The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-25
YOURS TRULY" AT THE TEMPER
AECE UNION.

She too distinctly remembered the dis
graceful fact that this Union originated
as a fungus outgrowth of the disadection
of a few babblers in the Temperance
Alliance, who seeded from that body
because they couldn't control Mrs. Dun
iway and keep her "voting resolution"
out of its archives. The incorporate
proceedings of these same confusionists
were quite too fresh in the memory of
Yours Truly to allow her to accept a
delegateship-even had one been ten
dered, which last was not the case.
Yours Truly was visiting at the Capt.
tai. The governor had renewed the
usual unlimited yearly run at Clarke &
Henderson's, of which she had taken
the accustomed annual advantage,
therefore she resolved to spend her sixty
dollars, earned in teaching a summer
school, in travel and sightseeing.
San Francisco was the goal of her
girlhoOd's ambition, but her purse
wasn't heavy enough to admit that lux
ury. Dick went, though. He had
taught school three months and earned
a hundred and eighty dollars, and of
course he could afford the outlay.
Yours Truly being only school-ma'am,
belonging to the genus feminine, and,
therefore, entitled by custom to one
third of the wages allotted TO the pro-
tecting sex who support women, was
compelled to limit her autumn eXcur-
sions to Robinson's Hill, Vancouver and
the Capital.
She hadn't intended to visit the Tenn
perance Union, but the news came, and
speedily flew all over Salem, that "AIrs
Duniway was a delegate" But little
interest was taken in the meeting prior
TO that announcement. a few wrinkled
crusaders from Portland, and several
bald-headed preachers from other places,
We're gathered around Mrs. DIR. Thomp-
son, who made a capital captain; but
outside OF that there was no enthusiasm.
When it was known, however, that
Mrs. Duniway had come, the attend
ance began to increase, and by the open
ing of the session of the second evening,
there was large audience of Salem's
chivalry and beauty and intellect and
wit; and among them was Yours Truly,
in the full glory Of the latest Partisan
agony atop of her jaunty frizzes, while
her dress, made 10y her own busy fingers,
set half the girls to wondering who was,
or coUid sc, the well-rigged lady's dress
maker
And Yours Truly had beau. He was
none Of your conceited UPSTAIRS, either,
with yellow mustache and bleached
complexion, but great, stalwart, black
whispered, bushy-headed, ideal and
practical man, upon whose strong arm
she leaned with 4 resguI feeling, such as
+ poor Tom never inspired her with, not
even when he found her alone and out
/ of money at that to-be-forgotten
Fair.
Carefully settling herself in a seat at
the Opera House, and arranging her
rulIles in proper shape beside her beau,
Yours Trily soon found herself-wonder
of wonders engaged in listening to q
resolution" which smacked so sharply
of Woman Suffrage that she whispered
. TO her escort, and said:
"Ihat's Mrs. Duniway's work"
"Of course" replied her ideal mascu.
line friend; 'Alrs. Duniway admins.
tered the pill, but was sharp enough tc
sugar-coat it with DIR. Watts"
"Pretty deeply coated" said Your,
Yruly, as the doctor, like a great, good.
natured behemoth, arose and made q
telling speech in favor of the needed
political nostrum. An elderly clerical
gentleman in red hair, with a wonder.
fully beautiful baby on his arm, arose
and moved to 50 amend the Suffrage
Resolution rs to include ladies of eigh-
teen. Mrs. Duniway objected. awe
don't ask to transcend our brothers
privileges. All we ask is the recogni-
tion of Cqudl rights" Mr.. Allen, a reg
ular brick, with squint eyes and "level''
head, thought women ought to vote at
eighteen, because they knew more at
that age than men did at twenty-one." !"
Mrs. Duniway "begged pardon" She
'hadn't thought of that" Then every
body laughed; but not one word was ut
tered against the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted after the amend
ment had been unanimously voted
down. And this, too, in this same
"Union,n which was formed expressly
to get rid Of the very pill that it now
swallowed whole. But the most pro-
voking thing of all was the matter-of-
course way in which Mrs. Duniway ac-
cepted her victory. Justice to the rest
Of US, who fought for and stood by her
when the battle was raging hottest.
called for just 4 little exultation from
her, but she didn't indulge US; whether
from perversity, or lack of proper ap-
probation Of her own prowess, Yours
Truly knoweth not; but we were all dis
appointed. II was too provoking.
Once, during the evening, when Mrs.
DIR. Thompson was in the midst of 4
telling address, the new President was
escorted to the stand Without noticing
the doctor, who was "nothing but a
woman" you know, the retiring Presi-
dent arose, and rendering his seat, pro-
ceeded TO deliver himself Of a speech
which he had been studying for several
hours, and which he did not dare TO
postpone a little for fear he should for
get it. The doctor stopped short in the