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The Lady or
TODAY marks the end of as heated a campaign for the
senatorship of Illinois as has taken place for many a day.
Ruth Hanna McConnIck, present member of congress from
Illinois, seeks to displace Charles E. Deneen. present senator
and former governor. Mrs. McCormick is fired with personal
ambition; she aspires to be the first woman elected to the
senate. She is making her race as a politician, though she
hopes to hold the women in line
her sex.
Elected to congress two years ago. Mrs. McCormick at
once began to lay her plans to win the senatorship. She has
spent little time at her congressional duties, and a great deal
of time campaigning over the state, seeking political affilia
tions which would strengthen
culminates today.
Mrs. McCormick is the daughter and was long the con
fidante of Mark Hanna, industrial magnate who elected Mc-
Kinley to the presidency and took the senatorship of Ohio
for himself, a strict realist in politics. She is the widow of
Medill McCormick. whose early death came, it was believed,
from the shock and disappointment of his defeat for renom
ination to the senate. Daughter of one politician and widow
of another, Mrs. McCormick claims to know all the cards in
h the deck and how to deal them. Her playing shows she knows
' the tricks too; and if she wins she will gloat over it as a
demonstration of woman s ability to win at what was erst
while thought to be a man's game. '
With trumped up issues, and with the characteristic du
plicity of the political-minded,
has offended those who would naturally look for a woman
to exemplify the better things in politics. She is fighting the
world court, a minor issue or
it may be all settled by the
r She equivocates on the prohibition 'question. She makes po
litical alliance with the corrupt and vicious William Hale
Thompson machine in Chicago. The allegiance attests im
plied trading, and would revive as a state power the grip
of the Thompson-Crowe Chicago republican machine.
Senator Deneen has met the onslaught of this political
Amazon with vigor and directness. His record of past hos
tility to the Chicago gang is in his favor, and his firm stand
for prohibition has earned him support from the friends of
that cause. Then he is a veteran in Illinois politics himself,
and his political organization, largely built up around him
personally, reaches throughout the state. The result will de
pend quite largely on how the women vote. If they vote just
for their sex without regard to their political principles, then
Senator Deneen may be defeated. However, the senator has
enlisted a large, and strong body of Illinois women who are
championing his cause in all parts of the state.
"On to
FORTUNATE in its sponsorship and happy in its name,
the newly formed "On-to-Oregon" club makes an auspi
cious start. Its backers include the following:
O. W. Mielke, of Blake, Moffitt & Towne, Portland, one
of the hardest workers for encouragement of travel to Ore
gon of anyone in Portland.
Edward C. Sammons, executive head of the Iron Fire
man company, a former banker, and one of the most aggres
sive of the younger group of business men of the state.
John A. Zentbauer, one of the heads of the Jantzen
Knitting mills, a conspicuous industrial success, a man who
knows how to use advertising succesfully.
Raymond B Wilcox, president of the Portland chamber
of commerce.
John A. Laing, vice-president of the Pacific Power &
Light Co.
This group has high standing, has achieved success per
sonally, command the respect and the financial support of
the citizens of Oregon, and
which might compromise the success of an all-Oregon movement.
As we take it, this enterprise is not conflicting with the
work of the state chamber of commerce. Instead it is sup
plementing it, and the work of one will help the other. There
is scant danger of over-advertising Oregon.
The title selected is a pleasing one. It was the rallying
cry of thousands from the great immigration of 1843 on
ward. "On to Oregon" that cry echoed and re-echoed through
the east started thousands of creaking wagons rolling west
ward, wagons loaded with belongings and with families seek
. ing to found new homes in a
adapted to this new age may
stimulate new immigration, an immigration hot merely of
men with a plow or their strong hands, but men with capital
seeking new and large opportunities. " The new organization
is planned along the lines of Calif ornians. Inc., a body which
- under the skilled management of John J. Cuddy, has accom
plished great things for the development of central California.
We hope that the
; ly to die. With proper backing, it wll "enlarge our borders'
and usher in a fresh era of expansion within our state.
