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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1881)
THE NEW NORTHWEST, THUBSDA5T, DECEMBER 8, 188L u - l Journal for the People. -Independent in JUUits mnd Religion. Uttw to aril ZJM mm, mrf Thorough! if Radical in Op posing and Kr posing the Wrong the Mattes. " - 'BUBSCRIPTIOXRATKS (IX ADVASCKJi One Year, by if ail ................. .IS 00 Tre Month, - -..............l JtfonM to City PiUrons i deliver J..i." 23 J -,4. Advertisement wilt be Inserted at Reasonable Prices. All Corretpondenee intended for publication ihould be ad dressed to the Editor, and all business letter to (he - DUXIWAT PUBLISHING COMPANY' Jfo. I Washington street, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND. pREOOX,TII0Il8DAY, DECEM,BfCIJ W8L ; " . Y XOTICS TO SUBSCRIBERS. - The date printed after the address of you paper denotes the time of the expiration of your subscription: ' CHRISTMAS NUMBER. - " - : . ' d' The proprietor of this Journal are perfecting ar rangements to issue, a double-sheet number on the 2d of December."" It will coroprIesxteen, page of the preaent aire, and will hare, besides usual contents, an original Christmas story of much power, written express! j for that Issue ; a graphic . description by the senior editor of those portions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho orer which she baa traveled, with particular attention to local l- tie that offer Inducements to farmers and capital Jsta for settlement or lb vestment ; an I n I ml table and characteristic sketch from the pen of "Yours I Truly," and other contributions. Tbesey with its customary literary and special features, will make 7 1 t an u n usual ly ,l pterestl ng and valuable paper. It will be folded Into pages, cut, stitched, and -trimmed. A laige edltlonlll be. Issued, orders Jhavnjr, already been received' from business men for several thousand, extra copies, and It will be specially valuable to advertisers. TAKING TIME BY THE FORELOCK. JThe'falloWlng paragraph I from av prlvaUletter of -ui of a well-known Independence gentleman to the publlshera of ihls journal : The suffrage movement Is gaining friends every day in this vicinity, and H Is the Intention of ther stiffraglsts of Independence precinct to make the equal right question a mine ana non In choosing legislative candidates. We re member how it was brer In Washington, and "a hint to the wise U su'fflclent." We propose, if possible, to send a dele ctation from fold Polk" solid for equal rights and Justice. This baa the true ring of-earnestness. We should be glad to see such a determination ani mate the friends of Woman Suffrage In every precinct In the State. A little work before th meeting of the county conventions Is worth a great deal during the campaign or after the Legis lature assembles. By the exercise of diligence and care at the primaries, delegates to the conven tions may be chosen who will name candidates : for the Legislature - that are known to , favor-the ratldcaiion of the suffrage amendment. It Ts well to ponder over this matter now, while the con- ventlons-are several roonins in me nuurerana to 'study and outline the work that must be done In the Spring. Energy and vlgtlapce pn the part of Woman Suffragists will prevent the nomination of opponents, while apathy and Indifference may cost all that has been gal bed. Let the friends of the movement bear this In mind and commence preparations accordingly for the Spring campaign. AGAINST A WOMAN LIBRARIAN.1 The House of the Washington Territory Legls- lature, having under consideration the act in rela tion to the office of Territorial Librarian, rejected Mr. Kuhn'e amendment, which proposed to make women eligible to the position, thus refusing to legalise the Governor's appointment of his daugh ter. Several gentlemen spoke In favor of the amendment, and during the discussion Smith of Whitman, a stanch Woman Suffragist, gave . utterance to some of bis excellent equal rights sentiments, and was vigorously applauded. The Governor states that, notwithstanding the Ilouse's action, be will make no other appoint ment, and that theyoung lady-will continue to serve. There Is little doubt that legal troubles will ensue, as a number of persons will oppose her drawing the salary of the office. So far as Miss Newell Is personally concerned, lie n6userdectsldn firtdbeTgretledJetlbere Is