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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09
FOREIGN NEWS.

It is reported that Peru has suspended
payments from the treasury and pro-
hihited the expectation Of silver.
The Chilians, before evacuating Ca
lama, sacked and burned the place.
They have made raids into Bolivia,
destroying ordnance aud cOmmissary
supplies.
The Duke Of Norfolk, the richest and
most influential Roman Catholic peer
of England is building a Roman Cath
Ollie church on his Sheffield estate which
will cost $50,
Chipendale won the Czarewitch stakes
in England on the 9Th. The American
horse, Parole, was with the leaders up
to the last half mile, when be "Quit
their company aud came in ninth"
The Mark Lane Express says the con-
ditiOn Of the crops in England is worse
than heretofore reported. France is
also worse off than was anticipated.
The Liverpool market is healthy and
firm.
The British camp at Shutagarden,
Afghanistan, was sunsucessfully attacked
on the 4th by some independent hostile
tribes of that desert. The enemy was
repulsed with a loss of 200 killed Brit
ish loss, six wounded.
Spanish columns continue to defeat
the insurgents in Cuba, who surrender
daily. The combined forces Of Gull
lermO, Maceo aud other chiefs have
been defeated at Tyo, Palymareto aud
MalOues, and 95 prisoners taken.
The Ameer strongly urges General
Roberts to delay his advance on Cabul,
rs he fears that the Afghan troops will
sack Bala-Hesar on the approach OF the
British, especially as he believes that
only one Of his regiments is trustworthy.
General Roberts will not act upon the
Ameer's representation.
The transcontinental railroad from
the Canadas to British Columbia will
be commenced shortly. The Govern
ment authorities at Ottawa have adver-
tised for tenders for the construction Of
l27 miles Of railway, from Yale TO
KamloOps, British Columbia, to be
received up to the 18th of November.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09
THE STATE FAIR.

1t appears that Oregon's State Fair is
doomed to be caught in the rain every
year. Inasmuch as nobody could ever
guess the weather, we throw out that
remark in the hope that the next
exhibition of the plucky State
Agricultural Society will be re-
warded by as fine weather and as grand
a display and as large an attendance as
their untiring energy deserves. There
has been an excellent exhibit this year,
considering the unfortunate times, and
the Society can get some consolation
from the fact that it is not the lack of
interest that causes its failure. We
have been deferred from visiting the
Fair by the disagreeable weather, and
consequently will not give a review Of
the displays. One thing we will men,
tion, however-that Mr.. Waite, the Sec
retary, and his companions, have been
exonerated by a Committee OF the So
ciety from the charges made by the
Pacific Christian AdUOcdtc, Of this city,
that they allowed the Fair to be a rem
devious for gamblers, whisky-sellers
and prostitutes, that the Secretary was
in full accord with these things, and
that be encouraged them. The Com
mittee, Henry Miller, G. w. Hunt and
r. C. Geer, testify to Mr.. Waite's faith
ful and efficient services, and fully deny
the charges. The editor Of the Advocate
is cordially invited by the Committee
to visit the Fair and judge for himself
of the justice Of their report.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09
PROHIBITION A FAILURE"

A British Consul says a residence OF
fourteen years in Maine has given him
unusual opportunity for studying the
whisky question, aud he has "no hes
itation in reaffirming that, with the ex-
ception Of some isolated villages, the
Maine prohibition law is a failure in
the larger towns and cities; that the
actual good 1t may have produced has
been more or less counterbalanced by
the hypocrisy and consequent demoral-
ization of class who, though noml-
ually and politically prohibitionists'
are not consistent 10 their conduct and
Of which he has daily proof" The
wording Of the first part OF the quota
tion suggests the possibility OF the Con-
surs being In the condition described In
the second portion. There are many
men who have spent their lives In
Maine who will not agree with the gen.
tlemsn that prohibition is not success.
There is but one way Of restricting the
use Of intoxicating liquors, and that Is
] " hohAhE us SdtC q SAihaHN--
| Argument has not been found very ef-
fective. There are laws against muir
der, robbery, arson, and all other Of
fenses, but they do not prevent the COM
mission Of the crimes; yet we hardly
think & British Consul would advise the
repeal Of these laws. The laws against
gambling in Oregon, while they do not
stop the risking of property and money
at games Of chance. still keep the games
from being conducted openly, and our
youth are not familiar with the sight oi
the vice and regard it with a feeling oI
dread; but, because the sporting fra
ternity violate the law, we do not know
Of any person outside Of the irresponsi.
BILE classes who wish the statute re.
pealed. The liquor dealers Of Maine nc
doubt think the law is not a success
There is some inconsistency in the mi.
nority's asserting that the law is fail.
ure, and still working for its repeal. Il
is too bad that the majority Of the citi
zens OF Maine are SO unintelligent al
not to be able to understand the situa
tion as the Britisher does.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09
Shall Women Vote 2

