A FAMALE FRACHISE BILL

Grey River Argus, 2 March 1908, Page 3

A FAMALE FRACHISE BILL

READ A SECOND TiIME .A LARQE MAJORITY. SUFFRAGISTS "NOT DISCOURAGED., , (Rec. Ist, 4.32 p.m.) Tn »i. v LONDON Feb 29. in the House of Commons Mr H. fc»nrwf ars Bi "P rovidin £ for the € nfranchisement of women and which is identical with the bill introduced by ' ,"• Dickenson some time ago was read. a second tim c by 271 to 32. The Hon Mr Gladstone without committing the Government personally supported the measure. The minority included the"Hon Mr Grey Hon J. Morley, Hon Mr Haldane, Hon Mr Burns, Hon VV. LloydGeorge, Hon Mr Gladstone,, Mr Buxton'rJ*" R : Cherr y» W. Runciman flThe minority included the Hon Mr Asquith, Sir W. L. Robsoh, Messrs S T. Evans, Lewis, Harcourt, aud John Sinclair. The bill wae remitted to a committee of the House. This is equivalent to shelving it. The Suffragists have resolved to agitate and urge the bringing in of a Government Bill to ensure its passage. .The Times, in commenting on the bill, 6ays that when the people talk about the women's successful exercise of the franchise .in some of th c Aust-ra-tralasian and American States, and finally, they seem to forget problems of Government there approximate far more to municipal questions^that those Britain deals with.. The suffragist leaders have not yet demonstrated that any considerable number' of women agree with them.