The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-26

falls, the blame, In nine eases out OF ten,
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aud wife are one in law, and he is that
oHe-her lord and mastef She NAV be
laieiligsns Snd- thrihss, toiling fKxs
10 earn aHifvelilrood for her children,
but her drunken sot Of a husband can
drive her about from pillar t6post, and
prevent anyone from giving her shelter.
II she works hard to accumulate prop
erty or earn support for herself and /
children, the husband can take the pro-
eeeds; for by law he is entitled to her
wages; and money paid TO her without
his authority is not legal payment. She
cannot dispose Of her separate property
without his consent. Ought not then
the laws be modified? Ought not
woman, by law, to have an equal chance
and footing with man? But we cannot
expect that the laws will be changed in
this respect when we look at the ma
/ terial Of which elections are composed.
The saloon influence is the acknowl-
/ edged strongest power in every cOmmu-
nifty. Look at the workings Of that
influence always hating and hated by
woman in our elections. a canvasser
buys up a saloon or gallon OF whiskey,
and with this bottled lightning he
drenehes the voter; and the sovereign
1 lord of creation goes reelirg up TO the
polls to vote according to the spirit that
is in him. Do you not think his
poor starving wife could vote rs wisely?
If woman is highly educated, She may
teach school; if not, she must be sew
ing woman or something worse. Ii she
is clerk in a store, she is an exception
and must meet the scornful criticism Of
society. Nice yong men who labor
under the heavy responsibility OF sup
porting small mustaches are the proper
persons to measure ribbon, sell hose,
corsets, silks and-vote.
How many a sunny-haired girl finds
her freedom. to labor curtailed and her
ambition hopeless; she finds it necessary
toeultivate the baser and more artful part
of her nature in order to catch n man
f0liG llluSL nNiNG ALAsth W lAONNNA AANi
from that beast of prey, society.
Whence arises the dread among
i, women of becoming old maids ? The!
are willing to mate themselves will
. men far inferior to them in every way
, Many a woman of genius whose hear
4 beats high with ambition has exclaime'
q in the agony of her slavery, "Oh, that
!. were q MANI Many an old maid
Z whose hope in life has been blighted
: has sat at night at her window an
looked out in the blue vault of heaven
: where the stars were twinkling in tn
q distance, and longed TO fly away to an
a other world where she could be some
Q body.
e A soldier lays days down his life 70
= his country. He leaves widow will
orphaned children. How is she t
o maintain her little familyo She mus
$ depend upon the cold charities OF tn
e world or marry again. If she asks 70
o employment, she is only woman, ant
n pauper at that. Who heeds her CON
!, plants? There are thousands Of women
widows of men who have fallen in bat
c tie, who with their children are slavin,
y and freezing for want OF the freedom
n that the ballot gives, that they ma!
G thereby have the same oPportunitie
y and means to provide for themselve
e that men have. There are thousands o
: vfrtuous women on the brink of crim
: for want of bread. Why refuse to gran
e them the same privileges and the sam
Is equality to provide for themselves tina
r we enjoy?
1. Itwould be useless to discuss woman
Of capacity to fill the positions we now Ell
d joy to her exclusion. She is the natura
10 superior Of man in every way; but sh
II has never been allowed to think. lie
us allow her an opportunity to becom
N useful to herself and she will cease TO b
l. helpless.
l. Can an intelligent woman see an
'e pleasure in the part she. plays? Sh
l. may be gay and festive while in com
~ pany, showing off her fine clothes, bu
IL when the paraphernalia is laid aside, sh
IL has dreary sense of her own littlenes;
u The new demands for labor find no plac
oI and offer no wages to her. Mems wage
u increase, but woman is still helpless.
le man is married, his wife can be of n
a earthly use to him in business. He
d ideas run in different current from hi
II she asks about his business he frown:
lie and if he inquiries about household q
81 fairs, he is pertly informed that the
IS are none of his business. Women pr
II on many airs. If young lady is /
S. company she will cut pea in two,
II being too large Gor her delicate mOutl
le but when she is &Ione she will cram
st whole pie down her throat. These al
ID but straws to show the false doctrine {
10 woman's education.
u The clerks and counter jumpers, tn
20 pinks and daisies OF society, are oppose
ID to Woman Suffrage. They fear won
< ans competition. The saloon influenc
IS the highest in the land, is opposed to /
Vi For woman whose husband and sol
er have been poisoned by the alcohol
1t demon, will not show much quarter [
ie the dealer in poisons. a man may q
:; eentlemanly tight or gloriously drunl
lie or beat his wife. and this is all right al
1r proper as long as he votes his part
ticket. need not tell you how muc
a. tangle-foot, tarantula Juice or red eve
N takes to roll up a handsome maiorit