The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-02
PENOILINGs IN THE SENATE.

OF Oregon, is the hale
and venerable sergeant-at-arms, Mr..
Gurney. He has. heavy, black eye
6rows, prominent features, silver-gray
hair, iron-gray whiskers, and resembles
A. A. Manning of Olympia. Senator
Owens is young man, with bright eyes,
active mind, sharp features and fluent
tongue. He is an active advocate of
Woman Suffrage, and we need only tell
our readers of this fact to give them to
understand that he is both intelligent
and good looking. Crossing the Senate
Chamber, our pencil next "goes for"
Senators Watson and Webster. These
gentlemen are both light-complexioned,
genial and intelligent. We'd like to say
they're handsome, but some of the Othen
Honorables would take exceptions TO
the ruling, and ladies are not permitted
to vote yet, so ''our side' might be in a
minority; but, because they are genial
and intelligent and withal progressive,
we look for them to vote correctly upon
the Suffrage bill. Senator Bristow,
with a high forehead, blue eyes and
slightly gray hair, is tall, square built
and decisive. He looks to be forty-five
or upwards, and makes a good speech.
Sylvester Simpson, principally known
as a brother to the poet Samuel, is chief
Clerk and does the reading Of the bills.
He has a light complexion, well-de-
veloped frontal brain, but a very knotty
Uranium, collectively considered. Wen
venture a guess that his better half is
the real 'head of the family" and that
she adroitly manages him in such way
as to make him imagine that that honor
belongs to himself. We'd hate to under
take to get along with him under any
other rule of action.
AS their photographic" pictures are to
be continued, our honorable friends will
excuse us for leaving them and bringing
our pencilings to bear for the nonce
upon the third House or "lobby."
A lady who is ain no hurry for the
ballot" but wants personal appropria-
tion, (which we hope she'll never get till
women do get the ballot, looks as if she
might like for the Senate to "hurry -
up proceedings and get to work upon
money matters. Another lady, with a
decided face and composed expression,
sits beside herand whispers occasionally,
commenting in quiet way upon what
she sees and hears. The member from
Washington who "didn't get a seat" is
sober now and sits in the lobbylooking
on, beside the exit-ed House member
from Eastern Oregon and our good
friend DIR. Mcdowell, who failed to oust
the gentlemanly Senator from Marion
Taken altogether, the lobby is an orderly
and respectable body, appearing quit,
as capable Of "ruling' as do our presen
public servants; from which we infe
that material for lawmakers will not b.
wanting after the present official incum
bents "are gathered home to thei
fathers" as the preachers say, "and tht
places that now know them shall know
them no more"
As We get better acquainted, we lik,
the Senators even better than at first
Their debates are orderly, gentlemanly
and spirited, and there seems to be
very decided desire to lay aside parti
sanism in all their deliberations.
We feel confident that the Sufffagt
bill will pass the Senate. Surely anon,
so many men of good minds and fai
and honorable motives, we shall find
majority in favor of allowing Oregon t,
lead the van OF States in the only reall,
important political issue Of the presen
decade.
Already they are favorably consider
ing a married woman's property bill
which squints i'm the right direction
but is not what we want. Women Il
not ask for any sort of special legisla
ton, and whenever men undertake &
bestow such legislation, they are YER
apt to be unjust to themselves in thei
desire to serve them. If all legal an
civil disabilities were removed from ia
shoulders of women, their political an
pecuniary rights would naturally set
tie themselves just as the same right
and privileges now settle themselve
among men. We feel that prejudic
and ignorance have been so far OveI
come that our brethren eau see thi
principle clearly. Aud while wome
will accept property bill, provide
equal rights are not granted at this ses
sion, yet they will not cease to hope, uu
til the last moment, that Senators wi
grasp the present golden opportunity
place Oregon in the lead of all the State
on the Suffrage Question. a. J. ID.