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Evening star., 1909-08-29
MUST THE WOMAN "OBEY,"
AS IN MARRIAGE VOWS?
By Rev. Madison c. Peters.

striking illustration of the subjection of
Womanhood to mans authority-a doc
trine which. fortunately for the happiness
of womankind, civilization. is outgrowing.
Woman is no longer looked upon merely
as a slave to contribute TO the comfort of
man.
Whoever is pledged to obey. technically
and literally, is a slave, no matter how
many roses surround the chains-and il is
all the more slavery if the servitude is
self-imposed and strengthened by the pre-
scriptions of religion.
Make marriage as sacred and as close
as it is possible for both church and state
to make it, but let it be equal, impartial,
and that it may be SO the word "obey"
must either be abandoned or made recip-
rocal. Why should the husband demand
of the wife to do that which would be
repugnant and revolving to himself? Love
is the foundation upon which all true
marriage is based, but who ever heard OF
love exacting a distasteful task or de-
manding hateful sacrifice.
Evening star., 1909-08-29

onenine. where the penitent knelt. Great
and noble members OF the dlHefent le-
cations came here tr the days now only
a memory and sought their penance as
hImbly as the poor and lOwly, who also
laid their burden here.
In the sacristy are the WardroDes ana
chests in which were kept the sacred
yestments and vessels used in the serv-
ices Numbers of high prelates and dig
nitaries of the Church Of Rome We're
here vested in the robes of their holy
office, for the celebration OF high mass, as
on the occasion of the mass OF Pope Plus
TX which was here served: or the gold
en- Jubilee, in 1877, wonderful occa-
sion: or for nuptial or requiem mass for
some noted member of the congregation,
when ST. Matthews was the center or
vast concourse. Wnich mas peeh Known 70
block traffic in that vicinity. In this
room there is wooden frame holding
a number of painted tubes, the use OF
which it would be diBcult for a lay
man to determine. That they were part
of the church furnishing there can pc
no reasonable douh~
Behind the church is the wilderness of
greenery where once was the fectory
garden Some of the flowers, stanch and
faithful are vet striving to bloom and
be beautiful. seemingly hoping against
hope as they cling to the rotting trel-
lises. The house at the right of the
church gives on to this garden spot.
1t was once the house in which the
by the sisters connected with the parish.
There is another house at the rear OF
the church, on 18th street, that was aft
erward the residence of the priest of st.
Matthew's Before his tenancy this
house was occupied by a parishioner.
whose widow is now the Oldest member
of ST. Matthews parish 1t was during
the visit Of the famous Father Mathews.
noted for his advocacy OF prohibition,
that the parishioner resided in this house,
and it was there that that good man was
entertained. it being the only house he
entered while he was in the city. Word
being sent out that he was expected,
many people gathered to greet him. and
when he came In and saw them he at
once invited them to sign the pledge,
and nearly every one, Protestant and
Catholic did so.
The wife of this parishioner. who has
lately celebrated her ninety-first birth
day, was a singer in St. Matthew's for
more than thirty years, and was the
only woman allowed to remain in the
church during it's conservation. This was
an honor of the greatest magnitude, as
Evening star., 1909-08-29
OLD ST. MATTHEW'S,

no lay person is supposed to be in the
church when this is done. The eXcep-
ton was made in her case because of
her piety and faithful service to the
church enterprise. Her eyes are as blue
as in the days of her girlhood. and her
cheeks as fair. and all in all, she is
just the type of woman one would expect
TO find in the oldest member of st. Mat
thews
1t is something above a decade since ST.
Matthews has been regularly occupied as
house of worship. though some church
service was held in it at least once
year to exempt. it from taxation The
steady encroachment of commerce into
that section of the city In which it stands
made it desirable for the church to be
moved to a position where it would have
a parish of its own.
That this is tile reason for the tearing
down of st. Matthew's is remarkable from
the fact that when the site of the church
was first decided upon there were nu-
merous complaints that ii was too far out.
why build the church in the country"
Evening star., 1909-08-29

