The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-09-22
MRS. GORDON'S CAMPAIGN IN CAL
IF0RNIA.

MRS. G0RD0N'S CAMPAIGN IN OAL-
IF0RNIA.
EDIroR NEW NoETHwEsT:
As Mrs. Gordon was with you so re-
Gently, and you are doubtless intimate
with the fact of her nomination for State
Senator from this county, few words
in regard to the first election campaign
of the Woman Suffrage party-on this
coast at least-will perhaps interest
you. You will see from the list of her
appointments that she lectured every
evening from Monday, the 2sth ult., to
Monday, the 4th inst, Sunday excepted,
and ON Tuesday night before election we
had another grand mass meeting here,
and ours lUere mass meetings, assure
you. The first was held at Mozart Hall,
which was filled to overflOwing, and
hundreds went away, unable to effect an
entrance. Through the courtesy of the
builder, we were enabled to get the pa
viliOn erected for the county fair for our
second and last meeting, and notwith-
standing there being meetings of the
other parties, and a tOrchlight process
sion at the same time, it was computed
that our audience amounted to over two
thousand people. And when We reflect
that probably more than half that num-
Der would never have attended a woman
suffrage lecture but for the novelty OF
there being a woman candidate for
office, we need not be surprised at the
largely increased popularity Of ouT
cause in this county. / wish you could
have been present at those meetings.
The last one, especially, was a scene
calculated to inspire the heart of every
Woman Suffragist in the land with holy
faith in the speedy triumph of ow
cause.
Mrs. G.'s speech was a glorious sue.
cess. Even men opposed TO the move,
ment conceded that it was the mos
mastery political address delivered in
Stockton during this campaign Fol
myself, as / listened to her tones of ear
nest eloquence, and gazed over that sea
of eager, uptumed faces, my very hear
swelled within me, and thought
"Aye,
'fTis coming up the steep OF time.
And this Old world is growing brighter;
We vet shall see the dawn sublime,
And high hopes make the heart throb lighter
The utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and
after speaking fIlly one hour and s
half she was concluding, when from al
parts of the audience cries Of $50 on
90 on" were heard, and she was forced
from their impetuosity to proceed; anC
when at last she did conclude cheel
after cheer was given for her, and hund
reds made their way to the platform to say
that 'rhey had been opposed to Woman
Suffrage, but their conversion datet
from that night" By the way, he
aged father and mother were present
1t certainly was proud moment 70
them.
Well, the election is over, and we are
as we expected to be, defeated. Blu
il is a grand defeat. We have not bee
able to get all the returns, but we kno,
L of l0l votes east for her; and we know
too, that had it not been for the fa,
that our opponents worked 50 assiduou
ly to prove to the people that "
elected she could not take her seat''-
they didn't prove it, though-she wou
y have had hundreds more. We ha'
e pnorod that we are in earnest that v
4 mean TO carry out in practice the theol
? we preach, and that tce can scorE lCitL
n tciU for its accomplishment. One resu
we begin to see already, and that is tn
J. both parties believe in Woman So
+ frage; at least so We suppose from Il
o statements of individuals prominent
II each.
+ "Oh, yes, they really do believe
women's voting;" but then they 'thiI
N it was the wrong time to take such d
II eided steps" though they certainly a
< in favor Of Woman Suffrage" He
oi very naturally politicians, as well
/, the rest of mankind, ACCEPT the inevit
C BILE,
tn But do you not think it strange Ii
ne the Pioneer should join the opposi
l faction i'm denouncing our nominate
IN Of an Independent candidate as loreD
Ut hTc? We should have supposed
he would have hailed the event as ''the
lie ginning of the end" for which il
OF been profcssedly striving. If you n
lei an article in the Pioneer Of July G
ct under the head of Spurious Won
on Suffrage" you will perhaps be s
Of. prised TO learn that the society there
its terred to is the one that has brOu
nd about these grand results. We are
'rt that article said to be 'defunct."
Ii think you will agree with me that
he have taken the best possible means
he the world to prove that we are
nd DE FACT
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