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DAILY EAST OREHONIAN. PENDLETON. OREfiO" TUESDAY, MARCH , IBfla.
PACE THREE.
DEFENDS
WOMEN
WILL M. PETERSON STANDS
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
Declares it In Time Women Were
Lifted Above the Level of Crimi
nal and Idlotn Oregon Ilia Grant
ed Many Innovations Not Granted
by Other States, But Here -Wofticn
Are Denied Many of the Common
place Iegnl Rlghta Will Oregon
Take Women Out of List of Lena-tics?
Athena, liny 7. (Editor East r
egonlun.) Are we all cranks and
people of whimsical and chimerical
Ideas who advocate woman suffrage
In Oregon? Is It an idiotic Idea for
a man to sny unto a woman: "Madam.
In truth, 'we are created equal' " and
our "American government derives
lis just power from the consent of
the governed." "You are governed
by the government and ft should have
your consent." "Too should have
something to say about the making
and execution of the laws of this
state." "Your sex many of them
are very large taxpayers In Oregon;
yet they have nothing to say about
the law of taxation; and 'Taxallon
without representation Is tyranny.' "
"The majority of school teachers In
Oregon are female; these teachers
have the care and training of the
many thousand school children In the
state; yet they have no voice In the
selection of those who make the
school laws;" "Madam, there are
many political rights In the state of
Oregon that men enjoy, but you and
your sex are denied them,"
Women flamed With Criminal
In a greHt many states of the Amer
lean republic we find statutes read
ing: "All persons are qualified to act
as such officers except Infants, Idiots,
lunatics, aliens, convicts, habitual
gross drunkards, spendthrifts, and
MARRIED WOMEN." These stat
utes would apply In cases of execu
tors and administrators, guardians,
and many other things where a great
many married women would certainly
be Interested.
Up to the year 1903, we had the
following statutes, and it was the law
In the state of Oregon: "The following progress of Oregon's history
fers the greatest trials, yet she can
not lift her voice In the making of
laws by which they are to be gov
erned.
We shall confess that the men of
Oregon have been more charitable
and manly than the men of the great
malorlty of states In extending politi
cal rights to women. Our legislators
have made great Innovations upon
(ho common law. There was a time
In American history, and It is still
so In many places, when the husband
and wife were considered as one
person, and the legal existence of the
wife was suspended during marriage,
or, In other words was mergpd Into
that of the husband.
She could not contract a personul
Obligation; she could make very few
contracts barely any without the
written consent of her husband, and
any attempt to do so was absolutely
void. She lost her Identity, and was
a person non sui Juris, and we might
almost say non compos mentis.
A great many of these disabilities
have been wiped away by the noble
men of Oregon, As rapidly as civili
zation progresses the rights of women
Increase, and the time Is not far dis
tant when she will exercise every po
litical and civil right and liberty that
ma nexerclses. The farther back In
history we read, the darker Is the
record of womanhood, the more she
Is considered a mere chattel, a kind
of underservant; but, modern his
tory, the history of civilization and
progress, shows quite a change, und
woman Is continually evolving out of
the mire and bog of slavery and de
veloping Into the highest kind of cit
izenship. This Is equity; good citizen
ship and humanity.
Arguments of the Opposition.
The enemies of woman suffrage
tell us that women would not vote If
they had a right to do so. Voting
alone Is not all that woman suffrage
means at the present time. It means
that she shall have the right to every
political and civil privilege, both legal
und equitable, that man has; In other
words, that she shall be his equal In
all things.
Those who do not want to vote
need not do so; there will be no com
pulsion' about it. It can not lower
her standard; It will elevate It and
all the more Inspire her to nobler
deeds of action. It will encourage her
in the acquirement of education; It
will better equip her for motherhood
In that It will enable her to
thoroughly train her children. It Is
simply another advance step In the
DEMAND FOR LABOR
MANY ENTERPRISES NEED
MANY MEN IN NORTHWEST.
Hnllroud Building, Both Main LIiicm
. and Extension; Irrigation Projects,
Fur m Developments, Need of
Stockmen During Lambing Season
and Shearing Vast Differences in
' Men tut to Capabilities and Useful
ness Oncral Prospect Is for a
Scarcity of Laborers Later on.
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persons are not qualified to act as ex
ecutors or administrators; Non-residents
of this state, minors, judicial
officers, other than justices of the
peace; persons of unsound mind, or
who have been convicted of any fel
ony, or of a misdemeanor Involving
moral turpitude; or a married wo
man." The legislature of 1903
amended this statute so as o allow a
married woman to be an executor or
administrator.
