The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.

women left out would be an anomaly.
Still with the space allowed me even
the nerest epitome of proceedings,
would be an impossihility.
| The council has been in full sail fer
five days; there have been three ses-
sions each day, with half duzen /
speakers on the programme of each
session, SO that you see / could not !
even mention the names of the dele
gates to this convention with the sub |
iects discussed by each, without giving |
! a list of such a character IS would |
prove to be very monotonous reading. !
But really the women are having
good time and Interesting time in
Albaugh's Opera House. The city is
fun of distinguished women from ev-
erywhere, and this is by far the most
important gathering of women the
world has ever seen. They come from
the farthest limits OF America, and
from across the ocean, from England.
France, the Scandinavian Peninsula,
and from far away Finland
The object of the Conference is to inn
prove the condition of women in the
church, the state and the home. And
the wide scope of the topics under dis
cussion gives unusual interest to the
proceedings The Improvement of
their political condition is only one of
the matters 10 be considered, and the
attention given to their notable advan-
) ces in other lines of development has
! drawn to the city certain representa-
tive women and has added to the audi
ences = number Of hearers who woald
not be attracted if the crusade had but
: a single end in view.
: Nothing that pertains to woman Is
foreign TO the business of the Confer
) ence, and this comprehensiveness of
plan, involving a review of what has
; been accom- lished in all lines OF devel-
$ opment. gives TO the gathering cheer
5 full and congratulatory tone, which
: might be wanting if political condi-
tions alone We're considered.
It was on Tuesday that Philanthro-
pies We're discussed. The subject Of
!. temperance, coming under this head,
|. brought upon the stage many women
: noted for their work in this cause, Miss
Francis Willard, the president of one
Of the most wonderful organizations
Q that ever sprang into existence, lead
5 ing with q strain Of elequenee which
: held her audience in chains, broken
: only by applause. She mentioned
that there were now forty district de
partments and 10000 unions Said
: she: 1--WE have sharpened our weap-
: ons in sight of the enemy, and they
a are about ground to an edge. We
: want national prohibition amend
:. ment against the liquor traffic, the
. Esua and Ishaelite, the social pariah
4 Of this land
7 Hannah Withau Smith, another
: woman known throughout the country
. for her share in gospel temperance
work, diplomatically inveigled her au-
: dience into indorsing en- masse a reso-
I luton calling the governments of the
: civilized world to protect the Congo
e Free State from the food Of poisonous
gin which was being poured in upon
the unsuspeeting and bibulous natives
The resolution was adopted unani-
! nously for the good lady refrained
, from calling a negative vote. on the
il ground that it would be an insult tC
s suppose that anyone present would
vote no.
The public buildings all over tbs
q city are again draped with emblems o1
Il mourning, this time for Justice Waite
: the late Chief~Justice of the United
4 States. The Waite obsequies, which
were simple but imposing, took place
on Wednesday, at noon, in the haH oi
: the House Of Representatives They
were attended by both Houses of Con.
gress and the higher government Off
cials who occupied the floor of tht
: House, while the public galleries wert
II filed with the families of Senators and
r Representative two tickets of admis.
q sion having been issued to each Sena-
tor and member of Congress for distri
button. The reserved galleries, such
e as the Presidents the press and the
e diplomatic, were occupied by those fol
4 whom they are set aside.
: In the Senate on Monday a bill ap-
propriating s., 900 TO defray the funer-
al expenses of the late Chief Justice
e was passed without debate His re-
d mains were sent to Toledo, accompani-
r ed by six of the associate Justices, a
d Congressional committee and part OF
the Ohio delegation in Congress.
It is probable the House will begin
! debate on the Mills tariff bill to-day
< and that the discussion will last until
Is the last Of May, when the measure will
! either be defeated or passed by that
body. From present indications ii
would not be safe or wise to venture 8
more encouraging prediction.
Il Patents granted to citizens of the Pa
n eific States during the past week, and
Ie reported expressly for this paper by c
A. Snow & Co, Patent lawyers, oppo-
site Z. s Patent office, Washington D
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10 McCee, Oregon City, Or, car heater
q A. T. Nell, San Francisco Cal, cal
brake. J. Porteous, Fresno Cal, PIow
> G. B. Rice, East Oakland Cal, com
;, bined provision box & Table. f. NJ
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