, 1881-11-12
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49, Sssss St R<AAOttoCu W set
here If he makea his residenee in the so~n.
When We eonsider that the Capitol of Wash
ington Was built before Walla Walla was
born, when Portland was baby, and San
Pranc;sco and Chicago were just budding
into cities Oh magnificent proportions. it does
srem strange that the advance Of this place
has been 30 SLOW; for IL has been the contin
uous home OF editors, governors. members Of
Congress. Legislators. secretaries. judges.
generals, coionels. majors and captains OF all
grades and political conpIexions through all
the years Of its existence But with all this
there is not street car nor even compen-
sating business for line Of hacks or coaches
to convey passengers to and from the api-
! toi building during the sessions OF the leeis.
iatuGe. The announcement Of race - be
run over Mr. Ccllins' track At Walla WaIla
will line the street, ut the town and the
road TO and from tine track with harOuches,
laundelets, ph.etons coachss and hacks, and
the Proprietors reap oountiiul la, vest from
such use of their vehicles. The oonvemng
of legislatures in most places 10 the signal
for the il gathering Of al the social clans
from convenient distances and the citizens Of
such places usually compose large part Of
the audiences of the galleries and iobbies at
the sessions. Here the Legislature frequently
sits for days and not a face beams in upon
the assembled wisdom from the lohbies ex.
cepting the officers of the houses. A few
strangers visit the town and the more dar-
-ing-those Injured to the misty peeuIiarities
Of the climate, and endowed with the natp-
raj forces that make them superior pedes.
trians-stay ont upon the hill and look in at
the capitol.
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE QUESTION
To-day the usual order was for an hour
reversed. Yesterday the members Of the
house, Unexpectedly to themselves. and re-
gardless of what their cOI-.ituents might
say, had the brags to Speak out in meet
in and actually betrayed their true inward
ness by voting the passage of an act to con-
fer .he right of suffrage upon woman citi
zens" As the bill in homely phrase expresses
it. This bill was made the special order for
tn. council at . o'clock this A. NJ, and was
the signal for grand rush of ''man citizens"
70 the senate hall Bat the Solons Of that
body had had time TO Jo,tiity themselves, and
two bachelors and tive husbands therein
made up the majority of two who by deferr
ing the action for another day SAID they
We're unwilling that their ignorance should
ever lie offset st the polls by the superior in-
teiligence Of thcr wives. The bachelor chair.
man of the territorial democratic committee
who is = house member. and whose intui-
tions arc more unerring than those OF these
legislator, that he voted for the measure
knowing that the girls nil vote and when
they do they will not viulat. the law Of nat
ura! selection but will send him every time
as their representative.
l.s THE PESnESTIARY.
Walla WalIa's chief representative at the
penitentiary, which is located at Seatco,
about Is miles from this place, on the road
to Portland, are MeAlister and Holman,
the former incsrceratad years ago for the
killing of Charles Ward, and the latter a
short time subsequently for attempting to
take the life of his wife. McAllister has
literally grown gray in the ser Eiee. He is
white haired and deerepit, having become
partially paraiyzed. This seems to have had
subdueing influence upon the spirit, which,
during the earlier years of his confinement,
never spoke the admission OF having done
wrong. and breathed only revenge against
those who he designated rs the authors of
his misfortune and the robbers Of his estate.
His chief occupation seems TO be the mann-
facture OF slaves, and he yet lives in the
hope of breating the free air of the outer
world. II he lives to serve the time for
4 which he was sentenced he will have nearly
attained his three score years and ten. Hol-
man, some two Yrars ago, indulged his char
! acteristics Of running from the guard.
| SURGICAL OPERATION.
In the capture his arm was broken and
shattered between the elbow and shoulder
by ball from the rifle of one Of the guards.
Dr. Herndon, the surgeon, performed the
difficult operation of saving off the ends OF
the bones, taking off three or four inches
therefrom. and succeeded in efieeting uniOn
so that he now has good short arm, better
than thousand lmputated ones. He has ad-
\ dressed letters to some Of the members in
which he earnestly entreats them to advance
measures for his pardon. claiming as reasons
that he is crippled, failing il health, and
that he has dependent family. To those
acquainted with the cause Of his incarcera-
ton. the effort TO shoot his wife out Of exist
ence, his latter plea seems peculiar one.
+ CRUEL TREATMENT.
You have read much aboat the kind of
shackles used at this Institution They are
riveted on the prisoner at the time he enters
the prison, and only in exceptional cases are
they ever removed except upon his release
nv expiration of sentence OF death. This is
: simply harbarous Other legislatures have
| denounced this proceeding without adopting
measures TO prevent it. 1t remains to be
seen whether this one viii provide means for
their own more human treatment when they
ascend the ladder of fame one step higher
| Think Of tie horror Of working ali day IN
. the rain of this climate, as many OF th's1
prisoners must do, and then gong home u At
nixht to lie dowa in their wet garments to
dream of the freedom that such wre'cLe'
must be perpetua!ly craving, and h be
awakened at every tura upon the pallet by
the clanking of chains or by the .wing-s Of
main that must rack the limbs that are thus
forever bound
COUNTY COaAISSlDNERs-
i Among The acts thus far Passe in which our
peoDle will take an interest are, an act con
f.rring npon county commissioners capacity
{ a. corporate b dies; 10 make such contracts
!; anI t r-.r hA IA III snei. property As
m,y ia. u.,-.---s,-y -. tn eorf'ofat- and al
mn,s.r ai.. q, o. c. un.ies, and 20 do
, II other u. c-s...r, ..t, H. rlstiCn 30 all
property Of the cnuEty. AEOth'r act sIys