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OPPOSITE THE co URT H0 USE,
NEW BLOOMFIELD. PA.

We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand We discount notes for period OF not
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New York
On time Deposits, five per cent. forany time over
four months and for four months four per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doing Banking Business; and knowing and
for some years. feeling the great Inconvenience un-
der which the people of this County labored forthe
want of Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supply the want sand this being
the first Bank ever established in Perry county, we
hope we viii be sustained In our efforts. by all tn
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association is composed OF the fol
lowing named partners;
Wa. sPoSsLER Bloomheld' Perry county Pa'
VIM. ii. MIIlER Carlisle,
oFFICERs
W. A. sPoNsLER, President.
WILLIAM WILLIS, CushGer.
New Bloomfield, Sly
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eXr The real estate which the Roths-
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eight millions Of dollars.
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NN AND AFTER SUNDAY. October 9th, 1879.
~ the trains on the Northern Central Railway
will run as follows:
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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-04-12
REFORM AND PEOPLES CANDI-
DATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

To the Citizens OF Marion County, Ore
gOn: There being now no great Nation
al issues before the American people,
but only an eliminate and corrupting
struggle between the old parties for the
spoils of Office, totally ignoring the
grand matters of reform and legislative
needs that are now agitating the breasts
of the people, and that ought to be out
worked into practical legislation, l have
concluded TO offer myself as q candidate
for Representative in the State legisla-
ture and to present, as may have time
and opportunity, the following grand
reforms and legislative questions for the
consideration of the voters of Marion
county.
lst. The subordination of Railroads
and all other monOpolies of the carrying
trade to Legislative control, and the
regulation, by law, of rates of passage
and affreightment, establishing at least
maximum price therefor, and the pro-
vision of speedy and easy mode of trial
to the citizen for damages to person or
property in the vicinity where such
damages occur. Justice and adequate
compensation for all public improve
ments, but slavery to monopolies,
NEVER! England, France, Prussia and
all good governments subordinate the
Railroads to laws. Are the American
people less sovereign?
I'd. The reduction of lucrative offices
to compensation by fixed salaries, not
exceeding the pay of other skilled labor
in the higher order of mechanical pur-
suits. No man to be his own successor
in Office. The taxation ofAIarion county
reduced by the above system six thous-
and dollars yearly.
Sd. The legalization of meetings and
votes OF precinct primaries, and punish
ment for frauds perpetrated therein by
iine and imprisonment and disqualified
ton for Office. Delegate bodies to vote
UiUd Uoce.
4th. Universal and equal education.
All professions and pursuits of business
open to competition for the best talent
OF both sexes. Equal wages for equal
work to all, without distinction of sex.
All voting of the people to be by ballot.
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THE DEMOCRATIC STATE O0NVEE.
TION.

The Democratic State Convention met
at The Dalles on Wednesday.
Hon. James w. Nesmith was elected
chairman, and made few remarks, de-
claring his confidence in the Democratic
party to carry not only the State Of Ore
gon, but the entire United States at the
next election.
Mart. V. Brown, Of the Albany Demo
crat, was elected Secretary.
Burnett, Of Benton county, was nom
mated for Congress. We thought the
Republicans made an awful blunder
when they nominated Wilson, but the
Democrats have made even a worse
mistake. This campaign between the
Democrats and Republicans seems to be
a competition as to which party can
make the most mistakes. We would
like to see both the candidates defeated,
and so, we think, would the great ma
jority of the voters of Oregon, were they
not whipped inn by the party lash.
Lafayette Lane, Geo. r. Helm and y.
H. Gates were nominated for Presiden-
tial Electors.
The following gentlemen were selected
as delegates to the National Conven-
tion: AL. Zieber, Jas. G.. Lem, Jas. Vir-
tue, o. S. Savage, F. Colby and Asahel
Bush.
DR.. Chapman was selected as chair
man of the State Central Committee.
Portland was designated as the place
for holding the next Convention.
The following district nominations
were made:
First district-Judge p. p. Prim; Pros
ecuting Attorney, ]. r. Neil.
Second district prosecuting Attor-
ney, c. H. Fitch.
Fourth misunderstanding Attor-
ney, c. B. Bellinger.
Fifth district Prosecuting Attorney,
/ w. B. I.asweli
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MARCHING ON.

