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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-08-09
WILSON 4 BROWN.
N0ERTAkERS,
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q FULL AND ELl0ANr ASSORTMENT
~ of urdertakers' 6.-.is aiwsys aia hand.
es,ftns, Shrn'sis etc. etc. hear~s. and Car
msdsssss.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-08-09
Cruelty 10 Children.

Tetchlow. manager If the Bella
Union thcatcr, aud Mr.. VI ,riing, the
father of two children. were arrested
this morning at the instance of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
To Children, for causing The children
20 perform hazardous fea;s on the
stage. in violation of aw.
Heavy Failure Of Brokers.
d. C. Sc field & c., the heavies,
operators III the Paciic Board, failed
to-day. Liabilities $4,000
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
Give us JUsTIOE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
In lT76 thirteen Colonies existedQpon
the American Continent, not as a free
and represented nation, but as taxed,
unrepresented dependencies Of govern
ment that styled itself the protector of
the interests of these feeble Colonies.
When taxed to help support a nation
and people that refused them the right
to represent themselves and their inter
ests, and when they asked for this rec
Ognition of their tights as intelligent
human beings, they were answered in
this wise: I'VE are your natural pro-
tectors and guardians; we protect you;
we guard your interests; We make laws
for your benefit, and we represent you
| in a much more efficient manner than
it is possible for you, with your ignor-
ance of all matters pertaining to gov
ernment, to represent yourselves"
Now, this is precisely parallel to the
position occupied by the women of the
present time. In the words of the Colo
NAL Fathers, are are asking our protect
ors and guardians for justice, the right
to represent ourselves, and the right to
have voice in the making of the laws
by which we are governed. We demand
this act of justice from those who have
usurped the right belonging to One-half
of the people of this Republic. Who
gave men the right to represent aUonlen ?
who gave them the right to tax us ?
and who, we ask, gave them the right to
make laws for US to live by, and under?
Have they any inherent right to con-
vene together and say what shall be
done by and for One-half Of the nation,
J without the concurrence of that half,
which remains unrepresen5ed by them
selves, although taxed to pay those who
= in this manner usurp the right of self
l representation Yet this act of injus-
tice is performed by a government that
| claims justice for the national watch
: word. Although unrecoguized as citi-
s zens by the government, yet are women
. called upon and forced to pay taxes for
q the support of that government, and yet
: triots and as true and loyal to the gov
s ernment as have men. This Centennial
: year of rejoicing is truly grand event
If in the worlds history, bu- was it not
: gained by the joint efforts, by the joint
e trials and sacrifices of both men and
p women? Yet, after all women have
l. done and suffered for the country, our
e just (?) Republic only knows US as the
e vassals, or chattels of the representative
d man. Can we then rejoice, and be true
t. to ourselves? Should there not be-
al with all our loyalty to the government
s. deeper attachment to our rights as hui
8 man beings endowed with intelligence
D. and reason, an attachment to the fun,
lie damental principle upon which our gov
is ernment is founded, the right of self
le taxation and misrepresentation?
A. c. W.
in Unity, w. T., September 9, 1876.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE

The Oregon Legislature met in ninth
biennial session at the new capitol
building on Monday, September IL.
Members had been collecting in the city
from the remote counties since the mid
die of the week previous, and the morn
ing train conveyed thitherward those
whose homes were at more convenient
distances. There being no contested
seats in either House, the organization
was quietly and speedily effected. Hon.
John Whiteaker was elected President OF
the Senate; Syl. c. Simpson, chief
clerk; J. w. Baker, assistant clerk
GeorgeP. Wren, sergeant-at-arms; John
Hansen, door-keeper, and Laurel Rails
ton, page. Hon. J. K. Weatherford was
elected Speaker Of the House; w. L.
White, chief clerk; ]. r. Wiley, SER
geant-at-arms, and Thomas Neatly, as
sistant clerk. The customary resolu-
tions relative to members of the press
etc., were adopted. The assembly mel
in Joint session to hear the Governors
message, which His Excellency deliv.
cred, commencing at 2:3O NJ. on Tues
day. The message contains many items
of public interest to which we will refel
next week. One of the first resolutions
carried by both Houses was to the effec
that joint committee be appointed tC
visit the insane asylum and inquire
into the care, condition, ETC., of the in
mates, with instructions to report by
bill or otherwise the propriety of erect
ing State Insane Asylum.
The fight for United States Senate
will begin early next week, and it is no
probable that much legislative busines
that will conduce to the general goo,
of the State will be accomplished unit
after that contest is decided.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
ZONE OF THE MEN" INTERROGATBD

