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

um. Accompanied by Jane Graham
Jones, of Chicago, and Susan b. An
.hony, the omnipresent, We proceeded
one afternoon through long lines Of cars
and omnibuses, down among stately
rows Of rusty brick and stone buildings,
where dirt and decomposition run rOiti
and where men, with furrowed, care
worn faces, and boys, with the look of
upstarts, are the prinei-
pal objects of attention. Entering a ]
dirty office door, with a rusty iron,grst- !
ing in the front, we approached a dap
per-flngered clerk and asked for the sage
of Chappaqua.
"He wasn't in. Didn't know when he
would be in.n
'Tell him." said Susan, "that Mrs.
Duniway, of Oregon, wishes to see him
on important business"
An appointment was made for the
following afternoon. Promptly at the
stated time we were on the spot. Same
clerk that met US before said che wasn't
in; didn't know when he would be in"
every well, then We will go into the
Office and wait"
Readers OF the NEW NORTHWEST,
you should have seen that clerk. His
face elongated yard-mOre or less
and he said hesitatingly that he ''wOuld
see about it." Then knew that, like
the fashionable ladies, whom Horace In
his better and younger days had rated
soundly in the Tribune for such prevari-
cation, he had told his servant to lie.
Firmly We stood our ground until,
finding that we must give Horace and
his clerk some chance to slip apparent
~ unnotieed) out of the immediate
exposure of their joint peceadilIo,
or fail to obtain an interview, Mrs.
Jones and ourself repaired to a dingy
stationery store near by to wait for
further orders, and Susan B., disgusted,
betOOk herself to more honest quarters.
Waited half an hour, and were then
waited upon by an Office boy, who said
Horace would see US. Up a narrow,
dirty flight of winding stairs we went,
into n sanctum even less pretentious
than our own, and not half so clean and
well ventilated, and there, at a high
desk, sat the Sdge-"hen," scratching
away upon a piece of paper, and from
the fact that he occasionally dipped a
pen in ink, we concluded he was writ
ing, though, aside from the fact of the
ink, there was nothing to convince us
that the marks he was making were
other than necessary efforts to discover
''chicken feed.n
The document finished, he handed it
to waiting man, who proceeded to pre-
pare it for perusal, and the sage-hen
/ looked up and smiled, shook hands and
welcomed US. If it hadn't been for the
lie down stairs, we might have believed
the welcome genuine. AS it was, we
received it with due grains of allowance,
and went straight to business.
Il have read your paper, Mr.. Greeley,
ever since / was little girl, and need
not tell you that have looked forward
to this meeting with much interest. ]
congratulate you, sir, upon your success,
at Cincinnati"
Horace smiled radiantly and said. al
, was unexpected, was it not -
, mo, nothing surprises me in politics
o think your show for an election i
= quite as good as Woodhulps.n
> A slight blush mantled his polishe,
crown, and was family visible on tn
tip Of his nose; otherwise he betrave,
no embarrassment over the half ironi
cal, half malicious mention of his Presi
Dental antagonist.
: Woodruff" said he, ''seems to com
o mand money. Consequently che is tn
5 only advocate of Woman Suffrage G
e any political Importance"
k "Well. Mr.. Greeley, the vast army G
t wives and mothers in this Nation VIII
T do not indorse the social views of Mr.
:. Woodruff, and who are represented il
b this city to-day by leading women iron
= every State in the Union, are anxious t
: know if you are going TO so far commi
5 the Tribune 10 the cause of our pOlitica
, enfranchisement rs to enable them t
: work for your election without stultify
ing their own self-respect."
al don't believe" he answered, wit
the same sort of self-complacency wit
which the editor of the Oregonia
? smiles upon his disfranchised superior,
: ''that women ought to be men,"
|, ''Neither do 1, my dear sir" was tn
!. indignant reply, and 1 felt very niue
Y like saying something not very compli
: mentary about believing that "me
e ought not to be women" but n glanc
f at Greeley's weak frame and effeminat
q appearance evoked my sympathy, and
: abstained from the "retort justifiable.
f "AIr. Greeley, what shall say to m
5 constituents about your views on tn
! Woman Suffrage question:
e "You may say to them that whe
they do not need my aid when there j
no danger that it will do them any good
they shall have it."
every well. We shall not want
, then. Remember, we do not ask yo
for help, even now. l learned the frs
principles of personal liberty from th
New York Tribune in its younger an
better days. The seeds that you the
sowed, my dear sir, are destined, il
spite Of your present efforts, to bea
fruit to the honor and glory and ulti
mate salvation of this Nation. Blu
what do your daughters think of YOU