The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-06-07
From the New York Herald.l
IIThe Woodhull's" Convention.
THE NEGRO, THE HEATHER CHINESE AND TIIE
FREE LOVER TO LIE DOWN TOGETHER.

AAO HNSAAu4A OSAfS-NAS-'
THE NEGRO, THE HEATHER CHINESE AND THE
FREE LOVER TO LIE DOWN TOGETHER
The party of "equal rights" who have
chosen Mrs. Victoria Woodruff as their
standard bearer, met again yesterday
morning at Apollo Hall, the session of
the Convention being continued over
the second day for the purpose of allow
ingdebate and discussion on various mat
tiers which were not clearly understood
the day previous.
The Convention assembled at ten
o'clock, and great weight seemed 10
have been taken off the minds of the
members, for the reason that they had
n leader at last under whose banner they
might fight with some prospect of sue
cess.
The opening of the Convention was a
strange thing. A young girl, with
rather piquant features, a sailors straw
hat trimmed with cherry ribbon, red
feather sticking out of it, and having a
cherry bow fastened at her throat, as
cended the platform, with n huge Con-
gregational hymn book in her hand,
and after looking around at the wild
men and women fronting her in the
body of the hall for moment, in a fur
tive way, she opened her little mouth,
showing thereby set of pearly teeth,
and sang q song or hymn called the
Millennium. This song rs matter Of
course, promises all sorts of bliss and
| beatification to the radical reformers
Of both sexes in this world and the
world TO come. Several females whose
/ hair was cut very short, and who
/ looked as if they did not comb the ca
pillary covering more than once a week,
then ascended the platform and ranged
themselves as if they were about to be
photographed on the spot.
Judge Carter, of Ohio, then Offered
some resolutions, which were full of
humanity" and "equal rights, ," "broth-
erly love-" sisterly Affection dc.
These resolutions made the PLATFORM
very vague and cloudy document by the
way-a little more clear to tle under
standing of the members.
4 man, with hideOus long hair flow
ing over his shoulders-"Wal, | don't
know as how but we ought to look a lit
tie closer at that platform. L think it
needs a little patching. We rushed it
through pretty quick, and ] object 10
the seventeenth section. / think its
pretty prO-mis-kew-is. do indeed
Another man with TOSSED hair-Spose
we stick n little amendment into that
ere platform?
Chairman-I am sorry to say that
your amendment comes too late. The
platform is not now open to amend
!. ment.
Mrs. Spear Ia lady with blazing blue
eye and heavy waterfall)-I think we
ought to agree upon some ticket which
we may thrust in the ballOt-boX e-lec-
tiOn day. Myidee Of a ticket is suthing
like this
"The Woman's, Negroes and Work
ingman's Tieket-NictOria Woodruff, of
New York, for President; Frederick
Douglass, of District of Columbia, for
Vice President"
We can vote on that easy on election
day.
Here the old CoclIney Indian, Father
Peter, with white hair and shaky legs,
arose and said:-I 'opes I'm my art that
you will hadd ''and the Indians Ticket
The old man seemed almost frantic at
) the thought that the noble red Indian
might be left out of the platform.
\ short, bandy-legged man with spec
tacles-"And / have another amend
ment to offer. Since you include the
Indian, the Heathen Chinee and the ne
: gro, let US call it everybody's ticket;
that will make il pleasant for every
body, and we can all vote upon it,"
After this there was an exciting and
: tumultous debate, every one pitching in
. at random. The men with the long hail
and the women with the short hair bob
: bed up and down in the Convention like
, discarded champagne corks in the sur
= at Long Branch on n summers morning
Order was finally revOlved out of thi:
chaos, and at the close of the hurry.
burly tall lady, dressed in black en-
press cloth dress, surmOunted by pinl
I scarf covered with white lace, and wear
ing her back hair i'm the style OF 1880
having three bands on each side of he
r face pulled out, advanced to the rostrum
: and was announced by the Chairman a
p Mrs. Bell \. Lockwood, OF Washington
p ID. G.. Mrs. Lockwood, on nearing th,
! rostrum, slowly unfolded huge roll o
I manuscript, and proceeded with deliber
alton and emphasis to read her essay OI
the issues before the Convention. Sh,
e spoke at length on social topics; tn
f sufferings of woman; the cruelty o
n mankind; read extracts from difleren
laws which bear upon the subject o
woman, and altogether the essay proves
s to be a very able one, containing variei
: and useful information, and everything
went on smoothly until Mrs. Lockwood
on reaching a certain point in her essay
= commenced to read, with better satisfac
I ton to herself, long extracts from th
!; Russian common law, which, sh
averred, had been forwarded to her b,
= her dear friend, Nine. SuTtcimskie, frOn
. st. Petersburg
D At this junction the audience turne
: pale This dose Of Russian common
: law was too much, and several Of Tia
u male delegates, who had faced the read
ing of the platform and the interminabl
?, resolutions without blanching, seize
. their hats, grinned horribly and brok
for the door in utter panic. Mrs. Lock
wood sat down with thunderous chee
e ringing in her ears. $50 glad.n
le y document was then read from
~ town with an unpronouncible name i
= Wisconsin, expressing sympathy an
coincidence with the Convention and il
Of objects.
r A white-headed old delegate, sevent
er years OF age, who has six wives in UtaI
tnen got on his legs and offered a resolU
I tlon, that the party of equal rights ador
it as their political banner the Goddess
re Liberty, in pure white, with the word
= Equal Rights" in large Roman can
tolls, underneath.
H. Another delegate, with green cotto
ic umbrella, said-'I think that-that on
"a banner should be one with dove. b.
m ing a representative of peace, wit
~ the three charming words in its biz
IN Liberty, Justice and Fraturnity.'"
h The following resolutions were r
m ported by the Committee on Platfor
and Resolutions. Ii is understood the
were drawn up by the lOng-haired Pa
ed tarch Stephen Pearl Andrews, and a
ed like most of his productions, full
te sound and fury signifying nothing