Unless the Unionists and the House of Lords are willing
to adopt the mad policy of trying to snatch a temporary party advantage by a compromise on the suffrage question, this means that the next General Election will be fought on the question of votes for women. We sincerely trust that the Unionists will refuse all compromise, and will propose instead a democratic scheme of redistribution—that is, " One vote one value," coupled with a system of proportional representation (i.e., six-membered constituencies and the single transferable vote)—and will also not insist on maintaining plural voting in its present indefensible form. 111 our opinion, it is most foolish to regard the plan under which borough freeholders vote in arbitrarily selected county divisions as one of the pillars of the Constitution. The struggle promises to be an epoch-making one, but if the Unionist Party will only fight with courage and honesty, victory is certain.
