Intermountain Catholic | 1909-09-04 | Page 8 | Local News

t The editor of the Western Watchman ' has received public attention for his new idea of the franchise. Chicago. Sept. . The formula of "no babies, no ballots," proposed by Father Phelan-of St. Louis, two days ago in which he urged that votes be given to a family in proportion to the children has .been approved by the apostolic delegate to the United States, Archbishop Arch-bishop Diomede Falconio. He expressed his approbation of the doctrine yesterday a few hours after he arrived in Chicago from Washington "Indeed why not?" he- inquired. Women in some states are given vote on a property qualification. Surely children are far more valuable than property. It would thus be reasonable to give votes to married persons on the basis f the number of th-ir ch'l-dren. ch'l-dren. However" and here the archbishop arch-bishop sighed slitrhtly. "I fear that Father Phelan will have some difficulty in getting his plan adopter; as a law as he suggests he will try to do." '