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW Nc RTHwEsT:
In your last issue zone of the Men"
asks several questions as to who will
attend the special session o. the Oregon
State Woman Suffrage Association
soon to convene at Salem. With your
permission, would like to answer him.
No doubt the gentleman has a wife
who is a believer in equal rights, but
has she the money to pay her expenses
while attending the Association? And
if she has not, will he give her the
money without her having to beg him
for it, and to run the risk of lecture
on extravaganza, and a hint that she
would better stay at home and not be
always wanting to go? But suppose,
for a moment, that his wife is woman
of energy, and after attending to her
household affairs and family sewing
she has little spare time and takes in
extra work, such as washing, sewing on
the sewing machine, if she happen to
have one, weaving carpet, taking in
boaTders, or some such easy employ
ment, and earns money enough to pay
her expenses, how many other obstacles
will be thrown in her way? Will he
not tell her she could not do any good if
she were to go? that she cen not speak
in public, so of course it IS not neces-
sary for her to go? that he can't go and
take care of her? and finally close with,
"Well, you can't go, for one of the chill
dren might get sick, so you had better
stay at home"
Now, I will tell "One CT the Men"
that all the women who bel eve in equal
rights, and who can overcome all of the
above mentioned obstacles and as many
more as the ingenuity Of nan can de-
wise, will be there and do Ill they can
to push forward the cause of freedom.
| But we ask one and all of the men to
help US. In place Of throw ng obstacles
in your wife's way, help he-, as she al
ways helps you. She never says to you
when you want to attend a convention
of your party, az don't think you are
smart enough to speak, so you must not
go; the baby don't feel well this morn
ing, so you had better stay at home"
No, she would do all in her power to
aid you in your endeavors to promote
the general welfare of the country.
Now, hope every woman will make
some sacrifice and go to the Association
and be prepared to do something, if it is
nothing but listen to what others may
say. ONE OF THE WOMEN.
Lafayette, September II, 1876.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
A RADICAL REMEDY FOR A GIANT
EVIL.

DIR. Holland, who has in the past few
years advanced some of as extreme ab-
surdities concerning "woman's sphere"
as any current writer who is read and
quoted as authority, or who makes any
pretensions to logic, has lately been ad-
vancing some wholesome and common
sense ideas upon the "social evil" which
are worthy of all attention, and we
earnestly commend them to the atten-
ton of our legislators, who sit now in
in council at Salem. If our lawmakers
do not persistently close their eyes to
the glaring fact, they certainly know
that the laws we have regulating and
punishing social sins are totally made
uuate TO meet and control the giant
evil. OF this let the abortive attempt
to close certain brothels in this city
only last spring speak. A few paltry
fines were paid it is true, upon the YER
dict and evidence of men whom it were
indeed a wide stretch of charity to sup
pose were, themselves, all guiltless of
the sins upon which they sat in judg-
ment. For little time vice in these
quarters put on less unblushing front,
but nothing permanent was gained,
and perhaps not single misdeed less
was committed. The majesty of the
law, though making loud assertion,
failed utterly to enforce the measures
attempted, and licentiousness, disturbed
for a moment, speedily assumed sway
even more arrogant and shameless than
before.
After giving at length his views upon
the subject in Scribner'S Monthly, the
writer above mentioned proposes this
sound and salutary remedy:
If we are to have laws, let us have just laws
In the first place, let us not talk about volun
tary crime as a necessary and incurable evil
In the second place, let us have for all two
sided crimes two-sided laws. Prostitution is &
two-sided crime. 1t is not possible without {
confederate or q companion. Make the same
law for the one that you do for the other, anG
see how long prostitution would last. Do this
and prostitution would be reduced seventy-fiv,
per cent in twenty-four hours. Station pO
liceman at every brothel. Compel every mar
who enters to register his name and residence
and report himself TO the medical authorities
every three days for a month. Provide thu
same penalties, the same restrictions, the sam
disgraces and painful humiliatiOns for on
party that you do for the other, and then SCI
what would come of it. There is something
durable in this proposition, because it is indu
| bitably Just; and the reason why prostitutio ol
has grown to its alarming dimensions, j
! simply and only because the laws relating 4
r it are unjust. No legislation which takes il
, consideration only one of the guilty parties
, can possibly thrive. 1t is an outrage upon tn
1 criminal who is Disseminated against. 1t i
, an outrage upon the common sense of justice
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
A SPECIAL OCCASION,

