqt expect It. to herald the mlllen- nium. vine voices or me great majority or women are always on the side of morality and honesty. l aud tbe-hrmciMieed Ita ve -no fear that thel r votes wlll not accord with their convictions. A ilECBUITS FROM TEMPERANCE RANKS. Temperance women every where ' have . learned the value of the ballot, and are wheeling Into line with the Woman Suffragists. They have spent decade after decade in earnest and unremitting work, but fiud themselves apparently as far as ever from the fruition-of their hopes and labors. Their cause always comes before law-makers for settlement, and the influence of women is naught compared with that of roeo. The latter have votes, and their wishes carry weight accordingly. Year aftcr'ycar is this truth forced upon women - that those only wbtf possess the ballot have any positive and direct power in shaping and enfore Ing lt'gl9lation""8nd every temperance jineetlttg-r - furnUhcs additional numbers or women who nave ""come to know that'they may hope for no real and T ' lasting change until they can give effective titter ance to their ideas. Candidates for official honors ...may treat their, appeals respectfully, and. give :r' promises of earnest efforts In behalf of temperance and morality ; but promises are made to.be for gotten or broken, and politicians seldom fall to do ';" one or the other. . " . T - The tempeiauce women of' Illinois have been . brought to a keen and sorrowful realization of Tthese factand MnTresUlt are Ver'y generally ' espousing the Woman Suffrage cause. Certain , '' . town elections were carried In favor of temperance C inrOUgn 111! liuiwriuuuic suu wui ft ui irumcii j but officers will- not enforce' the laws because threatened with the political wrath of the liquor dealers and drinkers, and women-have no votes With which to uphold officials In the performance of their duty. This state of affairs caused the recenUlllnoIs State' Temperance Women's Convention at Oak i , Bluffato take strong ground for Woman Suffrage. MrsO.IL Read referred to a disastrous experience In Bloomtngton after carrying the town for pro hibition, and it called fojth much Woman8uffrage " sentiment, Mrs. J. B. Hobbs, of Chicago; said It ;'ik only Jt-fcw such exi gists of all the ladles, since no dependence could be placed In the men I n power." MraVJlUra read abetter from Mrs. Moffat, of Chicago xleclarlng Woman Suffragethe "only deliverance fromjuni power." Miss West announced her conversion, not only to a third party, but to Woman Suffrage. A rising" vote was called for. In reference to the section calling for a third party and complete info frage for woman. ' All 'persons in the house were requested to vote. Only, two ladles. voted nay. The San Francisco Jewish -Time, referring to . the latecliHrch trials for hej-csy, laments that the Idea of religious liberty should have made so little progress .In j the Methodist and Tresbyterlan Churches that "men are to be buffeted and pit A .upon for daring to have opinions of their own," ; and adds i-' We should-ilke-tosee any, number -pf JcU'ssll In Jtdgtnent upon. their brother Jew Aand attempt to shackle his Intellect." The papert ofthe State and W'ashlngtott-Terri -toryiiate treated -theWoman Suffrage Vmtetf rSUsan "npAthohyrTFHUahelh" tlonwlth marked consideration, thli year. Not one disrespectful word has come under our notice throughout a long list of exchanges, - YAMHILL SUFFRAGISTS "Anna M; Martin: Secretary of the' Vamhii Countv Woman Suffrage Association, famishes further information concerning the coming con ventlon of the society, to assemble In North am hill on Wednesday, , the 16th intanLThe con ventlon will meet ItTthe public hair, anrt may continue' in session more than two days. In add! tion to , the programme announced Jast week essays are to be read on the first eveningLand Mr, 11. V. Llesur, of Jr oest O rove, will deliver an aa djess on theTedndv.enlngV'Tbe following jadles will act a committee to look' after: the comfort of those who may come. from a distance; Mrs', A, Ifiggins, Mrs. A. M.'-Laughlln, Mrs. F. D. Stott Miss A. D. Runnelaand Mrs. Lee Laughlln.