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. rv _q_-Re==MEl=T=Tii=a-aq' - I r - ,, ' u Given ; "a"; _ . E it: . b No Hope for Vote I ', t1ittjuiointment was in store for the! "i.iittFttttn from the Canadian sue-l Pai.l'4trtciatiott that waited upon' in. Hearst yesterday morning to: ask that the Government pass legis-: lation extending the municipal {ran-i Chile to married women owning pro-3 party. .With a war session on itsj _ hmds the Government would hardly: have time to gather the necessary in-j formation to reach a decision. Pt Question was one that needed a great) deal ot consideration. The deputa-g tion was received by the Premier," Pron. F. G. Macdiarmid and Hon. T.! sw. MoGarry. l There was a fair sprinkling of; Speakers. Altogether some fifty wo-i! men comprised the deputation. Mrs.) F. McDonald Denison pointed out] the extension of the franchise that) had been granted to women in many, Parts of the United States and Eur-l ops. Dr. Margaret Gordon recitedi the result of twenty-six referendums" submitted in different places in Orv, tario. Dr. Margaret Johnston asked. 'if women were criminals, iunatics Yi tools and therefore incapable of ex- ercising a franchise. She suggested! that if the Government would grant: the vote they would receive the sup-i port of the women at the general election. Dr. Stowe Gullen pointed to the anomaly in refusing college women the vote and yet Chinese, Japanese and Russians were allowed to vote after being in the country a few years. Mr. J. W. Bengough, Introduced as a "free lance," said he appeared on behalf of the Single Tax ' Association, which heartily supported the proposal. Mr. R. D. Fairbairn said if it were not for the vote of the lwomen he would not be a member of 'the Board of Education to-day. Rev. l er. Ellis and Mrs. Graham of Win- ' inipeg also spoke. ! Premier Hearst was not sure that; 'a provincial referendum would give" ;the desired result. He had been toldl: ithere were many women who did not i want the vote and felt sure that the" women of Ontario had done just 1hi much for the good of the country as' their sisters in Manitoba, who had the, vote. '