The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-12-25

Inc iOlioHihg IS an extract from
the report Of WIN. s. Duniway for
Oregon and Washington territory,
read before the sixteenth annual
meeting Of the American Woman
Suffrage Association:
PORTLAND, ORE, Nov. IA, 1884.
The woman suffrage amendment
submitted 10 the voters Of Oregon By
the Legislature was rejected 10 June.
II received between IL 900 and ~, 700
votes, with more than twice that
number Of negatives. The liquor
dealers opposed Il strongly, and the
naturalized citizens Of the State were
almost unanimous against it. The
1900 votes 10 favor embrace q large
part of the leading men OF the State,
and give q foundation for future
work. The campaign Of the suffra-
gists was helped by contributions
from the East, the American AssOcia-
tiOn doing nObly and earning the
gratitude Of the Oregon Society. The
defeat is trying but not overwhelm-
ing, and already the friends Of equal.
ity for women are at work circulating
petitions and preparing to 60 before
the next Legislature with a request
for vote az a special election on the
amendment. II this Is not successful,
attempts 10 secure municipal suffrage
will be made. But ~ the re-
suit in Oregon Is somewhat dis
cOuraging the news from, Wash
ington Territory is the opposite.
The first general election in the Ter
ritOry since the passage Of the woman
suffrage law was held on the 4th inst.
Ifany one ever had a doubt that the
women wanted 10 vote, this election
ought to set Il at rest. They have
vOted more numerOusly 12,O00 or Is,
O0O) at their first opportunity than
sufiragists expected, and 90 conducted
themselves as 10 win the appreciation
Of the press Of the Territory. Their
influence on the canvass, aud particu
larry at the polls, has been bealthful
and purifying, and they have been
treated everywhere with the utmost
courtesy aud respect-a Difference all
the deeper because they can now
quietly give telling expressions. The
common objections 10 woman suffrage
have all been swept away by the cleo
ton. aud the prediction Of woman
suTragists are amply verified. A
Legislature favorable 20 continuance
OF the law has been elected. the wO
men having carefully scratched Oppo-
nsnts. Tley have settled IL that wO-
man suffrage shall remain one Of the
institutions OF the Territory, and
will see Ia Il that it becomes q part Of
the constitution when Washington Is
admitted ~ a State. WOmeu's clubs
are found In many towns Of the Ter
Titory. and u will be as difficult for
an opponent to reach the constitution
al convention ~ the Legislature.
The women require a pledge FROM
candidates that they will not tampeT
with the law, aud any nominee who
refuses 10 give IL will be beaten. The
press aud the people Of Washington
Territory are we'll satisfied with wOm-
an suffrage There Is little or no Op-
position To Il from any reputable
quarter. Papers which objected 10 II
are now, alter seeing its workings,
giving II unqualified endorsement.
Miss Louisa AlcOtt records in the
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
that her first story brought her IS,
and her second SO, with q REQ uest
for more Of Der productions. zone Of
the most memorable moments Of my
liIe,n she adds, lis that IN which, as
! trudged 10 school on q wintrY day,
my eyes fell upon a large yellow rOst-
er with these delicious words '"Berf
tha," a new tale, by the author
1.-THE Rival Prima DOnnas," will ap
pear in the Saturday Evening Ca
=efte." was late il was bitter cold
people jOstled me; ] was MORALLY
afraid ! should be recognized; but
there stood feasting my eyes on the
fascinating poster, and saying proud
~ TO myself, in the words Of the great
Vincent Crummles, This, this Is
famer That day my pupils had an
Induigent teacher; for while they
struggled with their pOt-hOOks was
writing immortal works, and when
they dTOned out the multiplication
table was counting up tine noble for
tune my pen was TO earn for me In
the dim delightful future. That af-
ternOOn my sisters made q pilgrimage
TO behold this famous placard, and
finding it torn by the wind, boldly
stole It, and came home y wave Il
like a triumphant banner in the
bosom Of the excited family. The
tattered paper still exists, folded
away with other relics Of those early
days, 50 hard and yet so sweet, when
the first small victories were won,
and the enthusiasm Of youth lent TO
rnrnra la lffafe 1rudrrarrT - - Efyrr-yasr,rr.