Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-04-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, March 81. 1873

The wife scope of tie topics of
discussion at the w0mcn's confer
cnce, gives unusual interest to the
proceedings. The Improvement in
their political condition is only one
of the matters being considered,
and the attention given to their
notable advances in other lines of
development draws to the city Ger
tain representative women. and
adds to The audience Il number of
hearers who would not be attracted
If the crusade had but Il single end
III view. Nothing that pertains to
women is foreign to the conference.
and this c0mprelcnsiveness ofp'an,
involving II review OF what has
been accomplished in all lines OF
development, gives to the gather
ing Il cheerful and congrntulatory
tone, which might he wanting if
political conditions were alone dis
cnsscd. Wumam's rights in the
matter of education have brought
to the city speakers from India,
Denmark and Norway, and from
widely separated sections of the
United States. SO that the subject
al philanthropic$, including prison
reform, hospital work, and wor:,
among the Indians. the great fem
perincc question, the consideration
OF women i'll the professions and
Industries and such topics as social
purity and woman's legal condi-
ton have been tie magnets to
draw To Washington the workers
in the fields suggested, and to give
Il certain representative character
to this congress of women. The
organizations to be perfected as
The result of the conference prom
isc to be Of historical interest and
Importance. The grcnt impeachment
To many movements for the benefit
of the gentler sex hns been tue ND
parent indifference OF The beuelicim.
ries OF The alleged movement. The
rcIormer's work of prosecuting is
more necessary among The women
than among the men. Outside of the
lew requests by women for rrcogni
ton Of alleged rights 10 Which valid
objection supported by sound mgu-
ncnt can be urEcd--anl these are
few indee;l-.hero is probably no
benefit which women, acting in or
saniza'ion and speaking with sub
s!antially one voice, can ask which
the men will not be quick to bastow
The Presidents message recon-
meu.ling legislation for the exclu
sion Of French and German swine
from American ports will not create
1t great stir III the pcrk market here.
III the year 1887 the pork products
imported into tho United States
were too insignificant in amount to
be specially classified in the sta:isti
aHl tables, and the total import of
meat products for tie twelve months
only slightly exceeded fonr thou.
sand dollars i'll value. During the
same period the live swine brought
here from other counties were in
clnled in n general classification of
"ail Others as distinguished from
cattle, horses aud sheep, and the
valac of the total did hot reach three
thousand dollars. Such IL discrinli-
nation MS the President proposes,
nevertheless, would DO gratifying to
tho patriotic feelings Of many Ameri
cans, who have not forgotten the I'M.
just treatment of American swine
and pork by the two nations special
ly aimed at.
Several Congressman have received
letters from their constituents, Ell
closing letters from IL fraud in this
city. who has written similar letters
to probably every fourth class post.
master in this country, telling them
that for II he will have their salaries
raised. Tho writer gave rs refer
ence Senator Vance, Of North Caro-
lima. One of these letters was shown
to the Senator, and he promptly de
clared he had never heard of the ras-
cal. Tho name signed TO the letter
is probably ah alias. Tho scheme
was no doubt suggested on account