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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1881)
,: . jo- ....'...:.!-. 'J . THE NEW NORTHWEST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1881 A Journal or IS JropU, -.jfZ-L "' Jndependent in Politic and Keilgion. . -f - . T 4t to o Zitv mm, awl Thoroughly JbuUeal in Op- poring and Krposing th Wrong if th Masse. - SUBSCRIPTION RATKH flX-AD VASCsVi On Year, by Mail,. His Month,. - Three Month. - .. Pfr Month to City JXUrons (delivered) Advertisement wilbb. inserted at Reasonable Priors. 7 7' Ofrrtfpondmee intended for publication should be ad' dressed to th Kditor, mmt all business Utter to th DVXIWAT PUBLISH ISO COMPAXl'. ' Jt,b Washington street, Portland, Itregon. PORTLAND, ORfcQOX Tl&RftDA Y DECEM BKB 1,'MM, KOTICJS TO BUBMCRIBKRH. .r.'-'.-. Th dot printed after 1 h add rest of your patter denote th Urn pf the erpiration of your subscription, UUUUlUu JUST THE REVERSE. -Th-Boston CongregationaHit-Isd iseatisfled be- causeMlss SuinTCAtithonjrwwi present at the recent convention lu Washington of the National Christian Temperance Uuloni and It decidedly states its displeasure at the adoption of a resolu tion that "such States as desire it may Include work for the ballot among their methods.1' The passage of the' resolution led to the bolt of a few women who .fall to comprehend the power and value of the ballot, and who propose to "rule or ruin." We strongly suspect they are members of -thetrlasfrtrf-pctttlant and whlmsleal-women who have little confidence In their own strength of character and perception of right, and are fearful that, Instead of being able io wield the ballot as an effective agent for good, they will find them selves engulfed by the evils which are popularly supposed to be Its attendants. We frankly admit that the bolting women, who displayed such a de cided aversion to "submitting to the rule of the majority? did liot show sufficient comprehension of the jprlnelplesof fjdenioeiwytake-dwlrablfr voters; but we hope no one will imagine that Woman Suffragists cannot readily and gracefully submit to majority rule. v r - The adoption of the resolution Is, we believe, the first ydlrect action taken by the Union on a po litical Issue, and shows Its members to be observ ing and progressive. They have sorrowfully earned the need of political rights, and, In view of their troubles In Illinois and other States through their disfranchisement, this pronuncia mento from the Congregatlonalht will hardly lose their eyes to the power of the ballot: Th W. C T. U. hti no honorable record, and ha dons a nobis work. It will b m trrmt publto mUrortun If th lm n nf TV in n JifTm r lm llowi d l Jmaitllijlt uWutnta. " '. We accept and endorse- the first sentence, with the qualifying remark that the "noble work" has been greatly limited because of the political oon dltlon of.. women ; but the second Is a vague and general-prediction that Is unwarranted - by the cneracTer oro Union In particular. "The great majority of wom en have. always been found on the side of moral ity, .decency and temperance and Jt Is worse than foolish to assert that the Union's "usefulness will be Jeopardized" by giving its members the power oTthe b"ot. , ' ,-,'., . Women have tried various methods to abate the evil of Intemperance, and with only moder ate success. Even the "crusade,", which, swept over the country less than a decade ago, , and ' which, it was declared by ministers, would destroy " the liquor business, accomplished almost nothing, Ainless, as claimed by liquor-dealers, It showed the uselessness of, prayer or the Deity's sanction of the, drinking traffic. Now let them give the suffrage a trial. , The ballot In the hands of women will be a great public blessing and Increase the usefulness of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. ' The dispatches of the; rumors that MrsfLlncoln past week contained was In needy circum stances, and the Secretary of War was subjected to some criticism for allowing his mother to want for the common necessaries of life. The reports of her destitution are hardly worthy of credenccfor It Is not probable that a man in Robert Lincoln's -potltlt son. Furthermore, her pension of $3000 a year Is sufficient to keep her from want. However, this stipend Is not munificent, and the country owes It s m n . n to Its own honor and tne memory or tne martyred IfeTdhaFKeucdm ample for her re quirements. It Is not