-' The public In general are InVtted to attend, and espe cially the voters of; the county. The Yamhill County Woman Suffrage Assocla tion is a live organization. . It has done-excellen work in Hie past, and will continue to do so unti women are enfranchised. . Its members are from the best classes of - people. It embraces in tell I TreneeTr"Tespectabllltyndwealth. Irominent men are amons: its most efficient supiorters and allies. -It commaads the esteem of a very large proportion of. the population of the countVj an has much Influence In elections. Its officers and members will be carefal that the county's repre sentatives to the next Legislature are favorable to the , ratification of the pending constitutional amendment. Indeed,, a well-known "Democrat Informs us that an .opponent cannot be elected, no matter which party may nominate him, and that when the amendment reaches the people, it will receive This is we are glad to record it We can only say, in the boastful words of the classic shades,, "Yamhill .gin the world !" . TilETJlOY PREACHER. There belngFramors that Rev. Thomas Harrison, the "lK)y Preacher," who Is now in San Francisco, aheavy . majdrlty lhTanvlIll county. a pleasmg and cheering prediction, and WANT THE MUNICIPAL 8UFFRAGE. Registration records show; that lewer women will wield the school suffrage In Boston this year than last. The Commonwealth accounts for this by the "exceedingly ljmlted amount of suffrage vouchsafed," and points out that 'the privilege of voting for members of the school committee i wholly inadequate to the pains and trouble, of be ing assessed, taxed and registered. - Instead of giving their attention to the "little priyilege," the leaders: of the woman movement are. bending their energies toward the attainment of municipal suffrage, and with good prospects of success. The recognition of their cause In the Republican plat form gives them a powerful leverage, and they are readily availing themselves of It. Support Is also given them by prominent men and leading news- papera. Thpyaj&prepajlng-furranenefgetlocanv palgn this Winter, and their already stout organi zations are growing-stronger, The Springfield Republican evidently expects good results from the Winter's wok, as it says "they are learning how to push their campaigns." Among the oppo nents of their cause against whom a fight wiir be made is "Judge Hoar's son 8am," of . Concord, who opposed the admission of Mrs. Llvermore to the Republican State Convention, notwlthstand- ng that her credentials were regular and correct' Theyoung man wants to go to the State Senate, and will find-that his trained monkeyeomparlson was foolish and costly. .-If he and a few others Ike' him can be defeated, municipal suffrage for the women of the Ray State will be assured. will visit Portland in a short time, it is not amiss to state that he relies for converts more on the ex citabllity o hiadiearersV inducel by. his novel acts and acrobatic feats. In thcTpulpIt, than upon rea son and eloquence. From extended accounts In the Bay City's journals of his methodrt. we are constrained to admit the justness of this parting salute given by Professor Swing, in- the Chicago Alliance on the Juvenile evangelist's departure with his little slirig .tp San FrancWoj there to meet the Goliath. of ungodliness in his reputed -stronghold T "IJ is probable, that he (Harrison) gained his title from . the Jact that, having been onee. a . 'boy her fossilized In that condition, and did not, like the common run of urchlns pass pn to. manhood. - Like certain juices of grapes or ap ples, he was arrested In the" boylshstate of fer mentation and ;bottte(JJo use In future years.- He has that .playfulness of style, and that peculiarity of speech and logic, and that free and easy rt.lat ton -with the-great rftTHonages of the Bible, that indicate the Influence of some seven or eight 'Summers In the -world. ' ". All the facts, so far as-known," Justify the appellation Boy Preacher, and the same Jacis justify the hope that he is the last oLthe .series. There are many who are ready to follow such a leader ;, but that does-not warrant the, conclusion that such a leadership is desirable." w : The San Francisco Chronicle and the; Portland dallies are -waging aTyigoroua -and just war against the miscalled "reciprocity treaty with the Sandwlchlslands," by. which, the, government li defraudeI of millions of dollars of duties on