Justice, public policy and common
sense say yes; Over-conservatismi ira
dition and stupidity say no. As mat
ter Of course, the rejecting and enlight-
ened will not long hesitate In arriving
at a definite conclusion in the case when
the characters of the antagouizing forces
are fully realized aud understood. AL
though there seems at the present mo-
ment to be a partial iull in the advO-
cacy OF this great question, yet there is
a sure and steady crystallIzing Of pOpu-
lar opinion going on in favor of this
great fundamental right Of citizenship.
Men who but a few years, and even
months since, were either listless or
radically opposed to this important re-
form, are now becoming favOrably dis
posed taward il. The successful solu-
tiOn Of some of the most vital problems
of the hour are found TO be hanging to
great degree upon this question of
popular suffrage.
The patriot and the moral philosopher
are to-day being confronted with social
aud political evils which lie upon the
horizon of the republic as dark clouds
Of impending danger. That the nation,
from an evil inspiration in the elective
franchise of the imbruted alien, aud in
the indulgence Of its individual appetite
for intoxicating beverages, is rapidly
drifting down toward a condition of
turbulence and social chaos, there is no
kind Of doubt. No eye so dim, nor ear
so dull, but the apparition Of coming
disaster may either be heard in its ap-
preaching step, or seen in threatening
figure down the widening vista. Aud
il is because Of this startling truth that
the thoughtful and perceptive are be-
coming more and more convinced that
tn save the republic the moral power OF
woman is needed to aid in giving the
ballot conscience aud the statute book
virtuOus pOtentiality.-C California Lnde-
pendent.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

Mrs. Clara 5. Foltz, Of San Jose, is
preparing a bill to come before the next
California Legislature which provides
for the acknowledgements Of woman to
the extent of permitting her to vote for
school officers. Women are already
eligible to such offices. 1. is a strange
Inconsistency that she should be per-
mitted to hold an elective Office and not
be allowed the privilege Of an elector
therefor. The bill will be similar to
that which recently became a law in
Massachusetts.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

The lady clerks employed in the Lon
don post Office as telegraph operators
have been dismissed, the reason given
being that the "yoUng ladies are not
equal to the heavy night work" The
young ladies, one would think, should
be able to judge whether they were
overworked or not, aud, il they don't
complain, should not be interfered with
unless suitable cause has been given by
them. However, the Beaconsfield gov
ernment is meeting with much opposi-
tion, aud it is desirable to have as many
masculine supporters as possible; so the
women should not object to being ousted
by Disraeli. But the perverse creatures
do object, and the Woman Suffragists Of
England are "waging a small war;
against him. An exchange says: "Who
knows but the Disraeli government
may fall on this very issue ?"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09
MRS. pORsEY,s LAST LETTER.

Edward Howard Farrar, Esq, Of New
Orleans, counsel for Mrs. Dorsey, de-
ceased, the lady who has acquired post
humous fame by willing her property to
Jefferson Davis, says, IN letter to the
st. Louis Republican, that she (the
LADY, was a strong advocat OF Woman
Suffrage, and that the last thing that
came from her pen was a letter to the
Constitutional Convention of Louisiana,
written on her death-bed, asking that
women be allowed to vote. Mr.. Farrar
also says that a more womanly woman,
or one more refined and gentle, never
lived and that, "if her lustrous eyes
could wake from the lethargy OF the
grave, they would pierce with scornful
glances the foul ghouls, who, under tn g
guise Of relationship, seek to blackeD
her noble reputation, and dim the honor
that surrounds her name" In the pos
sible event Of the reelection Of the ex-
Confederate chieftain to the Senate Of
the United States Government, which
be once sought to destroy, it will be in
teresting to watch his vote on the ques-
tion to which his womanly patron was
so deeply devoted.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