1t is exceedingly gratifying, looking
back and pondering the events of our
first year of journalism, to note the
wholesome change which has developed
itself in regard to the demand of woman
for the ballot. Many who scoffed and
jeered at it then have since investigated
the matter, have seen the error of their
ways, and are now enthusiastic advo-
Gates of the doctrine of equal and exact
justice and liberty to all
One year ago the question had re-
ceived scarcely a passing thought To-
day it is The one subject of considera-
ton, and whenever it is discussed large,
attentive throngs of intellectual men
and women are always assembled to
listen. Politicians already begin to see
the strength the cause is developing, |
and while a few are non-committal or
tender-foOted, none dare express them
selves as opposed to it, and the great
majority of these sure indicators of the
shifting breeze of public sentiment have
declared themselves on our side.
Labor on, o men and women. Yet
little longer, and success shall crown
your efforts. The cause is marching
on.
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HUMAN RIGHTS.

EDITOR New NORTHWEST:
] notice your columns are quite loaded
down with correspondence, yet l would
beg small space for the suggestion of
few thoughts on the woman movement.
Are women entitled to human rights?
If they are human beings land l think
no one is foolish enough to deny that
they are) they should be allowed to ex-
ercise all the rights that other human
beings enjoy. And it is no argument
against it to say that they are not capa-
ble, that it will breed family quarrels,
cause men to lose their respect for them,
and thousand other objections equally
as nonsensical which our opponents are
continually sending forth as wonderful
ly wise sayings. 1t was also said the
right of suffrage, extended TO the negro,
would degrade the white man without
benefitting the negro, and that he was
not capable of exercising it to his ad-
vantage; but time has proven other
wise, and all these objections have
melted away like the dew before the
morning sun, as also will the objections
now raised against Woman Suffrage.
Time and the intelligence of the Ameri-
can people will regulate and modify all
the evils that may follow if there should
be any. But none should necessarily fol-
low, and we believe, instead of evil fol-
lowing, much good will be accom-
plished.
Are we not to-day laboring under the
same mistake in not allowing women to
vote as were our forefathers when they
proclaimed this Government the land of
the free, and so designated our flag as
/ its emblem, when at the same time
they held bound by the chains of hu-
man slavery thousands of human be-
ings? Yes, we are more at fault than
they, for we are further advanced in
civilization, and have the advantage of
having seen all the arguments and OBJ
jections raised against one class of citi-
zens voting explode and vanish in thin
air; yet we persist in Withholding from
| the women of America an inalienable
right that all other citizens enjoy. For
why? Merely because they are women,
or, on account of sex.
While we welcome to our shores the
foreigner, and he, together with the ne
gro, can go to the polls and vote the
next day after he gets his naturalization
papers, no matter whether he know A
B c from the side of barn or not, it is
all the same. But the widow of the
poor soldier who laid down his life to
preserve the liberties which the for
eigner and negro enjoy to-day can't
vote because she is a woman. But she
can pay taxes on her property-conse-
quently she pays taxes without repre-
sentatiOn.
Now we don't say the foreigner and
negro should not vote, but that women
also should be allowed the same privil-
ege. There is no justice in outraging
human rights in longer Withholding the
elective franchise from them.
A CITIZEN.
GERvAIs, Oregon, April 10, 1872.
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BILLY THOMPSON. LOOK HERE.

