Besides, the important thing is to pass the most efficient
persons, whatever their sex may be, into the Civil Service. If the women candidates during the next three years are not the best available candidates, tested by the usual standard, then, for the sake of the Civil Service, they ought not to be accepted. We remember that Lord Loreburn, to the chagrin of many of his political friends, made a bold fight on a cognate issue. Liberals wanted him to appoint a great many Liberal magistrates in order to adjust the balance, as it was pointed out that most magistrates were Unionists. Lord Loreburn, to his lasting credit, replied that a Justice of the Peace held a high and respon- sible office, that he would appoint the best men, and that it was a matter of indifference to him what their polities might be.
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