The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-17
INTEREST," DEBATE
on SUFFICE QUESTION


The '.an.iaave had their say at
,asf They tented their arguments
IL the punip the form Of debate.
which fonk sce Friday night in the
sunday scl room Of St. James
Methodfst pcopal Church. Twenty
ninth ana fshall Streets.
The dab was arranged by tho
q Mems Lear OF tha church, and was
quite ohxi1y. from start to finish.
an .-ansf'' air.
The firspeaker for the affirna-
tive--in fsr Of suffrage--was w. a.
Bickers. y made an eloquent and
dramatic peal in favor of the wo-
men.
III hasot been long" he began.
since wi, were purchased with leaf
tobacco. il that day has changed,
and the ast link in woman's un-
natasrar DIN OF bondage Is ahont 10
be broke,
In rcfence to the 'anu'' argument
that wnen would neglect their
homes gfven the vote. The speaker
drew amusing picture.
ssrhe tia" ne said. ARE obsessed
WIN xhtmxre. They think that
the naine woman hears the news
that .hs,as been given the vote she
viii let . baking dish in her hands
fall to b floor, knock over the BABY
In her lste, and dash through the
front 70 down to the City Hall TO
demand public once"
The tier part Of Mr.. Bickers
speech .as an imprisoned pisa
against Preparedness. Force. he de-
riared, tould not he the deciding
factor 1 world led by the Prince
III Peac Referring TO the woman
he deci,ed that 1.-THE meek shall In.
herit ti1 earth"
The 1T speaker for the negative
was 8. tifford Bates. His main arGu-
ment W the tremendous pusstbi1i-
ties foreviI in a woman's nature
II an going to say that" he de-
clared, whether brick In thrown at
me or It. A good woman II better
than 4 sod man, but q mean woman
II mean than mean man"
40 ndhrick was thrown. tho audi
ence. laFelv q feminine one. agreed
he conceded. with him.
The Dte." he added, had caused
children b Be neglected when woman
with themanuscript for = speech IN
her pocht, an a poodle doT IN her
arms. ha gone TO political meetinse
Wosem 70 DO Hair-Pulling.
Again ID declared: Men used 20
am glad 10 hair pulling has now been
transferrA to the women
The lat speaker for the afdrma-
tive was J. r. Turner, whose speech
Was largS an answer to the one that
had gOnehe1pre
n belize II to be true" he deciar-
ed. "thatiif the women Of Virginia
were allowed to vote on this question
today thes would not vote In favor OF
female Suffrage. II 10 q well-knOwn
fact that Ahe great majority or the
slaves wcud have voted against free
dom befoH the war, and We know
from the bible that II the Jews at
Mount Sinh had been allowed BY
Moses to Nte they would have voted
70 return Il Egypt.
81 Cur opponents ray that political
questions VII disrupt the home. There
the questionpf religion than any other
topic. wold you. therefore, refuse
to let womdp 20 to church, -
The last peaker for the negative,
Charles n. Ciew. made ono statement
that broush considerable laughter
from the houie. 81
.'The Affirmative says" he declared,
''that there ale property-Ownlne wo.
men who haw no husbands 10 rep-
resent them. say that Il d woman
has property. the can always Eet !
The judges. ". ". Evans. w. Il.
Eanss and Il 4. PitmAp. brought n
i rather Remarkable verdict. remind.
lnx one Of the fisst verdict of the t1ly
In the Barnes r Aosevelt libel auit.
"W9 are unaAimous In agroeinG.s.
hey said. that the two sides Of the
iebate were exaktIys even, point tor
point. but We thing the NEGATIVE haa
iii the argument.
This evenings services were opened
With = vary appropriate hymn. callef
tThA Et3ht - on a Tho ulaytta uptx1e