THE PROHIBITION LEAGUE.
It is satisfactory that the Wellington Prohibition League has unreservedly accepted the position. After the judgment of the Court of Appeal they have made up their mind that the direct vote is the only thing for their case, and they have determined to agitate for it. Their proceedings on Tuesday night show us the nature of the struggle into which they are preparing to plunge the Colony. Their plan is a block vote of the Prohibitionists at every election, and the reinforcement of that block vote by Female Franchise. That plan they propose to carry out by agreeing to make each ten converts to their cause, and concerting their action all over New Zealand, and organising a preaching crusade, They know that' woman will be a new power on the platform, and they intend to bring her there before she gets the Franchise. As Mrs Lodge said, * If women are announced to speak, the men will be sure to come along.’ From all of which we gather that there is a deal of human nature in the agitation of the Prohibitionists, and that they are a wonderful people. More than that we need not say on the occasion of the first peep into the troubled future which they have given us. The important thing is that they have accepted the situation, and are preparing for the fray.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1095, 24 February 1893, Page 22
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230THE PROHIBITION LEAGUE. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1095, 24 February 1893, Page 22
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