The evening times., 1896-08-17
new BANNER In The BREEZE
Western Woman Pounds a Scientific
Reform" Party.
Demands Aid In Securing $a0O.OOO
From the Smithsonian Institution
Held In Trust for Her Benefit.

One Of the Qucerest communications that
ever came To the District building is tire
one Just received by the Commissioners,
signed by Mrs. Emma L. Stowe, and dated
at Puyiiup, Wash, in which the good Of
fees Of the mayor OF the District of Co
Iumbia'' are solicited for rectificition OF
an alleged great wrong and the advance
ment OF Scientific Reform"
The writer OF the letter has distinguished
herself In her distant baiiiwick by founa-
ing a new party, ana il Is in the interests
OF that organization and in behalf OF .wo-
man, the first Greater of the higher order
OF the spheres,r that she ventures to ad
dress the District dignitaries.
Mrs. Stowe begs that the authorities win
''investigate'' several tracts, OF which she
Is the authoTess, copies OF which were in
closed, the theme being Proven Truth, or
Atmospheric Air Is Proven Truth. as Ma
ture's Virtue First Congeaied BY WomaD,"
and then says;
THE Smithsonian Institution has in
trust $500, ,O0e for my discovery OF at
nuspheric air and / need il very much,
as my funds are now exhausted, 10 diff
fuse tracts to save the order of the
species
The HodgEins fund was left in trust
to them, and l can get no reply from
thew since they sent me copy OF the
will and / sent them my tracts.
Our nation is now in ruin. for virtue
total is honesty and ncver can be divided
into political parties
Now. my dear brother. won't You please
call meeting and lay this matter before
them, and try to save our mems life
blood about TO be split? Our nature will
60 down IL you don't help me. The tracts
are natures laws and cannot be violatea."
The inevitable postscript appears. II is
of the same tenor as the main text, as
follows:
Increase and diffusion never meant
concentration at Washington. They have
vioaated the donors viii and our nation
suffers for the violation. Let mt hear
from you ut once"
Mrs. Stoves proposed new party is
based upon the oldest platform that ever
came out OF Queer street She Introduces
her declaration OF principles with lee
ture to Cleveland, Putnam Coxcy and
Debs, commanding them to put up the
sword" She says reason and arbitration
are higher1hap gatlinR guns and maHce
The platform of the new party is o tom-
hiDation OF poetry. scriptural quotations.
denunciation OF man and cxaltation of
woman, interrningied with a gcCd dea
OF the extraortliDary in philosophy, logic
politics, morals. religion, science and The
doctrine of evolution, together with new
declaration OF independence and a revised
Constitution.
The pamphlet is printed for general cir
culafion and adoption. comprising eight
pages. and accompanied by n smaller
tract. In which. among other striking pas
sa&es, IL Is announcul that. Truth is
air. or the only life of evolution aud
mother, first cause of creation that
..mind is light, and Is immediately trans
mitted TO the one We think virtue OK in
silent thought"
IL Recommendations the greatest woman
propdset born isSt. Joan not j Johnl. who hap
tized the age with virtue, and that Jesus
Christ Is Good (not God, with u.s.
A direct appeal is made to tile patriotism
OF the Commissioners In the following words.
II know you will not want to see our na-
ton plungediBt0 ano ther bloody war, which
will he the case unless we Hn.ie erstand these
fuies OF natures order and enforce them
Immediately"
II is evident that II the struggling new
party depends upon any aid the Commits
sioners may be able TO give in securin. con-
tr0i OF the $20O.O00 mentioned, it viii
have to turn its face to the wall. and the
present policial conditions viii be un1iis-
turbed by the addition OF the eonly organiza-
ton uaat, SO far, has been able to avoid a
bolt and two conventions.