Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-26
.RxsIDEsfIAL COMPLICATIONS.

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PREsrDESfIAL cOnPLIcArIoAs'
An tho time draws near for the Pres
deptial nominations to DO made. the
msttsr becomes moro end more compli.
Gated. On the Republican side Conkling
In out Of the field and Sherman might as
veil DO. Blaine is q satisfactory stall.
xart, but not strong in the south. Grant
10 rather taking the lead Of Blaine. and
wsshburns 10 liable to come in as the
..dsrk horse" who il to win the race.
On the Democratic side Uncle Sammy
Tildsn leads in the pools; Baysrd's -.
csssion spsschifying . few years ago
kills all his hopes. and Thurman would
be the most eligible man Of them all.
Bot, Is has been heretofore mentioned
in the News. there 10 still another ele-
msnt to this Presidential proposition. .
horse Of another color or sax. who sI-
presses Q determination to stand in on
this Presidential proposition, and 60
cordins to latest advicss from England.
the dark horse aforesaid 10 Victoria @.
Woodruff. or "woodhall." as the Eng
lish have il. The Examiner. Q steady
going old English journal. Fan indie
pendent weekly review Of politics. liters-
ture. science and art" established in
1908, In Q recent issue devoted about two
pages 70 the announcement and advocacy
Of Mrs. woodhull's' claim to the Presi-
dsnsy Of the United States. The lady
has been living in London for the
last three or four years or more,
and Ii fully competent to run halt .
dozen such papers as the Examiner.
therefore II the editorial Management OF
the concern think they are making o fine
point in burlesquipg her. or derisivsly
putting her up for public ridiculs, they
are liable to hud themselves pretty badly
fooled. Perhaps, however. the old gen
tlsman. Tiiden. may have been struck
with the fag-snd o! n new light on tho
subject and secretly proposes going in
with Vic. on The Presidential layout.
The Examiner goes on to speak OF her
connection with the womau's Rights
movement and claiming under the Four
tssnth Amendment Of tho Constitution
her right to vote in State elections, and
says : 1T il believed by many that
Congress would have been forced then
TO grant women the right to the fran.
chiss. had IL not been for ~jealousies in
the womsn's Rights party itself. She
had, however. become SO popular that,
In the spring Of 1872, an Equal
Rights Convention OF Eve hundred
delegates. representing twenty'siI States
and four Territories, announced her as
their candidate for the Presidency. But
before the next election came round she
was 80 PROSTATE in health that her name
could not bs put on the ticket" The
Examiner continues its exceedingly vera.
cious and explanatory historical rsmin.
iscences Of the Woodruff as follows:
Certain notorious clerical scandals in
1871 drew from her outspoken comments
In her newspaper. and from them she went
on 10 the discussion OF social reform,
especially in the relations Of the sexes. not
only in her W paper. but on the plat
form. A large section Of the public espe-
cially liable to panics in social matters. in
its first surprise. took her teaching by the
wrong and and rsn up and down exciting
q great commotion. The powers Of the
church invoked the powers Of the State.
Her bank was entered aud Quilted by tho
City Marshals damage which Congress
has now agreed to make good to the extent
Of $500. COO; she was shut out OF all the
public halls; she was arrested and impris-
oned, but had to DO set free at the demand
Of popular clamor; she was harassed and
prosecuted by actions at law on cruel and
frivolous charges. which were ef~fectually
rebutted. This persecution. blind and
malignant a. only respectable prosecutions
can Be. defeated, Of course, ito object.
Mrs. Woodruff lost in the struggle 2.00e,.
900. her health. and almost her life. but
she won tho most enthusiastic regard OF
the people; and even her prosecutors rec
ognized when they were calmer that her
social doctrines. cleared Of the mysticism
and rhapsody with which she enwrapped
and obscured them. were but what poets
and moralists have taught for ages, though
10 was an altogether new thing to hear
them from . m on . public platform.
The article concludes with the follow
ing very stunning bit Of political infor-
nation:
She has been solicited 10 lot her name be
put on the "ticket" with that Of General
Butler or Of Mr.. Tilden. and canvassing
clubs have been formed in all the large
cities. and now the question Is: What will
she dor She has shown herself . woman
Of such intrepidity and celebrity OF action,
30 prodigal Of her resources IN what she
considers . good cause. that the result.
should she agree TO stand. 10 BY no means
. foregone conclusion. We have . Queen
Victoria; are our cousins perchance going
10 take to themselves . President victoriss
ADJOURNMENT or cONGREss.