THE HON. MR STOUT ON THE ELECTORAL BILL.
- '/;"•>- /■/ Tr ; .7-:>- ':.-r. :t * A , .-. .' :A7T : 'y?y7- ;'..'.. ; 7/Edit6r:/-^mesy7— The . Hori." "^R7 Stout/ (quoting from your report .ot /his- ■ addr jeiss at Ramsay's ;]5aU) appears/^little ' ■ Tnlxeii' 1 ' ,on the subject of the " tlie Electoral ßilk" /He ;.says " the^teue/principte of, the measure /is/that man ds viaii should' be; entitled to , ■■ electoral privileges: "'.- '/Wli^thenjnsistbn two years residence? Referring' to the ladies,.;he says£"if /a w6vdahis allowed to hold property' : siie snpuld7be entitled to •■ vote, 31 but what is. to become of the women T.rioTk'JioTTMiig.,^ 'I mere fabt 1 of .'Being. aiioiisebblder is no guarantee for ftfettei* ability/to exercise a vote," and yeiy . as' : he puts it, only f eniale property holders /aire ''entitled:;'. I am at a. loss; -to A know-jfrpitn i the. t hob..; gentleman's: exposition oj£ the Bill whether the qualifi4 cation ; is intended ■ to J ; be;.ma.nhood, pro/pernor residence, or arnixture. of the ; three.— -I- ani, &c, .'.. //■/-.'!.-/ v -"7" -: -7-f '.7.: *7f'7 /7. r :;./"■' '7 !; f PtiZZLELV
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Southland Times, Issue 3316, 5 February 1879, Page 2
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163THE HON. MR STOUT ON THE ELECTORAL BILL. Southland Times, Issue 3316, 5 February 1879, Page 2
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