hardly a doubt that the cause of Woman Suf frage will be benefited by It. as it shows bow badly the volee and Influence of women Is needed In legislative balls, to save them from unjust dis crimination.' The vote Is not against Miss Newell ldheTT"uragaInst"airwomen. Theamendment would not-have been rejected If women had "been enfranchised and represented. In fact, If women bad always possessed the ballot, there would have been no need of such an amendment; there would be no discrimination against their "aex. Could there be a plainer; Illustration of the . value of the ballot t: -. v ' Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, In his speech - before the Women's CbrUtian-TemperauctUQlon said : "I am unqualifiedly In fare of giving the ballot to every human being as soon as they achieve their majority." The suit of Miss Dixon against ProfeNHor AHen, mentioned In. our San Jose correspondence last TtwardedttWO-darnagesfor unwarranted cx pulsion from the Normal School. " . ' "HOUSE BILL NO, JQ3." An Kasiern; Washington correspondent fur nishes a letter this week that contains much good sense and Is worthy of careful reading; but In one or two respects It Is unfair and unjust to this Jour nal, probably unintentionally, and deserves atten tlon. ' ' . : '. . Tlie Nkw Northwest, did i.ot In Its issue of November ' 17th, 6r of any" other date, MtW n k It strange that seven men In the Council at Olym pla could have had the 'effrontery' to vote against .House Bill No., 103." Iu that Issue It did call attention to the, 'effrontery" of "seven men" who, unable io offer arguments against the enfranchisement of .the enlightened and unrepre sented womep of. the Territory, ha yet stubbornly persisted In giving force41 and effect to their "will and wish" that "women, should "continue to oc cupy the place of political inferiors in the Terri tory ;" but thla was in reply to an jextract from a paper that criticised the Legislature for the con sldefatlon shown the woman question the week before, and was written before House Bill No. 103 had been Introduced." That bill." to": ."confer the tIlot on persons paying. property, reganlless of sex," was offered bfiTNo- vember 10th, when It passed the House by .13 to 11 and was rejected In the Council by 1 W 8, and on the morning of the 17th there was barely time to make the announcement of the crushing defeat and state that It was probably due to the aversion of the friends of Woman Suffrage to "grant the ballot to, women tax-payers only, while it was open to all men." '. .I.- v'- That . remark give's the key to this Journal's opinion of House BUI No. 103 The bill proposed class or special legislation. Its only effect could have been to give freedom to the better' situated and more Independent- women of the -Terri tory, and to still further Increase the mortification and discontent of those who have no property or lib erty, and who are therefore most in need of the emancipation which the ballot alone can give. If It bad contemplated putting men and women on an equality, by providing for the disfranchisement enhonareotx-payers, TFwouIdnave been leas objectionable, for it-would then have been fair so far as the question of sex was con cerned.' ' " T The gentleman who Introduced the bill no doubt offered It with the best of Intentions. It was In line with the prlnciple'of "no taxation without representation,"-ap-d its passage, would undoubtedly have been hailed as a step toward full suffrage for . women. But 'tlie vote in the Council showed that .the friends of the woman movement were determined, not to accept any thing short of the concession of equal suffrage. ",.' If the bill had received a favorable vote in the Council and the Governor's signature, it might and probably would have, been used for the next dozen years by opponents of equality before the law as a stumbling block to hinder further consid eration of the claims oLjfOiQanfor full and free recognition. The number enfranchised would have been small, as the women who have property. In their own names are not numerous, and no great good could have followed their use of the ballot The large majority of Woman Suffragists, like our Yakima correspondent, feel no sorrow at the defeat -of the bill, although they can bardly doubt the good Intentions of the gentleman who offered It. i - The Impartial suffrage amendment to the Con stitution of Nebraska