sugaf, and the peoplrSGI the Pacific slope are compelled to pay excessive prices for this staple article of food. Ciaus Spree kels. the San Francisco refiner, s thd sole berteflclaryTbf the treaty,' which yields dm $2,500,000 a yea.rr1fllched from the Treasury and the people of the Pacific slope. We have.fre- nuentlv denounced this unfair treatv. and will gladly give ouraia lo Its annulment in when It maybe abrogated. . -m , JThe eleetions lu England have fesultetl In Targe -conservative gains, owing to the changes In towns where there -are numbers of Irlnh liberals, who are- rebuking OladstoneWpr tho Viand act of 188 L" HowWef, thd- act Is not working poorly, no mat? ter whatbjectloasjnay-bejaised against ttThe first cose under It occurred In County Monoghan, -mid was a deciled .Victory forlhe tenant, theCom missloners reducing the rent nearly one-third-(32 per cent). This decision proves Darnell's clever ness aiid,.-wisdom in selecting' for the test cases those in . which rents were not exorbitant, but moderate, so tha't a decision which' was at first real I yji ecessary tot h6success!of the" art would he a precedent for further decisions. The landlord will appeal,' of course, to the Chief Commission. '4 T883, "Woman as ,a Physician," the essay, read by Mrs. Br. B. A. Owens before the late Woman Suf frage Convention, which appears on our first page, a an Interesting and gracefully written statement- of the natural aptitude and fitness of. women for the medical rofesslon, a dispassionate and truthful recital of the "opposition and opprobrium they have encountered In thelrefforts to give the world of illness and. suffering t,he benefit Of their natural s anil qualifications, and a cairn and gratifying account of their well-earned victory. It Is worthy the careful perusal of everybody physicians In particular. From the Albany Democrat : u At last the terrl le agony Is over.' It was dcf ldedbv thoKrodcl The dispatches give this account of the convent tion of the American Woman Suffrage Associa tion, whlctrTnet1rrInlsvllloTnthe-!htiltlmdTT "The Woman Suffrage constitutional amendments nowpendlng In Indiana,. Nebraska and Oregon, and school suffrage already establlshedJn twelve States, were welcometl as encouraging Indications j of progress. IIon.: Lrasmus M. Correlljxof Nebraska, was elected President for the ensuing ycaf! Citizens of Louisville were announced to form a City Woman Suffrage Society to-morrow." .That President Arthur, like his predecessors In office, has the art of pleasantry saying very Indefi nite things, was shown last Saturday,, when dele gates to the Women's Christian - Temperance Union made Mm a call, tiss Frances E. Willard having asketl his moral and political aid to the objects he convention, he expressed his "sym- PfttnT wlt" th tnnvpmenta to "rcnmie men fi phlan Soeiety, at the College last Friday after noon, In a hotly contested debateL that the mind of woman Is inferior to that of man. This will be of vltaTInterest to Queen Victoria, Mrs. Dunlway," Cady : Stanton, Belva A. Lockwood and others, most of whom evil habits." Irom the 'Voman"$ Journal: "It Is not likely that Women will ever any whefe vote f n i masse I against ment noMs It desirable that Uiey should do so. All we wish or expect is that the com bined votes of both sexes will eiv'e a fuller, and have been laboring, If not for tho supremacy, at fairer expression of public opinion than the vote least for the equality of woman." . i of one sex alone can do." " ' , :; .1 A BLOW AT THE MORMONS. The Mormons have been dealt an 'exceedingly severe blow by ?Judge Hunter, of the District Court for the Third Judical District of Utah, who lias decided thai the certificate of. naturalization helJbji ' Cannon,lM6rmon Delegate to Congress, "was obtalnedby fraud, and has been fraudulent ly UBe3, and is void on its face in not professing to be the copy, of a record and not certifying to a' regular naturalization." The suit was brought by ; Allen O. Campbell," the opposing candidate in the' late election, and the decision gives unbounded joy to the Gentiles, as It fully entitles the former to the Congressional seat,Cannon obtained his certificate of naturalization in 1854, when fraudu- lent paiers of citizenship were peddled about and sold foe