The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-06
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Once more your humble servant es-
says to iot Tor you the incidents OF her
itinerant experience, feeling SIZE that
the brief respite you have had from
these hebdomadal visitations will enable
you to receive new installment with
all due charity.
Tt was Thursday of last weeb. The
paper was of the press, the hurry for
few days was over, and Mrs. Cline, Of
Salem, who had been spending a few
weeks in the city, and who is always
ready to lend hand in the Woman
Suffrage cause, had gone to Milwaukee
carrying with her the announcement |
that the undersigned would come over
and lecture in the evening. To make .
good this lady's word was our next en- /
deavor, so we rushed from the office TO I
the Stark-street ferry, just in time, OF
course, to miss the boat. So we sat down T.
in the shade OF the Oreg0nian's castle I
wall to wait and take items. Any one
who thinks Portland a dull city has
only to watch the tide Of travel that
regularly flows on the Willamette River
TO prove 10 him that somebody is wide
awake at every turning point. Teams
ters, shoppers, farmers, maTkelers, law
yers, doctors, preachers, agents aud
iradesmen OF every craft aud both sexes,
are rushing hither and thither, each in
tent upon his own occupation, and ali
on the lookout for tile maiu chance.
The day was excessively warm, and the
examples Of thrift and enterprise that
everywhere abounded were offset here
and there by some lolling biped who
/ lounged wherever he could find a bench
I or a shady spot, aud busted himself ia
abusing the Chinaman, and talking Of
[ "the white mau's country" and chew
/ ing or smoking tobacco. Such "work-
/ ingmen" iaud these are they who make
all the noise and bluster about the
"party") would never set rivers on Ere,
even il the dear people should honor
them with the organization and distri-
button Of all the Offices in the Common
wealth.
Once over the river, and there was an
other delay Of several minutes.
The death Of the State Printer has left
n brief but important vacancy, and any
amount Of patriots are "buzz.ns" the
Governor-is that a good word For
the opportunity TO sacTiies their lives
in Che position. The Governors ap-
pointing power IN the matter, sccordirg
TO woman's logic and the strict ruling Of
common sense among men, would eN-
tend till the time was up Tor which the
decedent was elected; but, unfortunate
ly for the facts, womGuly logic ia not
applicable at present TO governmental
affairs; aud, as TO common sense among
men, il is the scarcest Of al coDmod-
titles, when sought where it Is mos,
needed-among the Judges Of the Su.
prsme Court.
On the day Of which we are writing,
u prominent citizen, printer and voter,
was "buzzing' the Governor-guess it's
, cool wcid-upon the sidewalk hard
4, By the station Gn the shade, and we
, knew ne was seeking TO walk in the
dead mans shoes, which, OF course, was
legitimate and right We concluded
. we'd Try it too, and we began by max
4. ing our best bow and asking the Gov
ernor Tor the Office, thereby making the
, Centlemanly member Of the favored sex
A., who was seeking il look straight down
: his nose. We said:
"Governor, if you want 10 DO some
, thing which will make all the news
papers speak out in your praise, aud the
women commend your administration
you viii appoint Mrs. Carter, widow Of
the late State Printer, 20 the Office va
, Gated by bis death. The lady is prac-
teal printer, aad entitled by every law
} Of right aud Justice to the position"
The Governor frankly answered that
lie would prefer 70 give The Office to the
, lady nameI rather than to any man 10
the Slate, and he would do 50 il b,
could Gud tire least constitutional au.
thority FOR so doing.
We urged that the appointment wa:
not elective nov. The circumstances o
a, the case had taken it from election by
the people and placed it in the appoint
ing power Of the Governor. If it W..
constitutional for him to appoint womer
) to elerkships, it was clearly so for hiu
, to appoint a woman in this case.
He feared that a majority Of the su.
preme Court would decide differently
and so 90 we. The sense Of Justice to.
f ward woman that eau be found in th.
r Supreme Court OF Oregon, as at present
D constituted, could find ample room t,
q dance quadrilles on the point OF a cam
. brio needle.
5 The gentleman who was "buzzing"-
e it's a splendid word-interfered saying
If the Governor wanted to raise a stont
= wall of opposition against himself he,
= better try appointing woman to th'
Office.
"Why ?" we asked, tersely.
Because" admitted our friend, "hu
can't afford to give such position t'
4 any person who cannot vote"
The reader may be assured that w
, didn't lose this opportunity to make
! point. And, in conclusion, we asked th
gentleman If this one admission wa
not an unanswerable argument in favo
!. Of Woman Suffrage.
a The train came along at this junctura
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