wilt be voted on In Novem ber, 1882, and the leaders of the woman movement In that State understand that Its adoption or re jection will have considerable bearing on the fate of the similar amendments in Oregon and Indiana. Hon. Erasmus M. Correll, of Lincoln, Trident of the American Woman Suffrage Association, says they deeply feel the responsibility resting upon them and realise the magnitude of the work to be accomplished, for If their great battle results In defeat, It will be "hailed as an omen of disaster by the friends of equal rights In Indiana and Oregon, and elsewhere throughout the Union." They are working steadily and earnestly, with a firm determination to place upon the brow of Nebraska thsKrown of honor that will belong to the first State that does Justice to women, and deem "no honorable price too great to pay" for the victory. . . IJBJ1J1'?-Jtilfi!'.,'na! he PMt weekthe assassin was, put on the wituess stand and sub jected to-a very severe cross-examination for three. days,' In which he exhibited great cunning, con siderable temper, and keen conception of questions that were Intended to bring damaging answers. He persisted In jsaylng theLord Inspired blm to "remove" the President and should be held re sponsible, but at last In an unguarded moment admitted that he bad felt "remorse," when his ex amination was Immediately stopped. Testimony for the defense closed yesterday, and prosecution opened In rebuttal., . - - Tlie "Kansas prohibition-Act,'- Introduced In the Washington Territory Legislature by Mr. Smith of Klickitat, failed by a tie vote to go to a faecond reading-HowevefrtbLeglslature passed! several Important temperance bills, and has shown decided temperance proclivities. V' -y Governor Albert G. Porter, of Indiana, says : "While I. remain Governor, I propose to do what When wuuieu vute, thrpolts-wTn DyTh'effnesT place In town." - WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE W. CT; U. The women who bolted from the recent nations convention of the Women's ChristiaaTemperance Union on account of the axloptlon of a Woman Suffrage resolution were so few In number that they did not constitute a "split," nor hardly splinter, and they finally came back to the ranks of the 8ocietythey.had . deserted iThe Jssye of "November 16th of Our Herald, "the official organ of the1 JfJdiana Women's Christian Temperance Union," liat. hand, with reliable and sensible words in regard'to them, its article being headed RuleJorRuln. The4Dpitersrliumbered tlx of a gathering of considerably more than two hundred, and the resolution' which aroused their Ire was thaTj"lf in any State Union ijmaybe deemed necessary for the J women as well as the men to vote Iu order to secure prohibition laws, .Woman Suffrage shall be considered as one of the proper means in the work.'? The "rule or ruin" charge Is certainly deserved by women who. cpuld' not submit to that resolution, and the Union displayed charity In receiving them back. J - '' The growth of Woman 8ufrrageprinclple8 In the-Women's Christian-Temperance-Union- has been steady and rapid and Miss Frances ET.WI I lard was" reelected President on the suffrage plat form by a vote of 192 to 22. This year all the old plans of work were continued, and a new division, called the "Department of Franchise," was estab lished. Miss Willard states her conversion to Woman Suffrage In this concise way, and many other ladies endorse It: I went to the Leg Ulatureof Illinois believing in the silent Influence of woman, and opposed bitterly to Woman Huf frage. I presented a petition bearing 300,000 names of wom en, asking merely for the passage of the "Home Protection Bill." Heven men, representing not more than 20,000 voters. went before that Legislature on behalf of the whisky ring, and threatened to take off the political head of any man "that legislated In the Interest of those 300,01)0 women." I found that these 20,000 voting men had control over this body, and the 200 XX) voteless women were Ignored, not withstanding the righteousness of their demands. A WOMAN WHO CAN FIGHT. The d ispa tehee -yesterday- morn! ngdetai le heroic exploit of a Mrst Bintthson. of Denver, who saved the life of a government officer and pre vented. the escape of a criminal. United States Marshal Wilcox was taking H. wAVhlte, a noted stage robber and desperado, undera life sentence, to the Detroit House of Correction, by