Victoria c. Woodruff that was, or
Woodhali that is, who is now publishing
a paper in London, announces herself as
candidate for the Presidency Of the
United States. She sends out neat
Autographs Of herself with her an
nouncemsnt printed thereon, and doubt
less will be rewarded by many subscrip-
tions from those who are curious to see
what her paper is. We have heard OF
but one disciple Of hers in Oregon, and
that is the Democratic editor Of the
Jacksonville Times, who endorses the
ticket and "asserts" his "claim to the
second position" Well wager a Nick
ell that Mrs. Woodruff will withdraw
when she finds out the class who are
supporting her.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

The San Francisco Chronicle, since
the lamentable affair just preceding
the recent election in California, has
turned its wonderful enterprise to the
issuance Of an excellent newspaper, and
as a result is making the finest daily
publication on the Coast. We trust the
Chronicle will continue to escEew the
bitter personal warfare which it has
waged against everybody who has
aroused its ire, fighting only those
whose crimes warrant Its attack.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

From the Yakima Record we learn
that there are in Yakima county 10 or
ganized school districts, l9 teachers, 7l6
children Of school age, and 2lS children
under school age. There have been
schools in Is districts during the past
yesr, Of 81 months average duration.
The amount paid 10 teachers during the
year was 1900 "a, and there is total
OF Sc. go IS on hand for the support Of
schools in 1880. A creditable showing
truly, and one Of which we hope teach
ers and parents will take due advantage,
and thereby educate the children aud
keep the money in circulation.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

VI all the expedients and arguments
that have been advanced to keep Cen
eral Grant from accepting the nomina-
tion Tor third term, the best appears
to be the proposition to create a new
once call it the Captain Generalship of
the Army, aud tender it to General
Grant, though some influential news-
papers advise the creation Of Board Of
Regents of the Smithsonian Ipstitn,e
70 De composed Of ex-Presidents, with
q salary Of s25. 900 year each.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

A beautiful travelling dress belonging
to a bridal outfit was made Of ruby
cashmere, trimmed with ruby aud gray
stamped velvet aud hand painted but
tons. This costume was a marvel of
good taste and beauty.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

When Fontenelle was dying, his doctor
said: ado you suffer ?" mo" re-
piled the philosopher, 'I only feel some
difficulty in existiBg.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

He who spends all his life in sport is
like one who wears nothing but fringes
and eats nothing but sauces.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

knowledge is the right bower, and
one Of the showiest cards in the pack,
vet in the game of life cheek is the little
Joker that is oftentimes the winner.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

Jonah was the first conundrum-the
whale gave him up.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09

The public debt statement shows
decrease for September Of S2,5SS, ISL.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17
FREE AND EQUAL ELECTIONS.

The most absurd proposition that has re-
Gently come from the Democrats in Con-
gress is their cry of free and equal elections.
Their party has heretofore contended for
free elections only so far as they have Sc
cured for their own party the privilege and
opportunity of "voting early and often"
Neither in the South nor in the city of New
York, nor in other important cities in that
State, nor in Connecticut, nor in New Jer-
sey, nor in Pennsylvania, have Democrats
conducted an election, municipal, State or
Federal, in which fraud has not been the
motive power of the occasion. 1t is well
known, and has been clearly established in
proof, that the rifle, shotgun, and tissue
ballots have been the agencies through
which they have secured Democratic vic
tories in q majority of cases where
ever they have occurred in the South
With hands reeking with fraud and
crime connected with elections where
the free exercise of the elective franchise
has been tolerated only rs the voters have
voted under Democratic dictation, and fol
their candidates, they now cry out hypo'
critically for free elections, because the law
provides, under certain circumstances, that
the ballot-box may be preserved pure ant
uncontaminated by the interposition of the
military arm to preserve the public peace
under an enforcement of the laws relating
| thereto. History does not furnish an in
stance where the military arm has been in
| terposed to prevent the free exercise of {
| legal right to vote. 1t has prevented frauC
and outrage, and it should be left empow
cred to do so again whenever fraud ant
outrage are attempted. But this is not thu
kind Of free elections the Democrats ar,
clamoring for They want that kind whicl
renders fraudulent votes ballot-box stuff
ing, and fraudulent counts free and unmo
Tested. Hence they now raise the cry o
| free and equal elections
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17