through misconduct or misfortune are
brought into the clutch of the law. The
house of detention is the clearing house
for female and juvenile prisoners, a place
of refu.,a rescue or restraint, as the case
may be, until their cases are adjudicated
Through it has passed. during the nine
years of its existence, prisoners of all
grades and ages and colors on their way
to the tribunal of justice or the gates Of
mercy.
Going down to the third precinct and
vending ones way to 18th and New York
avenue. one finds this place Of detention
TO be in an ordinary house. not at all the
sort of building one would expect to find.
1t has no glaring sign proclaiming its use;
1t does not stand out in any way from its
neighbOrs of less dubious tenancy 1t Is a
three-story brick residence, under one
side Of which has been fashioned a stable
for the horses of the establishment Going
ordinary narrow hall Of the house of lin
tied area. and off this Is the Office of the
sergeant in charge OF the place.
If one is SO fortunate as to be well
recommended, one may 60 up and see
everything there is to see, and listen to
many things which cannot be seen at
that particular time, but which have been
seen in times past, and interesting is
the information thus obtained
The affable and courteous sergeant in
charge met the visitor in the kindliest
manner possible and made clear the
workings and object Of the house of
detention. 1t was through the efforts of
Maj. Sylvester that this institution came
into existence in 1900. and since then it
has amply justified his foresight, though
IL is far from what its founder intended
or desires it to be
In the ward for the use of colored boys
among others was found a small Offend
er, not mora than eight years of age
seated beside one Of the neat white beds
with which the room is furnished. Silent
and solemn, his hands lying idle in his
lap, and his eyes downcast, he was endur-
Ing his Incarceration with the sullen sto-
fctsm of his race
Poor little chap?' said the visitor
Ihe sergeant addressed the child in a
tone of understanding:
We'll. now. who had the heart to
send little fellow like YOU here?r
The policeman bringed me-" the how
said, scarcely looking up.
lhats TOO bad, condoled the sergeant
Evening star., 1909-08-29

male Inhabitants. There was sweet
faced matron on duty, keeping guard over
the prisoners of her sex. She has her
own room, small apartment from where
she can see most of the other rooms Oc-
cupied by the unfortunates.
In the colored ward was found re-
spectacle appearing woman. seated near
the door. with the same stoical calm upon
her that distinguished the child IN the
room above. In response to the question
as to how she managed to get herself In
such a situation. she said:
~ done hit Torn Wormley wi a rock.
He TUX my money away frum me, an
then called me names, an jest cause An
saved you give me back nah money
he threatened to go fur to 'cut NAH heart
outen me-, an he picked up brick fur
to hit me. an .fh jest nachurally grabbed
up a good. hard rock am let fly. an hit
i'm right in tn back a his haid.'
Did it hurt him very badly?'
HE ruined me all tn way home, afteh-
wahd, deed he did. Jest s soon's All
saw Aid hi. 'em and the crowd was
done gatherin l lit out and runned fer
home and All hadn't done been thar
but minute before he wus thar aftah
me. Then NAH daughteh done said tu
me, says she, Nanny. theh's a po-
liceman want yuh' and Ah said. .Whah
for do policeman want with me?' an
then All went out an Ah, sayed, All
right, if policeman says fur me t
'em do whatever they wants tu do tn
me- an All coined along
Was the man your huSband?"
Law, no; my husban's done been daid
fur four years" 1t was suggested that
It might be a prospective.
mo, sub! Ah'se too old tu have sweet
hearts, an Ah dom wo'k foh anybody
but foh nah sick son an my lille gal.
Ah'se fo-ty-two yeahs old. an Ah goes
out scrubbin' and washin foh white
folks to make nah livin', an All amt
nevah had no trouble befoh. All thinks
it's a shame foh him to git nah money
he jest grabbed it right out of nah han
when All wouldn't loan hit tn him-an'
then tn have me arrested The stolid
face broke UP a little, as she recalled
her wrongs. but she quickly resumed her
quiet manner.
Il hope you will come out all right"
said the visitor, and the sergeant spoke
some reassuring words to the downcast
creature as he passed before her to
speak to another, little creature with
baby in her arms. She did not appear
to be more than twelve years of age, and
she deported herself in a manner espe-
cially bold and uncOncerned.
How old are you? she was asked,
and readily answered that she was "sev-
enteen yestiddy."
She had been over to the Juvenile
Court, and owing to the fact that she
was past seventeen she was held to be
tried in the Police Court.
Her story was one often heard in the
house of detention. She had been charged
with disorderly conduct because of a fight
she had been indulging in with couple
Evening star., 1909-08-29

"OMEN and Children
" Find Time to Reflect
When Taken to House at
New York Avenue and 18th
Street-Home Was Selected
on Idea of Maj. Sylvester,
Who Plans Many Improve
ments-Many Women, on
Various Charges. Have Been
Held There for Days-Await
Trial in Either Juvenile or
Police Court.
Evening star., 1909-08-29

No sensible American woman has any IN
tention of obeying her husband, and to
ask her to promise what she does not
mean to perform is dishonest
To impose upon young women the SOL
emn obligation Ito obey surrounded by
all the authority of religion-an obligation
which they ought not to incur-afordS a
Evening star., 1909-08-29

HE demolition this
fall Of old st.
Matthew's Church.
at 10Th and
III streets. to make
room for the one
million dollar struc-
ture to be erected
by the Southern
Commercial Con-
gress. will compass
the disintregation
OF one of the most
Evening star., 1909-08-29
THE PASSING OF OLD ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH

Where ..obey' is promised equality IS
Gone and lust in proportion as TINS doc-
4r;na il carried out il trains men from
bovhood into self-indulgent tyrants
The bride in receiving the ring ana
hedging obedence-turning OF her own
free will from the maiden hberty-may
see a poetic beauty in the pledge, but the
pledge of obedience Is taxing up tne soho
of service and whatever may be the
nreacber's exclamation the historic fact In
regard to marriage. where obedience Is
pledged is the theory or lnequaIitS
something left of the old heresy or the
perpetual tutelage of women unuer
the Roman law. and as good ueal ol or
gania Christianity is merely baptiZeo pa
ganism the obey in the marriage cefe-
mony implies that every woman must
obey somebody. ard in spite or our pohst-
ed progress we have not gotten very lar
away from the old Roman law that every
woman Of whatever age, of whatever con-
dition. must be under somebody's control.
and this concentrating all authority over
the wife upon the husband is the residue
of barbarouS age.
A loving wife should he good mans
dearest possession. AS Shakespeare SAYS
in julius Caesar: You are my true ana
honorable wife. as dear 10 me as the
ruddy drops that visit my sad heart.
Many European women think that men
may impose upon them by divine right
they are beasts of burden and are ruled
in the spirit of the dark ages Denied
education and completely subordinated 10
her husband. women live in fear of and
in subjugation to their lords and masters.
Not so in America. Here we have come
to look upon woman mans equal ana
coworker in everything that emhellishes
life and sanctities humanity.
Evening star., 1909-08-29

ANSWER No.
for two reasons.
I. Because she
ought not.
> Because she
will not.
1 have perform
ed hundreds Of
marriage ceremo-
MES and never
asked the bride to
promise obedience
to her husband.
Evening star., 1909-08-29

NY one can tell you
what disposition Is
made of the aver
age lawbreaker or
hardened offender
against justice after
he Is arrested until
the time of his
hearing, but few
know of the insti-
tuition that shelters
the women and
C h | ] d r e n who
Evening star., 1909-08-29

Away with the word ''obey" from the
marriage ceremony. demand that 1t be
stricken out dare to be singular and in
sist that neither you nor any one whom
you love shall be so pledged The prob
lem of matrimony is not obedience but
Difference. BY the law of marital obe-
dience the wife is bound as Is the nus
band, but he is not to obey her. nor Is she
TO obey him; both are to be obedient TO
the laws of reason, courtesy and love.
Where a marriage is a union on equal
terms, n free and glad surrender of the
heart. there is no need of any promise of
obedience, and If the marriage Is mis-
take no subsection can mend it.
Evening star., 1909-08-29

Arriving on the second floor, which is
used for the accommodation of the wom-
en- and girls, the same conditions exist
that are in evidence upon the floor above.
and, as in the case of the males, there
we're no white prisoners among the fe-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-26
ENDS INDIGESTION
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-26

to the old mans house before day
light and called him from his bed
and told him he had to have $40 t.
go back to Salem to watch and fight
for the bill. The old man demur-
red at first but finally Jones elo-
quence won him over and he loaned
Jones the $40, and h,s got to the de-
pot in time to catch the train.
Finally on the anniversary of Lin
coins birthday the bill came up in
The house for final passage. Jones
had arranged with Senator Veatch
a signal so that when he wanted to
consult him that the senator would
came out into the loby. About tell
minutes before the bill came uQ up
on its final passage one of the Ben
ton county delegation of citizens
from Corvallis, who was somewhat
under the influence of snake bite,
boastfully told Jones that his bill
would meet defeat when it came up.
He said that a certain representative
would make a strong speech against
it and that they had enough votes to
kill it,
Jones knew the member he refer
red TO and also knew that he was a
strong personal friend of Senator
Veatch, so he slipped way from the
man and ran to the senate and
caught the eye of Senator Veach, and
when he came out he told him the
and the senator hurried in
to the house just as the representa-
tive was about to speak against the
in fact he was on his feet.
The senator pulled him down and got
him not to fight the bill and when
the vote was called Lincoln county
was created. The bill was originally
called bay County" but when it
was up for passage in the senate the
late Senator Cogswell from Lake
County, said: "We have our Grant
and our Harvey Counties, and we
want Lincoln County," and he
moved to strike out the word Bay
and insert the word Lincoln
Jones still contends that if it had
1ot been for his combination with
he dog men that he never could
nave succeeded in his efforts to Gre
lte the new county.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-26
DIR. STONES
Drug Store

