The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-12

If democracy is the form of government
best fitted to develop the highest typ'
of civilization and our country in its Con
stitution has subscribed to this belief
then 1t logically follows that Suffrage FOL
Women will be beneficial to the State.
Whatever women may or may not be
they are inconsistibly human beings, dis
tinct personalities. forming at least one
half of the population of this nation.
Consult dictionary and you will fine
beings" given as a definition of "peo
pie"
| Into that matches sentiment of Lin
coins on the ideal of a Free Government
translate the standard of democracy tina
prevails SO widely today. and instead o
Government of the people. by the peo
pie and for the people, shall not perish
from the earth"-read!
Government of the people, by MEN
and for the people,
Those immortal words use their ringing
of the breadth of liberal Interpretation.
of the breadth of liberal interprettion.
Lincoln again is on record as saying
IT go for all sharing the privileges OF
the government who assist in bearing its
burdens, by no means excluding women
In discussions of the advantage TO 9
state of unqualified Suffrage, Lowell's
comprehensive definition of DemocRacy
may also be borne in mind.
'The democratic theory Is that those
Constitutions are likely to prove steadfast
which have the broadcast base; that the
right to vote makes a safety valve OF
every voter and that the best way 81
teaching a man to vote, is to give him
the chance to practice"
There is nothing in this theory, accord.
Ing to the Suffragist, which does not ap.
ply to women.
Birmingham has entertained many
noted Suffragists, but none more distin-
opinion is moro highly valued, and whose
position is conceded to be more sane, nor
NAL, and logical than Rev. Caroline Bart
lett Crane
A woman of splendid educational
achievement broad mind and a com
prehensive knowledge of men and affairs
Mrs. Cranes theories and Ideas IN The
subject of Religion, Suffrage and Civ
les, has made her today a national char
dCttE IN lfe WOTlQ Oh Uittl anu WufuCn
who are accomplishing results.
Yesterday for a brief hour Mrs. Crane
chatted with me very delightfully."-, of PEG
pie and things, of love and marriage
of Suffrage and Socialism, and In fac
very nearly all the evils and all the rem
edies to which humanity is heir, or heir
ess,
In my dilemma of not knowing Just
how to address her. Mrs. Crane said
very tactfully;
while | am an ordained minister
having charge of the Peoples Church
i'll my home town, Kalamazoo, Mich,
for 10 years, | do not bear the title
of Doctor. My husband shares that
At present l am not in charge OF any
church, although l am Acting Pastor Of
a large church in Detroit during the
absence of the regular Pastor, who Is
attending one of the large Theological
Seminaries in the East"
How do you reconcile yourself tc
women preaching" l asked, recalling
st. Pauls admonition as to women
keeping silence in the churches.
''An Epistle from Paul to his con-
gregation," said Mrs. Crane, probably
applied very aptly to the Corinthiar
women of that day, 1000 years later
it would not be expected to hold good
The conditions are not the same; WON
en- are not the same. and everythins
is completely changed. Besides, Pau
says in the sixteenth chapter or no
mans and the first verse:
II commend unto you, Phoebe, ON
sister, which Is a servant-of the churci
at Cenchrea.