Let all who take an interest in wom-
ans enfranchisement make special eff
fort to attend the special session of the
State Woman Suffrage Association,
which was called for the special purpose
Of devising ways and means to induce
our lawmakers to give careful, candid,
and special attention to the demands of
woman for political equality. We do
not care for the rhetorical fourishes
that render pleasant and attractive our
regular sessions. These are we'll
enough, no doubt, but what we want at
this time is earnest, eloquent and log
ical appeal, setting forth the right and
justice of our cause, and ways and
means to induce the assembly to "hear,
pause, and pronounce" upon the same,
not from a prejudiced, nor yet from a
sentimental standpoint, but from one
of even-handed justice.
From personal acquaintance with
many of the members that compose that
august body, we feel sure that plain,
unvarnished fact, earnestly and courte-
ously set forth, will meet with the at
tention it merits. We wish our case
stated to our Legislators, not as to ty-
rants who deserve sharp words and rail-
ing speech, but as to men who desire
honestly and faithfully to discharge the
duties and responsibilities of their posi-
tion in a manner that shall show justice
and impartiality to all persons who are
expected to obey the laws framed for
the government of the common wealth
Of Oregon. We do not sue for favors.
This will not make US what we of a
right ought to be-free and independ.
e1lt. We do not ask special privileges
but privileges equal to, and in common
with those of our brethren. And we
hope to give reasons for the faith that is
within us that shall be considered SC
cogent and powerful that our law-mak-
ers cannot gainsay them if they would
and would not gainsay them if they
could.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN,

We have before spoken in terms of
severe condemnation of the inhumanity
practiced by travelling acrobats and cir
cuses in forcing children of tender years
to nightly perform difficult and danger
Gus teats in equestrlanship and trapeze
acts. Indeed, it passes our comprehen-
sion how humane people-fathers and
mothers, even-can go repeatedly and
witness these enormities, and turn
away without rebuke or protest.
Whether there is law in this State TO
prevent such barbarity or not, we do
not know; but we know that, if such a
law appears upon our statutes, it is vio-
lated every year by the travelling
nuisances, heavily billed and i'm
mensely patronized, that, under various
names, visit our State, repeat their
stale platitudes and threadbare jokes,
exhibit women in immodest apparel
and children in wonderful performances,
and, after season, depart, carry
ing with them thousands of dol
lars hard-earned and greatly needed at
home. If we have not a law to prevent
the employment of children in these
shows, our State Legislature, now in
session, could do no more kindly and
humane act than to pass one. If we
have one, our State and municipal au.
thorities could serve the ends of human.
ity in no more Christian manner thar
by seeing that it be enforced. We finC
that humanitarians in other localitie.
occasionally look after these helples:
waits whom some cruel mischance ol
wayward freak of fortune has thrown
into the power of heartless taskmasters
A Poughkeepsie dispatch of recent date
to the Times says:
| Three children were taken from two travel
ing acrobats named Leon and Murray, by tn,
society of prevention OF cruelty to children
One of the children is named Joseph Donahue
IA years of age, and lives in Birmingham
England. The second is Alfred, s years old
and lives in London. The third is Harry Ellis
9 years old, brother of Alfred. The tw,
smaller ones performed difficult trapeze acts
and all three performed twice a day. Tn
children came here from England last fall
Leon says he pays stipulated sum for the us
of the children. Both Leon and Murray CLAIM
they did not know that the new law for tn
protection of children extended out of Ne,
York City. The officers of the society left wit
the children for New York.
1t is to be hoped that these men will
be compelled to disgorge the none,
earned by these children, for thei
maintenance and education, or 70
their return to friends, if they have any
who will protect them.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
Albany, September IL, 1876.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