way of the Michigan Central Railroad, and when near Poka- gon the prisoner "plcked'lbls handcuffs and then savagely attaeked the officer. . He had secured the Marshal's revolver and started to use It,, when Mrs. Smlthson sprang upon him, dlsabled.him, and enabled the officer to again get-him under control. .. There . were seventeen men in the car, and not one offered to assist the Marshal. White says that if he could have got a bullet through Wilcox, he would have covered the 'passengers with the revolver and "gone through every onjj of the Infernal cowards." Mrs. BmltusoDjdecllnedjy reward,-but the Marshal says he will send $500 to her address In New York. If physical courage hmd abt Htytw flghtmreheualiacalidhsloFlKe ballot, as some persons are In the habit of. claim ing, those, seventeen cowards ought to be disfran chised and Mrs. Smlthson given the right to all their votes. ! From the Woman' $ Journal, of Boston : "It is worthy of note that the 'School for Feeble-Minded Youth' In this city contains seventy-nine boys and fifty-one girls; it is also true that there are not only more male than female Idiots, but there are more male thaOebaate paupers, more male than female convicts In the State prison,, more male than female criminals of every kind, more male than female drunkards,- more male than fe male tramps and vagrants, and all this while there are 62,000 more women than men In Massa chusetts. But the men of the State think it Is not safe to trust women with any share of the law making powers; that It will not do to let women vote." ' ..'-"- ' : The State Woman Suffrage Association of Illi- noisnas gone to work with the intention of In ducing the Legislature of 1882 to submit a consti tutional amendment to the voters of the State. A petition to that effec has been prepared for circu lation, and will doubtless receive an enormous number 'of signatures., Last year two hundred thousand citizens petitioned for the removal .of the political'disabilitles ot women, and It Is rea sonable to predict that more signers will be se cured to the present paper, and that the next Legislature will not refuse to let the voters pass Judgment upon the question. "hife The thirtieth annlversary-of the formation of the Indiana Woman Suffrage Socletv fthe first society ever formed for this purpose) was held on i the 30th of October. Its labors have been tedious and wearing, but there are good prospects that the close of the struggle Is near at hand. TwoLyears more of constant work such as the Indiana women have shown their ability and determination to give, will secure the adoption of the constitutional amendment, and they can then enjoy their well- ajae4ireedoj" rest. Oregon and Indiana occupy the same ground on the Woman Suffrage question, except that the former has the advantage In point of time. In this Stale the pending constitutional amendment J rallflca tTon, while In Indiana a like proceeding cannot be bad until 1SS3. - . , - THE QUEEN'S POWER, Thftoretlrallv thrlirht tn vol or veto la' In. ( , i eluded as a part of the royal prerogative of the Tlrltlsh Onoen - Prt lall v thla rlirht la uMnm or never exercised. In pure theory, the Imperial' f legislature consists of Sovereign, Lords and Com mons, the concurrence of all three being required totheeuactraent.oL.a- srattrte. After a bill has - been passed by both Houses, the royal assent is ' made known by Black. Rod,,wJio enters bearing' the royal scepter and saysln oldJJforman French, ''La regne le vruie; -"TheTiueen so wills It" ' If this assent, for any reason, is Jo be temporarily ; , withheld, Black .Rod , an nou ne'esp "Lar ri gne . mffii'lsern,,'t,Tts Onpon will ImIca It nniipp'VH. visement" -But It is nearly two hundred years" since ah act has been returned - with the royal sanction ftOKitlvelv refused In 1602. William III. vetoed the bill for triennial Parliaments passed a couplet of years' later, . however ; and In 1707 the veio was exercised by Queen Anne. KlnAA thla 1attp HatA t Ha nulv aiitrfroatlnn nf lh. revival of ihia n&rtlctilar bit' of th roval nrerntrs. llun DA 1 1 Iva 1 1 rM is sia r9 lsv 4 Ia a ab siae-ewvl s em 'I'iiAMa a a-wfl 1 1 ATVsa4sAA eeAI Una -wasflt at uuviv uu i viiv ca i vm itnui vrrw t9 w lieu Queen Victoria, in 1871, abolished the right of purchase in the army, after the' bill to abolish purchase (passed by the Commons) bad been re jected by the Lords. A good deal of astonishment was caused by this assertion of a dormant right. Commenting upon the event, Mr. Walter Bag- tlon," writes : . 