The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-05
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. %, 1871.

are addicted TO suffrage, ale doing very
little in the way OF public work. There
is no association devoted to ''the cause''
with any vitality in it. Since Susan
of course you know L mean Miss An
thony-went away the women seem to
have lost all cohesion and energy. They
are scattered, divided by petty jealOusies
and interests, and in consequence there
is absolutely no active work being done
for Woman Suffrage exeep what is done
in the columns of the ReuOlutiOn and
w d C's Weekly, and, if speak the
opinion of the many, their work is of
a rather dubious so.t. The RcroIution
has lost the rim it possessed under the
administration of Miss Anthony, and
the force that was given it by Mrs.
Stanton and that modern jeremiah,
Parker Pillsbury. The present manage
ment is unexceptionable if the paper is
) viewed simply as a Iady's Journal, de-
voted to refinement, literary culture and
record of affairs pertaining to matters
= of interest to women; but as an engine
of reform, as an earnest wOman's paper
and an advocate of suffrage, it falls far
short of our needs. / should as soon
think of running the Great Eastern into
port with an engine of ten-horse power
as to expect great results from this pa
per as now managed. 1t is a good
, paper, and if it were any paper but the
ReUolution l should be satisfied with its
gentle management; but il is the Rev
oLUtion. The paper that led the van as
the Woman Suffrage organ ought to
grow stronger year by year instead of
weaker. 1t is now no longer radical,
but a competitor with the Boston
WomGn's Journal for the patronage of
the conservative suffrage interest.
Its circulation is increasing, and that is
good for the publisher. But its influ-
ence as a suffrage organ cannot be as
strong as it was. But, after all, it is an
l educator, and a good one as far as il
goes;-only wish they would change
! the name, or let some Sampson pos
sessed of strength and ability run the
, Rerolution.
w. d C.'s Weekly, on the other hand
, cripples itself and is shut out of the in.
fluence it might exert by its Pantarchy
and frequent publication of matter i'm
{ moral or verging upon indecency. The
avowed principles of Mrs. Woodruff
expressed in her paper, in her Lectures
: and in her present conduct of life, keel
her paper from having any great fur
thering influence on this importan
: subject.
y So you see in this great city we ar
u without any such influence in the aid o
+ suffrage as organized effort and th'
e power of the press give. Nevertheless
II women are growing in independence o
u thought and action, and are gradual.
asserting their rights, by proving thei
capability to hold places Of emolumen
= and influence.
The latest movement worthy of not
is that among the workingwomen Z
: found worklngwoman's home on tn
/" cooperative plan. There are three o
four so-called workingwomen's house
here, but none of them are successes
simply because their founders and man
=" ayers make the mistake of confoundin
charity with benevOlence. They ar
:" every one of them stamped with "chal
ity" from corner stone to chimney toy
and the consequence is that self-respect
:" ing workingwomen do not find theI
he "homes." In all these institutions th
the boarders pay full equivalent fC
all they receive, and in consequent
n' claim the right to exercise independent
of conduct and to receive respectful a
" tention from the managers of the home
=, But instead they find themselv'
hu treated in the manner of women in
III work-house or reformatory institution
al An arbitrary edict on the part of Il
oI' Trustees of the Womans BoardiI
he House, No. IS Elizabeth St, forbIddiI
.e the boarders to hold meetings for Il
'iu discussion of the mismanagement
the institution, or TO find fault in N
ns way, has given rise to the movement
IL which / speak. 1t is probable tnat q
Trades Unions and Cosmopolitan Co
e' ference will come forward and aid
llo the effort. 1t is a good movement
'ue the right direction. There is no reas
no, why we should not have a dozen
10 these establishments, for both sex
rem not for women alone, in this city. Wi
proper management they could fro
lieu the very start be made self-sustainiI
Oc- and i'm a short time sufficiently profi
yea bic to repay any loan required for tn
en- start and to set apart a fund to exte
ces operations and take care of inva
cen members of the cooperation.
As bit of floating gossip must
'oor YOU that the Spiritualists affirm Il
'm- Plymouth Church Oh. w. Beechei
is the scene on Sundays not only of
iily eloquent pastors discourses, but of v,
ply table spiritual manifestations
iys corling to the vocabulary of the 81
was itists. This new outpouring Of
'e Holy Ghost is confined, as 1 understa
u to the reporters table, at which so
can ladies who are known as ''media' si
is'i take notes of the sermon for the ds
papers. One of the ladies is infiuen
'UU by the spirit of the departed journal
Henry ]. Raymond. "What is M
natural" say the spiritualists, "tl
, =. that the great journalist should freou
~. thc church of the divine xrbo ms