Aisles of
rrtAKE a drive today or tomorrow through the orchard dist
X ricts surrounding Salem. The T fruit. trees art now full
! blown. Hillside orchards are whiter like a snowfield. Where
the trees, particularly the cherry and pear trees are on each
side of the road, the path seems like an aisle in heaven with
choruses ox snowy white angels on each aide.
There are many beautiful orchard drives along the riv
er road north of Salem, and south through the prune grow
ing district around Liberty.
lace road and along the Orchard heights the view is mos
' beautiful. On the Orchard heights road, which is the firs
road to the left along the Wallace road, the undulating hills
give a fine view of distant orchards; and on Sunday Mounts
Hood and Jefferson were in fine view. -
If this country isn't heaven in springtime, it must be
fairyland. . - i
t Now Mr. Slips thinks the editor of this paper deserves a biding
because the editor of the CorrsUls paper said a naughty word about
Salem. WelI. when we tired in Corvailis we had nothing to say
about the editorials la the G-T; and haven't any more .voice since
' leaving tnere.C; B.- tngaUs is its editor, as is quite weU known over
the state; and we have observed in most controversies Mr. Ingalla is
' quite capable. ot - takln g care of himself. .or coarse for. Sllpy any
port wfli do la a hard storm,
No Fear Shall Awe."
- - BtKtor-Mtmagtr
the Senator
as her supporters because of
her for the big contest that
Mrs. McCormick's campaign
no issue at all for her, because
time she would assume office.
Oregon
are free from "entanglements
distant empire. "On to Oregon"
revive that old stirring call and
"6n-to-Oregon" club Is not born mere-
Heaven
Over in.Polk county along Wal
Comment
From Other Pfcpcrt
COI. BOBKRTSOW OX FABM
BELIEF '
Alexander Lene. wbo draws
$100,090 a year Then on the Job
In his home town, vul star a
while loncer vita tat farm board
it Is announced. We doubt it he
succeeds in making p la the way
of nersonal satislacuon -Ter ais
aecompllshmenta la oiuee) traai ae
sacritices la money by aucaing.
Farm relleC Is planned by tne
lawmakers Is a flop, and probably
no one knows It .better than
Leare. It is not only that, bat it
is a sin for which tha admlala
tration and the party vfU be pun
ished as soon as the people- ret a
chance at them. A man Uke uetf
ehomld hare the eoarase to tell
the truth about it and clear his
skirts of blame la connection with.
it.
A man who says he is a dirt
farmer says la a maaastne that
he worked 11 hours a day on bis
plaxe last year for S cents an
hour, while his brothers, who are
plumbers, printers aaa raiiroaa
men were paid from 11 to $2 an
hour. Even that tact, he asserts,
doesn't Justify the Hoover, scheme
of farm relief. He says the only
way to sire the farmer substan
tial assistance is to cut down rail
road rates about 60 per eent and
run the labor unions off the earth.
His theory seems to be that if
other people could be reduced to
bis level financially everybody
would prosper. Takima Repub
lic.
Yesterdays
... Of Old Oregon
Tows Talks from Tb States
man Our Fathers Bead
April 8. 1005
About 90 clergymen and lay
men are here tor the annual ses
sions of the Oregon Conference of
the United Evangelical church
which opened at the Evangelical
church yesterday. RL Rev. W. F,
Hell of Chicago is the principal
speaker.
The Sublimity mohair pool was
sold to William Brown and com
pany of Salem with high bid of
32)4 cents a pound. The pool
contained 1.500 fleeces, about
6,000 pounds.
F. G. Haas has sold his opera
house drug store to W. A. Rlngo,
who has been employed by Haas
for about fire years. Haas re
tains his State street store
Rev-. D. A. Waters, formerly of
this city, but now of Portland,
was a visitor here yesterday.
An automobile, built of things
found in a hardware store. Is on
display in the R. M. Wade and
company window. Stovepipes and
elbows form the wheels and ax
les, a roaster the machine box, a
bath tub the box and salt boxes
the seats. The fenders are strips
of sheet iron, the steering wheel
sheave and headlights bicycle
lamps. Ivan Farmer constructed
the "vehicle."
Today's Health Talk
By IL S COPELAND, M. D.
