The White Ribbon: FOR GOO AND HOME AND HUMANITY WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1893 Are We on the Alert ?
The present unsettled state of Parliament, combined with the fact that the new electoral rolls are being printed, shows that the probability is that a General Election may come suddenly upon us The coming election will be the most important that has been held fo: many years. Questions such as tlie reform or abolition of the Legislative Council, the elective Executive, and Old Age Pensions, will have to be decided. On the polling day every elector in the colony will be asked to vote on the question that overtops all others—viz., the overthrow of the Liquor traffic. On
the settlement of this question hangs the happiness of thousands of homes—the ruin or salvation of thousands of men. Are we making special preparation so that the woman’s vote may be cast on the side of Temperance ? Every woman who loves her home, who loves her children, or l 's family ties of any kind, is deeply concerned in this election. What are our Unions and Societies doing to arouse women to a sense of their, responsibilities ? The Prohibition Leagues are hard at work, but have we not also our special work in this direction as well as in other matters? Have we educated every one of our members so that she may in her turn influence her friends, acquaintances, and neighbours to vote rightly ‘t Are we making any effort to place women especially young women who. during the last three years, have attained their majority—on the roll ? Most of our Unions have franchise superintendents. Are they on the alert, and awake to the importance of their office at the present time ? We hope in our next issue to be able to report that every Union and Society from Auckland to the Bluff has been at work preparing for the General Election, which may be commenced at any moment. Let us not be found drowsing when we should be working.
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White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 13, 1 July 1896, Page 6
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337The White Ribbon: FOR GOO AND HOME AND HUMANITY WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1893 Are We on the Alert ? White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 13, 1 July 1896, Page 6
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