The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-27
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

for the NEW NORTHWEST. The weather,
which was at that time cold and stormy,
subsidized at last into beautiful season
of ice and moonshine, making lecture
going a pleasure, and tempting the null
titudes to enjoy the same.
On Sunday evening a very large, re-
fined and intelligent congregation gath
cred in the City Hall to hear from the
"Woman's Temperance Movement"
Then, on Monday evening an increasing
crowd assembled in the United Brethren
Church to learn of Woman's Sphere"
At the close of this lecture, opportunity
being given TO ask questions, gentle
man wished the speaker to explain
"why Woman Suffrage had been fail
ure in Wyoming" This question had
been called forth by an article in late
issue OF the Walla Walla Spirit, wherein
a traveller had said that "the landlord Of
the Laramie Hotel had declared to him
that the experiment of suffrage had
proved a figzle. Carriages irere sent
around on election days after the ladies.
One lady tainted when on the jury"
etc, etc.
We answered that we had spent a
week in Laramie city at the residence
of DIR. Hayford, editor of the Sentinel,
and prime originator of the Suffrage
Movement in Wyoming. While there
we had learned what allied "that land
lord" When the ladies got their right
to vote acknowledged, they put a stop
to the whisky business, and our traveller,
when he called for a drink, couldn't get
it because the troublesome women had
interfered with the masculine right of
saloon keeping. 1t was therefore natural
that both landlord and traveller should
conclude that suffrage for women was
failure in Wyoming. Unlike our trav-
eler, 'oe failed to see the terrible sin of
allowing ladies to ride to the polls in
carriages. We rather liked it, and re-
joiced that Wyoming ladies were sure of
one carriage ride in a year. our pdupers
/ were sure of this, but our ladies, being
7 non-voters, were not sure of anything of
the kind. Our traveller, in alluding to
the lady who had 'faintedr while on
the jury, doubtless meant the mother of
twins. This mother was Mrs. Justice
Morris and in replying to some news
paper scurrility concerning her "jury
twins" Mrs. NJ. said through the papers
/ that it was true that she had n very fine
pair Of twins, and they were doing quite
as well as could be expected but, un-
fortunately for the pith of the gentle
mans argument, they were ttOenty-one
4 years old and she felt no symptoms OF
! faintness. Indeed, she was reasonably
well, as were all the lady jurors. Speak
ing of diUorces in Wyoming, we could
say from authority that there were more
divorces now upon the Walla Walla
docket than had been before the Courts
in the whole Territory of Wyoming
during the four years that women had
| been voters.
Called for other questions and re-
ceived in response the query, whether or
not Woman Suffrage didn't mean - free
love" MTcyg' we exclaimed, in
voluntarily. Then we thanked the gen.
tleman for having asked the question,
as we should not otherwise have thought
Of mentioning a fallaey so absurd as
sured him that there was woman in
the East who favored peculiar social
views, and also n man in the West who
favored practices equally unnatural; but
that the Woman Suffrage Movement was
no more responsible for that woman's
vagaries than the Man Suffrage Move
ment was responsible for the vagaries OF
Brigham Young. OF course the house
came down.
The fifth lecture was upon "AIarried
Life" Crowd even denser than before.
Much interest. Mr.. Isham, a young
lawyer, called upon by audience for a
speech. Replied that he was suffra-
gist and couldn't take issue with the
speaker on that question. Begged to be
excused from speaking upon matri-
mony as he had chad no experience"
In reply, we assured the audience that
when we should again visit them-as we
surely would soDletime-Mr. Isham
would be able to speak of matrimony
from experience. Mr.. I. thought, amid
the laughter which followed, that "it
was always best TO be cautious when
firing n gun. He might have known
he'd get kicked" We were iglad Mr..
Isham was at the right end of the gun"
Mr.. Lassator, being called for, was
"highly pleased with the lecturers
views upon marriage. She had told the
truth and they would do well to heed it.
He believed in giving every woman a
homo.p
Sixth lecture was upon Politics. u
Large crowd, much courteous applause,
but no questions or short speeches.
Seventh lecture, "a week in Salt
Lake" Many unable to get admittance.
Fair collection. Lots Of new subscribers.
The next morning found us ready at
"ine o'clock for the homeward Journey.
Too much cold weather made US afraid
of the ice-bound Columbia, SO we reluet-
antly abandoned Waitsburg, DAYTON
and other adjacent points till some time
in the future.
Northwestern" stage came after US
to Oriental Hotel. Took US to Stine
house and found we weren't booked: so,
shipped us to the sidewalk to accommo-
GATE Chinaman. alright. The celes-