creditable to the American people that Mrs. Garfield has been presented with hundreds of thousands while, Mrs. Lincoln's edui ditlou Is such that It may be made the subject of newspaper comment and gossip. The contrast Is sufficiently marked to suggest the suspicion that If there had not appeared a good' prospect that President Oarfleld would recover and be able to favor the projectors of the subscription for bis, -wife,- Itwould neverhave- beenrsUrtedr"1'" Publication of the National Citizen and Ballot Box will be suspended for a few months, to allow 1U editor, Matilda Joetyn Gage, to give her full .time to the second volume of the Woman Suffrage History ,'in the preparation of which', with Miss Anthony and MTsrtttanton, she is"engaged.cr ; Governor Newell as requested the Washlngtdn Legislature to appoint Miss Newell as Librarian, Xarm to date-from January.lt188t. . ; , ' ' ' AFFECTED IDEAS, AND AIRS. 1 We were surprised and disgusted, a few days since, to hear a young American sententiously and cynically remark that girl passing along the street was "trying to get above ber station," his tone showing his deprecation of any attempt on her part to rise above the trying position of traiting-maid to the daughter of a codfish aristo crat We have occasionally seen-the girl upon the streets, and not Infrequently her mistress, and are free tto confess that the maid appears decidedly the handsomer' the. neater ..dressed and Jhe, more Intelligent of the two 'We were shocked that an American should sneer at the girl'sdetermlnatlon to rise from the condition In which unkind fate had placed her, for we could not but admire ber pluck. Rlghtquickly did we let thejroung fellow know our opinion of bis Ideas ffcatite, w blch he had probably received from association with the young Englishmen of Front street. We gave him to understand that, as an American, It was In bad taste for JUm to be sneering at the endeavors of any person to gain a better position, even though that person-were a servlng-mald In a family.that had grown rich by waiting for' other persons to settle around them,, apd thus 'render their land valoable. - Had he not changed the subject of con versation, we should have been glad to call his attention to the fact, that If Lincoln, Grant and Garfiejd had not tried to get above their station, the first would have remained a rail-splitter, the second a' tanner, and the third the driver of canal boat mules. - - - Deplore It as we may, we must blushlngly and shamefully confess that In this country-there Is a A - YEAR'S LEGISLATION FOR WOMEN The Cleveland Leader him made a careful sum mary of legislation In a score of States for the ben eflt of women during the year past, and compactly presents an array or interesting iscis, wuicu wm support the claims of Woman Suffragists mat their1 cause has made arreat proeress-si nee me Autumn of 1880. Werstlll further compress the article, Maine gave' women the. right to serve ; on school committees, and enacted that married women may sell and convey real and persona! estate, but refused the ballot Vermont was much more liberal, granting absolute equality In school a flairs,1 and giving married women engaged In business all commercial rights enjoyed' by their husbands. Massachusetts legislators were hard of heart, only removing a few restrictions upon school suffrage. ' In Rhode 'Island - school suf frage amendment Dassed the House, but was beaten in the Senate after a warm debate. Con nectlcut reversed this position of the two houses, the Senate only nasslnir a school suffrage bill. In New York a liberal interpretation was put upon the schooljaw passed by the previous Legislature but a bill forbidding any attempt to deny the right of women to vote was beaten, receiving fifty-nine votes, six less than the requisite num ber. Indiana passed by an "emphatic majority i constitutional amendment giving suffrage to both sexes alike, but this amendment' mustpass second Legislature, and be ratified at the polls before it becomes effective. Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri-did 'nothing for Woman Suffrage, and little for the cause of temperance, goodly percentage of people who are given to ad miration of the social systems of monarchies and adulation of the class lines there drawn. Youncr men In particular affect a love "for English cus toms. We have met young snobs who think it better to be willed a fortune than to earn one: better to Inherit an honored name than win one; better to be the Indolent and worthless descend- anjsonLdajejdJildyroud "oldJamllyllll active and intelligent offspring of Industrious and bright work-people. We have little patience with such nonsense. Our firm belief is that it Jsjietfer for a man to deserve honor himself than to have t reflected upon him from the vague past ; better to do credit to his ancestors than to beg a share in their praises; And right here we wish to say that nothing Is more nauseating to true Americans' nan to see callow upstarts affect the airs, the dress, the manners and the pronunciation of the English rushing along the streets in a shambling wsy, dressed In Ill-fitting and dirty tweed,; carry- ng a stumpy stick, sucking a straight-stemmed pipe, and giving an unnatural accent to their woras. - we love patriotism, ana are giaa- to see honor their native land, which Is that Amer-' .Englishmen, honor their native ruled by a woman ; but we musl cans have abundant cause to be proud of their na tivity,- without affecting the style of foreigners and their disgusting Ideas of caste. A Woman Suffrage araendmentnilready-passed by the preceding Legislature, was killed in Wis consin by a close vote, after prolonged discussion. The Ohio Legislature granted to vomen the right or noiding tne omce or juuy itecomer. a dui giv log full suffrage to women was also passed Jby the House, but was beaten In the Senate by a close vote.. Then the Senate passed a bill glvlngschool suffrage to women, but the House failed to act pen it yebfakaegllators gladly granted school suffrage to all, and then as willingly passed a constitutional amendment granting equal suffrage io women, Kansas defeated a similar amendment in the Senate after it had passed the nouse". In Colorado great interest was excited by an equal suffrage bill, which,; after getting through the Senate, was killed in the House. . In Oregon an- equal property rights law was enacted, and a con stltutional amendment giving suffrage to women was also passed without solicitation, and by a fair majority. Finally, that the Territories might not be wholly without part In the year's work, Arizona gave to women school-suffrage and the right to hold all offices for which they are permitted to vote. In the North American Jlevlew for December Hon.' John A Kasson, In a paper on "The Monroe Doctrine In 1881," asserts the obligation of the United States government to effectually maintain its supremacy throughout the Western Hemls- phere, and demonstrates his position both by the xrrUunAyrCram,i,nf h rrf,f argumenta-of -authority and precedent, and upon pared an elaborate paper to prove woman Inferior to man, says that "everywhere woman Is regarded as minor, incapable or taxing care or iierseir." This is adding Insult to injury. Women are working and praying and begging Tor equal rights and responsibilities. They are seeking to be recognized as sovereign citizens', -with all the duties and obligations attaching thereto. JThey, tiave again and again hurled back the imputa tion cast by outlaws that they are not superior to minors, lunatics, convicts, Indians I and China men. They have brought forward unanswered and unanswerable arguments In support of their demands for equality and Justice. They are still abort ng for 'the repeal of the laws that regard them as-nonentities and Irresponsible beings, ex cept-when taxes are to be paid or crimes punished. Yet, in the face of all their demands and arguments and protestations, the insulting taunt Is shouted by those who hold them In sub- ectlon that they are "regarded as minors, In capable of taking care of themselves." - - . Another squabble over a municipal, office has been commenced. W. S. Chapman refases to sur render the" position of City Surveyor to D. W. Taylor, who was appointed and confirmed last ant-to-bhrduty as a week, clatmlng-that-MrrThomrmon IsmorMayori until the Supreme Court so decides In the mayor alty case, and that appointments by him are Ille gal. TMr. Taylor has applied to Judge Stottfora writ to compel Chtfpman to show cause why he shall not surrender the office. It is returnable at 7 o'clock Saturday evening, and In the meantime Chapman "holds the fort" It would be difficult to find a number of women who could not run the city government more creditably than men have done, and with less friction. The present wrangling and squabbling is disgraceful. the grounds of reason. Then follows a discussion of the "Death l'enalty," conducted by the Rev. Dr. Cheever, Judge HamueFHand and Wendell Phllllpq, The policy of "Mr. Gladstone's govern ment toward' Ireland is strenuously defended by Mr. il. O. 