It was not until the year 1880 thnt
the mother was as fully entitled to
the custody and enre of her children
and their earnings as the father.
TJow, and since then, the rights of the
parents are- equal relative to their
Children.
In the year 18S0, the legislature of
Oregon enacted the following statute:
"All laws which Impose or recognize
civil disabilities upon a wife which
are not Imposed or recognized as ex
isting us to the husband are hereby
repealed: Provided, that this act shall
not confer the right to vote or hold
office upon the wife, except as is
otherwise provided by law; and for
any unjust usurpation of her prop
erty or natural rights she shall have
the same right to appeal In her own
name alone to the courts of law or
equity for redress that the husband
Tia"
Has No Voice In Trials.
A woman can not sit upon a Jury
In the state of Oregon; yet, on ac
count of many of them having exten
sive property Interests, they are often
Involved In litigation, and they can
not have any of their rights passed
upon by a Jury of their "peers," but
must Intrust all of such , .matters to
men. Until 18S5 she was not permit
ted to practice lnw. If one of her
sex commits a crime or IB accused .of
committing crime, she can not be
tried by a Jury of her sex. She bears
children, the children that grow to
manhood and womanhood, and suf-
All tiarmni whn wnlllri like to see
woman taken out of the category of
"Infants, Idiots, lunatics, aliens, con
victs, gross habitual drunkards and
married women," and other persons
"non sul Juris" which In some cases
means single women as they too have
to come In somewhere,' will please
think of the Injustice of woman's
status and help remedy the evil.
WILL M. PETERSON.
POSSIBLE TO COAL AT SEA
ill ii a Yn
The Cau&e of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing; in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
, live, many suuiieil
I deaths are caused
i by it heart dis-
ease, pneumonia,
heart - failure or
' apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
; allowedtoadvance
' thekidncy-poison-
i tt i :n
.. cu UJUUU Willi ui-
tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, of the kidneys themselves
break dowa and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from a derangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
inK badly you can make no mistake by
taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
It corrects inability to hold nrine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
' compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up tnanv times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swauip-Koot is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
' Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and a book that tells all alxrnt it,
both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kil
mer & Co., Bingbamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer fit this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghainton, N. Y., on every
bottle.
Invention Tliat Is Supposed to Fill n
Ixing Felt Want.
Washington, March . One of the
most Important steps taken In the
navy department in the way of adding
to the mobility of the fleet In time of
action Is the equipment of one of the
naval colliers with an English appar
atus which will permit of coaling at
sea. This has been a subject dlscu-n-ed
with much Interest by the naval
general board. It Is considered of
equal Importance with the means of
repairing ships on the firing line by
the employment of a floating dock.
If vessels can be coaled at sea, of
course, there will be a greut saving
In time, which, In the event of war
mentis the preservation of the Integ
rity, and therefore the maintenance
of the efficiency of the fleet. The
adoption of the British system of coal
ing ships at sea will not be received
In all quarters with approval, since It
means the rejection of an American
model, which was recently tested In
the service and without those results
deemed satisfactory by the expert Ob
servers. In the contrnct made for the Instnlt
latlon of the appuratus on the naval
collier It Is stipulated that the con
tractors shall receive no compensa
tion until the devtcrt lias been fully
tested under practical conditions. This
will Include coaling a: a distance from
shore and In reasonably rough
weather.
Saloons of Northern Idaho.
In an Interview yesterday with Fred
White, deputy United SUUes revenue
collector for the five northern coun
ties of Idaho, and whose territory nl
Includes Flathead and Teton
counties In Montana, the Tribune
learns that there ore 332 licensed a
loons In the northern section of ithc
state.
Kootenai leads the list With 113.
Shoshone takes second place with 76;
Idaho county, third, with 59, and
then comes Nei Perce with 55. L
tah Is at the foot of the list with 30.
Wallace, in Shoshone county, ha
more saloons than any other city in
the north. The number is 30 and
the population of the town is 3500,
or one saloon for each 117 residents.
Wallace, however, receives a large
patronnge from the entire Coeur
d'Alene mining district, which ac
counts for the large number of sa
loons thore In proportion to the res
ident population. Lewlston follows
Wallace In the number of saloons.
This city sustains 23, or one for each
840 of the population of 7000. Lew
lston Tribune.
That there will be all kinds of em
ployment for the laboring men of
this section during the coming sum
mer Is the opinion of thone who pay
close attention to such affairs. This
Is based on the fact that there are j
several enterprises on hand for the
summer which will require many la
borers. Chief of these Is the north
bank road which the Northern Pacific
Is already building down the Colum
bia, and on which 'they now have
large crews at work. Then there Is
the Lewlston-Rlparla branch, the
Wallowa road and other minor rull
road extensions.