coin; - Messrs; Sutherland & McBrjde (the latter gentleman-is wejL known. as a former Con gressman from Oregon) were Mr. Camphell's at torneys, ;and are every whe" re congratulated on' their successful management of the caser" Mrs. LUlie DevercuxBIake has been speaking' TolTVomaiFSJl New-York, especially (n those which, through their assemblymen, voted against Woman Suf frage last Winter, when the bill to prohibit, dis franchisement was before the -Legislature. Her audiences, everywhere, were large and .enthu siastic, and great Interest in the question Was manifested. ''At many points, promlnent citizens pledged themselves to support, only those candi dates who favored enfranchisement, ; The New North west has no desire to see one - portion of Oregon develojed at the expense of an other, but would like to note equal growth and improvement,;, and - welcomes Colonel Hogg's promise of- the speedy completion of the Oregon Pacific Railway through the central portion of 4 the State to Yaqutna Bay. There Is no danger of too many trans)Hrtation .lines. Railroads will open up new fields to settlement and cultivation, with consequent 'increase in weal thjjproduetlong. and population. rilorace Greeley never uttereI truer wordeLharrT" t,hese: Tjiere, is nothing easier than -to edit a blackguard paper, and nothing more difficult than to get up aV newspaper' free front foulness and blackguardism.: Fish-women and bar-room loaf- - era are skilled in the art of bandying epithets and bespattering each other with dirty words. :lt re quires no brains to do this; but, it does require both beart and brains to print a newspaper that a decent niah or woman can read wltliout a blush." - From the Pomeroy W. T.) Independent, Rev. F. W. D. Mays!paper: -."fistar Dunlway Justly scoreVnnd excorlates-w-Hrhr" fler trenchant pen two" mountebanks, one a preacher and the otlier a -publisher, for mistreating her in her presence and absencer Even if Mrs. Dunlway were not a true ady, those men should sliow thenfselves gentle . men, if the elements to matce sucn are in them. Hurrah for Mrs. Dunlway ! We hope ive to see women vote as do men-'r- she may Jean Iitgrlow is said to be even more beautiful n hr life than in her poetry. Her face Is well known among the wretched poor of London, and three times a week she gives a dinner to the sick poor arid the discharged convalescents from hos- ' pltals, who are either Unable to work or have not yet found employment, She once said t "I find one of the greatjpleasurej'of writing that It. gi ves one more money for such purposes than falls" t,n the lot pf most women.";" V s The'addreBiTdelivered by Wm. Lloyd' Garrison, Jr., of lkston, before the late State Woman Suf frage Convention, will he found on the sixth page of this paper.,- Nexieek the argument of J. L. i Collins, Esq., of Dallas, on the constitutionality. of the pending amendment, wJll. appear. f Governor Tliayer declined an Invitation to ad dress the Portland Branch of the Irish Land League on Sunday; hut Vcntan excellent letter, containing many, good and sensible remarks for tlie benefit of impetuous and thoughtless members of the League, ' r" aw Ijr.that, State, women are eligible to any officeunder the general or special school laws. Itiiiggests that the women 'should not be back--ward in coming forward." ;--'.. " y .' , , v' , THE JANITOR'S STATEMENT. ; To mil KpiTrtu or tbb Niw KoRf iiwr--iTf r- ' , .. In your Issue, of October 27th, the closing para graph of the record of the O.: S. W. 8. A. proceed- ngs represents me as having without authority destroyed, certain, valuable .papers belonging. to , the Association. This statement, unmodified. convicts me of carelessness, while I believe niy- ; self to -oe at least reasonably careful about such matters.. On the morning in question, Mrs. Dun- way canif In w and sat.!, "Tha ynne.r,e,rt hn dfttformrare ready to be-destroy ed.'J, Following this instruction, I gatheredup the papers, empty- , ng the table, abd placing It In the corner of the . ' where it Is regularly kept, I 'then put all papers In totheUve,- Mrs. Dunlway was in the room all the time, and I think should have told v" me If there were any of val ue. I do not deny the ' facts, but think my actions Justifiable.' . Respect fully, L........ tir... fa f r a. ' .
