PROPORTIONAL VOTING.
ADVOCATED BY SIR EDWARD GREY. lJy Tcleerapn—Press Association— Oopyrlehl (Rec. October 24, 11.15 p.m.) London, October 24. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary .of State for Foreign Affairs, in a speech nt Glasgow, advocated proportional representation. Ho declared that large electorates were not a security against corruption. While in Canada every person whose opinion ho valued agreed that the franchise had been made too cheap in Canada and the United States. A wide franchise, and majority representation meant the rule of a plutocracy.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1580, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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83PROPORTIONAL VOTING. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1580, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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