The only cash drug store in Oregon;
owes no one, and no one owes
it; carries large stock; it's shelves,
counters and show cases are loaded
with drugs, medicines, notions, toilet
articles, wines and liquors of all
kinds for medicinal purposes. Dr.
Stone is a regular graduate in medi-
cine and has had many years of ex-
perience in the practice. Consulta-
ttons are free. Prescript'sls are
free. and only regular prize. tc-. med
icine. DR.. Stone can 'Cund at his
drug store, Salem, Or, f.om in the
morning until at night.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-26

down in his pocket was a $40 gold
piece, all the money he possessed, to
pay his expenses and lobby through
the bill, and he never, during all the
session, got further down town than
the Cook hotel, now the Salem house.
G. b. CrosnO being senator from
Benton and a resident of the terri
tory of the proposed new county,
was a strong advocate, and early
in the session introduced senate bill
No. 119, and there being about four
taen bills introduced for new coun-
ties that session and senate bill 1I9
bein gin the lead, Jones went to
work forming combinations and
worked for all the new proposed
counties and got a good bead for
Bay county.
About this time citizens of Corval-
lis awoke to the fact that the back
ers of Bay county were in dead ear
nest and that something had to be
done, SO they held mass meetings
and raised a good sum of money
and sent a large delegation of Ben
ton county's most prominent citizens.
including nearly all the county Off
GERS and headed by Zeph Job. a lead
ing banker of Corvallis They also
had a petition representing nearly
four million dollars worth of taxa
BILE property, all opposed to any di-
vision of old Benton.
All this time Jones had been work
ing day and night. Now both Jones
and Senator Crosno were considered
good hunters and they always kept
a large kennel of hounds. Jones
soon discovered that Glassford, the
sergeant at arms in the senate, also
owned hounds ard that Senator
the chairman of the commit
tees on counties in the senate, also
kept hounds, and that, in fact many
Of the COW county senators and rep
kept hounds, and that
there was also bill pending asking
that all dogs and hounds be put out |
Of business. Jones, therefore, soon |
got sond with all these men and had |
he courtesy of the senate, and came |
md went at will. With Senator |
yeatch, chairman of the committees |
IN counties, and Senator Crosno's
strong support, the bill soon passed |
he senate. Then the tug of war
commenced in earnest for it was to !
le a. HbHJ W d uHlSn III tue mousse.
But finally after a personal en-
ounter and fist fight between rep
esentative and lobbiest in the
louse committee, the committee re-
commended that the bill pass. This
vas early in February. Jones was
allied home to Toledo, and wanted
o return to Salem the next day to
light the bill through, but his $40
lad melted away during his long
tay at Salem and he was broke and
he people of the proposed county,
ot having much faith in the bill
yer passing, would not back Jones,
nd no money was ever raised for
expenses. Jones was wild, but some
hing had to be done. He thought
f an old sea captain who might have
few dollars but he doubted if he
'ould loan 1t to any living man.
Jones got lantern and went up
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-26
HOUNDS FIGURE STRONG
IN LINCOLN COUNTYS BIRTH
B. F. Jones of Polk County, ReCites Interesting Story Of How
He Fought for Division of Old Benton.

ing a resident Of that precinct, must
have voted for himself. This, how
ever, lost him a friend, for one of
the Republican war horses of that
precinct, who boasted that he never
voted for a Democrat, said that IL
Logan had not voted for himself, he
would have claimed that vote.
In 1891, B. f. Jones was road su-
pervisor in one of the few road dis
I tricts in the bay country and he
! wanted four hundred feet of lum-
! Der to build a bridge on the Nc
Cluskey hill, and wrote the county
court asking for the same. The
court wrote back that cherry poles
were good enough for "clamLdig-
gers" This was the name given to
those who lived on Yaguina bay:
Jones got hot at this treatment
and said that western Benton would
divide, that they could and would
maintain a county of their own. The
following spring, 1892 was regular
election. Jones went to Corvallis
and stayed a week and told the lead
ing politicians that the Yaquina bay
people, 'ithe oram-diggers" wotTd
be knocking at the door of the leg.
islature that winter for the creation
of bay county. They laughed at
Jones and said, "well all the crimi-
nails and paupers come from your
end OF the county; we would be glad
to get rid of you"
G. B. Crosno was then state SEN
ator from Benton and S. T. Jeffries
and 10. H. Belnap were candidates
for representative. Jones was then
captain of the steamer Walluslu. |
towing rock for the government jetty
at Newport, and having settled in the
bay country in 1870, knew every
man, woman and child in the coun- |
try, and he told Jefries that If he |
would agree to vote for the propos- |
ed new county that he could insure /
him big majority at the coming /
election. Jeffries readily agreed to
this as his own people had told Jones /
that they wanted to get rid of the
clam-diggers, and sure enough
Jeffries was elected by big major
ty.
Time went on until along about
he first of December, when Jones
got lot of petitions printed and had
hem circulated asking for the Gre
ition of a new county. Nearly ev-
cry voter west of the summit in the
proposed new county signed 1t and
when the legislature convened in
January -o93, Jones went to Salem
armed with the petitions and deep
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-26
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