The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-28

OF An ALBANY "DrvINE" AND HIS
HooDLUM ALLIES
Agreeable to previous announcement, the Wom-
~, Snffr,o,ists. to the number of many hundreds,
mot ON the evening of the 21st instant at Reeds
Opera House. salem, to ratify the action of the
Taoislatrra in passing a resolution TO submit to
the voters an amendment to the Constitution for
bidding the future Acknowledgement of any citizen
on account of sex. The platform gaily fes-
tooned with flags and evergreens, givinga brilliant
effect in the glistening gasght. The doors were
thrown open at seven o'clock, and in less than
half an hour the spacious hall filled to its ut
most capacity by an eager curious and eXpectant
throng of ladies and gentlemen, the former largely
predominating Both Houses of the Legislature
were so badly crowded with business on the clos
ing DAYS of the session that they found it impossi-
bic to adjourn at an early hour, they had prom
ised and the audience was compelled to be content
with the receipt of their respectful excuses till the
evening was half spent; but their absence in no
way cooled the enthusiasm of the citizens, who
were bent upon a ratification jubilee and deter
mined not to stop at such trihes as unfinished
business or the 'third reading Of bills"
The Albany Ladies' Conet Band, which had
been advertised as a leading attraction was COM
PEELED to disappoint themselves and the state at
the laSL moment lil'NAA tiLN - A''iit- Va ''
cal father of one of the girls who compelled her to
remain at home Mrs. Duniway explained the
cause of the disappointment i'm an earnest and
candid way. stating that the reverend gentleman
who had been guilty of this outrage upon the La
dies, Band and the Oregon public had no other
-rr-.-- -or it tlan the fact that he had once been
guilty df slandering herself, and had been "raled
over the coals' for il i'm the presence Of some Of
his very best church members who had nobly
stood by her. in spite of his unclerica and ungen-
tlemanly attempts at defamation.
The exercises of the evening were opened witha
violin solo by Miss Dora McCori accompanied on
the piano by Miss Anna Fearnside. The effect
upon the turbulent crowd Of boys in the gallery
was wonderful. Respectful silence fell upon them
like a mantle Of peace Even boys who were hired
TO disturb the meeting forgot for the nonce to in
duIge in the hideous cat-calls that whipped out
the police an hour later and compelled the voting
citizens of Salem to sit by and watch the suffering
multitude who endured the torture of their un-
seemlv racket till they were fairly frantic with
disgust Surely it is time that another element
should come into public authority, when men are
unable to induce their own boys to behave de
Gently.
After the music, Mrs Duniway delivered a brief
address Of welcome, and ended by introducing
Col c. A. Reed who, she said, had been the first
man i'm Oregon to come to the Woman Suffrage
platform, and who had introduced i'm the Legsla-
ture i'm ~ the very resolution they were here to-
night to ratify.
Colonel Reed was enthusiastically applauded as
he responded to the call, and his speech, though
brief, was worthy Of the man and the occasion.
The women Of Oregon have no truer, stancher
friend, or one upon whom they more implicitly
rely for their final success in securing their poti-
cal rights than this gentleman.
Mrs Loughary, the "Patrick Henry of the new
dispensation" was the next speaker. She said
that she had on the previous Monday received a
card from Mrs Dunway with some hieroglyphics
upon it, which, after considerable trouble, she had
deciphered, and the words were: Eureka ! The
resolution has passed. Come up to Salem next
Thursday and help Us ratify." She had responded
10 the call and here to lift her voice in unison
with the general notes of rejoicing that we'll
ing up from patriotic hearts in every precinct,
village and town i'm the State. She proud Of
the Legislature Of 1880. She believed it had been
predicted that this was to be a historic year. The
recent election returns from Indiana and Ohio
had seemed like a fulflIment Of that prediction
but the act of the Oregon Legislature in submit
ting the suffrage resolution TO the voice Of the
people was yet more notable event She was
especially proud of Yamhi and her Senators and
Representative, every one Of whom had voted
right upon the resolution and she felt like re-
peating the ringing words that the Oregon people
had often heard before, ''Yambiu against the