Senator from New York and Former Commissioner of Health,
New York City
fNB can scarcely pick np a newspaper nowadays without seeing
J. the account of some fatality
only recently a man in uievsiana ugniea wo gas sonur aaar
hot water beater la the kitchen of bis apartment, and also the
what Is to be
The very
has neither
ace to public
warning.
The manufactured gas for heating and cooking used in almost
every city where natural gas is not
per cent of carbon monoxide.
amount of it. illuminating gas contains mncn ot it.
The hazards from this poison-O-
ous gas 11 not alone in the boil
ing over ot the family coffee pot
There is danger from tha furnace
closed too tightly, in any leaking
of a valve ot the gas range or
from the hot-water .beater. There
Is ft menace, too, in the closed
garage with the motor running,
and on the congested city streets
where so mncn traffic lies.
Civilisation: has brought these
new methods of heating and light-
lag and. motive power. With it
has come new dangers to public
health. The danger from carbon
monoxide is very great-
in spite 01 repeated warnings,
some persons will persist without
thinking, in starting the motor of
an automobile running In the ga
rage with windows and doors
shut tight Without realising the
deadly menace in the escaping car
bon monoxide gas, they are over
come and, expire.
It is a serious thing when there
is a leakage or break la your gas
range. It you have one ot the old
fashioned fiexihie tabes to a gas
heater you should make sure
there is no escaping of gas from
It See that yonr water beater is
in good condition.
Pouutlon of the air from the
exhaust ot automobiles on con
gested city streets Is a problem
hard to control. We nope It will
soon be solved by the automobile
and K gas manufacturers t them
selves. Already there are under
way experimeata on .certain de
vices - to lessen the trouble.
In cases of - carbon monoxide
poisoning there are certain things
that must be dene tor the victim:
A doctor should be called at onee.
Prevention is even better than
the' euro. We can give -warnings
of the danger, but the public, mast
take heed of the fact that careless
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0 BY WINIFRED VAN
"Course it's all right Leave it
to your uncle Nory, dear chUd "
"Ton lamb! Sweet, woolly
lamb!"
Ere felt a little glow of exhil
aration. Save her face at least, a
flirtation with Nory. And It might
bring Ken back. Who could say?
Worth trying. Indeed it was
worth trying!
She left the revelry and went
to the room Lllas had given her.
It connected by a bath with the
room where Ken would sleep and
Ere opened the doors between in
tending to speak to him when be
came in. But she was drowsy; the
Uttle gleam ot hopefulness, Nory's
plan bad brought struck through
her unhapplness in a restful way
and she feU asleep almost at once
not to awaken till the sun was up
from carbon monoxide gas.
three burners ot the gas range. WhUe stand-,
lag in another room be suddenly felt ill, and
realising the gas was escaping, ran to tarn it
out. He neglected to turn out the burner under
the hot water beaten At this point be was en
tirely overcome and sank to the floor, but at
just that moment a neighbor luckily appeared,
and saved his life.
Ton perhaps read of the cook who put
something on the gas stove to boll, and then
proceeded to sit down and go to sleep. The wa
ter boiled over, put out the gas flame, and the
whole family was asphyxiated by carbon monox
ide. There are hundreds of such cases, and
done about It?
fact that carbon monoxide gasldemnre after alt Pretty soon
odor nor taste makes It a real men
health. Disaster comes without
available contains as much as 20
Natural gas contains a negligible
use of these agents msy result In
1U health and even death.
Answers to Health Queries
C.R. Q. How can piles be cur
ed?
A. Constipation must be clear
ed up first and an operation Is
sometimes necessary.
A.C.R. Q. Is It good to eat or
anges every dsy?
A. Yes.
. S.C.S. Q- How can I reduce?
' A. -Weight reduction Is chiefly
a matter of self-control as regards
diet Eat very sparingly of sugars.
iais ana starches.
C.F. Q. What wiU cure hav
fever? .
A. Consult your doctor for
treatment
SXF. Q. What
causes oor
circulation?
A. Rum down state ef. health.
Build np your general health and
your circulation will improve.
E.O. Q. What do yon advise
for dlsxlness?
