The sittings of the National Liberal Federation at Notting- ham
have resulted in the adoption of two important resolutions, —one in favour of "one man, one vote," and the other of Dis- establishment in Wales. With the principle of " one man, one vote," we are in hearty sympathy, and shall be glad when plural voting, as well as many other electoral anomalies, can be done away with. This reform, however, can only fairly be brought about in connection with an alteration in the distribution of political power. If it is an anomaly for one man to have three votes, it is just as great an anomaly that the effect of a man's vote in many Irish constituencies should be three times as great as it is in London. " One man, one vote," ought to be enacted in conjunction with some approach to fairness in the electoral dis- tricts. With Mr. Stansfeld's proposal, that all elections should be held on the same day, we are also in accord. The strangely dramatic effect of the fate of the country being decided at one moment, would do much to impress men's minds with that strength and unity of representative government which is apt to be overlooked. The problem of Welsh Disestablishment is certainly one which must soon demand the attention of Parlia- ment. The only valid argument for the Establishment in Wales is that it is a mere outlying section of the English Church.
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