There will doubtless be work for
many from this section on the East
Umatilla project when the same Is
gotten under way. It Is said bids for
contracting work may be asked for
by May 1, and In that case actual con
struction work would not be long de
ferred. As to how much employment
the project will provide, little seems
to be known now. But of the amount
to be expended In establishing the
reservoirs and canals certainly the
greater part will be for wages of
workmen and engineers.
Spring Work Now On.
Aside from the above named
sources of employment there will soon
he considerable work In connection
with the farming and stock business.
Spring plowing and cultivating has
already commenced, and many men
who have been idle during the winter
months have secured employment on
the farms of the county. For this
class of work the ruling price Is $30
per month.
Lambing will have commenced on
more the sheep ranches of the county with
in a few weeks. In some places the
season opens on March 10. However.
It will not be In full blast until about
the 25th of this month. During this
time there Is abundant work for
those who know something of the
sheep business. The wages paid for
lambing hands are generally the same
as for herders. $35 and $40 per month
though some receive but $30.
Following the lambing season
sheep shearing will be' taken up.
However, much of this Is done by
traveling crews or by machinery.
Then during the summer months
harvest will be on, and many men
will be required by the threshing out
fits of the county. However, with the
combines now In use there Is no
longer the need of big crews of for
mer years, and harvest Is no longer
the source fif employment It once was.
Men May Bo Scarce.
In view of the number of men to
be employed on railroad and other
work In this section It would seem
thnt the demand for men might ex
ceed the supply. That some will
leave the farm work to accept em
ployment In the railroad camps there
Is no doubt. According to Clarence
Penland, who conducts an employ
ment business during the summer
time, many transient men have passed
through here within the past Tew
weeks bound for the north trank
camps. Many of these are men who
have previously found employment
on ranches. In the railroad work $
per day Is paid laborers for a 10-hour
day.
Two Classes of Men.
However there Is a decided differ
ence between railroad and other aim
llnr work from that on the farms and
stock ranches. Also the men are en
tlrely different for the most part. Of
the railroad laborers the majority are
restless pick and shovel men, who are
used to working In gangs under
foreman and who are not fitted for
farm hands. Nor are they wanted by
the farmers. According to J. C,
Spoonemore. the employment ogent
It Is difficult to get a fnrmcr to take
one of that class. In the farm work
of this county where gang plows,
lnrge harrows and other machinery
is used It requires a mnn of some ex
perlence to do the work. Consequent
ly. farmers do not want to employ a
man who has had no experience,
Nor do the farm laborers ns a rule
care for pick and shovel work. Con
sequently there is little competition
between them. But there are proba
bly enough who will go Into the rail
rond camps that men will be scarce
(luring the height of the season this
summer. So It may be wise for fur
mers who need much help to hnvi
men engaged bbfore the season opens,
Hd anniaS dDiilfdDir'dll
We have Just received a big shipment of spring styles In Shoes
and Oxfords.
Any foot can be fitted her., and any purse can be suited. We
have all ranges in prices from the cheap to the very nicest patent
leathers.
Our $3.50 Men's Shoes can't be equalled at the price In Pendleton.
Our $3.00 line of women's Shoes are good fitting, good looking,
and best of all, good wearing. They never fail to give satisfaction.
OXFORDS
HARRIMAX IX MEXICO.
Sclmol Bonds Voted at Bonanza.
The election on Saturday passed
off without much excitement. Many
voters came and cast their ballots and
went on about their business. There
were 68 votes cast and of this number
52 voted for the bonds and 14 against.
The erection of a $10,000 school
tiouse In Bonanza Is an absolute cer
tainty. Klamath Falls Express.
Aberdeen, Wash., voted $20,000 for
school Improvements Including one
building. An unusually heavy woman
vote was polled. v
Wttl Illuld 715 Miles or Road at
Cost of $25,000,000.
Sao Francisco, March 5. The
Southern Pacific announces the np
polntment of E. D. Cruise as engl
neer In charge of the surveys for the
company's extension from Guaymas,
Mexico, to Guadalajara.
Cruise has opened an office In the
latter city and haa placed eight engl
neerlng corps In the field between
Guadalajara and Teplc. He Is to
survey a road 745 miles tn length and
it la to cost $26,000,000. The Mexi
can government has granted a sub
sidy of $7,450,000, which Is equal to
$10,000 In gold per mile. According
Oxfords for everybody. Men, boys, women, girls and even the little
tots can now.be fitted here with the latest styles of footwear.
