On Wednesday the debate on the woman question took place,
but we are glad to see that the fears which had been expressed were not justified, and that there was nothing in the shape of disorder. We are hound to say, however, that a perusal of the reports is very disappointing. On the suffra- gist side there was little but the old assertions as to woman's wrongs and man's cruelty and wickedness, while the anti- suffrage side seems to have been somewhat inadequately presented. What one might have hoped for at a Church Con- gress was that someone, whether suffragist or anti-suffragist, would point out in plain terms the terrible dangers, to the family, to Christian ethics, and to the general welfare of the race, involved in the demoralizing ideas in regard. to sexual matters which have undoubtedly accompanied certain aspects of the feminist propaganda. We cannot on the present occa- sion discuss these evil phenomena in detail, but that they exist we have no sort of doubt, nor, again, do we doubt that they must be troubling the minds of serious thinkers, whether suffragist or anti-suffragist.
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