The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-26
PEOPLES FORUM.
bishop Darlington and Suffrage.

Editor Vireinian:
Sir. The vigorous espousal of the
suffrage cause by Bishop Darlington.
OF Pennsylvania who gave his cXpe-
riences In the suffrage campaign In
a speech made recently before the
Suffrage League should be interesting
to those anti-suffragists who are so
fond OF quoting St Paul in support
Of their argument. The churches or
dinarily considered best able TO in-
terpret the real meaning and intent
of the Bible are rapidly becoming the
pillars of the suffrage cause, Follow
ing is a part of what Bishop Darling
ton had to say about suffrage and re
ligion,
Il regard woman suffrage as part
OF my relgion-~it Is my duty toward
my fellowman. Those so-called con
servatives,' who say, I am not inter
ested in voting; | have no need OF the
vote are not fulfilling the eleventh
commandment; Love they neighbor
as myself 1t is just as II they said.
Why should | be intere sted in gettinS
a milk supply for the city? | do not
drink milk; the thousands of little
babies dying from impure milk are
not my concern,
The Bishop also, IN the course of
his speech, called attention TO the facl
that seven of the bishops attending
the synod at the time were in favor
of equal suffrage. The speakers wife
is vice prosidSr of the Pennsy lvan'a
Equal Suffrage league. and his daugh-
ter Is an active worker for the cause.
The open support lent TO suffrage
bY these prominent members OF the
Episcopal Church calls attention to the
fact that number Of the churches
considered the strongholds of con
serSatism, have expressed themselves
las being IN favor of woman suffrage.
The Quakers, perhaps the most con
sentative of all, have been whole
| heartedly in favor of equal suffrage
for over two hundred years. The
| Protestant Episcopal Diocese OF New
York recently gave women an equal
voice in church affairs. The confer
/ encc Of the Northern Methodista.
meeting recently III kentucky, unaui-
+ MOI -ly endorses equal political SUIT
frage \ resolution faVoring equal
suffrage was adopted = few weeks aeo
by the Unitarian Conference of tn
Middle States and Canada. The
Christian Science Church approves Of
equal suffrage and Published this
month long editorial in favor of Il
in lis official organ The Christian
Science Monitor one Of the oesi
pleas. however that have appeared
for some time for votes for women
appeared recently III the Beth ESSEX
pastorate. which t-1.tI deep mis-
sionary Baptist II is an eairorial.
and is, In part. as follows:
"When mans moral development
had reached n certain stage, he per-
cei, ed the Wrong he had done his mate
aud hogan gradually. reluctantly to
correct IL. Her emancipation had Just
well begun. when the Nazarinc came.
but the centuries since have ses.n her
rise. IA mans >onid hae grown big
ger and his scnse OF Justice more acute
under the influence of Christian teach
ing. Long ago the world frowin
upon pntyeam,. Christianity raised
h r from f~tiiI. slavery. and the indi.
viduuii.lic teachings Of the gospels
made her II responsible persOnalt,y.
The Renaissance paved the WAY for
her int ilectua1 freedom and aesthetic
development. The Industrial rcvolu-
ticn OF the past century has given her
u place In the business sphere. To-day.
she IL asking that the remaining har-
ricr TO the development of her fuller
womn nl1ssId bc removed, and that she
he allowed n voice in the government
under which she and her children
must live
n. D. w.