The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-09-08
GREELEY AND wooDBULL,,
DOES MR.. GREELEY SUPPORT MRS. WOO
HULL?


DOES MR.. GREELEY SUPPORT MRS. WOOD
HULL?
Reporter--ls Mr.. Greeley a member of
the League?
Mrs. WOOdhull-I don't know.
Reporter-That is hardly fair. Mr..
Greeley, as a reformer, must be known
to you.
Mrs. Woodhull-Do YOU mean the ed
itor of the TribuRo9
Reporter-Certainly; the Hon. Horace
Greeley. -aa
Mrs. WOodhull-Oh, he is one of my
warmest friends and supporters.
Reporter beg your pardon, madam,
but | must have misunderstood YOU.
Do you mean to say that the Hon. Hor-
ace Greeley is one Of your supporters?
Mrs. WOOdhull-Certainly do; and |
value his support very highly. Wait a
moment till show you.
Here Mrs. Woodruff produced a pom
derous scrap-book, and, after fumbling
over its leaves few minutes, found
what she wanted. Pointing her delicate
finger at the extract, she said:
'Read that; that will tell the story
whether Mr.. Greeley is my friend or not
That is an extract from an editorial
printed in the Tribune Jan. II, ISL"
The reporter read as follows:
Mrs. Woodruff has at last risen to her
rightful place as the legitimate leader
of the woman suffrage movement.
Now read this" said Mrs. Woodruff,
pointing TO another extract, taken from
the editorial columns of the Tribune of
May y, 1871.
The reporter read as follows:
MR.. GREELEY TosSEs HIS HAT UP FOR
woODHULL.
For ourselves, we toss our hats in the
air for Woodhnll. She has the courage
of her opinionsl She means business.
/ She intends to head a new rebellion, form
a new Constitution, and begin revolu-
/ tiOn beside which the late war will seem
but bagatelle, if within exactly one
year from this day and hour of grace heI
! demands be not granted out of hand
/ This is a spirit to respect, perhaps tO
fear, certainly not to be laughed at
Mrs. WoOdhull-Nowd do not you think
l would be justified in counting the
writer of such words my friend?
Reporter-But you do not know Mr.
Greeley personally?
Mrs. Woodhull-Ce Certainly do. He i,
a frequent visitor at my house. He spent
an evening there last week.
RepOrter-That is very strange. Why
il is but a few days since Mr.. Greeley
printed letter addressed to Theodore
TiltOn, in which he takes strong ground.
against woman suffrage, and uses some
language not complimentary tOyou per
sonally.
MIR. GREELEY's TACTICS AS \ PRESIDEN-
TTAL CANDIDATE.
Mrs WOodhull-That is easily ex.
planned. When the extracts you have
read We're printed | was the only candi.
date in the field for the Presidency Now
Mr.. Greeley is himself candidate.
am sorry TO see him, in the prosecution
of the campaign, resort to the Old-fash.
ioned eXpedient of defaming and traduc.
ing an opponent in order TO make votes
But ] can understand that this is the
school of politics in which he has beer
educated, and that he means no real re.
Election upon me. Indeed, he shows this
by continuing his friendly social rela.
tiOns with me. 1t is one of the boasts o
the woman suffragists that the introduc.
tiOn of the female element into polite,
will tend TO elevate and refine our pub,
, lie men and purify the atmosphere that
surrounds the ballot-bOx. In order tC
to show that we mean this, | make nc
answer to Mr.. Greeley's asperations O
my character, nor will / take patterI
from his example and seek to calumni-
ate him. l respect him very highly, ant
whatever he may say of me for pOlitica
effect will not draw a retOrt i'm kind from
! me.
4 NONPLUSSED INTERVIEWER.
RepOrter-But it strikes me as very
strange that Mr.. Greeley should con
tinue to visit you and at the same tim,
indulge his pen in such bitter languag,
toward you.
Mrs. WOodhull-Not at all strange
Have not men always in the history o
our country, when arrayed against eacl
other, used the strongest epithets towarC
and denunciatiOns of each other, yet
still retaining personal friendship? No
no; that does not prove that Mr.. Gree
ley is not my friend; it only proves thai
he wants to be President, and is indeed
a tribute to my strength as an opposing
candidate.-RepOrtcr " Y SIN.
We entreat Victoria, Horace and Geo
Francis Train to waive their Presiden
tial aspirations till such time as the peo
pie of these United States may decide [,
nominate them. Bad taste, very, thii
pompOus and persistent pressing o
claims which the people ignore.