Ladles' Oxfords, from $1.25 up to $3.50
Misses' Oxfords, from $1.00 up to $2.00
Children's Oxfords and Slippers, 60c up to . .' $1.50
We repair all rips and defects In Shoes we sell.
The Fair department Store
Seine from Act II., of "Captain Debonnalre," Paul Gil more In the title role.
to the agreement between E. H. Har-
rlman and President Dlas of Mexico,
248 miles of the road must be built
and In operation within two years.
FIFTY USHERS DROWNED.
Fifteen Boats Lost Out of a Total of
Three Hundred.
Trondjhem, March 5. Steamers
have been sent out to search for the
missing fishing vessels. Three hun
dred recently sailed and only 60 had
returned yesterday. Over 1000 men
were In the fleet.
Lnter All but 15 of the 300 miss
ing fishing boats have returned, and
60 men are known to have drowned.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN JAPAN
Fewer Sheep 111 Benton County.
Coffin Bros, recently sold a flock
of old ewes at $5 a head, the highest
prtce paid for this grade. The ani
mals were purchased for the Sound
markets.
It Is estimated that there are only
about 50,000 sheep In the various
bands grazed in Beuton county. In
recent years the bands have been
gradunlly decreasing as the lands are
being taken up. The forest reserve
restrictions have also reduced the
summer grazing lands. Prosser Bulletin.
One would think the Laxative Idea
In a cough syrup should have been
advanced long before It was. It seems
the only rational remedy for Coughs
and Colds would be to move the bow
els and clean the mucous membranes
of the throat and lungs at the same
time. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar lines this. It Is the original Lax-
stive Cough Syrup, the best known
remedy for Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, etc. Tastes good and harm
less. Bold by Tollman & Co.
Women's dress will be less expen
sive this year than ever before in the
opinion of Miss Elizabeth A. C.White,
president of the Dressmakers' Nation
al Protective association, who has
headquarters In Chicago,
Following Is an entertaining ex
cerpt from William Jennings Bryan's
I last letter from Japan on the subject
or. Japanese rouues :
They have politics In Japan, says
Mr. Bryan. The promise of a con
stitution seems to fiave been given by
the emperor before there was any
general agitation for It, but as about
21 years elapsed-between the'maklng
of the promise and the realization ot
the hopes excited by It, there was a
period ot discussion. As early as
1874 several of the ministers Joined
In a petition asking for the promulga
tion of the promised constitution.
Their memorial being disregarded
they resigned their offices and be
came the founders of a democratic
party. They call themselves liberals
and their efforts resulted In an Im
perial rescript Issued In 1881 fixing
1889 as the date for the beginning of
constitutional government Marquis
Ito is now the leader of the liberal
party which had 130 members tn the
house of representatives In 1904.
In 1882 Count Okuma organized
the progressive party which had last
year a membership of 90 In the house
of representatives. This Is known as
the party of tlie opposition, Marquis
Ito's party being the power behind
the throne. Of the two parties Count
Okuma's party is more radical. The
count himself Is a born leader and
exerts a large Influence upon the poli
tics of his country. When premier
some years ago he lost a leg by the
explosion of a bomb, thrown with
murderous Intent by a political oppo
nent, but It did not diminish h'.s zeal
In the prosecution of reforms. The
fact that there were In the last diet
130 who styled themselves "indepen
dents" shows that there Is a consid
erable body to which the opposition
party can appeal when the minister
makes an unpopular move.
Besides the party organizations
there are a number of societies form
ed for the study of political questions.
There are economic associations in a
number of cities composed of the
leading business and professional men.
I met the members of these societies
at Toklo, Osaka and Nagoya and was
Impressed with the attention that
they are giving to economic problems.
They have In Toklo another organiza
tion called the Political Economy as
sociation which deals more- directly
with matters of government. The so
ciety formed by the men who were
educated In America, known as the
Friends of America, (Baron Kaneko
Is one of the leading members) takes
a deep Interest In all matters relating
to government and political economy.
The leading political question tn
Japan today, insofar as it affects do
mestic affairs, Is whether the cabinet
shall be selected by the emperor re
gardless of the prevailing sentiment
in the house or be made to conform
to the will of the people as expressed
through their representatives. At
present the emperor's councilors are
chosen at his' own discretion and the
states of Satsuma and Choshu have
had a controlling Influence In the se
lection of the emperor's advisers.
The democratic sentiment of the
country Is nt this time crystallizing In
favor of the demand that the emperor
take for his premier the leader of the
popular party, as the king of England
does. However much this reform may
be delayed by circumstances. It Is
bound to come If Japan Is to recog
nize the right of the people to govern
themselves.
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