L
Mrs. L. NJ. B., Seattle: Address
changed as per order. Thanks for
prompt notice.
Mrs. NJ. V. j., Marshfeld: Glad to
hear of your success, and hope it may
continue and increase. Money order re-
ceived and directions complied with.
S. E. NJ, Salt Lake: The omission
was doubtless owing to Mrs. Duniway's
hurried departure. Sent paper as or
dered. Thanks for interest manifested.
D. B., Baker City: Will give your
article and theories attention in due
time. In the meantime would like to
place your name in our list. Borrowing
a newspaper is "unscientific."
Mrs. NJ. J. F., Albany: Credit entered
and order obeyed. Glad to hear of the
successful canvass for signatures to suf-
frage petition in your beautiful city. We
are convinced that half hundred work
ers could secure two thousand signatures
within the next two weeks.
Mrs. E. A. c., Astoria: Address
changed. We have not only been "dO-
ing our best" but have treated numer-
Gus friends both to private and public
exhortations to go and do likewise dur
ing the past few weeks. Mrs. Duniway's
correspondence gives the latest news we
have had from her.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

Another disgraceful and barbarous
prize fight took place on the 7th inst,
this time near Walton, Kentucky,
about IS miles from Cincinnati. The
pugilists were required to give bonds of
$1,000 each not to fight in Ohio. Retir-
ing to the Kentucky shore, they in the
presence of 500 spectators began the
fight, which at the third round the
militia endeavored to check. At the
seventh round the Covington Light
Guards stopped the fight for time, but
as soon as the militia dispersed, new
ring was formed, and the encounter con-
tinued until twenty-One rounds had
been fought. If the powers that be, or
are supposed to exist, are not powerful
enough to stay such shockingly brutal
proceedings, it is a great and lasting
pity that each combatant could not sue
ceed in making a complete finish of the
other, and thus rid the world of human
beings whom it were libel, even upon
bulldogs, to call brutes.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
A MISSING BALANCE WHEEL"

The Standard winces at our reference
to the imbecile administration of Buch-
anan and the warning. conveyed by it
against putting a bachelor in the Presi-
Dental chair, and lodging the question
entirely, retorts by citing women of the
Belknap type, who have shave brought
degradation upon their liege lords" AS
men do the choosing, it certainly is not
obligatory upon them to choose "bal-
auce wheels" of the type referred to,
while the country is full of honest, SEN
sible and capable women, though re-
cent developments lead us to doubt
whether any sort of "balance wheeP'
would enable Mr.. Tilden to properly
balance the damaging accounts which
figures furnished elsewhere cause to
stand against his reputation for honesty.
What pity that "Uncle Sammy's fore
sight and sagacity" did not lead him
previous to 1862 to provide himself with
wife, so that now he could fall back q
la Belknap ct al, and by saying in pit
eous tones, 1.-THE woman beguiled me
and did SteaI," go scot free. If wives
can't always hold public men level,
they make convenient scapegoats, eh,
Mr.. Standard? d?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE q. S.
W. s. a,

The undersigned, Executive Com
mittee of the Oregon State Woman
Suffrage Association, hereby call q
special meeting of the Association tC
convene at Salem, Oregon, on the 18th
day of September, 1876. The Conven-
tion will continue its sessions, with
usual intermissions, for three or more
days. First session at 10 o'clock A. NJ
on the day specified.
II. A. LoUGHARY,
F. F. VICTOR,
A. ]. DUNIwAY,
JACOB CoNsER,
E. NJ. RooRK.
Ex. Com. o. S. w. S. A.
August 8, 1876.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