1 But this is nothing to what the Queen ean do by law. Without consulting parliament, not to- mention other things, she could disband Che army (by law she cannot en gage more than a certain number of men. but she is not obliged to engage any men) ; she could dismiss all the offi cers, from the Ueneral Commander-in-Chief downwards -she could dismiss all the sailors, too ; she eould sell : off all i: aui fthtnanl waff anil all imi naval iIami 1 th. jinlrl m lit. a peace by the sacrlflce of Cornwall, and begin a war for the conquest of Brittany. Khe could make every cltlsen la the United Kingdom, male and female Pr jjf hf could make evenr Darish In the ITnlted Klnardom a ITnlveraltv; she coulcr-dlsmlssmost ot tha olvll servants ; she could pardon all offenders. In a word, the Queen could, by pre- Ttynpset all thw action of-clr4i-gornment wtthts the Government t could disgrace the nation by a bad War or peace;-and could, Jbj disbanding our forces, whether land or sea, leave us defenseless against foreign nations. The Queen could do all these things, but they are nevertheless Impossibilities. Public opinion and her own Interest arr amply sufficient, to re- strain the right of veto within due bounds, together. with all other Improper uses of .the royal preroga-7 tlve. Our Herald Is an able, Interesting and neat pa per published at Lafayette, Indiana,' under the editorial direction of Mrs. Helen M. Gougar. It. is the official organ of the Women's Christian. Temperane-Ulnr andtrongly-advocaTes equal suffrage. Its motto Is, "Freedom and Temperance Know no Sex." Theaubscription price Is but fl. 00 a year. It merits a large patronage. : TbcManebester Woman Suffrage Journal pays the Interests of the women of England suffer "neg-' JecLPOtDly.througlLlbeLdiDcultyJngetUngacta- passed to relieve them from Injustice, but through the neglect and Indifference of officials In getting the laws properly administered when ,they are passed. . ' . - ' . The Olympla Courier, in giving Mrs. Dun I way a "personal," kindly says that the New North westJb "very neat In mechanical appearance, and is conducted with exceeding ability and good Judgment, , making It a power for good In its chosen field." Thanks. ' 1 On Monday last, the'jwhole temperance ticket of Sclo was elected, from Mayor down. During the coming year no licenses will be granted to saloons. "The experiment is for one year," but we predict it will prove so-satisfactory that ItwilJ be con tinued. ' ' y - . ' There are sixty papers published In the United States by women. ., B. L. Stone, the Jeweler, corner of First and - . ... 4 . U . .. -- t.. I L 1 I. 1 1 J . . 1'iviiituu cvircvsi iim rrwivvu ins iiuiiuar iiocsoi j i . . i i i . .... . . . uiaiuunus, watcues, cnains, anu an ainas oi nrsv class Jewelry and silverware. All goods are marked In plain figures, and are being sold at greatly reduced rates. His long experience and weu-anown reiiaDiuty are a guarantee or tne lair treatment of all customers. Mr. Stone also keens a large assortment oLTQlled gold Jewelry, but none is" shown unless asked for by customers Donot fall to call and Inspect this elegant establishment Mr. J. W. Bailey has removed from No. 47 to Km HI ami V&. Vamlilll i.tt 1A ' and Fifth, or two blocks west of his old location. no nner staple and fancy groceries can be found In thecltv than at hlnewt neat and eommodioui establishment His prices are the very lowest as he sells for cash. All orders promptly attended' to, and goods delivered to all parts of the city. A -1. t . k . . . . . . a cuoice asaorimeni oi new ana eiemnt tovs tiss been added to his, ovster. and ronfectlonerv parlors by Sam. L. Beary,-corner of Fourth andT Yamhill streets. He sells as low as anv house In ' the city. y ; . Garrison's Sewlntr Mschlne Store. 167 Third - street Is the best place In Oregon ,to get sewing machines repaired. AH kinds of ! needles, sewing machine xA Is. attfhmmts-- i I Ir t rmarta t& : ' ' s i " ' : - Th "lfliahnlil, tnnir tha AkI nnimlnm fnf h Best Family Sewing Machine at the Mechanics' l., I . n r- .... ... . rair. jomi x. vxarrison, wt inira street, I'orv snil. DetiArsI Acpiit e- hats for the HOLIDAYS i Kvery steamer brloirs new styles to Increase Woods' bolidar stock, llemeraber bis low prices. . .