'Arnold-Fonder, rsonoFthe Chief Secre tary for Ireland Four physicians and surgeons, Drs. W. A. Hamtnond, John Ash hurst, Jr., J. Marion Sims, andJohn T. Jlodgen, review the history of President Garfield's case. 'Finally, the Hon. David A. Wells treats of "Reform In Federal Taxation." r? - ' .i - . , The fact that there are twenty-seven Mayors of Important English towns and cities who were elected as known temperance men, and who dis pense civic hospitality without the use of wine, as stated recently by Mr. Robert Rae, is very sig nificant evidence of the substantial progress .of the temperance cause fn Great Rritaln. It is quite, doubtful whether twenty-seven total ab staining Mayors, with the "courage of their con victions" on the subject of temperance, could be found In as many towns of like Importance In the United States. ' , "Ethellnd Ray," In the ftlU City of November 17th; reviewed a recent paper of M. Delaunay, a Frenchman who endeavors to maintain that women are men's Inferiors In all respects. The concluding sentence of the article Is: 'The wom en In America who fight their way, bravely and steadily, shoulder to shoulder with mon, are le- The East Portland Debating Club discussed this question on last Tuesday evening: "Betotved. That-the elective franchise should be extended to women." The Council Chamber, where the de bate was held, was well filled, the ladles being In the majority In the audience, and the meeting waa more than ordinarily Interesting. Mr.McFherson was called to the chair. Speakers on the affirma tive were Messrs. Turnbull, Kennedy, McCoy and Barn?yand Mesdames Kccnanand lllckllni onT ttrrnfgatiTB, Umn. D6d7Moore7ymIln7Hir well and Sanders. "The chair very properly de cided," the Telegram says, "that the affirmative hail nmdurM th o,Pofjt -tliyht nf nrtimn all men must acknpwledge and respect them as tneir equals." i . The family of Reuel Colt Gridley are living In Modesto In destitute circumstances, and subscrip tions have been started in the cities and towns of 1 California .and evadaforL their relief. People wbo are able and willing to help this worthy and patriot Io movement should, send their contribu tions to the San Francisco Chronicle or the Modesto Jteraldl where! n the names of con tribu tors and amounts will be published. I The Olympla Standard entered Its twenty-second year last week. It Is the oldest paper. In Washington Territory, and was founded and lias been continuously published by John Miller uarpuy. The GoTJ7ndale.SV:nf incJ bas discarded its patent outside, and Is greatly Improved. Hon. W. IL Smallwood Is announced as Its future editor. He As-ill doubtless make it atrableTaper." ' "r ' 7 A CONVINCING CONVENTION. , CorrcapoBdenc of MeMlosvllls Reporter. ' ' -. North Yamhill, November 2?. The Woman Suffrage Convention which met at this place last, week had, as we believe, a very successful con vention. Mrs. Duniway, of Uie New North WB8T, Jlr. Draper, of, the. Wasco S'wn, and Mr. -Leiser, of Forest Grove, wem the principal speak ers. We all know that Mrs. Duniway alwaysL makes A point when she speaks. Mr. Draper pre- " sented the subject very forcibly from a constliu-' tlpnal standpoint bracing his assertions all the time by' common sense, logic and reason, together, with appeals to his audience in behalf of hl ub- Ject and furnishing historical evidence that he was In the right The other speakers substan tiated his assertions and bound them with a few bands carried for that purpose,.maktng withal a very plauslblereason why women should. have the right to vote.- A vote was taken to ascertain how many were in favor of the question, and among all-the women of North Yamhill and . vicinity only one was against it - We were never In favor of the move before, but this convention moved us as well as the balance of the commu nity.; We "are In faVor ''"of It yes, strongly; in fact, we are forced to be If we wish to be thought well of by the ladies, and of course we do. Our country must submit to It finally, and we may Just as well become reconciled at once and let the machine operate. GENERAL NEWS. rTh4 Tariff Convention Is in session In Newjfprk; Judge Cox receives many letters threatening his life In case Guiteau escapes the gallows. The Irish National Convention is In