South Canterbury Times. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1889.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6052, 31 October 1889, Page 2

South Canterbury Times. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1889.

We received by the last ’Frisco mail an ordinary business-circular-looking packet, the purpose of which we can not make out. Its contents were two printed slips, bearing no imprint to inform one whence, nor any bint why, they were sent. The larger is headed in bold type “ Victoria 0. Woodhull, candidate for the Presidency of the United States—lß93.” Without reading farther one sees that Victoria 0. Woodhull, whoever she is, proposes or purposes to “ run for the Presidency ” and one expects that the papers contain some sketch of her reasons for so doing, and of her " platform.” There is however nothing in the shape of either reasons or platform, but from some of the vapourous effusions given, reprinted from different sources, of various ages, one may hew out a plank of Victoria 0. Woodhull’s platform, She is a social reformer of the“ woman’s rights ” pattern, though she adds an equivalent of “ woman’s duties ” that takes a good deal of gilt off the political gingerbread. It is stated that Mrs Woodhull, believing in the right of her sex to vote and hold office, ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1872 and was well supported. Some years ago this lady used to be referred to in the Press as '* the notorious Mrs Woodhull,” the boldness of her ideas—she was a public lecturer —shocking the people of that time. It appears that Mrs Woodhull has toned down, or the people of the States have toned up, or the compiler of these slips does not tell the truth, for they represent her as having “ passed through the fiery ordeal and come out triumphantly as the winner.” " From Maine to California the great cry of the present time is reform, and the people are ready now for her advanced ideas,” — whatever these are. Mrs Woodhull, it appears is not Mrs Woodhull now, but Mrs Martin, wife of a London banker. The compiler of this advertising sketch under notice is a shrewd person. More than half of the paper is devoted to descriptions of the lady’s beautiful home and a relation of her highly respectable pedigree j and if these were not enough.

the affluent circumstances of her sister “ Tennie,” are also described. This sister is Lady Cook, wife of an English Baronet of seventy, who is also Yisconde de Monsevrate, of Portugal, and Lady Cook is of course also a Yiscondessa. Still, for the affectionate (or familiar) American compiler she is just plain Tennie (short for Tennessee). Not TennieOook either; Cook is not an American, so she is still Tennie 0. Oafflin, as when she was an innocent, unmarried, and entirely American girl. Tennie also is a reformer; but she takes her “ mission ” less to heart than her sister. At this distance, knowing nothing of other candidates for the Presidential election of 1893, it would not be fair to say any more about Victoria 0. Woodbull’s (Mrs Martin’s) claims to suppoit. If any of our electors feel inclined to vote for a women as President on pure principle, there is quite a good chance for them com’ug along.