The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-06-07

smelled and smelled and then sat down.
BY this time Maddox, of Maine, had
worked his person from the platform to
the back of the hall, and had worked
his mind into furious passion. In one
of the back seats sat Mrs. Mary +. Da-
Wis, wife of the famous spiritualist, An
drew Jackson Davis. Mrs. Davis is a
very quiet, sensible and discreet little
woman, and is content to repOse under
the egis of her husbands fame. As she
sat there she little knew the storm that
was about to burst upon her. Maddox,
of Maine, was impending. He ap-
preached her, rubbing his hands and his
eyes glaring, with Difference in his man.
ner and a stealthy step. Fixing one eye
on the devoted Mrs. Davis and the other
on the unfortunate chairman, he col
lected himself for an effort. With a
bound and yell he screamed out at the
top of his voice.
'Is there any one here dare deny it
that there is one woman fitted supremely
for the office of treasurer Of this Ma
tional Executive Committee? Ave, did
any one say no? Who answered me?
Will any one deny that Mary +. Davis,
Of Orange, y. j., is not the fittest but
the best? / would like to know that
person. I propose the name of Mary
4. Davis for treasurer. There is not an
other woman in the world like her.
Who said no? Eh? Oh! Ahu'
Here Maddox, of Maine, sat down,
looking like a dancing dervish, ex-
hausted after his physical devotions.
Mrs. Mary +. Davis (quietly)-I am
sorry that l am compelled to resign the
office so kindly rendered me.
Maddox, of Maine lin n tempestuOus
NrrlR Oh
course with a a wink at the chairman);
oh, guess We can lay that on the table.
lCheers for Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Davis-I regret that l have not
the time or the means and my circum-
stances would not permit me to accept
the kind testimonial of esteem offered
by the Convention. Here Mrs. Davis
sat down exhausted and disgusted at be-
ing so much annoyed.)
Maddox, OF Maine, now began to be
really unconscious of what he was doing,
or pretended to be so. He ran and
stamped and swOre and frothed at the
mouth, giving people an idea that he
had been swallowing soap, and all this
was because quiet little woman did
not choose to make herself responsible
for his actions. But there is a method
in his madness-this Maddox. In a few
moments lie came down the aisle, and
several ladies, who were afraid that he
might bite them, saw him pass up to
the reporters table, where he screamed
out.
"Did any Of you take my speech, dye
hear?n
Herald RepOrter-''I took some of il,
what il was WORTH
Maddox, Of Maine-"YOu should have
70 Ion ~ N aud moi hor-, -I,T,,I d.
G.! I'll not be caricatured in this way
any longer. / was caricatured in the
Herald this morning, and if YOU do il
again (scrowlingat the Herald reporter),
I'll give you hellr' This was queer Ian
guage, to say the least of it, to be used
by pious radical; but as Maddox, OF
Maine, does not weigh more than nine
ty-three pounds fighting weight ii is not
necessary to state that the Herald re-
porter still lives.
Corresponding Secretary from the
/ platfOrm)-Airs.H Harriet V. Burton takes
500 worth of bonds.
Chairman-Neryg good. It's rollingup.
Sarah +. SOmerey the clairvoyant)- :
will take 500. (Cheers.)
Mrs. +. c. Curtis (the Horace Greeley
/ farmer of California, who owns 1900
acres of land, 5000 of which are wheat
Il will take 500 in bonds and hold
them till Victoria Woodruff takes pos
session of the government. CHEERS.
/ Mrs. Anna II. Kimball Ia very pretty
and graceful wOman)-I will take 500,
and / will give myself to the cause.
/ Here the old Mormon on the stage
smacked his lips and uttered a sigh.
Mrs. Kimball afterwards took 5000 worth
of bonds, making 81, 200 i'm all.
I Mrs u II Ka1Gav-T will do x-all
rs the rest. | will take 500 in bonds,
and my residence 3IS West Twenty
sixth street.
Miss Frank Crockett (the silver-gray
blonde, with spectacles)-I will take
$500, and l wish had $1,000 to give
/ (Stupendous cheering.)
Theodore Banks lthe Communist
house painterl-I am not rich and $50
500 or 50 is something to me, but
will take S1OO. Cheers.
DIR. Stephen Foster, Of Boston, don't
believe that these bonds will ever be re-
deemed, and | don't believe in these
words of Scripture, or that they will evel
come true about sharing ones goods in
common, but / will give 500. Cheers.
After some further subscription haC
been received, and after long and fruit
less discussion, the Convention adj
JOufneu until I:5U T.. VI. At the evening
session speeches were made by Miss JanC
Griffin, Mr.. Stillman, Mrs. Ruth Scot
Briggs, Father Peter, the COckney In
dian, Anthony Higgins, Mrs. Saral
SOmerby, a Boston working girl, Mrs
Middlebrook, and Judge Reymert, tn,
chairman. \ unanimous vote of thanks
was passed to the latter gentleman, afte
: which the COnvention-the first ant
only one that has ever nominated, il
any country, woman for sovereign o
chief magistrate, with the exception o
. the Hungarian Diet, which electe,
Maria Theresa riUd rOcC-adjOurned
and now the campaign has opened ma,
the best man lOr Womanl win.