dent, which, once established, will lead into
dark and dangerous paths in the history of
the Republic, until II will be starved or vio-
lated one way and another, and will pre-
sent only wreck of its former self, He
cited authorities Of unquestioned Demo-
cratic orthodoxy TO show that it has been q
part of the Democratic creed TO recognize
and justify the interposition of the veto
power to save the Government from the
inhiction of depraved laws. He showed
also beyond doubt that if any measure
deserves the application of the. veto
it is that under discussion. He called
attention, in eloquent and powerful
phrase, to the necessities furnished
in the history of our country and of a mod
ern date why the existing law should re-
main undisturbed as shield to the right
and safeguard against wrong.
Senator LOGAN fortified his position
against the doctrine of State sovereignty
with authorities and precedents until he
was strongly and invncibly intrenched.
He established the fact by unquestionable
authorities that the doctrine of State sover-
eighty was not recognized by the Demo-
cratic party when slavery and the fugitive
slave law had an existence. Then Demo-
Gratis, Wings, and Republicans bowed sub
missively to the doctrine that Federal
power was supreme over all the States
Of the Union for the return of the
fugitive slave to bondage. The cita-
ton of these authorities and prece-
dents brought to light the exceeding
hollowness of the Democratic assertion ol
State sovereignty as supreme over the Fed
eral power in all matters relating to Federal
affairs. The danger of tolerating such a
pernicious dogma in this Republic is made
very apparent.
Senator LOGAN opened up from the page
of history, sustained by facts and figures, q
full justification of the law the Democrats
now propose to repeal. 1t came of necessi'
ties created by Democratic disregard OF
right and honesty in the conduct of our cleo
tions, and hence the architects of that ne
cessity now clamor for the overthrow of the
law. The closing portion of his effort /!
marked with peculiar force rs an arraign
ment of the Democratic party, and rs ;
warning against the consequences of it
present line of policy.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17
SPORADIC VOTES.

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io"'e ''o'o' "e N"''o"u' i'eDno'tco"
SIR; was with party OF friends IN the
national statuary hall, at the Capitol. few
DAYS since. and noticed that the iron doors of
Mrs Doihr,s conto,nio, 60 e, ,,oro onon Not
- 80, s,'0 W r. -
having iooNeu III since tho glass uoors Woio
closed on the 22d OF February, we stopped 10
take glance at the contents. Were surprised
and sorry TO see that the pictures of Mossrs.
whoolon al ps,",, ,, c,,,.., a. ,rho
o' ""a "'"u'''' nau ",e" o',i'
sonO'e man III charge OF tue SAFE salu thao 'heir
fall was caused by n jar, In shutting tho ont
side doors, soon after the inside ones were
closed for a conturv Altbough as free from
80 N0''
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17
SENATOR LoGAN's SPEECH.

We yesterday morning published Il lib
eral synopsis of Senator LoGAN's speech,
delivered in the Senate on Tuesday, on the
army appropriation bill, but that abstract
but feebly portrays the real power of the
effort. 1t should be read entire to give the
mind just conception OF its true merit as
an arraignment of Democratic hypocrisy
both as to the effort now being made to
remove existing safeguards from the bal
Iot-box and the elective franchise, and as to
the assertion of the doctrine of State SOW
ereignty or "home rule" as it is now
termed by those who insist upon elevating
the State above Federal power as it may
suit those who believe in secession and a
final subiugation of the Federal to State
domination.
Senator LOGAN has aimed in this effort
to show the hollowness of the plea that
there is any necessity now for the repeal OF
the law enacted for the protection Of the
elective franchise as it is attempted in the
bill under consideration, and he accom-
plished his work with signal success. He
rebuked in a very proper and forci-
BILE manner the attempt made
to pull questionable provision
through to the statue book by attaching il
to u measure of absolute necessity to the
operation of the Government. lie warned
of the danger that must inevitably attend
these departures from usage-these en-
croachments which, when tolerated, will
follow each other in rapid succession unit
the whole fabric Of law and government viii
be subyerted. The danger is in the prece,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17
PERSONAL.