While you are an older man than our
friend Sylvester Simpson, whose indie
cent attacks upon ourself cost him his
editorial position, you are not equal to
him in intellectual ability; therefore we
can make due allowance for your want
Of sense when you seek TO be "smart"
by calling US scurrilous, thereby exhib-
iting your own shallowness. But as we
are a conscientious friend of all unfor-
tunate men who place undue estimates
upon their own ability, thus making
fools Of themselves in the estimation Of
the respectable public, we now proceed
to take you quietly across our journalis-
tic knee and with a rule of righteous
ness administer much needed fiaggella-
tion.
Doubtless you know more about iSIoo-
KUN RlootchBleR than we do, Billy, but
we know enough to be certain that
when you apply that epithet to the edi-
tor of the New NORTHWEST you are
guilty of willful attempt to cast op-
probrium upon ourself, which rebounds
upon your own poor, tender, shallow
pate. If we should in cold blood, and
unprOvoked, call you the "Digger In
dian of the Mercury, high-henolorum of
the Salem Mdzeppd, and believe of the
Oregon Democrats" what would you
think of our journalistic dignity, eh?
Now, Billy, stop blubbering and look
here. OF course you can't look us stead
lily in the eye, but do the best you can.
Do you suppose that enlightened public
sentiment is going to sustain you in a
position where you can exhibit such to-
tai disregard Of decency and dignity as
is displayed in your uncalled-for attacks
upon ourself? We only rebuke YOU fol
your own advantage, Billy. Sylvester
Simpson lost his editorial position be.
cause he could not behave himself with
decency and dignity, and the battle-axt
of public opinion is now elevated anC
ready to cleave your journalistic skull
for the same reason. Be warned in time
we pray you. 1t is useless to appeal t.
your moral nature, for you haven't any
that's pereeptible to our unassisted op
tics. But you have bread-and-butte
nature, Billy, and to that we appeal
that we may be able, if possible, to pre-
vent the man who has no more sens
than TO be scurrilous from losing th'
only position where he has any chanc'
to keep his family from starvation.
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ungrateful children, angry that they
are denied luxuries which their parents
cannot supply"
'9There would be fewer marriages en-
tered into by women from sheer elHld,"
said Bella. i'There would be more love
marriages; girls would not be rendered
mercenary through fear of poverty;
young men would not shrink from mar
riage through fear of the ineffiency and
extravaganza of the girls who attract
them. There would be fewer Overbur-
dened men, whose hearts are turned
from home, because so many claims
meet them there, which they cannot
satisfy. There would be fewer domestic
jars. Each child could aid in sustaining
the home. Each could, in some degree,
repay parental love by helping to tighten
the cares of life, as advancing age causes
them to press more heavily"
"An attractive picture" said Helen,
and then there was silence While l,
finding myself suddenly confronted with
a perpleXing question, gave up all
pretence of sleep, to study the group be-
fore me-.
Rachel, with her faded face and placid
eontentment; Grace, so like a pearl in
her pure lOveliness, so timid, so shrink
ing, so tender; Bella, in the full bloom
OF her wonderful beauty so spirited, yet
so sensitive to praise or blame; Ruth, so
firm, so quiet, with that dignified calm
beneath which slumbers so much force
of character; Helen, so bright, so willful,
with so much genius, such pride and
such ambition.
!, most tender father, gaZed upon
these girls with the question ringing
through my very heart
"What is Papa TO do with his girls ,"
Had / only educated them in view of
probable marriage? Must they marry,
or lead a life of lOveless dependence, or
die?
Must they live to be sneered at as
'Old Girls" and find in frivolity and
vain pursuits their only refuge from n
''dreary inactivity ?n
IndespairOf solving this problem my
self, l place it before the public
We, who have cultivated daughters,
tenderly reared, for whom we can make
no future provision =
We, with daughters who are capable
of anything, who are willing to exert
themselves, but who are doomed by our
own prejudiees, and the prejudiees of so
ciety, to do nothing
"What can we do for our girls ?''
AN ANXIOUS FATHER.
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THE "TRIBUNE,su OPINION.


In pleasing contrast to some of the
captious, snarling and contemplate no.
tices of our struggles, tolls and triumphs.
with which some of Oregon's weak
minded editors seek in vain to snub us,
we note the following from the Olympia
Tribune
Mrs. Duniway announces that she Is about to
enter upon the second volume Of the NEW
NORTHWEST. The year drawing 10 a close has
abundantly proved Mrs. Duniwayis ability 10
edit ably a newspaper. During that period she
has displayed a talent and spirit in It's columns
that would reflect great credit upon much more
pretentiOus Journals She has very bravely
champiOned the cause OF wOmen'S rights, and
merits therefore the most generous return II Is
in their power 10 make. Her paper Is every
way worthy Of the largest support and counte-
nance from her own sex, in whose interest II l.
published, and they should not suffer ii 10 Ian
guish Tor want OF support
The Tribune has sometimes combatted
with us, but always in a manly and
gentlemanly spirit, and is one of the
lew exponents of mans rights in the
Northwest that dares to be Just toward
successful opponent. Long may it
wave.
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THE RAILROADS OF THE WORLD
The New York Post has collected a
quantity of valuable statistics showing
the progress of the railroad construction
in the world. In the United States in
1898 we had ], ,235 miles. of road in opera
tion, 1902 then building, and 13, l31
protected" In England there were
then 1S4 miles completed, 412 building,
and 994 ''prOjected :" in France there
were 81 miles built, in Belgium Is miles,
in Germany 1S9 miles, in Austria 2S2
miles building. In Russia only one
short railroad, from st. Petersburg to
Zartkoje, was actually built. The change
in n period of about thirty-three years is
very striking.
In 1871 there were 124, 115 miles of
railroads in the world; at the close of
1869 there were 1859 miles. OF the
increase, 5,556 miles, about one half, or
2,746 miles, were in the United States,
while in the previous year we had built
5000 miles of new road. The lines that
have actually been built in this country
exceed $4,000 miles in length. This, it
will be seen, is about fOur-fifths of the
amount credited to all of the European
nations. In 1869 the entire costs of rail-
roads in the world, with equipments,
was estimated at Sl1 ,46O, 600, 200, averag-
| ing S96,6l9 per mile. OF this amount we
represented g, 1867, 100000, averaging
So, ,533 per mile. In England it is S176,-
269. The average cost of construction
only in the United States is as follows:
In New England, $40, 900; Middle States,
So, 900; Southern States, $50, 900; West
ern States, S44, 600; Pacific States, $50,
600. On our cheaper lines we, however,
find q greater annual outlay for recon-
struetion and repairs.
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A PICTURE.

