The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-27
EDITORIAL CORREgPONDENoE.

] couver on Wednesday last proved a
{ long, tedious, rough and disagreeable
/ one. The air was cold, the hack was
crowded, and the road was-well, II
Vancouver ever becomes closely con-
nected with the metropolitan City-ou-
= willamette, she must bridge the dis
. tance, that's all Now that the steam
ferry across the Columbia is 10 longer a
] matter Of speculative theory, but is
Z moving, breathing, whistling, regularly
going reality, and the long bridge over
the slough is also Gxed aud reliable
fact, We see no good reason why the
very worst bit Of road existing between
Portland and the rest OF the world may
not be redeemed from primoriial chaos
without much further delay.
The roads were so bad that rapid drlv-
ing was impossible, and it was almost
dark when, chilly and weary, we
adighted with our llege at the pleasant
Daniels home, where, after supper, we
enjoyed few minutes rest, aud then
repaired to the hall, where an audience
composed OF the best elements Of the
town had already assembled. The long
ride ia the cold had Induced an acute at
tack OF neuralgia In the eye-balls.
which, rs the lecture proceeded, ex-
/ tended TO the brain, creating an intense
agony as indescribable as acute. AM
night long, after the lecture. we wrestled
with that abomlnable uproar in brain
aud eye-balls, and not till the sun was
1up could we successfully WOO 'Tired pa.
ture's sweet restorer, balmy sleep.n
Awoke at S A. N, TO find that The rack
ing nuisance had vanished with the
sunshine.
90 Thursday evening we araiu met
an appreciative audience, and the
theme, Property Rights Of Married
Women" considered from a legal stand |
point, with the statutes before ns. evil |
IDENTIFY convinced the audience THAI The
wise proverb, Eternal vigilance is the
price Of liberty" is equally as applicable
TO women as to men.
The long list OF subscribers TO the I
New NORTHWEST in Vancouver, both
old and new ones, are its very first peo-
pie, and the kindly interest they evince
in our work is exceedingly gratifying to
us. The young men aud maideus are
stanch allies Of the woman movement,
and the older people, with the exception
Of few purblind religious fanatics and
an occasional saloon keeper or besotted
drunkard - strange how extremes do
meet-are with them in sentiment aud
purpose.
Vancouver boasts its grocery stores,
meat markets, bakeries, confectionery
shops, merchant tailors, shoe stores, dry
goods houses, schools, hotels, ote., etc,
and the usual quota Of sclf-supporied
women who keep boarders or manage
some sort Of a mercantile business for a
livelihood. On Friday morning, after
the second lecture, we were walking
past The home Of one OF the former class
Of these women workers, when TO our
surprise she came out and hailed Us with
a CHEEKY good mornin' to ye, ma'am,"
her pale, -burdcned, sorrow-fur-
rowei face lighting up with a happy
smile, while tie broom she had been
welding on the porch formed q tempo
rary staff for her tired body.
We returned the salute as warmly as
il was given.
beg pardon, ma'am, for addressiu' a
stranger, but ye're the lecturer; an
some o. nee boarders wint out 10 hear /
yez, an they wuz so PLACED I thought Q
I'd be after thaukin' ye for takin' M
the wur-rk in behalf o. the women en- :
the childer" said the good soul, feel
ingly. 4
"Thank you" we answered, heartily. !
But Why were YOU not present in per
son ?'
80, ma'am, am so busy! An I In
don't feel like goiu' out no more since I I
lost two O. NE chlldsr with the diph- t
-harea. An me husband, he's one o. u
lac drinkin' kind, an have a deal o. 3
worry TO get along at all at ALL" o
We offered what consolation we could. a
md went on our way, musing thusIy:
Where, in all America, or ireland >,
.ither, for that matter, can one find a :.
ober, industrious man who would en- .,
lure for month the drunkenness in bis N
wife that women so often patiently sub >,
nit to for lifetime from cruel, improv- o.
dent husbands? Aud what makes the i.
Inference ? Simply this: that men can +.
ictate what wOmeu's conduct shall be. ~
ecause they hold the reins Of legal, DO p,
ltieai and financial power, aud can di- =,
ect women or drive them to suit them =.
elves. Women are denied this power.n r.
lie who runs as he reads can solve this J.,
rob.em now. We need not formulate =,
he process OF solution further. l., -
After day or two spent in canvass -
ng, visiting and exchanging views with -
host OF other friends, We repaired to :,
be pleasant home Of DR.. Bailey. Medi-
al Director Of the Department Of the
olumbia, in whose genial society We il,
njoyed q long chat over the scientific. an
7eculativc and demonslrative theories te
many isms connected with ancient re-
nd modern science. Il was half-past Ia
We before the Cascades steamer came "
sight, but our seat at the parlor win an
DIV commanded iine view for several alb
lies up the noble River Of the West.
I'd the tedlum Of waiting was all be-