session In- Chicago, with over TOO delegates in attendance. - Governor Newell has called an extra session .of the Washington Territory Legislature for the re vision or laws. - The Legislature of Washington Territory has divided Columbia coi called Garfield. county. . .The new county is 'fiie situation In Ireland growa Outrages on and murders of rent-payers are of dally occurrence. - ""2 The contest for the Speakership of the 'next House is in progress. Hiscock of New York and Kasson of Iowa are both working for the honor.) The Guiteau trial is dragging along. '' Nothing is developed further than has beeu known for months. The assassin, has been on the witness stand for two days. . tr-L Governor Nell, of Idaho, now In Washington City, is giving' the people of the East an idea of tne power or tne Mormons "in nis Territory, and will make a personal appeal to Congress to "throt tle the reptile while it can be killed peaceably." The Washington Legislature refused to exempt church property from taxation; but it passed a law to close all places of business on. Sunday ex cept drug stores, with heavy penalties hot only ior its violation, dui ror oracers wno neglect to notice its infraction. Proceedings ou the charge of heresy preferred bv Elder Roberts, of Calvary Presbyterian Church. San Franciscof against Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, have at length been brought to a conclusion by with dVawal of The complainTby Elder Roberts and his mtrementfronrtnatTciigtoTistodyr . The Chicago Tribune says: "One of the first-du ties of Congress will be to abolish the Hawaiian treaty, which has simply been the means of en- ricmuga few planters in the Sandwich Islands - and a sugar pool in San Francisco, and has cost ' the government a million a year In revenues.".. The hew" Mutual Union Telegranh Com Dan v promises to be of vast Importance to the press and public of all portions of tne country. . It will be a commercial enterprise, not hampered with a press association of its own ; but it will serve Individual Papers at lower rates than the Western Union. i A Roek Island dispatch says the coroner's Jury found that the wrecked steamboat Jennie Gilenrist . was running at night In violation of law. belns- icehsed as a. day passenger steamer onlv. The master and the pilot were incompetent, no look- out was on duty, and no effort was made to save passengers. , The following cablegram Is from Odessa. Russia. under date of November 28th (last Mondavi: "An anti-Jew mob stoned Sara Bernhardt'a carriage as she was driving home from the theater, on the ground that she was a Jewish descendant They also stoned her hotel and stopped the performance at the theater' In Kansas they have a novel but effective method of dealing with thieving bankers. 1 low ers, cashier of the broken bank of Hunnewell, was iorcea io seme wun tne depositors, they takln real estate, collateral, etc., and getting all but $300 of their money. The citizens of Wellington tiave Smith and ' DSBf0rdrbr7Lh rpcenllw sus- f ended banks of that place, In charge, and will old them until thev. disgorge. .Thre is s-reat danger of their being lynched. Postmaster-General James has prepared a draft g.lQPland, thank God, their numbers aredAlly-ipL bnjJb2jjtabJiahApusUlaavings4ak-eystemr .noting; TOKKrwJSaSi, .h4S?WlAoBiitoU iSbSffi to establish banks at its discretion : the system to be self-sustaining.: no anornnriationa Iwlnir re quired: the credit of the United SUtes to be pledged for the security of deposits ; the rate of In terest to depositors to be two per cent per annum ; no person to deposit more than $500 In a year, nor to have on deposit more than $1500 at any time. The report of the Director of the United Hta Mint states that during the year ending June 30, 1881, gold and silver received In mints and mit offices showed an Increase of more than $50,000,000 over the previous year, amouutlng to $226,225,522, of which $193,371,101 was gold. The large Increase was due to-the influx of foreign gold, $95,000,000 being from that source alone. Gold coinage for the year was $78,733,864. and silver $27,637,050. he circulation of the principal countries of the world is estimated at $9,403,000,000. being $5,759.- T l. m"t a a n At ( y ' k. . ail . Jl V!. and Lace House," 167 Third street near Yamhill, have received a fine assortment of real and cheap laces andf embrolderles,forlhe holidays, which' they will sell at the lowest possible prices. J r