Aw This may be duo to a cir
culatory disturbance, to an. ova or
ear condition, or to some intes
tinal disturbance. An examination
will determine the, exact cause and
taea oenmte treatment can be
prescribed. ;r
- JL D. Q. Would nose and
throat trouble, also an Inactive
uver, cause mental trouble?
2 E.U.Q. q.--what: would clear
up otacaneads and pimples? .
A.Correct joarjUet and avoid
.constipation. - .
and tne dock on her dresser 1
pointed to ntae.
She stole through the bath to
Ken's room but the rumpled bed
was empty and his clothes were
gone. Nobody astir yet in the sil
ent bouse. Had Ken set out for
home in one ot his temperamen
tal moods?
Ere wondered about this, but
not with the despair ehe might
have felt twenty-four hours earl
ier. 8he drew a bath, lay a long
time in the warm water, dressed
in a leisurely way.
It was just .before she was
ready to go downstairs that she
glanced out the window, saw Ken
and Lllas Allan coming up the
drive. Their faces were red with
cold and they leaned toward eaeb
Other, laughing gaily, pausing to
catch up the newly-fallen snow
Jack It in big, squashy snow-balls,
oss these back and forth. They
bad been out for an early walk on
the ermine-clad hills.
Ere turned from the window
with her heart like lead; started
tor the dining room where break
fast was spread in English fash
ion on a long buffet and the
crowd was wandering about with
trays which -they filled and car
ried to the. table.
Nory sprang np, snatched a tray
which he Insisted on tilling for
her. First placing this at a little
table in the arch ot a bowed win
dow, be brougbt bis own tray and
they sat there apart from the
others In a conspicuous intimacy
while Eve's cheeks burned and
Nory kept whispering, laughing
audacious things, encouraging her
self -consciousness.
"Fiti's vibrating Uke a terrier's
nose, dryad. And Elma's all a-gog.
By night they'll be. saying that
Ken's demure little wife Isn't ao
they'll start planning stunts for
the day and I hoper youll manage
a nice hot blush when yon say
you ve got a date."
But haven't a date, Nory."
Yes, you have. A standing
date from now on. Well get" out
of here as soon as you finish that
second cup ot coffee.
Oh! Wei) . . . where will we
go?"
Anywhere. Nowhere. Doesn't
matter," he said complacently.
We're out for effects, child. And
you might give me a smile now
and then."
She smiled. And, meeting his
droU twinkle, thought suddenly
how much she liked him. So it
turned out that the smile was
radiant and more convincing than
she dreamed to Flfl and Elma and
Jan and Lllas who had come la
with Ken.
Lllas, however, made aa excuse
and left her guests almost at onee
and Ere saw Ken' wanderins
about restlessly. Clerer-ob, bow
clever she was! Not to let Ken
see too. much ot her leare Mm
to boredom for a time, coming
back just before be could grow
resoatrui.
Going about this in a business
like fashion , that gave Eve a
twinge ot fright when she thought
It ever . . . WeU. she wouldn't
think It over. Let Nory tell her
what to do. Dear Nory. Save her
face. Maybe save Ken. Take him
out ot The Lane. It would nave
to be that now bin choice be
tween The Lane and ais wife.:
She had daUled long enough; ehe
bad a right to this now it it were
not already too late.
Eve left the dining room with
Nory; they put on their wraps,
drove away la Nory's f. flivver
which he had -coaxed into run
ning again. And because they did
not know where to go she confid
ed In him. Told blm about Stony
wau; How dear It was to her.
; He said littler but ahe knew be
aaderstood-felt his quick; warm
sympathy.
"A great little old idea, Erei A
DUZER
home a fine Investment. Always
an ancnor."
CHAPTER L.
They drove to the farm, open
ed the house, built a tiro in the
grate. They spent the day there.
reading, talking lazily, in content
ment and peace. At noon Ere
made a great pan of biscuits, op
ened a jar ot honey, broiled ba
con. Nory said it was the best
meal that ever "he had tasted. Me
was so gentle, so delightful In his
quiet way that she found herself
wishingtho day would lasi a very
long time that they need not go
back to Hilltop House.
