Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan delivered a speech at GalashicIs yesterday
week, upon one part of which,—thatwhich deals with the relation of household franchise to the relative strength of the two parties,— we have said a good deal in another column. He dealt at length with the question of the county franchise, warmly condemning the exclusion of one in every two heads of families from all political influence under our Constitution, and pointing to the result that "in the great region which lies south of the Trent, north of the Tamar, and east of the Welsh border," there were but three Liberal County Members returned by a majority of the constituency. "The county representation," said Mr. Trevelyan, "is the key of the political position." And he pointed out with considerable effect that it is the County Members elected by £12 householders,—the sort of constituency -Mr. Lowe specially approvee,—who now habitually harangue their constituents on behalf of the Turkish cause, which Mr. Lowe, we believe, disap- proves. Judged by its fruits, household suffrage is far safer on great questions than a middle-class suffrage.
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