2 JULY 1892, Page 11

Mr. Balmer, writing to Thursday's Times, points out the inconsistency

of the GLadstonis.ns in crying out for "One man, one vote," at the very time at which they are demanding that Irish voters shall vote both for representatives in the Parlia- ment in Dublin, and for representatives in the Parliament at Westminster, while English voters are to vote only for the latter. It is. really equivalent, he says, to laying down the formula : "One Englishman, one vote ; one Irishman, two votes." No doubt that is true enough. Indeed, the whole Gladstonian theory is to pet political Ireland and to snub political England. Fully expressed, their contention is : "One Englishman, one vote of less value ; one Irishman, two votes each of greater value than the Englishman's vote."