Bishops in Favor of Woman Suffrage

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James White · Oakland, Cal. · Jul 9, 1874

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 1, No. 4.

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Bishops in Favor of Woman Suffrage

BISHOPS Simpson, Bowman, and Haven—the first-named the most eminent of the Methodist prelates—are earnest champions of woman suffrage. England, too, has a Bishop who is not ashamed to avow himself in favor of the same cause. We allude to the Bishop of Exeter, who lately wrote a letter to a woman suffrage meeting in which he said: "I am sorry to say that my engagements will prevent me from taking the chair at the meeting to be held on the 14th of April to promote the extension of the suffrage to women. I very heartily sympathise with your purpose and shall always be ready to the utmost of my power to promote it."