But at dusk Nory said they
must return. "Dramatic effect
dryad. Be just a Uttle defiant but
don't forget to blush. And It they
ask where we're been be vague."
No one asked. Knowing looks
greeted them, wise though toler
ant smiles. Only Ken seemed ob
livious ot their coming.
He didn't even know we were
not here, Eve whispered.
'Talr enough. What we want is
to start gossip. And I'll say that
gossip is started."
It was plain that Ken Intended
to linger after the crowd bad
gone. But there was no waiting
for Eve tonight She and Nory
left first of all and Instead of
turning Opportunity homeward he
drove away over the hill to Hav
erford. They went to a little restaur
ant, sat a great while over ham
and eggs and coffee. And Ken was
waiting when they arrived at the
bungalow, moody and disgruntled.
"Where the dickene have you
two been?", he demanded. "I
thought you started early. Been
sitting here an age."
An instant's hesitation. Then
Eve said nervously, "We Just ran
aownto Haverford. It's so pretty
but with the snow everywhere.
"Had bam and eggs down
there," Nory explained. "And the
roads are slippery."
Eve yawned, moved about care
lessly, pulling the sUk scarf from
her head. Blushes hesitate over
explanaUons well. Ken knew she
had been out with Nory. He knew
this at- last
-Nory kept eoachinr Eve as if
he were a producer and she a star
about to make a first appearance.
"Hesitate and explain a lot
Nothing like plenty ot explaining
to arouse suspicion. Shift, your
story, too, but only a Uttle."
"Okay fellow conspirator. But
how do you know ao much about
this?"
"Lordy. Eve. haven't you ever
a a movie?"
"But Ken doesn't mind. No
matter what I do he Just doesnt
seem-to see."
- Oh, that's an right Every
body else baa atot to tnrku-tik
before the husband gets round to
suspecting, if ore melodrama."
Eve twisted about, gave him aJ
wreicnea ntue smile. "It makes
me feel so cheap, Nory. Tricky
ana. cneap, getting into this with
B bought 10 plums. O t and S
and shared them eonanv with
F, who paid them IS centa for his
snare, now anonid the 12c be di
vioea proportionally? ;
Answer to Yesterday's Problem
I on I sides, il on S sides, si
on 1 side, t oa no sides. Expla
nation The cub baa S corners.
uwblusw wua paint on s sides;
It has 11 edges, therefore 12x2
wun paint on 1 Sides t It has
races, therefore III with paint
en 1 side.' The cube would consist
of a smaller cube on the inside, z
luchei en; aa edge.or$ 1-inch.
A Problem
For Yoif For Today M
cu ws. Aua s, z i, z and ey. .
ath flnding:
b S V
few brief references to and
paragraphs trotd the book by that
name. Dubilsh-
edljy Mrs. Ab
igsil Scott Dun-
liny in 111.
wiU bo inter
esting, at least
in showing
great changes
in public senti
ment in a tew.
short years. v
- - . e y;'
8ft had
roeod the
Rableoa d
W
bridges behind HenoWcka,
bar. She bad commenced her
great career aa a pioneer In the
long fight for equal suffrage and
equal rights. She bad given up
her profitable millinery business
In Albany and gone to Portland
to start her newspaper, "The New
NorthwesV, the first number of
which was issued May S, 1871.
V
That Year she brought the na
tional leader, Susan B. Anthony,
to Oregon, and accompanied her
on a lecturing tour throughout
the state. ChurcBes were closed
against them then. They were
considered ''dangerous agitators."
But they secured balls and held
meetings Just the same, undaunt
ed by many difficulties. They
spoke to large crowds at the state
fain They formed the Oregon
State Equal JSuffrage association
that year.
a s S
At the first anniversary meet
ing ot that association they were
unable to secure but one man to
oecupy the platform with them
as a steady coadjutor. That mas.
was Col. C. A. Reed of Salem,
builder of Reed's opera house; the
building that now houses the Mil
ler store in this city. Quoting
from "Path Breaking," page 69.
li
"I went to Salem in September,
1872. to visit the legislature,
which met annually at that time
In the autumn, in a little brick
building, across the street from
the Chemeketa. now kirown as the
Willamette hotel. (Now the Mar
lon hotel; the place where the
legislature met being the Turner
block, diagonally across the street.
the corner north ot the present
Statesman building, on the sec
ond floor.) As no woman prior to
you."
