The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-27
THE GREENWOOD WILL 49,

Iub GAbhA hOUD WILL UASE.
This much-talked-of case, which leon
ardized the sacred right Of all mothers
TO protect from want those Of theirebil-
dren who have uniformly treated them
with kindnessi a case that, by trans
parent sUbversion Of the aims Of iustice
has set aside the most sacred testament
tary devise Of q wise and iudlcious
mother through quibbles that do not
reach the exalted station Of even a Gun.
ningly-devised fable; this case, Wherein
The most hagrant outrage on record has
robbed a faithful daughter Of what her
deceased mother knew was but the hon.
est reward Of her unfailing 6lial devo-
tioni and in spite Of the wisest preeau-
tions OF the mother to avoid IL. has
placed the proceeds OF her motherlv
wisdom, thus wrested from the faithful
daughter, into the hands Of a miserlv.
rich and licentious son, thereby adding
the mothers valuable homestead (which
she willed to the INDECENT daughter to
the sons previously large inheritance
from his fathers estate, aud turning the
daughter into the street penniIess; this
case, which If allowed to stand will
form a precedent for other biased Judges
TO quote for all coming time as an ex-
cuse for robbing other women Of their
sacred heritage-this sum Of all villain
les and acme Of all rascality is now
brought before the people Of Oregon and /
scattered broadcast among the voters by
Mrs. Cline, the right and lawful legatee 1
and suffering victim Of the worse than /
highway robbery that has turned her
adrift while her rich and selfish brother /
fattens anew on the spoil.
Mrs. Cline, with the characteristics
selfabnegation that has marked her
whole course OF life hitherto, modestly
submits the whole case, both evidence
and decision, to the people Of Oregon
with the following mild preamble,
which, uneonsciously TO herself, forms
complete index to her ingenious amia-
bility Of disposition
To THE PEOPLE OF OREGON.
Ny property LEFT me by my mothers viii
having been taken from me By an InIquItous
decision-so extraordinary as % shock the citi-
zens Of salem and Marion county who knew
the facts-I have, at their suggestion, requested
sidney Dell, Esq, Of the Portland bar, TO place
The wh2le case before you In order that you
may see for yourselves the fearful injustice {
perpetrated by our present Supreme Court.
By the aid OF the citizens OF Salem and else
where, have been enabled 10 publish the
na
your ballots, VIII be satisfied.
NARY c. CIISE
Portland, Nay 20. ISso.
We hope every woman who reads this
win remember that, II she cannot vote
herself at the forthcoming election, she
can influence at least one voter to cast
his ballot in opposition to the reelection
Of Supreme Court, which, itself an
unconstitutional excrescence upon the
great escuteheon OF justice, has marked
its unlawful course by a vandalism un-
pCecedented in the annals Of all modern
judiciary-a vandalism which it is a
travosty upon designations to class with
hizhway robbery, midnight grand lar
ceny, or professional safe-cracking. Let !
these unjust judges be defeated at the ,
polls, as they surely will be if the friends I
Of justice 10 their duty, and honest ,
mothers can again indulge the hope that {
The property for which they are toiling 8
SO faithfully may be given by their last q
viii and testament 10 their kind and I
dutiful children, rather than their IN 7
grateful and insubordinate ones. Let \
every woman read the "Greenwood q
VIII Case" and see for herself by what q
tenure her property rights are n
held while Judges Kelly and Prim are +
10 power.