The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-04-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Inc rUTUteT Is Stlll afJcr pOltlcdl nla-
nipulators with a sharp stick. Give it
to 'em, brother. They deserve it all
and more.
Women, under the name Of assistant
pastor" !" do missionary work for several
of the st. Louis churches, and receive
compensation therefor. The time is not
far distant when women will fill with
dignity and grace the first pulpits of the
| land.
In the Maine Legislature a Woman
Suffrage bill passed the Senate by yeas
Is, nays s. In the House the vote stood
Al yeas TO SO nays. So it was not adopt
ed. That 1t received such a large vote,
actually passing the Senate, is one Of
the significant signs of the times.
Great respect has been shown by the
whole civilized world to the memory of
the late Prof. Morse, the inventor ofthe
electro o-magnetic telegraph. The bene-
tit he has conferred upon mankind has
given him perpetual fame, by the side
of which that of the most renowned
conquerer sinks into insignifcance.
John Burnett, Bourbon Democratic
candidate for Congress, in a speech at
Corvallis q few days ago said he didn't
like Mr.. Holiday and Mrs. Duniway.
Now that's too bad Mr.. Holiday has
concluded, however, not to stop the con-
struction of the railroad, and we shall
still continue the publication of the
NEW NORTHWEST.
Mr.. Sargent has presented to the
House of Representatives the mammoth
petition sent from California, asking for
the adoption of n Sixteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, and thereby secure to women of
the United States political equality. 1t
is about time for Oregon to present a
like petition to Congress.
Miss Susan King, the founder of the
''Woman's Tea Company" and who
has travelled extensively through China
and Japan unattended, is said to be
millionaire. She is native of Gorham,
Maine, and has brothers who are sue
cessful merchants at Saecarappa. Where
is the croaker who says that woman is
not fitted for business pursuits?
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Miller is still lecturing in
Oregon. An excellent criticism on her
present course, from a Salem friend, will
be found on the first page. We hear it
rumoed that she intends visiting Cali
fornia and the Eastern States soon. AL
though Mrs. Miller has nominally taken
side against Woman Suffrage, her lee
lures do great deal of good for the
cause and corresponding injury to the
dogma of Mans Rights. We hope she
will have success wherever she goes.
In the Massachusetts Legislature, a
short time ago, a report favorable to
granting the right of suffrage to women
was made by joint special committee.
The report, however, was not adopted.
although the vote demonstrated the fact
hat the Woman Suffragists Of the Bav
State are by no means so inconsiderable /
m numbers as to be despised. The vote
was taken by yeas and nays, and the
women of Massachusetts will see to it |
hat those who voted nay take back
'eats in the good time coming. Seven
y-seven yeas, one hundred and thirty
ix nays, and twenty-seven absent or
Tot voting was the result. With the
ause developing such strength as that,
there any reasonable ground for de-
pondency? Year after year, no matter
low long, will the women go TO the Ma
ional and State Legislatures and de-
nand their rights until they be granted. ,
IS Gen. Butler nObly said, Woman Suf-
age is as sure TO become an accom- ,
lished fact as that the sun shall rise I
ON day to day. IT is only a question ]
time.