"With me. Eve?"
He regarded her whiteiy; she
saw the pain in his eyes, felt a
rush of tears to her own. "Oh,
orgive me. Nory darling! I didn't
mean it that Way- truly, I never
did! And you so wonderful not
one like you, not ever"
"Why, it's all right, little Eve."
His slow smile gathering her into
understanding. But she thought
he seemed weary, lonely and un
happy as he turned away.
She pointed out to blm that
after aU Ken and LUas had an
excuse tor the time they spent to
gether. "She poses for him and
gives him expert advice about his
work. He thinks it's expert ad
vice, though It's got him into
trouble already. He won't do the
sketches any more."
Don't wory about that Ken
may lose a little ground, but it's
part of the treatment."
And that evening he came to
the bungalow to ask Eve's help
on a knotty problem in the story
ne was aomg. ene saw at once
that he was setting up an excuse
for their being together. A flimsy
excuse.
They talked very lata over the
story, paying no attention to Ken
who read a while, fussed' about
his studio and finally went off
yawnlngly to bed. If he felt a
twinge of jealousy he gave no
sign. Eve Indeed thought he seem
ed bored.
"Why do you do all this for
me?" she whispered to Nory.
"Bother so much for me?"
His eyes were very deen hold
ing hers, wrapping her about in
warm kindness when he answered
"Yonr happiness. Eve. I told you
this. Means a lot to me that von
should be happy." . .
ehe clung to his arm when he
said good-night, followed him out
to the gate, stood there watching
mm piod.away toward home.
When Elma or Chuck or Jan
mentioned Nory. Eve would blush.
It was not aa effort, this blushing.
She felt self-conscious, more than
uttie frightened, and so she
blushed. And others, she knew,
read guilt in her embarrassment
It was not easy for her to brazen
u out ana ana began to lean nor
and more upon Nory's gentle kind-
unesa. He was always about, al
ways tactful; unassuming, always
rushing forward with the little
loverly attentions which could
mean so much and which as she
told herself meant nothing real,
ly beyond mores in the game they
played. '
Jan announced one dar " nt
ho was moving into the city. "Too
tar from tha Job. llYln on Ytmrm -
ahe told them. "Wen take a Oat
ana - oe Babbits from now- on.
Clayt's tired ot loafing; he's go
ing into a broker's office ;S r
Tan aeceivea no one. Jan. as
everybody understood. . baa
growa Bonemianlsm! aha w .
.. lit.. M - A W -
wag um jbima, ceveiopmg respect
euTeiope. sue would
put Clayt to -work and see that
he kept at It; forget that she had
a put Xt was what fre souls"
out sometimes when middle age
approached. ;-v',. ,w,:,iv
Nory gave a tea nartv as a fare
well ta tha nair. Kn hminA
plan a small but rather elaborate
occasion wua bouquets about tha
rooms and tho heavrr old-fash.
toned silver broueht from Rtr.n
WaU to grace the tea table. She
ana a moment or trepidation ovei
this; supposing Ken should
ognixe it as the silver which bad
stood on the sideboard' at Lake
slew?. But later aha tald
there was no need to worry; Ken
was too absorbed in LUas Allan
to notice the tea services
Nory told Eve to wear a whits
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that time had vi6ited the legisla
ture, except occasionally with oth
ers, on some social occasion in
hoaor of some political aspirant
I found it difficult to prevail
upon a woman to accompany me
As the etiquette of those times
demanded that I must have a cha
perone, I spent two whole days
in canvassing the city In quest of
a friend Wbo would dare to escort
met
J j m
"The first woman la Oregon
to undertake a mission so far out
ot the ordinary was Dr. Mary p
SawteUev'who was being widely
criticised at that time, as the first
Oregon woman to dare to gradu
ate from any medical institution
aad receive her diploma as a reg
ular physlcunf-This doctor, who
had failed to pass 'exams' as a
'regular at home, had but recent
ly returned from an eastern med
ical institute, fully equipped with
the accessories ot a physician's de
gree; and being known as an act
ire rebel against an early r.3
most unfortunate domestic rela
tion, which bad married her tr
at the age of IS and compeiw
her to tear four children befo:s
she was 20. was objected to, a!
