FOR THE SUFFRAGE.
Tho Primrose .Leagufi.the.iwo.men's association in England 'Con-' servati've party,' strong,iresolution iu ' favour of woiutu su^rago,-... All 'tho other largo.organisations of women, ''including tho 'National . .Women's Liberal Federation, had-' already: dono ' ; si?.. : .'.Tlio Primrose League was the'. last to hold out/ but even it has''finally yielded to the'trend of tlio times.'. Many womon ijro alsp.rcfusing 'to do campaign 'work-for Parliamentary candidates who are opposed to equal suffrage. Much of tho campaign work of all'parties in England has hitherto been dono by "women, nnd oven the candidate most opposed to giving woineii tho fjanchiso has been glad to have-tliem do house-to-housc canvassing in his behalf. Tho women aro now saying, with much show of reason, that if they are not fit to vote/they ai'e not fit to teach other people how to vote, and they do not propose to'labour any longer to persuade men to cast their ballots for candidates who say that women ought to keep out of politics.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 3
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161FOR THE SUFFRAGE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 3
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