The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-21
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2l, 1881.

signed the constitution, and the society starts out
under favorable auspices
In the evening, after the organization was eff
fected, the public convened pursuant to previous
call, for a ratification meeting, a large audience
being present. The undersigned was appointed
as a committee to inform Mr.. CrandaIl of his elec
tion to the office of President and introduce him
such to the public. The gentleman, though
taken by surprise, proved equal to the occasion
His extempOraneOus inaugural was eloquent, de
cisive and grand, and took the house by storm
Our own argument on the cOnstitutiOnality Of the
suffrage resolution came next, after which large
majority of the house arose IN response to a cal
for an affirmative vote for Woman Suffrage The
call for the negative vote was answered by one
woman, an elderly lady and mother in Israel
whose action brought forth prolonged applause
from the hoOdlum element in the rear. We asked
the good sister to tell i0hy she had voted that
she didn't want to vote" but she answered that
she had forgotten her speech" We assured hel
that we were glad that she was living in a country
where she could thus freely express an opinion
we rejoiced that we had been enabled to brave the
opposition we had encountered from such as her
self until many laws had been passed for heI
benefit, and we proposed to press on in the work
Jill every right was guaranteed to her that the
government granted to negroes. After another
rousing speech by Mr. Crandall, the meeting adj
journed.
We then inquired the name Of the good sister
WHO lad bad t- eOurage to vote against voting
and in fsce 90. optrl helmng numbers, saying we
would like o. suof her better when suddenly
like q thuuder-clap came down about our ears an
angry sco'ding from the church beagle, for hav-
i1g AS the merourial mans rights brother as
erted, "a.svNed Che ladyr' 1t was easy enough
TO see what allied ihe protector of women" The
last splinter OF OPPOSITION on which he had been
standing had been vept away by the arguments,
and he w.s founder 1g in the raging waters OF
.lefeat, so be was very angry. His attack upon US
~. 'eeidedly poppIe oman in its rage and fustiau
1no G. truth AID courtesy, but we consoled
ourseif with the retle lion that mans rights must
oe expected to yrthe little in its death agonies
and we tried Co DE- charitable. A brother clergy
man 'a mans rights man, Of course also rebuked
ue for what he called IAN attack upon the lady
~hereupon We cudgeied our brain for what we
naa -aid and have finally resurrected it, as above
We aisp wrote to the sister, saying we were work
ing 10 'ctn' but had 10 intention of hurting heI
ieeiing- aud if we die we were sorry, and ready
To be forgiven. But the truth is, a any ntelli-
gent reader con see -hat we said nothing that the
occasion did not warrant and nothing that under
IKE cireoins stance would not be justified in
aging again. The lady took a public. stand
against Us, and it was our right 10 defend our
cause and show her the error of her own. If we
had not succeeded, the two or three opDosinp
brethren would not have been angry. We mem
ton this circumstance here because we wish our
thousands of readers to see that the Arnold
Winkelrieds of this movement, who break the
Austrian phalanx of opposition, are often com
PEELED to carry away barbed arrows i'm their own
hearts. And whenever we venture TO pluck these
arrows out and cast them back at an opponent.
somebody always claims that somebody else has
been "insulted." Well, well; it's all right. but
it is sometimes very annoying. With the excep-
tion of this episode, there was nothing to mar the
perfect harmony of the entire proceedings
We were much pleased with the spirit of inter
est manifested by both ladies and gentlemen in
the cause, and we are sure it will not be the fault
Of the worthy citizens of The Dalles if Waseo
county fails to render a rousng vote for Woman
Suffrage. But she will not fail The spirit of
this movement is in the air. 1t is no more possi-
bic for the opposition to beat it back than it is
possible for them to dip the Columbia River ci~v
with Ieaky thimbes
Mr.. Hare, of Hillsboro, brother of Hon. W. d.
Hare, ex-COllector of the Astoria port, and
strong friend of equal rights has recently removed
60 Tae Dalles to engage in the mercantile busi-
ness. His excellent wife is a cousin Mrs b.
Eaton Of Uiian and Mrs Ejaro. Na-co and
nice - 'lr II. ;. HeuderhcH Of Cove; so il is
h.t .iy necessary TO say Glat she, like her hus-
band, is a stauch Woman SaHragist
Mrs. Nj. Glover, formers of Dayton w T.. has
a nice millinery store here, and has fair run Of
business. But the trouble with women. her, ss
elsewhere, is in the fact that the avenues Of oee1
patton open 10 them are so few. and narrow that
eaeh tries TO underbid the other in overcroyded
liaes Of work, and t is slow getting ON for all Of
mem Keeping boarders, running millinery
'''res' dress making, musie-teaohing, teaching