The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-20
MRS. DUNIWAY's FLAG.

Under this caption the Olympia I.T6-
,anc discourseth thusly:
The NEW NORTHWEST hoists the Grant and
Wilson flag. Mrs \. J. Duniway defines her
position in the leading article, IA which she
gives good reasons for the faith that Is IN her.
! This leaves our friend Murphy out In the cold.
| OF course the partnership formed IA olNinpli'
when Mrs. ID. eulogiZed the "Standard" ana
promised To canvass for 10 in connection win
her Journal, now falls 10 the ground. Put not
I your trust in strong-minded women, John-
To which the Standard replies:
Not 50. friend Pnosch. Is il impossible for
/ you 10 grasp the idea that people may dlner as
] 10 expediency and still agree in principle may
dispute and still be friends. Mrs. DuniWay
will experience no such difficulty, we assure
I You. The partnership, which excited the jeal-
ouSv or the aTribune-r = l. not Vet dissolved.
There, gentlemen, our esteemed friend
Murphy, of the Standard, comes nearer
to the real STANDARD" of editorial cour-
tesy than any other editor we wot of.
In another column Of his paper Of Au-
gust Sd, which in the uproar Of removal
was overlooked at the proper time, but
which we should now notice at length
had not much of it been anticipated and
answered in former editorials, our
friend expresses the following sensible
ideas:
We are a suhragist from principle, not be-
cause we expect il 10 pay, or because Il has
been prescribed in party platform We be-
lieve il 10 be God-given heritage, whether
recognized by mans party creeds or not II
forms no part OF duty, as understood by rs, 10
show any more respect Tor one sex than the
other in discussing matters OF "a common inter
est.
1t is refreshing when so much trash is
flung at us by scurvy politicians, and
which is often so insufferably nasty that
we cannot notice it, to see one man, and
he Democrat, express himself as being
above considering the idea of sex in hi:
arguments. Such n man we love tC
meet upon the plain of logic, and hop,
we shall hereafter be so situated as L
lose none of the Standards arguments
i'm favor Of wOman's enfranchisement.
We are sorry our brother differs from
us as TO the "expediency" Of working t.
establish this principle" to which h
so gallantly adheres. We cannot agre
with him that sit would have beel
, wiser TO have waited longer befor
} committing our cause to the tende
= mercies of politics. There was no shoy
2 for us to succeed without making SUI
7 frage n party issue, and to get politi
e clans to taking sides for and against u
= was our party's only object in earryin
: our work into the political field at al
e We have never expressed ouTselve
= satisfied with what we have already oil
r tanned. Quite the contrary; but we q
= women have discernment enough I
2 know the difference between q goo
/ long step in the right direction and
2 contemptuous thrust in the opposii
t way. Its all very well for our Demo
{ cratic brethren to devouT the roast be,
e and plum pudding of politics, offerin
{ us never a slice, while grumbling b'
r cause we take water Cruel from the
E enemies as our only attainable politics
{ sustenance; but rs the "proof Of th
2 pudding is in chewing the bag" so I'll
, proof of our forthcoming political puC
ding lies in accepting its foretaste {
/ fullness in the Cruel which Republica
politicians think we are now able to d
! gest.
! Most assuredly our partnership is M
{ dissolved, friend Murphy; and "
! hereby renew our proposition-let q
, our Woman Suffrage friends who wal
e decent, live and logical Democrat
o paper take the Olympia Standard an
e NEW NORTHWEST at 81 90 per yea
f Our brothers a little weak about Il
0 suffrage question just now, but he'll
a strong as ever next November whe
S Greeley gets beaten; so send along yOI
= subscriptions, friends.
The Democratic papers are all clamo
\ :.