Passing an humble tenement in a
squalid portion of the city of Portland
the other evening the placard, "All
kinds of plain sewing done here" met
our eye. The door being open, we
glanced in. A fragile woman, pale
and careworn, and evidently looking
old far beyond her years, sat in rude,
unfinished room, sewily busily and
yet with a tired, weary effort, as if the
work were far beyond her strength.
a six months old baby was playing on
the bare floor at her feet, and five or six
children were scampering through the
the room, the oldest not being more
than seven or eight years of age. Near
the door sat strong, healthy but lazy
looking man, whom we at once recog-
nized as the "head" of the household.
He was filling a dirty pipe with tobacco,
sitting there taking his ease, preparatory
we suppose to filling the room with
nauseous fumes of poisonous, putrescent
tObaccO-juice smoke.
Our heart revolted at the scene, and
we passed on.
1t may appear to some that we have
painted the picture too black. To such
we would say that this case is by nc
means an isolated One-would to God il
were! Thousands and tens of thous-
ands of women all over our country arc
living thus in state of legalized lust
and abject slavery.
Women, have you all the rights you
want?
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DIR CONTRIBUTORS.

Among the contributors to our col
umns are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Laura DeForce Gordon,
Mrs. F. F. Victor, Mrs. Belle w. Cooke,
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Miller, Mrs. Carrie F. Young,
NJ. D., Mrs. Nellie Curl, Mrs. S. ]. Rum
sey, Mrs. S. E. Bates, Mrs. C. A. Co
burn, and various other ladies who do
not desire to be known; and Hons. Jesse
Applegate, ]. H. D. Henderson, G. w.
Lawson, t. w. Davenport, Joseph Ma
gone, Geo. Venable Smith, and score
of other gentlemen who, for political
reasons, prefer for the present to remain
incog. With such list of contributors
the NEW NORTHWEST can hardly be
otherwise than interesting.
We cordially invite all so disposed to
contribute to our columns.
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The right of suffrage to be sacredlv
guarded to the employed, and every in
fraction by employers punished by fine
and compensatory damages. Labor
protected by adequate legislation
against the oppression and tyranny of
capital.
5th. The Withdrawing of the election
of United States Senators from the Leg
islature, now so fatal to the interests of
the people.
6th. Effort, first, last and immitiga-
BILE, to obtain an appropriation of one
hundred thousand dollars or more, from
the Swamp Land or other funds of the
State, to commence the erection of State
Capitol Buildings, now for nine years
sacrificed to the election of United States
Senator. Will the people of Marion
county any longer neglect their own in
terests in securing the Capitol of the
State, and suffer themselves to be
played "upon that harp of thousand
strings''-the L. S. Senator !-until the
Capitol is lost? 1t is now or NEVER!
do not expect to receive the vote OF
any person not fayoring some one OF
the above reforms; and L have neither
time nor inclination to speak upon the
dead issues of the past. l therefore take
this method TO place my views before
the people, promising, however, to adj
dress them upon these subjects from the
stump, if they desire.
Rouse up! friends of Justice, of Right
of Humanity 1t is only by sleeples;
vigilance and untiring energy that We
can preserve the priceless, the impre,
seriptible liberties of the people.
G.. w. LAWSON.