Henry SANFORD, of Connecticut, is at Willards.
II. D. GoTzNAS. of New York, is at the Ebbitt
House.
LIEUTENANT r. BIRSIE, U. s. A.. is posted at the
Ebbitt.
c. S. GORDON, of New Hampshire, has rooms at
Wizards
PROFESSOR E. sSFE is stopping at the Ebbltt for
q few days
HON f. .ovERroN. JH,, of Pennsylvania, is a guest
CApTA1N McGowAN, U. s. N. is anchored at the
Ebbitt House.
THEo. J. ToEDr of New York, is booked at the
Ebblu House.
HoN.J II. CARPBNTER, of Illinois has rooms at
the Ebbitt House.
GENERAL ], G, BARNARD, U. S. A.. is registered at
the Ebbitt House.
PROFESSOR G, E. PRUsHEG, of Chicago, Is posted
at the Ebbitt House.
GENERAL HESRY s. ABBOTT y, s. A., Is quartered
at the Ebbitt House
A. X QUINN and F. J. Quinn, of Newport r. L.
are at the ST. James
PROFESSOR II. B. EURIGI of Boston, arrived at the
Ebbitt House yesterday.
COLONEL Ii. h, RUSSELL, Of New York, Is quar-
tered at the Ebbtt House.
ALFRED H. DUFF and L. p. COWell, of Philadel-
phia, are at the 81. James.
MRS BAHALpI and daughter, of New York are
guests at the Ebbitt House,
Hon. A. d. BENNETT, ofPennsylvanla took quar-
tcrs at Wizards yesterday.
CAPrATN s. f. COOPER Of New York, has taken
quarters at the Ebbitt House.
A. X MCCLURE, publisher of the Philadelphia
Times has booked at Willards.
A. L. SNowDES and Fred Lovejoy, OF Pennsyl.
yania aud John T. Searles, jr, Of Connecticut, are
at Wizards.
C.H. REED, Of Chicago; j. s. Yardey, Pennsyl
yania aud d. r. Dctcrch, Philadelphia, are booked
at the Riggs House.
A YoUNG journalist of this city has been be-
oueathed modest little sum by an early college
| friend who died in the far West recently.
| Mr. RUpOIPH KAUFMAN, Of the star. who wa
attached to Governor McComicks staff In Paris
and has since been travelling in Europe has re-
| turned to Washington.
| Miss ANNIE D. WARE arrived yeiterday morning
! from Boston, in excellent health, and expresses
much qualification nc the success shc met with dur
| ing her four months professional engagement JUS
| closed.
| G. A. NEwmALL Of san Francisco; William Mat
J thews Of New York; Il. a. DJiin, Of Norfolk, Va.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17

The sale of seats for the opera season next week
will commence this morning at the National The.
atre, and, judging from the many inquiries at the
box-ofIice yesterday the season will be brilliant
one. Miss Abbott and the other members Of the
Hess company can rely upon good reception, for
they are all fayorltes in Washington. Mr.. Henry
Peakes, the favorlte baritone, is now a member Of
.Air. Hess excellent organization, and, as he has
ce iyed with much qualification. Friday night has
been selected as the occasion of the testimonial
benefit to Mr.. c. ID. Hess. As this Is his home and
his greatest successes were made here 1t Is to be
hoped that our citizens will turn out en- mdSSG on
this occasion
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-17
south Caroiinians in Government Empl,

NUIIT V'tTUTHIWTs III VOVtTHTlHHC TIHUIOy'
TO he Editor Of NE National Republican,:
SIR: The tissue ballot gentry who now misrepre-
sent South Carolina in the United States Congress
have been bonsting to Southern newspaper CORE
spondents that they have had assurances from high
Treasury officials that all persons appointed from
that State and not natives thereof will soon be dis
charged Is y possible, Mr.. Editor. that such char,
acters as Evins, Aiken, the boorish Tillman, and
Richardson have received any such assurances
Wonderful must be the check of these men when
they presume to renew their prosecutions of South
Carolina Republicans under the dome of the Cnp
tol. SOUTH CAROLlNIAN.