From present prospects, the coming
State Fair will be the most stupendous
affair ever witnessed in Oregon. Every
body's wife aud children expect to ac-
company everybody to the State Agri-
cultural Grounds and stay week. The
displays in every department promise to
be elarger and more magnificent than ever
before. If Webfoot mist does not inter-
fere, the show will be prodigious.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

Mart. Brown brings out his Demo-
cratic rooster and makes him crow as
boisterously over the Democratic ma
jorities in some of the Confederate
States as though anybody ever expected
a Republican triumph in those locali-
ties. A clear waste of breath and bonn
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

Manchester, n. H., claims to be the
only manufacturing city of New Eng
land where the mills have been in oper-
alton without interruption on full time,
and without reduction of wages. This
city should be the operatives paradise.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

By the terms of the will of the late
Speaker Kerr, his property is all left to
his wife during her lifetime, his son to
succeed her in its possession, The latter
receives his fathers law Office.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

A very large and enthusiastic demon
stration by the Republicans took place
at Pittsburg on the night of the 8th.
The number of torches in the line is es-
timated at 1000,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

The Daily OLynlpian, for the past six
months published Jointly by the propri-
etors of the Standard and Courier, will
hereafter be under the exclusive control
of the editor and publisher Of the latter
Daper
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
NOTICE.

Agents will please take notice that it is a
great tax upon us TO pay express charges upon
small sums. and they will confer a great favor
BY remitting to US through money orders or
registered letters
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

Did you ever see any one pick the poorest ear
of corn on the dish ?-[Statesman.
No. We are accustomed to dine with
persons of good sense and discernment.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

The smallpox still RACES in the Chi
nese quarters In San Francisco.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

The Sioux campaign has practically
closed for the season.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

Yellow fever has made its appearance
at New York.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

Unity, w. T., September 9, 1876.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15

But, again, we must snake OH the
rhyming mood. What is the matter
that our thoughts thus seek to jingle
The next day, accompanied by Mary
Landes, dear schoolmate of ye auld
lang syne, who, during all the active,
turbulent years of our pioneer existence,
has been quietly working out her al
lotted maidenly mission in her excellent
fathers home, we repaired to the old
log cabin school grounds, now cornfield
and pasture, and wandered through the
field and woods as though we again
were children. We hunted the bed Of
the old creek for soap stones, traced the
old paths that childish feet had long
since forgotten to tread, caressed the old
stumps of dead trees which used to
shade our never-to- be-forgotten play
! houses, and even found and laughed
over the spot where your correspondent
used in childhood TO pull on her shoes
and stockings before coming in sight of
the log school-house on Sundays, when
we all went to Injecting" there. What
think ye of that, ye typos in Portland ?
Now, don't omit this reminiscence,
please. Its one of the pleasantest of our
many pet memories.
Then we went to the old playground
beyond the creek where the grapevine
swings used to hang under the great su-
gar NAPLES and tried, Oh 4! SO hard, to
think we were child again!
The log cabin school-house was burned
down in the long ago, and golden corn
waves overthe resting place of its ashesi
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12

GOVERNOR TLDEN is now under in
vestigation, not by committee APP
pointed by his political enemies, but
by a United States Court in New
York. lie is defendant in suit
brought by the Terre Haute & Alton
Railroad Company, and in the Ian
guage ofthe President of the corpor-
alton. this "reform" candidate for the
presidency. "in confederation with
"Charlcs Butler and Russell Sage, OF
" New York, about The year 1866, APP
prowiated bonds belonging to the
railroad company, amounting to
upward of $2S4,OOO. These bonds
8. carried coupons Of semi-annual in
" terest from 1862, and the whole
" amount realized on the bonds and
"intcrest is now not less than $500
"OoO.p No wonder this "railroad
wrecker" could afford to buy presi.
Dental nomination. But he and his
pals, who have absorbed this hand
some sum, are called to answer in s
civil suit for recoyery.-C Chicago Jony'
| nal.