WOMEN’S FRANCHISE.
A CHANGE OF THOUGHT. COMMENTS OF NEWSPAPERS. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, June .15. •The “Daily Chronicle,” referring to tlie suffragettes’ procession, states: •‘No statesman cm ignore a demand so widely diffused and so .persistently and earnestly expressed.” The “Morning Post” states: “Owing women votes will not effect any great political change. It may he a good educational measure, and a symbol of salutary change of place and thought.” The “Standard” states:“The country is not prepared for the general enfranchisement of all grown-up persons, but it might admit a, million from quarters highly competent and highly desirable.” The “Daily Express’” states: “Limited women’s franchise would be good, hut an unlimited one would cause dismay.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2219, 17 June 1908, Page 3
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116WOMEN’S FRANCHISE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2219, 17 June 1908, Page 3
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