The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-03
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

when written at home and from men,
ory, are even more "stale, fiat and un-
profitable to the writer than when
chronicled on the wing. Bot, here we
are on this day OF grace, denomiuated
April lst in the calendar, and "all FOOLS
dayn in the customary vernacular Of the
period, aud we're seated by the southern
window of our coy sanetum, iuhaling
springtime odors superior to those Of
Araby, aud drinking draughts of deli
cious air quite equal to those obtained
upon Helicon.
Let's see: Where did We last take
leave Of you? Were we not at Salem ?
Recourse to last weeks paper satisfies
Us that we not only bade you adieu at
the weli-kept Chemeketa Hotel, but told
you flo in the closing sentence, for
which (the flo, not the farewelD We
humbly ask pardon. We said we'd be
home by Saturday, this was the fib,
aud il came about in this wise: We'd
"done" Salem pretty thoroughly in the
AANNANNA Va tue ~ w -NOk1 II " - ADu
were spending Saturday forenoon in the
Interest Of the city, looking up Is i'm
provements aud general prospects for
business for the future, and taking men
tai items Of everything to be seen and
heard, when, upon meeting Captain
Baughman, We received intelligence
that the "Wiliamette ChieP would 90
to Portland on the morrow. As We are
one Of those who believe il lawful 10 do
good on the Sabbath day, We at once
decided to prolOng our stay until morn
ing, and thereby attend to just so much
more business on Saturday afternoon
than we had expected. So we wended
our way to the State house, where our
good friends, Hons. Earhart and Hodg-
kins, the Secretary Of State and his
worthy assistant, showed US through
the finished rooms, some Of which are
already elegantly furnished. The Sec
Tetary's rooms are handsomely clad in
magnificent body-brussels carpet of
brilliant Paisley colOrs and pattern; and
the Governors apartments are refitted
with the old Executive tapestry Brussels,
handsomely re-arranged, both depart
ments having an increase Of Russia
leather and maple furniture, quite sug-
gestive of the good time coming when
women will occupy the indoor offices
which properly belong to them, leaving
the dear, over-taxed men free to spend
their entire working hours in the full
enjoyment Of the outdoor labor for which
Nature evidently designed them. When
this radical aud much needed change is
made in governmental affairs, it will
then be in order for the men to claim
that they "protect" women. His Ex-
cellency, Governor Thayer, was not at
his post az the time of our visit, but bis
very obli9ing secretary, Eugene McCor-
mack, greeted us with quite as much
courtesy as ladies will bestow upon
gentlemen visitors when the indoor work
OF politics is given over to them.
The Secretary Of State kindly showed
AAN AAAE new bAAlEE1f l4fA CT ANA II -AAEAl nAl
intended for the occupancy Of the Super
intendent Of Public Instruction. Here
will be another splendid opportunity for
some good woman in the good time
coming, Notwithstanding the crushing
defeat Of our amendment to brother
Morey's resolution in reference to the
Office last fall, after he had said IL was
an "insult TO his resolution" for US to
offer a suggestion that it be so framed
as to declare that women should be eli
gible to its duties, honors and emOlu-
ments. By the way, readers, did we
ever tell you that the little Professor
wrote us very savage letter after our
version Of his little resolution had been
published, in which he "called God to
witness that he never said 90 II we
spared him in the next paper, it was be-
cause We could afford TO be merciful, but
we really can't remember whether that
idea struck US al that particular time or
not.
The basement floors Of the Capitol
building are mostly laid, and a very
handsome iron cornice is being put in
place, while the other general improve
meuts are already taking of much Of
the skeleton look OF the elephant"
with which the State is wrestling. We
ventured to ask some of the officers In
charge what was TO be the outcome Of
the work Of the investigating committee
whose labors were exhibited to US in
handsomely written, plethoric and
well-bound volume of many pages.
The reply was that further proceedings
awaited the action Of His EXcellency.
or course it is mole than probable that
there will be nothing further accom-
plished than the paying Of the bills by
the taxpayers at large, which bills were
contracted in the very successful en-
deavor Of the committee to publish TO
the world that our retiring State officials
and those who had preceded them for
a term or two in protecting the interests
ofunrepresented women tax payers were
knaves or fools.
At the hotel parlor we met very af-
fable gentleman, judge ofthe Supreme
Court, by the way, who exhibited his
originality aud logic by saying to US
and another lady, after himself raising
the question of Woman Suffrage, that
he chad no objection to women suffer
ing; they might suffer all they wanted
to-" OF course we honored the witt
cism by an appropriate smile, such as