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sE onE v 'J\V"K'W)Wv,--v S " 1 SUFFRAG [ I A E BILL \| stration of. some sofft. Three Provin= cial detectives, in addition to the Ho_use_ constables, were on hand <to 'guard 'asamst trouble, one in each \gal'le'ry. Apart from a little applause | while Mr. Studholme was speaking, 4 onz zz22z2z zl l zzks 1the ladies, however, were very quiet. * _ -- & | Would Benefit Canada. V|S|t Of the Fall' SeX Was d ' "What would this vote be for Can-- * s ada ?" asked Mr. Allan Studholme, . o M | Dlsappomtment. in supporting his bill. Woman suffrage f he claimed, would . benefit Canada en aamiee physically. economically and socially. He referred to what women had done SIR JA in Finland and clsewhere, to show the MES WAS EMPHAT'C. benefits of giving them the vote. In reply to the argument that womein would not vote if they had the right, C Mr. Studholme declared that wher-- co t W ever woman enjoyed the right of suf-- un frage, whenever a moral --or_ social ry as NOt Ready for a question:came up women were found % s in the lead of the forces for right-- | SOClaI RGVO'Ut]On_ céousness. He quoted _from printed | + statements accounts of women voting | in Great Britain many years ago. | ns Tuabor organizations held _ up both { A Hands all over the world for their Liberal Leader Endorses Principle of giSi?ttgrsh"ei"g given the vote equally | the Bi w them. He pleaded for the girls| II, but Considered That the '«}and women working in the city withl Time Had Not Arrived to Put if !no homes and poor conditions sur-- Into Eff. | rounding them. ; iReform Must Come. | o | ; with fine sarcasm the Labor mem-{ | ber said if some one high in authority ] Several hundred |or "some learned fellow * said these ind dfsappointed and | things, the Legislature would receive! A gnant members of the fair sex \him and his message with open arms | li led out of the galleries of the Log-- |and say it was all right ; but when( slative Chamber yesterday : > \ the poor wage--earner raised his voice | SE Detors 16 o'clock ,;'hi'&d;:e'l'"?(": | on behait of the women they said > 7 r had o eap . h listened to Sir James Whitney prci;;l;. '?ellellr?pl'd ffglx"y('mst'(;;ai!;s.wasung Cern d ing over the obsequies of the | But whatever they thought of it, woman suffrage bill Hiven the most .s'axd Mr. Studholme, they could not Optir'nistic among them came to the &?1%') nt:;lt:e é);t?egrx?gagtt;';l; {Ie\gotf?t;t 11?' Parliament buildings with little hope legikts of men and they would se of the measure going thro equals of men and they would pre-- | usho but I y s s hevertheless the positiv :scqt]y demqnd their rights. Men who iA . ive manner in ; cast reflections upor women cast ; which the Prime Minister stamped his them upon their own mothers and /' feet all over their cherished measure ';daugll;lters and sisters, for all were of | was disheartening. Mr. Allan Stud-- 'one us ; holme, who introduced the bill, sup-- | Only a Question of Hme ' ported it so vigorously that the ladies |h Mr(.1 \t&;l Ii'irou_dfoot (Cfnttre t{Iurg.n) | became enthused, but Mr. W. P h ont" s ue o rameni__if nou| » * . Proud-- | ta --] | foot of Centre Bruce, who was ex-- ':(lfll?st C'ivoriizl;ngjeilt.Gz't/e?nr?erxl';telfsorx;?él pected to prove the Labor member's | Government--would place on the' right--hand man, was disappointi statute book a law entitling women to » ® sappointing. F fe He was strongly in fay i x 8 the same rights as men, and to ex , or of woman | ercise their franchise in the same suffrage--in the abstract--but he was way. scmewhat doubtful whether the time ' The only question between those was opportune for it | holding different views on this mat-' l j ter, he thought, was the difference of IRebuke for Mr, Donovan. opinion as to whether it Werei yeti t}?el Nlf. 'k." E. Donovan. B £ | opportune time to grant this rIg t:. *' DAE , Brockville, fj A d, felt that wo-- who.se qualification to speak upon thea lxgrslt \?eerr:a Paer s:x?é)osza_vfeabove men.} subject was the fact that he "prob-- , | who looked up to them and revéerend., ably knew a o a s ' l ed them. It was because 0 that that ; as | any msh:;amm:;n;en in Ontario }% many lr\nen felt so %tronglyi; they :voulg 3 . er / in _ the F not like to see them going out an House," opposed the bill and brought il mixing with men in political elections, down upon hi ET 1| and being brought into contact with imself a scathing rebuke 1| Trom : H i o the things that men are. The -- in-- on. A. G. MacKay for using il fluence that women have would no the words '"slimy pool of politics." : 4| doubt change entirely the present %9hmth1n8 women should not mix i(;s I| system. At present, however, he said, % el: Liberal leader favored the prin; when some women had the right to gl'll:e'ih(g- ':'fi;nav:'losuffrase, but doubted 'l vote onhcertain quIestionsl(;tbwas 11:18:;(1 | y e really desired it.melgr.(,t'.l'.ths? 'l;rosvlncle f tgrgstt 't(:difgafil(;:l. o. § C lie of Fort William opposed the bill 1| "Mr. Donovan (Brockville) refer-- 5 anlad used the occasion to say Somee u):,l} red to -- Wyoming, Colorado, Utah &z:sant things about the little Labor * | and Idaho, -- where. he arguedd, f s d ve . Mr. Studholme came back wi :Ye(;'l:'laguccseusf:;Sfe Hhea thggéhtpi(t)lere ;wlie,t' retort. "IL hardly t'hin'lw( t?t i::; was no necessity _ here for such ei'_:!v' r}rlxg S?;(li;lt;tolattack me. What. a radical change, and whhil? %xzofessiqg personal. I ha{'e g(?ta\;? :fevt':r, ggig %gceaatL;;lizradt?}}lep ;g;ultdewgitle:{llsma gt;!:l'ff'imes and I have never -- hit large majority of them were desirous 'K. of the franchise. In most Church . The bill was lost on divisi * | courts, he sacid women had not this Studholme not securing enof;;}l:' Bs right. . f porters to demand the yeas and nas?p' 7 w + yS. . Hardly Time Yet. ere Ready for Trouble. § _ Sir James Whitney and the G Lal:g).toROt\):rt o Mtcg()lv:vmtlfikdolt; Ilffsé | ment apparentiy ex; ie Govern-- n was greete 1 elighte pected a demon-- desk--thumping from both sides of the * * House. In his naive humor he re-- marked he scarcely knew -- how _ it would fare with him if he voted for | woman suffrage--his wife might carry ; * the convention, and he would be stay-i ing at home. However, he agreed | | with his hon. friend from East Ham-- ilton a little better than usual, but | thought it hardly time yet to give the s" 42. '