The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-06
MORE PROTECTION.

for having StOOpeu " hoiOe NhS hteiS
Nctrs as much as we have this week, and,
as sit is just as well to be killed for an
old sheep as a lamb" we propose,
while we are about 1t, to prove from
its own columns the necessity that
women should have voice in
making the laws of the land. This
paper has been scurrilous opponent OF
the Woman Movement; let us see If 1t
will mend its ways after carefully perus-
ing its own locals. The following are
taken from Wednesdays issue Of this
week:
A retired barber. generally known as "foul-
mouthed" Murphy, visited the house oi John
Stanley, while In a semi-drunken condltloH'
yesterday, and assaulted Mrs Stanley WIN
view OF committing rape. The door oi tie
house WAS locked and barred, but II could not
Withstand the repeated assaults OF the brute
and was at last broken down. Upon entering
the house, he took up Mrs. Stanley's hilie
child and after boxing its ears In fearful man
ner ne picked Il up and hurled II ont INTO tue
street He then attacked Mrs. stanley Who'
although entirely unprotected, managed 10
keep her assallant from carrying out MS heliish
purpose. Her cries attracted some one Ia the
neIghborhood, but before they could do any
thing, Stanley arrived upon the scene and
whaled Murphy with a a'black-snake" which ne
happened 10 have in his hand. Upon being
conducted 10 jail, he INDUCED in such blasphe-
nous Language rs 10 shock the senses OF the
most hardened sinner, and for an hour or two
after he was placed In the dark cell he contin-
ued his blasphemous expressions, kicking Al
the door all the time in his impotent rage.
The voter above alluded to is always
on hand to support the Democratic
ticket and uphold the litigant and liquor
nuisance and Metropolitan police. The
woman whom he attempted to ''protect"
as above described is peaceable, sober,
industrious and law-abiding. Will the
Ne,cs tell us by what right she Is denied
a voice in making the laws for punish
ing such brutes
Here is another quotation from the
same paper:
; William Todd, a Scotch sailor, met a couple
OF young women on Front street, little after
dark last evening, and attempted some famIli-
srity, when the girls ran. Just rs they reached
the entrance TO Welch 4 MOrgans saddlery es-
tablishment, the fellow caught one Of them
and turned her cloak over her head. with the
intention, probably, OF carrying her OF; but he
was foiled in his purpose by the sndden APP
pearanee OF Mr.. Welch, who, We are sorry 10
say, did not wear out one OF his "black-snakes' -
upon the rsscsl's hide.
Then the NelCs in another column
clinches its inadvertent argument for
woman's enfranchisemenr in the follow
ing style:
The arrest Of Todd, the impudent fellow who
chased a couple Of young women into a store
on Front street last evening, develops the fact
that there Is no law upon our statute books
providing for the punishment OF these wretche.
who lay in wait TO insult respectable girls. By
stretch OF the Imagination the parties accused
Of this offence are generally fined under the or
dinance providing for the punishment OF disor
derby conduct, but were the defence stoutly
maintained, We are OF the opinion that a con
viction could not be had. This Is a species q
crime that has become so frequent OF late tha
a lady can scarcely 20 about her business afte
dark without running the risk Of being groSsl!
insulted-and since the law takes no cogniz
ance OF the matter, we suppose the ladies viii
have to defend themselves by putting pisto
ball through some OF these ours Of low degree
And yet, in spite of such facts as thes,
staring the Ne,cs in the face daily, tha
paper will lie, ridieule, abuse, and II
every possible way injure the reputation
and wound the feelings of conscientiout
men and women who see and grasp tb,
only remedy for woman's wrongs-he
equality with man before the law. Tn,
! NeWs-monger is a worse man than eithel
Todd or Murphy. He prostitutes .
prominent position where he might
vastly aid in the important work of en-.
franehising woman from the legal anC
! financial dominion of dirty, disreputable
voters, to n low, groveling and worse
than beastly attempt to beslime thi
workers with the inherent rottenness o
his own vile carcass.
"The ladies will have to defend them
selves with pistols, i" forsooth! Nosoone
would this reptile know that one O
them had followed his advice than sh
would be assailed with the epithet
"strong-minded," and insulted Just a
{ badly as Todd or Murphy would insul
her. Ladies are determined to arm
themselves with ballots, and then tn
! Days, Todds and Murphys will soon Sc
that claw is placed upon our statul
1 books for. the punishment OF the.
wretches."