rtily in the festivities, headed by the
gallant soldier, General Nelson A. Miles, commander-in-chief of
the department of the Columbia. The fine Fourteenth Infantry Band
furnished the instrumental music, and a local choir rendered
spirited choruses. The New Declaration of Independence was read
by Josie De Vore Johnson, the oration was delivered by Mattie A.
Bridge, and Louise Lester, the famous _prima donna_, electrified
the delighted crowd by her triumphant rendition of the
"Star-Spangled Banner." The exercises closed with the
announcement by the writer, who had officiated as president of
the day, that the Executive Committee of the Oregon Woman
Suffrage Association had, during the noon recess, adopted the
following resolutions:

_Resolved_, That our thanks are due to General Nelson A.
Miles of the department of the Columbia for his valuable
cooeperation in the exercises and entertainments of this
historic day.

_Resolved_, That we thank the citizens of Clarke County, and
especially of Vancouver, for their hospitality and kindness,
so graciously bestowed upon their less fortunate Oregon
neighbors, who have not yet achieved their full
independence, and we shall ever cherish their fraternal
recognition in grateful remembrance.

_Resolved_, That while we deplore the injustice that still
deprives the women of Oregon of the liberty to exercise
their right to the elective franchise, we rejoice in the
record the women of Washington are making as citizens, as
voters and as jurors. We congratulate them upon their
newly-acquired liberties, and especially upon the
intelligent and conscientious manner in which they are
discharging the important public duties that in no wise
interfere with their home affairs. And we are further

_Resolved_, That if our own fathers, husbands, sons and
brothers do not at the next session of the Oregon
legislature bestow upon us the same electoral privileges
which the women of Washington already enjoy, we will prepare
to cross the Columbia River and take up our permanent abode
in this "land of the free and home of the brave."

The resolutions evoked cheers that waked the echoes, and the