WOMENS' VOTES.

Hastings Standard, Issue 179, 24 November 1896, Page 2

WOMENS' VOTES.

[To The Editor.] Sik,—lt is wonderful to see the great affection that has recently sprung up between the big bugs and the working people. The two' classes are' for the time being as thick as thieves. r I his love and sympathy which the " upper crust " are now lavishing on the i)Oor working man, his wife, and daughters (over 21 years), is not a permanent friendship ; it comes and goes ('very three years, and the pure love and affection is only in season about three weeks.. It is simply charming to see what a perfect knowledge this class have lately acquired of the streets and roads in this borough. Tliey know the exact locality where Mesdames Drown, Jones, or Kobinson lives. You will sec their plnetons or dogcarts skipping along the backroads as though to the manner born ; and how gushingly effusive is the greeting Mrs Brown gets, and what kind enquiries are made after the welfare of every member of the family. Do these dear kind creatures ever call oil father or mother when there is any sickness around , or are any of them on the job when a little ready money would be of great assistance '? Do they ever think of calling around in their photon to lay the old man on to a job? Echo answers, "no ! " Mrs Brown has only a vote every three years ; during the'rest of the time she must keep her place. The toadies ignore her. I ask the women voters of this large borough and the surrounding district, is not such conduct mean and despicaple, is it not a gross insult to their intelligence ? Surely no woman of common sense is so blind or vain that they cannot see through such shallow tricks. Remember the ballot box is secret, and no one will be allowed to peep over your shoulder you are voting; and any pledges you have been induced to make by pressure or undue influence are in no way binding, and must not be kept. In conclusion, I am pleased to say that in not a single instance have I heard of anv one supporting the Liberal cause being guilty of making any approaches whatsoever to the women voters of Hastings or elsewhere.—l am, etc., Woman Voter.