terwards, as my chaperone. for
the alleged reason that I should
have selected a woman ot whom
their husbands, as a regular mas
euline doctor, had no cause to u
jealous, or afraid! , '
m U
"But Dr. Sawtelle's sad domes
tic experience appealed to me.
from. the first, as the principal
reason why I should defend her
openly. She was then happily re
married, and was the pioneer
pathbreaker among the great
army of divorced women wimm
district Judges, good and true, are
now rescuing from legalized
prostitution, through the machine
ry of the divorce court. When 1
last heard of her, she wa3 engac d
In a lucrative practice In San
Francisco, loved and honored by
all who knew her.
.
"When Dr. Sawtelle and I en
tered the legislative hall mv
heart thumped audibly, as I real
ised that I was entering a domain
considered sacred to the ari. t c
racy of sex. We took our sea s in
the lobby Of the house of repre
sentatives,, where for a full min
ute I felt In danger ot fainting
and creating a scene.
b
"But Hon. Joseph Er.sV. r, r
ceiviag the situation and know
ing me personally, aro.e to his
feet, and, after a complirr.mtarv
speech. In which he was plp.v'd
to recognize my positi.m as a
farmer'a wife, mother, home
maker, teacher, and now a jour
nalist, moved that I be Invited
to a seat within the bar and pro
vided with a table and statioi, ry.
as were the other members of tlie
newspaper profession. The mo
tion carried, with only two or
three dissenting votes: and the
way was open, from that time
forward, for women to compete
with men, on equal terms, for all
mmor positions in both branches
of the legislature a privilege ot
which they hare not been slow
to take advantage, scores of them
thronging -the capltol In these
later years and holding valuable
clerkships, many of them sneer in g
the while at the efforts of those
who had opened the way for them
to be there at all.
U
The late Samuel Corwln Intro
duced a woman suffrage Mil in the
house, early In the session; and
while it was pending I was Invit
ed to make an appeal in its be
half, of which I remember very
Uttle, so frightened and astonish
ed was I. except that I once, in
advertently, alluded to a gentle
man by bis name, instead of his
county, whereupon, being rapped
to order. I blushed and beeced
partfon. but put myself at ease by
informing 'the members that in all
the bygone years, while they had
been studying parliamentary rules
I had been rocking the cradle.
"One member, who had made a
vehement speech against the bill.
In which he declared that no re
spectable woman in his count r
desired the elective franchise, be
came particularly incensed, as was
natural, upon my exhibiting a
woman suffrage petition from his
own county, signed by the wom
en whom he had misrepresented.
ana headed by his own wife!
"The senate, the house concur
ring, passed a married woman's
property bill in 1874, under the
able leadership of J. N. Dolph,
who afterward distinguished him-
seu in the senate of the United
States. This enactment has aver
since enabled ; any woman, en
caged In business on her own ac
count, to register the fact in the
office ot her 'county clerk and
thereby secure- her tools, furni
ture or stuck In trade against s
liability ot seizure by her bus
band's creditors."
The equal sntfrace amendment
was submitted five times to thi
voters ot -Oregon the fight all
tne wnno being- led by Mrs. Dun
Iway. It cot only 11,223 rotes la
1U4; wa increased to 21.25 la
Itoe. and to SMIS la 10.
Itie the proposition was to ailpv
female taxpayers to vote, and the
result wan IS.274 for and 69.ol
against tha. proposition. The fifth
time the issuo came before the
people was la ltlt, this time f
the toll right oa aa equality with
men, and the result was fil-"
votes tm favor -mad I7.lt 4 against
ihe amendareSA ltwas not a
majority, bat It was enough te
erown that part of the life Tt
of Mrs.- Dunlway with succe??-
f lira. Tlnniwav In her rjlone
ing days in favor of equal right
for women, went through maw
trying experiences. A brief mea-
tion of some of the most
tof of them, to people of th
eaUty, will be told in this colnma
tomorrow.)
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